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Prof. T Vinay Kumar

PhD (NIT Warangal)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Electrical Engineering

Room No: EED 353   +91-870-2462249
vinaykumar@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Power Electronics and Drives  

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Modelling & Analysis of Electrical Machines(EE415)
  • Electric Drives(EE16003)
  • Power Electronics & Drives Lab(EE402)
  • Control Systems Lab(EE306)
  • Design Thinking(EE1102)
  • Electric Drives(EE353)
  • Electric Drives Lab(EE16006)
  • Electric Drives(EE5102)
  • Electric Drives Lab(EE5154)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-7250-6655
  • Google Scholar ID: Df5nlCsAAAAJ


  • Enhanced Model Predictive Current Control based Five-Phase PMSM Drive, By Rajanikanth & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.12, pp.838 - 848, 2024
  • A Simplified Voltage Vector Preselection based Multivector Predictive Current Control for Improved Torque Performance of PMSM Drive, By Parvathy M L & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.38, pp.8775-8785, 2023
  • An Enhanced Predictive Current Control Scheme for Common Mode Voltage Alleviation and Improvement of Torque Response of PMSM Drive, By Parvathy M L & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.11, pp.2139-2150, 2023
  • Effective Multi-vector Operated Predictive Current Control of PMSM Drive with Reduced Torque and Flux Ripple, By Sagar Petkar & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol.9, pp.2217-2227, 2023
  • A Simplified Predictive Current Control of Open-End Winding Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor, By Sagar Petkar & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.38, pp.816 - 826, 2023
  • A Novel Duty Controlled DTC of a Surface PMSM Drive with Reduced Torque and Flux Ripples, By Sagar Petkar & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.70, pp.3373-3383, 2023
  • A Multi-Vector based Model Predictive Current Control of PMSM Drive with Enhanced Torque and Flux Response, By Parvathy M L & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.10, pp.7527-7538, 2022
  • Enhanced Predictive Current Control of PMSM Drive with Virtual Voltage Space Vectors, By Sagar Petkar & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol.3, pp.1834 - 1844, 2022
  • Weighting-Factorless Predictive Torque Control Scheme for Dual Inverter fed Open-End-Winding PMSM with Single DC Source, By Kusuma Eshwar & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.36, pp.12968 - 12978, 2021
  • An Effective Modulated Predictive Current Control of PMSM drive with Low Complexity, By Parvathy M L & Vinay Kumar T, IEEE, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol.10, pp.4565 - 4575, 2021

Development of Advanced Speed Control Techniques for Five-Phase Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor (PMa-SynRM)-Powered Electric Vehicles to Reduce Torque Ripples, Ensuring Smoother Operation and Enhanced Efficiency

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), INDIA
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3449604
  • Status Ongoing

Investigation and Implementation of Model Predictive Control Strategies to a Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Photo-Voltaic based Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications with Reduced Torque Ripple

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), INDIA
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2436920
  • Status Completed

Analysis and Implementation of Model Predictive Controlled Three-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle Applications

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) fellowship
  • Duration 4 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1577081
  • Status Completed

An Effective Predictive Torque Controlled Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for a Photo-Voltaic based Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Reduced CO2 Emissions

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), INDIA
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2620660
  • Status Completed

Reduction of Torque Ripple in Direct Torque Controlled Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for a Hybrid Electric Vehicle

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), INDIA
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3326000
  • Status Completed


Puli Rajanikanth

  • Area of Research: Five-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor drive
  • Early Career Research (ECR) Award, SERB 2019.
  • SIRE Fellowship Award, SERB 2022.
  • Faculty Advisor for Electrical Engineering Society (EES) A.Y.: 2024-25 (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • Faculty Advisor for Patriotic Club for the Academic Year (July, 2023 - May, 2024)
  • Treasurer, Electrical Engineering Society (EES), NIT Warangal (July, 2023 - June, 2024)
  • Department Time-Table in-charge (November, 2019 - November, 2021)
  • NSS Programme Officer (December, 2018 - December, 2020)
  • Department Placement In-charge (October, 2018 - November, 2019)
  • DAC (PG&R) (October, 2018 - October, 2019)
  • Warden (Godavari Mess) (November, 2016 - November, 2018)
  • Power Electronics Lab in-charge (March, 2015 - November, 2018)
  • M.Tech Course Coordinator (July, 2014 - July, 2018)