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Prof. Venkata Ramana Naik N

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

Room No: 353/1 +91-870-2462210
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Research Areas

 Fuzzy/ Neural/ Neuro-fuzzy/Machine-learning Applications

 Multi-level Inverters / Converters

 Performance and analysis of various PWM techniques

 Power management in micro/nano grids using Renewable sources

 Speed control Techniques for various EV / Motor drives

 Various converter configurations for EV Charging control

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Summer Internship/EPICS(EE449)
  • Power Electronics & Drives Lab(EE402)
  • Electrical Simulation Lab(EE403)
  • Utilization of Electrical Energy(EE312)
  • ORC ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9365-1627
  • ISI Researcher ID: https://researchid.co/venkataramana
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Cud1J6AAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate


  • A Seamless Enhancing Grid Stiffness Control Strategy for Harmonic Compensation and Power Ripple Mitigation in grid-tied Virtual Synchronous Generator System., By Sameer Kumar Behera, Anup Kumar Panda and Venkata Ramana Naik N, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IF: 11.7, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.Early Access, , pp., 2025
  • Robust Generalized Modified Blake–Zisserman and Adaptive Vectorial Filter-Based Control Architecture for Enhanced Performance of a Grid-Tied PV System, By Markala Karthik , Venkata Ramana Naik N and Anup Kumar Panda , IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IF=7.5, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol.Early Access, , pp., 2025
  • An Enhanced Grid-tied Off-Board Electric Vehicle Charger with Improved Power Quality Using Unified Control Approach, By Satyabrata Behera, Venkata Ramana Naik N, Anup Kumar Panda, Sameer Kumar Behera, and Nishit Tiwary,, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IF: 6.6, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.Early Access, , pp., 2025
  • An Adaptive Control Approach for Improved Power Quality and Power Ripple Mitigation in a Self-synchronized Grid-Tied VSG, By Behera, Venkata Ramana Naik N, and Anup Kumar Panda, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IF=7.5, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, , vol.72, no. 4, , pp.3664-3675, April, 2025
  • ANF-MAP based Multipurpose Control Approach for Single-Stage Grid-Connected PV System, By Prerana Mohapatra, Venkata Ramana Naik N, A. K. Panda, Rajesh Kumar Lenka, and Laxmidhar Senapati, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IF=7.5, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.71, no. 9, , pp.10898-10907, Sept. , 2024
  • A Novel Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Based Direct Torque Control of Induction Motor Drive Using Five-level Diode-clamped Inverter, By Venkata Ramana Naik N and S. P. Singh, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IF=7.5, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.68, no. 1, , pp.149-159, Jan. , 2021
  • An Interval Type-2 Fuzzy-Based DTC of IMD Using Hybrid Duty Ratio Control, By Venkata Ramana Naik N, S. P. Singh, and A. K. Panda, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IF: 6.6, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol.. 35, no. 8,, pp.8443-8451, Aug. , 2020
  • A Three-Level Fuzzy-2 DTC of Induction Motor Drive Using SVPWM, By Venkata Ramana Naik N, Aurobinda Panda, and S. P. Singh, , IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IF=7.5, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, , vol.63, no. 3, , pp.. 1467-1479, Mar., 2016
  • A Comparative Analytical Performance of Fuzzy-2 DTC and PIDTC of Induction Motor Using DSPACE DS-1104, By Venkata Ramana Naik N and S. P. Singh, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IF=7.5, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, , vol.. 62, no. 12,, pp.7350-7359, Dec. , 2015
  • Robust Voltage Control of DAB Converter with Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Approach, By Nishit Tiwary, Venkata Ramana Naik N, Anup Kumar Panda, A. Narendra, and Rajesh Kumar Lenka, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol.4, no. 1, , pp.. 288-298, Jan. , 2023

A Cost effective with Centralized Proposed Multi-functional Converter Control Configuration for EV Application

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Research Seed Grant, NIT Warangal
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Ongoing

Design and Control of a Fast and Efficient Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger for Domestic Installation

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB/ANRF
  • Duration 46 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2799764
  • Status Ongoing


Nitu Panda (Executive program)

  • Area of Research: Power Management in Hybrid Renewable Energy systems

Sameer Kumar Behera (PhD thesis submitted on April 2025 and going to give PhD final viva voce shortly)

  • Area of Research: Performance Enhancement of Grid-Tied Virtual Synchronous Generators for Renewable PV Systems

Satyabrata Behera (Project scholar)

  • Area of Research: Design and Control of Multi-Functional Electric Vehicle (EV) Charges for Domestic Applications
  • Appreciation Certificate in IEI 2024
  • Best Paper Award in 11th IEEE PEDES-2024 Conf
  • BRICS – Young Scientist Award 2022
  • Certificate of Appreciation in RSW-2024
  • Overall A-grade in PhD thesis 2016
  • Warden for Gandhi, Gokhale and Radhakrishna Halls (Continuing from July, 2025)