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Dr. K S Ravi Kumar

M.Tech, Ph.D
Professor
EEE
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Professional Experience

  • MVGR College of Engineering
    • Assistant Professor: 2002–2007
    • Senior Assistant Professor: 2007–2008
    • Associate Professor: 2008–2023
    • Professor: 2023–Present
    • Total Experience: 22.5 years

Education

  • Ph.D. in Power Electronics
    KL Education Foundation, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India (2022)
    Thesis: A Novel Non-Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converter
  • M.Tech in Control Systems
    NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, India (2002)
  • B.Tech in Electrical Engineering
    SVHCE, Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India (1999

Reearch and Teaching Interests

  • Bidirectional DC-DC Converters in Power Electronics
  • Electric Vehicles and Embedded Controllers
  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Power Systems

Key Achievements

  • Publications:
    • 14 international journals and 26 conference papers.
    • Examples include SCIE-indexed papers in MDPI Machines and Electronics.
  • Patents:
    • Granted: "A Novel Bidirectional DC-DC Converter."
    • Published: "High Gain Non-Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converter."
  • Professional Memberships:
    • IEEE (since 2015)
    • IET (since 2017)
    • ISTE Life Member (since 2006)

Workshops and Faculty Development Programs (FDPs)

  • Organized:
    • DST STUTHI Sponsored FDP: LabVIEW Real-Time Applications (2023)
    • National Level FDP: PEREEV 2K17 – Electric Vehicles (2017)
    • AICTE Workshop: Power Quality Improvement in Hybrid Energy Systems (2014)
    • Multiple MATLAB training workshops (2008–2016)
  • Attended:
    • Power Electronics Applications in Smart Grids and EVs (NIT AP, 2020)
    • Applications of Machine Learning for EVs (NIT Calicut, 2021)
    • AI for Everyone (Coursera, 2020)

Technical Skills

  • MATLAB Programming
  • Robotics and Embedded Systems
  • Power Electronics
  • Machine Learning Applications

Selected Publications

  1. Capacitor Clamped Coupled Inductor Bidirectional DC-DC Converter with Smooth Starting, MDPI, Machines, 2022 (SCIE Indexed).
  2. A High-Gain Multiphase Interleaved Differential Capacitor Clamped Boost Converter, MDPI, Electronics, 2022 (SCIE Indexed).

Modeling, Simulation, and Performance Comparison of Bidirectional DC-DC Converters, Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 2020 (Scopus Indexed).