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Bio Sketch
Key Notes
- Journal(s): 30
- Conference(s): 14
- PhD: Current - 3 Awarded - 5
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PUBLICATIONS8
DOCTORAL STUDENTS4
PROJECTS1
PATENTResearch Areas
Power electronics application to the power system
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 2012 |
| Master of Technology | JNTUH College of Engineering (Autonomous), Hyderabad | 2004 |
| Bachelor of Technology | G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College (Autonomous), Kurnool | 2001 |
COURSES HANDLED
| Course | L-T-P | Credit | Degree Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power Quality Improvement Techniques(EE16027) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Control Systems Engineering(EE234) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Electrical Circuits - I(EE1104) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Basic Electrical Circuits(EE101) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Power Quality Improvement Techniques(EE5112) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Control Systems(EE253) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Electric and Magnetic Fields(EE152) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
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PUBLICATIONS
Journal(s)
Chopper-Based Capacitor Voltage Equalization in Four-Switch Split Capacitor Distribution Static Compensator With a Zig-Zag Transformer,
By Gajangi Arun Kumar, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar, Koyyana Srinivasa Rao, Chinna Karasala,
Wiley,
International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications,
vol.53,
pp.6085–6102,
2025
An improved PWM with simplified unified switched logic (USL) for RSC MLIs,
By V. Hari Priya, D. Sreenivasarao, G. Siva Kumar
,
Taylor & Francis,
International Journal of Electronics,
vol.111,
pp.1517-1540 ,
2024
MPC Based TLSC-DSTATCOM with VIKOR Approach to Reduce Switching Frequency and Capacitor Voltage Balancing,
By Koyyana Srinivasa Rao; Ganjikunta Siva Kumar; Aman Saxena; Chinna Karasala,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery,
vol.39,
pp.2435-2445,
2024
Installation of UPQC in Radial Distribution System for Enhancement of Voltage Profile.,
By Battu, N.R., Ganjikunta Siva Kumar; Salkuti, S.R., Veeresham, K., Abhinandh, L.,
Springer,
Energy and Environmental Aspects of Emerging Technologies for Smart Grid,
vol.,
pp.291-311,
2024
Adaptive DC Link Voltage Controlled PV Grid-Connected DTL-VSI with Reduced Switching Losses and Switching Frequency,
By Koyyana Srinivasa Rao; Ganjikunta Siva Kumar; Chinna Karasala,
IEEE,
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics,
vol.12,
pp.4004-4014,
2024
Model Predictive Control of PVGCI for Reducing Common Mode Voltage and Switching Frequency,
By Chinna K, Panindra K., A. Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar,
IEEE,
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics,
vol.11,
pp.3064-3075,
2023
DC-Link voltage control of a multifunctional PV-GCVSI to reduce VSI switching losses,
By Chinna Karasala, Alladi Pranay Kumar & Ganjikunta Siva Kumar
,
Taylor & Francis,
International Journal of Electronics,
vol.110,
pp.1491-1515,
2023
PV Grid-Connected Inverter with DC Voltage Regulation in CCM and VCM Operation to Reduce Switching Losses,
By Chinna K, Rakesh Rao L, Hareesh M, G Siva Kumar,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,
vol.70,
pp.11262-11275,
2023
An Adaptive DC Link Voltage Control of Multifunctional SPV Grid Connected VSI for Switching Loss Reduction,
By K. Chinna, G. Siva Kumar,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics,
vol.69,
pp.12,
2022
Active and Reactive Power Control of Grid-Tied Asymmetrical MLI-based PV System with Reduced Switching Frequency,
By Myneni, H., Pranay Kumar, A., Mandale, S.A., Siva Kumar, G.,
Springer,
Recent Advances in Power Electronics and Drives,
vol.,
pp.,
2022
Model predictive control with technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution method for four leg distribution static compensator to improve power quality and reduce switching frequency,
By A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao,
Wiley,
International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems,
vol.31,
pp.,
2021
A Survey on Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters,
By Hari Priya V., D. Sreenivasarao, G. Siva Kumar, H. M Suryawanshi, Haitham Abu Rub,
IEEE,
IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society,
vol.2,
pp. 80 - 111,
2021
A three-phase transformer based T-type topology for DSTATCOM application,
By Hari Priya V., D. Sreenivasarao, G. Siva Kumar,
Taylor & Francis,
International Journal of Electronics,
vol.108,
pp.1534-1554,
2021
Design, analysis, and switching losses reduction of hybrid shunt compensator with adaptive control scheme,
By Hareesh Myneni, Siva Kumar Ganjikunta,
Wiley,
International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems,
vol.31,
pp.2,
2021
Energy Management and Control of Single-Stage Grid Connected Solar PV and BES System,
By M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy,
vol.11,
pp.1739-1749,
2020
Model predictive control with constant switching frequency for four leg DSTATCOM using three-dimensional space vector modulation,
By A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao,
IET,
IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution,
vol.14,
pp.3571 - 3581,
2020
Power Quality Enhancement by Hybrid DSTATCOM with Improved Performance in Distribution System,
