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Dr. N. RAKESH
namanirakesh@rgukt.ac.in
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Dr. N. RAKESH

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Employee ID RTPEE16014
Education
DegreeProgramme / Specialization University / Board
Ph.D Doctor of Philosophy National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
PG M.S (by Research) National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
UG B.Tech Kakatiya University, Warangal
Work Experience
Institution / OrganizationDesignation FromTo
Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science (KITS), Warangal Assistant Professor 2013 2016
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, R K Valley, Andhra Pradesh Lecturer 2012 2013
Journal Publications (12)
  1. Muhilan Paramasivam, Dibyaraj Krishna Behera, Anand Issac, Senthilkumar Subramaniam, and Namani Rakesh: “A dynamic power control scheme for a standalone solar photovoltaic system using multiport DC–DC converter”; International Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects – Taylor & Francis, 44 (4), pp. 9843-9860, 2022. DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2022. (SCI-E Journal), November, 2022
  2. Namani Rakesh*, Senthilkumar Subramaniam, Babu Natarajan, and Malavya Udugula; “A non-puzzle based interconnection scheme for energy savings and income generation from partially shaded photovoltaic modules”; International Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects – Taylor & Francis, pp. 1-20, 2022. DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2022.2029973. (SCI-E Journal), January, 2022
  3. Namani Rakesh*, Senthilkumar Subramaniam, Sarojinimary Samikannu and G. Madhusudanan; “A Simple control strategy and dynamic energy management for the operation of combined grid-connected and stand-alone solar photovoltaic applications”;Journal of King Saud University- Engineering Sciences (JKSUES) – Elsevier, pp. 1-9, 2021. DOI:10.1016/j.jksues.2021.12.009. (SCI-E Journal), December, 2021
  4. Namani Rakesh*, Babu Natarajan, Senthilkumar Subramaniam, and G. Madhusudanan; “Single stage power control strategy for nanogrid”; Distributed Generation and Alternate Energy Journal – River Publishers, 37(3), pp. 1-22, DOI: 10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.37317 2021. (Scopus-E Journal), December, 2021
  5. Babu Natarajan, Namani Rakesh*, Senthilkumar Subramaniam, Malavya Udugula, and Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban; “GMPPT Algorithm Based Maximum Power Tracking under Dynamic Weather Conditions Employing Krill-Herd Technique”; International Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects – Taylor & Francis, pp. 1-16, 2021. DOI:10.1080/15567036.2021.1948934. (SCI-E Journal), July 2021
  6. Namani Rakesh, Sanchari Banerjee, Senthilkumar Subramaniam, and Natarajan Babu; “A simplified method for fault detection and identification of mismatch modules and strings in a grid-tied solar photovoltaic system”; International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems- DE GRUYTER, 21(4), pp. 1-16, 2020. DOI:10.1515/ijeeps-2020-0001. (SCI-E Journal), August 2020
  7. G. Madhusudanan, Namani Rakesh, S. Senthil Kumar, and S. Sarojini Mary; “Solar Photovoltaic Array Reconfiguration using Magic Su-Do-Ku algorithm for Maximum Power Production under Partial Shading Conditions”; Taylor & Francis- International Journal of Ambient Energy, pp. 1-24, 2019. DOI: 10.1080/01430750.2019.1691654. (SCI-E Journal), November 2019
  8. Namani Rakesh, S. Senthil Kumar, and G Madhusudanan; “Mitigation of power mismatch losses and wiring line losses of partially shaded solar PV array using Improvised Magic Technique”; IET-Renewable Power Generation, 13(9), pp.1522-1532, 2019. DOI:10.1049/iet-rpg.2018.5927. (SCI-E Journal), May 2019
  9. Sarojini M S, Rakesh Namani, and Senthil Kumar S; “Power Enhancement of Partially Shaded PV Arrays through Shade dispersion using Magic Square configuration”; Journal of Renewable and sustainable energy- American Institute of Physics, Vol. 8, 063503, pp. 1-26, 2016.DOI: 10.1063/1.4972285. (SCI-E Journal), November 2016
  10. Namani Rakesh*, and Venkata Madhavaram.T; “Performance Enhancement of Partially Shaded Solar PV Array using Novel Shade Dispersion Technique”; Frontiers in Energy- Springer, 10(2), pp. 227-239, 2015, DOI:10.1007/s11708-016-0405-0405-y. (SCI-E Journal), October 2015
  11. S. Senthil Kumar, N. Kumaresan, N. Ammasai Gounden, Namani Rakesh; “Analysis and control of wind-driven self-excited induction generators connected to the grid through power converters”; Frontiers in Energy- Springer, Front. Energy, 6(4), pp.403–412, 2012, DOI:10.1007/s11708-012-0208-8. (SCI-E Journal), August 2012
  12. S. Senthilkumar, N. Kumaresan, Namani Rakesh, K. Vijayakumar and M. Subbiah; “Wind-Driven SEIGs for Supplying Isolated Loads Employing DSP Based Power Electronic Controllers”; International Journal ofWind Engineering, 36 (6), pp. 739-758, 2012. DOI: 10.1260/0309-524X.36.6.739. (SCI-E Journal), September 2012
Conference Papers (9)
  1. Md. Mehar Ali, Namani Rakesh*, Udugula Malavya, and K. Ajith; “Design, development and testing of solar iron box for smart home”; IEEE International Conference on Electronics and Renewable Systems (ICEARS-2022), Tuticorin, India, pp. 1-6, 16th -18th March, 2022.
