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Prof. A. Kirubakaran

PhD (Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology(MANIT), Bhopal)

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

Room No: EED 355- First Floor   +91-870-2462243
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Research Areas

 Multilevel Inverters, Power Quality and Grid interface. 

 Power Electronics-DC-DC Converters, DC-AC Inverters. 

 Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation. 

 Wide Bandgap Device based Power Converters. 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Wide Band Gap Devices for Power Electronics Applications(EE16021)
  • Power Electronics(EE302)
  • Electrical Networks Lab(EE204)
  • Electrical Machines Lab - I(EE305)
  • Seminar(EE398)
  • Electrical Machines Lab - II(EE355)
  • Control & Integration of Renewable Energy Sources(EE16026)
  • DSP Lab(EE356)
  • Comprehensive Viva(EE6147)
  • Renewable Energy Control Lab(EE5306)
  • Control and Integration of Renewable Energy Sources(EE5104)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(EE6149)
  • Seminar - II(EE5198)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-3800-1776
  • SCOPUS ID: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=26422308600
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=CMWbxs4AAAAJ&hl=en


  • Rapid Prototyping of an FPGA-Controlled Common Ground Single-Phase Transformerless Five-Level Inverter Using Xilinx System Generator, By P. Ravali and A. Kirubakaran, IEEE, IEEE Latin America Transactions, vol.23, pp.609-618, 2025
  • A Quasi-Switched Capacitor Based Grid-Connected PV Inverter With Minimum Leakage Current, By P. Manoj, A. Kirubakaran and V. T. Somasekhar, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.11, pp.5969-5978, 2023
  • A Dual Quasi Z-Source Based T-Type Five-Level Inverter with Improved HERIC Structure for Photovoltaic Applications, By Chinmay Kumar Das, A. Kirubakaran, V.T. Somasekhar, K. Sateesh Kumar, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.59, pp.4539-4549, 2023
  • An Assymetrical Dual Quasi-Z-Source Based 7-Level Inverter for PV Applications, By P. Manoj, A. Kirubakaran, and V.T. Somasekhar, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol.38, pp.1097-1107, 2023
  • A Single-Stage Quasi-Z-Source Based 5-Level Grid-tied PV Inverter with Reduced Leakage Current, By P. Manoj, A. Kirubakaran, and, V.T. Somasekhar, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.11, pp.826-835, 2023
  • A Quasi-Z-Source Based Space Vector Modulated Cascaded Four-Level Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications, By P. Manoj, A. Kirubakaran, Sumon Dhara, V.T. Somasekhar, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.10, pp.4749-4762, 2022
  • A Quasi Z-Source Based Five-Level PV Inverter with Leakage Current Reduction, By Chinmay Kumar Das, A. Kirubakaran, V.T. Somasekhar, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.58, pp.400-412, 2022
  • An Improved Quasi Z-Source Based H5 Inverter with Low Leakage Current for Photovoltaic Applications, By Chinmay Kumar Das, A. Kirubakaran, V.T. Somasekhar, K. Sateesh Kumar, Wiley, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol.31, pp.1-19, 2021
  • A three-phase inverter circuit using half-bridge cells and T-NPC for medium voltage applications, By T. Abhilash, A. Kirubakaran, V.T. Somasekhar, Wiley, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol., pp.1-22, 2021
  • Bidirectional Clamping Based H5, HERIC and H6 Transformerless Inverter Topologies with Reactive Power Capability, By K. Sateesh Kumar, A. Kirubakaran, and N. Subrahmanyam, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol.56, pp.5119-5128, 2020

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STARTUPS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

  • Role Course Coordinator
  • Type GIAN Course
  • Sponsor GIAN IIT Hyderabad - Ministry of Education, GOI
  • Duration 0 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 664000
  • Status Ongoing

Design and Development of an Integrated Soft-switched CC-LED Driver based Solar LED Lighting System

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MoE-SPARC
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4135550
  • Status Ongoing

Design and Development of a High Efficiency Single-Phase Transformerless Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems with Low Leakage Current

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) fellowship
  • Duration 4 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1727180
  • Status Completed

Design and Development of Cascaded Quasi-Z Source Multilevel Inverter for Grid Connected Photovoltaic System

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), INDIA
  • Duration 42 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4109902
  • Status Completed

Development of a High Efficiency Single Phase Quasi-Z-Source Based Isolated DC/AC Converter for PV Applications

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), INDIA
  • Duration 42 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3337321
  • Status Completed

Power Conditioning for PV Systems

  • Role Course Coordinator
  • Type GIAN Course
  • Sponsor GIAN IIT Kharagpur - Ministry of Education, GOI
  • Duration 0 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 544000
  • Status Completed

Alternate Energy Sources for Distributed Generation

  • Role Course Coordinator
  • Type GIAN Course
  • Sponsor IIT Kharagpur - Ministry of Education, GOI
  • Duration 0 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 544000
  • Status Completed

Analysis of Three-Level DC-DC Converter and Multilevel Inverter for Fuel Cell Based Power Supply System

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor RSM Project
  • Duration 5 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 280000
  • Status Completed


Bommena Harshini

  • Area of Research: PV Inverters

C. Rajender

  • Area of Research: Multiport converters for EV Applications

P. Ravali

  • Area of Research: Multilevel Inverters for PV Applications

P. Vinodh Kumar

  • Area of Research: Impedance Source Inverter for PV Water Pumping Applications
  • BEST PAPER AWARD -IEEE ICPC2T 2024
  • BEST PAPER AWARD -IEEE ICPC2T 2025
  • SIRE FELLOWSHIP AWARD
  • Member - E-mobility & Smart-Grid COE (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • PhD Coordinator, Department of Electrical Engineering (Continuing from March, 2024)
  • Program Coordinator M.Tech (PED) (July, 2022 - June, 2023)
  • PhD Coordinator (Continuing from July, 2021)
  • Course Coordinator M.Tech (PED) (July, 2019 - June, 2021)
  • Faculty In-charge for Department Library Work (January, 2019 - June, 2021)
  • Faculty In-charge for Electrical Machines Lab-EED (October, 2013 - December, 2019)
  • Faculty Advisor,Electrical Engineering Association (EEA) (June, 2012 - May, 2014)