By M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao,
Wiley,
International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems,
vol.30,
pp.3649-3660,
2020
Model Predictive Current Control of DSTATCOM with Simplified Weighting Factor Selection Using VIKOR Method for Power Quality Improvement,
By A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao, M. Hareesh,
Wiley,
IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution,
vol.13,
pp.3649-3660,
2019
Three-Phase Four Switch DSTATCOM Topologies with Special Transformers for Neutral Current Compensation and Power Quality Improvement,
By A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao,
Wiley,
IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution,
vol.13,
pp.368-379,
2019
Simple Algorithm for Current and Voltage Control of LCL-DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement,
By M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar,
Wiley,
IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution,
vol.13,
pp.423-424,
2019
Power Quality Improvement and PV Power Injection by DSTATCOM with Variable DC Link Voltage Control from RSC-MLC,
By Kavita Kiran Prasad, Hareesh Myneni, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy,
vol.10,
pp. 876 - 885,
2019
Cost Effective Single-phase DSTATCOM for Low Power Applications,
By M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao,
Taylor & Francis,
Electric Power Components and Systems,
vol.47,
pp.785 - 797,
2019
Reduced Carrier PWM Scheme with Unified Logical Expressions for Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters,
By Hari Priya Vemuganti, Dharmavarapu Sreenivasarao, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar, Appikonda Sai Spandana,
IET,
IET Power Electronics,
vol.11,
pp.912 - 921,
2018
Zero-Sequence Voltage Injected Fault-Tolerant Scheme for Multiple Open Circuit Faults in Reduced Switch Count based MLDCL Inverter,
By Hari Priya Vemuganti, Dharmavarapu Sreenivasarao, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar,
Wiley,
IET Power Electronics,
vol.11,
pp.1351-1364,
2018
Dynamic DC Voltage Regulation of Split-Capacitor DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement,
By M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao,
Wiley,
IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution,
vol.11,
pp.4373-4383,
2017
An improved Pulse Width Modulation Scheme for T-type Multilevel Inverter,
By Hari Priya Vemuganti, Dharmavarapu Sreenivasarao, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar,
Wiley,
IET Power Electronics,
vol.10,
pp.968-976,
2017
Experimental implementation for Maximum Power Point Tracking of 100 W Solar Panel with DC-DC Boost Converter,
By M. Hareesh, C. Amarnath, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao,
CPRI,
The Journal of CPRI,
vol.12,
pp.797-805,
2016
Minimisation of VA loading of UPQC in three-phase four-wire distribution system,
By G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar and Mahesh K. Mishra,
InderScience,
International Journal of Power Electronics ,
vol.4,
pp.197-220,
2012
Mitigation of Voltage Sags with Phase Jumps by UPQC with PSO based ANFIS,
By G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra,
IEEE,
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery,
vol.26,
pp.2761-2773,
2011
Compensation of voltage sags with phase-jumps through DVR with minimum VA rating using PSO based ANFIS controller,
By Anil Kumar Ramkuru, G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh Kumar Mishra,
IGIGlobal,
International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research ,
vol.1,
pp.19-33,
2010
Conference(s)
Variable DC-Link Voltage Control Strategy for Split-Capacitor DSTATCOM Operating in Voltage Control Mode
By Chinna Karasala, Rakesh Rao Lekkala, Siva Kumar Ganjikuna,
IEEE Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T- 2022),
2022
Capacitor Voltage Balancing in Two-Level Inverter with Split Capacitor Topology for DSTATCOM Application using Model Predictive Control
By Aman Saxena, Koyyana Srinivasa Rao, Chinna Karasala, Siva Kumar Ganjikunta, ,
1st IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Technology for Power and Energy Systems, organized by ,
2022
Model Predictive Control of Four-Level NNPC DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement in Distribution System
By A Pranay Kumar, G. Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao,
45th Annual Conference of the IEEE, Industrial Electronics Society (IECON2019),
2019
A New Interactive Control Algorithm of DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement
By Hareesh Myneni, G Siva Kumar,
IEEE Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems Conference (IEEE PEDES 2018),
2019
Conductance Factor Based Control Method for DSTATCOM to Improve Power Quality
By A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao,
7th International Conference on Power Systems,
2018
Adaptive dc-voltage regulation for DSTATCOM under load variations
By Hareesh Myneni, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao,
Region 10 Conference (TENCON), 2016 IEEE,
2016
Power quality enhancement by current controlled Voltage Source Inverter based DSTATCOM for load variations
By Hareesh Myneni, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao,
2015 IEEE IAS Joint Industrial and Commercial Power Systems / Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (ICPSPCIC),
2015
Power Quality improvement by Shunt Active Filter for low cost applications
By M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao,
