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Prof. B. Venugopal Reddy

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

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Room No: EED 555-First Floor +91-870-2464306 venugopalreddy@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 10
    • Conference(s): 10
    • PhD: Current - 2  Awarded - 4

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    PUBLICATIONS

    6

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    2

    PROJECTS

    Research Areas

    Electrical Drives
    Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Systems
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy National Institute of Technology, Warangal 2013
    Master of Technology National Institute of Technology, Warangal 2005
    Bachelor of Technology JNTU college of Engineering, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 2001
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Electric and Magnetic Fields(EE1101) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Electric and Magnetic Fields(EE152) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Electric Drives(EE353) 3-0-0 3 UG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    A Direct Search Nelder Mead MPPT Based Induction Motor Drive for Solar PV Water Pumping System, By Swetha K T, B Venugopal Reddy, Rohit Kumar Jain, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications , vol.61, pp.607 - 617 , 2025
    Robust and efficient control strategy for single-phase two-stage PV grid-tied system with improved power quality, By Rohit Kumar Jain, B. Venugopal Reddy, G. Harish Kumar Varma , Elsevier , Renewable Energy Focus, vol.48, pp.1-12, 2024
    An effective dual-objective optimization to enhance power generation in a two-stage grid-tied PV system under partial shading conditions, By K.T Swetha, B. Venugopal Reddy, Elsevier, Energy, vol.305, pp.1-12, 2024
    An Effective Control Strategy for Single-Phase Single-Stage PV Grid-Tied Inverter under Abnormal Grid Conditions, By RK Jain, Venugopal Reddy Barry, G Harish Kumar Varma, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol., pp., 2023
    Dual-Objective Optimization for Maximizing Photovoltaic Output Power in a Two-Stage Single-Phase Grid-Tied System, By Swetha K.T, Barry Venugopal Reddy, Rohit Kumar Jain, Wiley , Energy Technology, vol., pp.1-19, 2023
    An innovative grey wolf optimizer with Nelder–mead search method based MPPT technique for fast convergence under partial shading conditions, By KT Swetha, B Venugopal Reddy, A Robinson, Elsevier, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol.59, pp.1-12, 2023
    An MMTES algorithm for dynamic Photovoltaic array reconfiguration to enhance power output under partial shading conditions, By G.Harish Kumar Varma, B Venugopal Reddy, Rohit Kumar Jain, Devanand Kumar . , IET, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol.15, pp.809-820, 2021
    Model-based design and sliding mode control approach for two-stage water pumping system with reduced sensors, By Rohit K Jain, Venugopal Reddy Barry, Harish K Verma, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.10, pp.3940 - 3949, 2021
    Variable size Dynamic PV array for small and various DC loads, By Manjunath Matam, Venugopal Reddy B, Elsevier, Solar Energy, vol.163, pp.581-590, 2019
    Performance improvement of dynamic PV array under partial shade conditions using M2 algorithm, By Manjunath Matam, Venugopal Reddy B and Brad Lehman, IET, IET Renewable Power Generation, vol.13, pp.1239 – 1249, 2019
    Conference(s)
    An Optimal Shade Dispersion Technique for Dynamic PV Array Reconfiguration to Mitigate the Partial Shading Conditions By K.T Swetha; B Venugopal Reddy, National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC) , 2023
    Power Quality Improvement for PV Array Reconfiguration based Grid Tied System By Rohit Kumar Jain, Venugopal Reddy B, G Harish Kumar Varma, National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), 2023
    A Direct Search Nelder Mead MPPT based Induction Motor Drive for Solar PV Water Pumping Systems By K.T Swetha, B Venugopal Reddy, Rohit Kumar Jain , National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), 2022
    PV Array Reconfiguration for Three Level PV Water Pumping System By Rohit Kumar Jain, Venugopal Reddy B, G Harish Kumar Varma, International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2022
    An Improved Crow Search Algorithm to Control MPPT Under Partial Shading Conditions By K.T Swetha, Abin Robinson, Venugopal Reddy Barry, Harish Kumar Varma, IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), 2021
    Modified Jaya Algorithm for Photovoltaic Power Tracking under Partial Shading Conditions By K.T Swetha, Venugopal Reddy B, National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), 2021
    Reconfiguration TCT Array Strategy for Superior Performance of PV Water Pumping System By G Harish Kumar Varma, Venugopal Reddy B, Rohit Kumar Jain, National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), 2021
    A Novel Spotted Hyena Optimization algorithm for MPPT under Partial Shading Conditions By K.T Swetha, Venugopal Reddy B, Abin Robinson, Rohit Kumar Jain, IECON, 2021
    High Performance MPPT Controller based on Adaptive Sliding Mode Control By Rohit Kumar Jain, Harish Kumar Varma G, Venugopal Reddy B, Saidi Reddy P, National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), 2020
    A Current Controlled MPPT with Sliding Mode Control to Improve the Performance of Two Stage Water Pumping System By Rohit Kumar Jain, G Harish Kumar Varma, Venugopal Reddy B, Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2020
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Development of Nature and Bio-inspired Metamaterials for Stealth Technology Applications
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: Core Research Grant, SERB, DST
    Project Cost (INR): 3552692
    Date of Commencement: 15-03-2024  
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Design and Development of a Dynamic Photovoltaic Array fed Single-Stage PV Water Pumping System using an Open-End Winding Induction Motor
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: Core Research Grant, SERB, DST
    Project Cost (INR): 2157871
    Date of Commencement: 20-05-2019   Date of Completion: 19-07-2022
    Duration: 38 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    Mr. Deepak Sai Duvvapu(FT)
    Area of Research: Integrated Onboard Battery Charger for EVs
    Mr. K. Srinivas (PT)
    Area of Research: Bidirectional AC–DC Converter for On-Board Battery Charger
    Previous PhD Students
    Rohit Kumar Jain (2024)
    Area of Research: Design and Implementation of Robust Control Algorithms for Solar PV Energy Conversion System
    Swetha K T (2024)
    Area of Research: MPPT and Dynamic PV Array Reconfiguration for Solar PV Systems under Partially Shaded Conditions
    G Harish Kumar Varma (2022)
    Area of Research: Shade Dispersion Techniques for TCT PV Array
    Matam Manjunath (2018)
    Area of Research: Dynamic Solar Photovoltaic Array Reconfiguration Strategies
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Faculty Advisor for B.Tech II year (Continuing from December, 2024)
    •  Warden, Kakatiya HoR & International Students HoR (Continuing from July, 2024)
    •  Member, Students Grievance Committee (Continuing from March, 2024)
     Last updated on August 8, 2025