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Prof. D Sreenivasarao

PhD (IIT Roorkee)

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

Room No: 576   +91-870-246
srinudee@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Active front-end converters  

  Bidirectional Battery chargers for electric vehicles 

 Design of power electronic converters (AC/DC, DC/DC & DC/AC) 

 Grid-integration of power converters 

 Model predictive control of power converters 

 Modular multilevel converters for HVDC transmission 

 Multilevel inverters and PWM techniques  

 Power converters and control techniques for Micro-grids 

 Solid-state transformers  

 Wide band-gap semiconductor devices  

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  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Power Electronics Applications to Power Systems(EE26005)
  • Electrical Machines Lab - I(EE305)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(EE6149)
  • Principles of Electrical Power Conversion(EE446)
  • Power Electronics & Drives Lab(EE402)
  • Power Converters for Microgrids(EE16030)
  • Seminar(EE398)
  • Power Electronics Lab(EE5105)
  • Basic Electrical Circuits(EE101)
  • Electrical Machines Lab - II(EE355)
  • Power Converters and Control Techniques for Microgrids(EE5166)
  • Electrical Machines and Controls(EE281)
  • High Power Inverters(EE5163)
  • Power Electronic Simulation Lab(EE5106)
  • ORC ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4460-5269
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=MjK-ko-s0-0C&hl=en&authuser=1


  • A cross connected cell based modular multilevel converter for HVDC system with DC short-circuit fault ride-through capability, By A. Dinesh Kumar and D. Sreenivasarao, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol.1, pp.1-16, 2024
  • An improved PWM with simplified unified switched logic for Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters, By V. Hari Priya, D. Sreenivasarao, and G. Siva Kumar, Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Electronics, vol., pp., 2023
  • A Survey on Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters, By V. Hari Priya, D. Sreenivasarao, and G. Siva Kumar, H. M. Suryawanshi and H. Abu-Rub, IEEE, IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, vol.2, pp.80-111, 2021
  • 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 and D Sreenivasarao, Wiley, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol.31, pp.e12688, 2021
  • A three-phase transformer based T-type topology for DSTATCOM application, By V. Hari Priya, D. Sreenivasarao, and G. Siva Kumar, Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Electronics, vol.108, pp.1534-1553, 2021
  • Sliding mode controllers for extraction and supply of photovoltaic power using switched series parallel sources reduced switch count multilevel inverter, By G. Eshwar Gowd, D Sreenivasarao, V. Hari Priya, IET, IET Power Electronics, vol.14, pp.834-850, 2021
  • 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 and M. Hareesh, IET, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol.14, pp.3571‒3581, 2020
  • Real-Time Validation of a Sliding Mode Controller for Closed-Loop Operation of Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters, By G. Eshwar Gowd, P. C. Sekhar, and D Sreenivasarao , IEEE, IEEE Systems Journal, vol.13, pp.1042–1051, 2019
  • Zero-sequence voltage injected fault tolerant scheme for multiple open circuit faults in reduced switch count based MLDCL inverter, By V. Hari Priya, D. Sreenivasarao, and G. Siva Kumar, IET, IET Power Electronics, vol.11, pp.1351–1364, 2018
  • Reduced carrier PWM scheme with unified logical expressions for reduced switch count multilevel inverters, By V. Hari Priya, D. Sreenivasarao, G. Siva Kumar, and A. Sai Spandana , IET, IET Power Electronics, vol.11, pp.912–921, 2018

A Photovoltaic Grid-Connected DTL-VSI for Power Conditioning and Inject Real Power into the Grid with Reduced System Cost and Improved Efficiency

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Science and Engineering Research Board
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1979952
  • Status Ongoing


A. Dinesh Kumar

  • Area of Research: Modular multilevel converters for HVDC system

I. Neelima

  • Area of Research: Working on EV chargers

Y. Naomi

  • Area of Research: Working on high power inverters

Y. Vijay Kumar

  • Area of Research: Working on EV chargers