  2. D. Rishikesh, Namani Rakesh*, Udugula Malavya; “A New technique to extract maximum power from wind turbine”; IEEE National Power System Conference (NPSC), Tiruchirappalli, pp. 1-6, 14th -16th December, 2018.
  3. Namani Rakesh*, Udugula Malavya; “Maximizing the Power Output of Partially Shaded Solar PV Array using Novel Interconnection Method”; IEEE International Conference on Innovative Mechanisms for Industry Applications (ICIMIA), Bangalore, pp. 1-5, 21st -23rd February, 2017.
  4. Namani Rakesh*, T. Santosh, Udugula Malavya and D. Rishikesh; “Battery Management System for Solar PV Panel”; IEEE International Conference on Innovative Mechanisms for Industry Applications (ICIMIA), Bangalore, pp. 1-5, 21st -23rd February, 2017.
  5. Namani Rakesh*, Venkata Madhavaram.T, K. Ajith, G. Rajendra Naik and P. Nagarjun Reddy; “A New Technique to Enhance Output Power from Solar PV Array under Different Partial Shaded Conditions”; IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid State Circuits, Singapore, pp. 345-348, 1st -4th June, 2015.
  6. A.Vamshi Kumar, K. Ajith, P. Nagarjuna Reddy, G. Rajendra Naik, Namani Rakesh; “Improved power quality control strategy for distributed generation systems”; IEEE International Conference on Smart Electric Grid,Guntur, pp. 1-6, 2014.
  7. Namani Rakesh*, A. Nitya and C. Gautham Kumar; “Modelling and Simulation of the Wind Energy Electric Conversion System to Extract The Maximum Power From the Wind Using MATLAB”; IEEE International Conference on Magnetics, Machines & Drives (AICERA-2014 iCMMD), Kearala, pp. 1-6, 24th -26th July, 2014.
  8. Namani Rakesh, N. Kumaresan, S. Senthil Kumar and M.Subbiah; “Performance Predetermination of variable speed wind-driven Grid connected SEIGs”; IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, Bangalore, pp. 1-6, 16th -19th December, 2012.
  9. Namani Rakesh, N. Kumaresan, S. Senthil Kumar and M.Subbiah; “Major methods of steady state analysis of Three phase SEIGs-A Summary”; IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Nepal, pp. 415-419, 2012.
Books & Book Chapters (2)
  1. Authored text book entitled “Power Electronic Interfaces in Wind Energy Systems”, Published by LAP-LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany in December, 2014, ISBN No. 978-3-659-66803-6 by Dr. Namani Rakesh
  2. Authored text book entitled “Novel power enhancement techniques on partially shaded solar PV Array”, Published by LAP-LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany in October 2015, ISBN No. 978-3-659-79481-0 by Dr. Namani Rakesh and Venkata Madhavaram. T
Research Projects (1)
  1. DST-Travel Grant: Financial assistance of Rs. 59,361/- received for participating in IEEE-EDSSC Conference in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. (Sanction order no. ITS/0821/20152016. Dated: 24-07-2015)
PhD Supervision
Scholar NameTitle of ResearchInstituteYear
Mr. V. Vinay Kumar LED Drivers for energy efficient lighting system/ MPPT methods for photovoltaic systems under dynamic weather conditions National Institute of Technology, Warangal Persuing
Awards & Recognition (4)
  1. Received “IEEE Senior Member Award” from IEEE Professional Society on 23rd Feb, 2022
  2. Received “Young Scientist Award” from VDGOOD Professional Association on 21st & 22nd May 2021
  3. Received “Travel Grant Award-2015” from DST-SERB, Govt. of India, on 24th July, 2015
  4. Received “Travel Grant Award-2015” from UGC, Govt. of India, on 20th May, 2015
Honours (13)
  1. Technical Reviewer for Toycathon-2021 organized by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell and AICTE, India
  2. Technical Reviewer for IET Renewable Power Generation
  3. Technical Reviewer for IEEE Access
  4. Technical Reviewer for IEEE-CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
  5. Technical Reviewer for International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, DE GRUYTER
  6. Technical Reviewer for International Transactions of Electrical Energy Systems, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
  7. Technical Reviewer for International Journal of Energy Research, John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  8. Technical Reviewer for International Journal of Ambient Energy, Taylor and Francis
  9. Technical Reviewer for Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technolgy (JEET), Springer
  10. Technical Reviewer for International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology (IJSET), (ISSN: 2277-1581)
  11. Presiding Officer (2019), Khanapur Assembly Constituency, General Elections House of the People, Government of Telangana
  12. Technical Reviewer (2022), Smart India Hackathon, RGUKT, Basar
  13. Technical Reviewer (2022), Smart India Hackathon, AICTE & MHRD, New Delhi
Achievements (4)
  1. Awarded scholarship in 2010 to support Master studies in National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, by MHRD, Government of India.