2015 International Conference on Computation of Power, Energy, Information and Communication (ICCPEIC),
2015
Power Quality Improvement by UPQC with Minimum Real Power Injection
By G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra,
2011- 4th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011),
2015
Mitigation of Voltage Sags with Phase-jumps in Wind Generation
By G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra,
IET Conference Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2011),
2011
Optimal VA loading of UPQC during mitigation of unbalanced voltage sags with phase jumps in three-phase four-wire distribution system
By G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and M. Mahesh Kumar,
2010 International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON),
2010
Minimization of VA loading of Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC),
By G. Siva Kumar, P. Harsh Vardhana, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra,
International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, 2009. POWERENG'09,
2009
Compensation of voltage sags with phase-jumps through DVR with minimum VA rating using PSO
By R. Anil Kumar, G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra,
TENCON 2009 - 2009 IEEE Region 10 Conference,
2009
Compensation of voltage sags and harmonics with phase-jumps through DVR with minimum VA rating using particle swarm optimization
By R. Anil Kumar, G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra
,
2009 World Congress on Nature & Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC),
2009
Patent(s)
AN EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL VOLTAGE VECTOR BASED PREDICTIVE CURRENT CONTROL OF PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DRIVE WITH LESS COMPLEXITY FOR THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPLICATIONS (202241043155)
PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
A Photovoltaic Grid-Connected DTL-VSI for Power Conditioning and Inject Real Power into the Grid with Reduced System Cost and Improved Efficiency
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Project Cost (INR): 1979952
Date of Commencement: 02-02-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Project Cost (INR): 1979952
Date of Commencement: 02-02-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems in Microgrids
Role:
Course Coordinator
Type: GIAN Course
Sponsor: GIAN IIT Hyderabad - Ministry of Education, GOI
Project Cost (INR): 290500
Date of Commencement: 10-10-2024 Date of Completion: 31-03-2025
Duration: 5 Months
Status: Completed
Type: GIAN Course
Sponsor: GIAN IIT Hyderabad - Ministry of Education, GOI
Project Cost (INR): 290500
Date of Commencement: 10-10-2024 Date of Completion: 31-03-2025
Duration: 5 Months
Status: Completed
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Transport Electrification
Role:
Course Coordinator
Type: GIAN Course
Sponsor: GIAN IIT Hyderabad - Ministry of Education, GOI
Project Cost (INR): 664000
Date of Commencement: 08-07-2024 Date of Completion: 31-03-2025
Duration: 8 Months
Status: Completed
Type: GIAN Course
Sponsor: GIAN IIT Hyderabad - Ministry of Education, GOI
Project Cost (INR): 664000
Date of Commencement: 08-07-2024 Date of Completion: 31-03-2025
Duration: 8 Months
Status: Completed
Renewable Energy Systems in Smart Grids
Role:
Course Coordinator
Type: GIAN Course
Sponsor: GIAN IIT Hyderabad - Ministry of Education, GOI
Project Cost (INR): 290500
Date of Commencement: 07-08-2024 Date of Completion: 31-03-2025
Duration: 7 Months
Status: Completed
Type: GIAN Course
Sponsor: GIAN IIT Hyderabad - Ministry of Education, GOI
Project Cost (INR): 290500
Date of Commencement: 07-08-2024 Date of Completion: 31-03-2025
Duration: 7 Months
Status: Completed
RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
Current PhD Students
APPANNA SETTY POTNURU
Area of Research:
BLDC
Gajangi Arun Kumar
Area of Research:
Current Quality Enhancement by DSTATCOM
VENKATA GAYATRI KADALI
Area of Research:
Power Quality
Previous PhD Students
K. Srinivasa Rao
(2025)
Area of Research:
Control Strategies for Grid-Tied Inverters for Power Quality Enhancement with Optimized Switching Strategies
Chinna Karasala
(2023)
Area of Research:
Multifunctional PV Grid Connected Inverter
A. Pranay Kumar
(2020)
Area of Research:
Topologies and Control Algorithms of DSTATCOM
M. Hareesh
(2019)
Area of Research:
Power Quality Enhancement by DSTATCOM
V. Hari Priya
(2018)
Area of Research:
Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2013
POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA-2013)
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Professor-In-Charge, Examinations (Continuing from July, 2025)
- Warden for IFC-A (July, 2024 - June, 2025)
- Member (Convener) - Department Space Re-organization and Facility (Continuing from February, 2024)
- Faculty Advisor for Youth Red Cross Club (July, 2023 - June, 2024)
- Electric Circuits - Lab-In-Charge (Continuing from May, 2023)
- Faculty Advisor for National Service Scheme (NSS) (July, 2021 - June, 2023)
- Staff Advisor - Electrical Engineering Association (EEA) (July, 2021 - June, 2022)
- Treasurer - Electrical Engineering Association (EEA) (July, 2020 - June, 2021)
- Co-ordinator for Departmental Administrative Activities (March, 2019 - January, 2022)
- Power Electronics and Drives Lab-In-Charge (UG & PG) (September, 2018 - February, 2021)
- Warden (1k Hostel) (August, 2017 - November, 2020)
- Ph.D. Scrutiny Committee Member (July, 2014 - June, 2021)
Last updated on November 30, 2025