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Prof. G Uday Bhaskar Babu

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)

Associate Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Room No: 204   +91-870-2462629
udaybhaskar@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Artificial Intelligence based control 

 Data-Driven control 

 Energy Integration - Distillation columns; plantwide Process 

 Fractional order modeling and Fractional control 

 Modeling and Simulation 

 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cell 

 Relay feedback Identification and control  

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Process Instrumentation and Control Laboratory(CH403)
  • Comprehensive Viva-voce(CH6247)
  • System Identification & Adaptive Control Lab(CH16063)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(CH6249)
  • Data-driven Control(CH16067)
  • Advanced Process Control(CH16060)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(CH6299)
  • Process Control & Automation Laboratory(CH16062)
  • Process Control Laboratory(CH5203)
  • Advanced Process Control(CH5202)
  • Data-Driven Control(CH5267)
  • Systems and Control Laboratory(CH5253)
  • Industrial Pollution Control(CH396)
  • Digital and Intelligent Control Laboratory(CH5254)
  • System Identification(CH5201)
  • Modern Control Theory and Analysis(CH5211)
  • Polymer Technology(CH281)
  • Learning based Control Systems(CH5264)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-1208-5238
  • SCOPUS ID: 55902996300
  • Google Scholar ID: aLiaK6UAAAAJ


  • Robust cascade controller design for discrete minimum phase system using a novel data-driven virtual reference feedback tuning approach, By Suresh Kumar Chiluka and G Uday Bhaskar Babu*, Inderscience, International Journal of Automation and Control, vol., pp., 2024
  • Design of Model Based Control Strategies for a Novel MISO PEM Fuel Cell Control Structure, By Shubhanshu Sharma, Mullapudi Siva, Ramya Araga, Dipesh S Patle, G.Uday Bhaskar Babu*, Springer, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol., pp., 223
  • A Systematic Approach for Identification of SOPTD Processes using a Relay Feedback with a Fractional Order Integrator, By Rahul B. Gaikwad, Raghu Raja Pandiyan K, R. Ranganayakulu, G. Uday Bhaskar Babu* , IEEE Hungary Section, Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, vol., pp., 2023
  • Robust control of discrete minimum and non-minimum phase systems via data-driven virtual reference feedback tuning and IMC, By Suresh Chiluka, Shirish H Sonawane, Seshagiri Rao, G.Uday Bhaskar Babu*, Wiley, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol., pp., 2023
  • Reducing total annual cost and CO2 emissions in batch distilaltion for separating ternary wide boiling mixtures using vapor recompression heat pump, By Radhika G, Akash Kumar Burolia, A Seshagiri Rao, Dipesh S Patle, Uday Bhaskar Babu Gara*, DE GRUYTER, Chemical Product and Process Modeling , vol., pp., 2022
  • A Novel Robust Virtual Reference Feedback Tuning Approach for Minimum and Non-Minimum Phase Systems, By Suresh Chiluka, Murali Mohan seepana, Seshagiri Rao, G.Uday Bhaskar Babu*, Elsevier, ISA Transactions, vol., pp., 2021
  • Analytical Design of fractional IMC filter - PID control strategy for performance enhancement of Cascade control systems, By Rayalla Ranganayakulu, Seshagiri A, G.Uday Bhaskar Babu*, Taylor&Francis, International Journal of Systems Science, vol., pp., 2020
  • A New Control Strategy for a Higher Order Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System, By Shubhanshu Sharma, G.Uday Bhaskar Babu*, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol., pp., 2020
  • Reducing total annualized cost and CO2 emissions in batch distillation: dynamics and control, By Babu, G. U. B., Jana, A. K*, Wiley, AIChE Journal , vol., pp., 2013
  • Economic feasibility of a novel energy efficient middle vessel batch distillation to reduce energy use, By G.Uday Bhaskar Babu, Aditya, R., Jana,A. K*, Elsevier, Energy, vol., pp., 2012

Identification and control strategies to improve the performance of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel cell system

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of I
  • Duration 32 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1710000
  • Status Completed

Process Development for Production of Janus Nano Particles for Selected Catalytic Reactions

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, Extra Mu
  • Duration 40 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2486000
  • Status Completed

Advanced control of waste water treatment plants for improved effluent quality, cost reduction and effluent violations removal

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of I
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4040000
  • Status Completed

Development of starch based polyurethane nano-coatings for packaging application by sonochemical approach

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor India-Tunisia project proposal under joint Call, Department
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1500000
  • Status Completed

Dynamic simulation of Energy integrated batch distillation columns

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor National Institute of Technology Warangal, Research Seed Gra
  • Duration 12 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed


A Aditya

  • Area of Research: Smith Predictor based FOPID control

G Rahul

  • Area of Research: Relay feedback Identification and control - Co Guide

Mullapudi Siva

  • Area of Research: Identification and Optimization based control: PEM fuel cell
  • Coordinator - MTech System & Control Engineering (Continuing from July, 2023)
  • Faculty Incharge - System and Control Lab (Continuing from July, 2023)
  • ERP Coordinator, Department of Chemical Engineering (Continuing from April, 2023)
  • Faculty Advisor (Continuing from December, 2021)
  • Department Website Incharge (July, 2018 - June, 2020)
  • UG DAC Member (Continuing from May, 2018)
  • Mess Warden - IFCB (November, 2017 - November, 2019)
  • Block Warden - 1.8k (September, 2016 - October, 2017)
  • PG DAC Member (Continuing from January, 2015)
  • Course Coordinator MTech Chemical and Process Control (January, 2014 - December, 2019)
  • Incharge - Chemical Processing Lab (January, 2014 - July, 2021)