  2. Awarded scholarship in 2008 for soft skills training program by Jawahar Knowledge Centre (JKC), Government of Andhra Pradesh, India.
  3. Selected as Software Engineer in 2007 at SATYAM COMPUTERS Ltd, Hyderabad, India
  4. Awarded first prize in 2011 at SIMTRIX (MATLAB Simulation) event in a National level technical festival CURRENTS-2011, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnandu
Professional Memberships
  1. Senior Member of IEEE (92809925)
  2. Member of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
  3. Life Member of ISTE (LM134614)
  4. Member of IAENG (307759)
Workshops & FDPs (18)
  1. Four Week UGC 86th Orientation Course sponsored by HRDC, UGC, New Delhi organized by Osmania University, Hyderabad during 1st to 28th February, 2018
  2. A Two Week Faculty Development Programme on “Sustainable Technologies for Electric Transportation Systems” sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi organized Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana during 14th to 26th June, 2021
  3. A Two Week Faculty Development Programme on “Domain Specific Internet of Things and Illustration of IoTs Design using Case Studies” sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi organized by Department of CSE, KITS, Warangal during 9th to 21st January, 2020
  4. A Two Week Faculty Development Programme on “Applications of Nanotechnology in Solar Systems” sponsored and organized by NIT, Trichy during 26th November to 8th December 2018
  5. A Two Week Faculty Development Programme on Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems-Present Trends and Future Scope sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi organized by Department of EEE, CBIT, Hyderabad during 13th to 25th November, 2017
  6. A Two Week GIAN course on Distributed Generation and Renewable Integration: forecasting tools and EMS towards Smart Grid / Smart City Paradigm (Course Code: 151036D04) sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India organized by the Department of EE, NIT, Warangal during 23rd May to 3rd June, 2016
  7. A Two week Faculty Development Program on Entrepreneurship Development sponsored by DST, Govt. of India organized by Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India during 23rd Feb. to 07th mar. 2015
  8. A Two Week Faculty Development Program on Micro Grid & Distributed Generation sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi organized by Department of EEE, KITS, Warangal during 28th October to 9th Nov, 2013
  9. A Two week Faculty Development Program on Control Systems sponsored by ISTE-MHRD, Govt. of India organized by IIT, Kharagpur, India during 02nd Dec. to 12th Dec, 2014
  10. A One Week Online Short term training programme on “Challenges in Electric Vehicular battery charging & Grid integration issues Phase-III” sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi organized by Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Andhra Pradesh during 24th September to 30th September 2020
  11. A One Week Online Short term training programme on “Challenges in Electric Vehicular battery charging & Grid integration issues Phase-II” sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi organized by Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Andhra Pradesh during 24th August to 29th August 2020
  12. A One Week Online Short term training programme on “Challenges in Electric Vehicular battery charging & Grid integration issues Phase-I” sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi organized by Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Andhra Pradesh during 03rd August to 08th August 2020
  13. A One Week Online preconference FDP on “Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Internet of things & Big data applications in power electronics and its allied areas” sponsored by Preconference FDP-SETFET 2021& IEEE IAS & IEEE Hyderabad section organized by Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana during 01st June to 06th June 2020
  14. A One Week Online workshop on “Design, Analysis and application of Power Electronics Converters” sponsored by IEEE PELS&IES Bangalore chapters organized by BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore during 11th May to 15th May 2020
  15. A One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Trends in Power Electronics Applications in Smart Grid, Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy” sponsored by E&ICT Academy, Govt. of India organized by NIT, Warangal during 17th June to 22nd June 2019
  16. A One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Challenges and Advances in Renewable Energy Sources” sponsored and organized by Department of EEE, KITS, Singapur during 6th to 11th November, 2017
  17. A One week Workshop on “Renewable energy technologies and Distributed generation” sponsored and organized by the Department of EEE, KITS, Warangal during 22nd to 27th April, 2017
  18. A One Week Workshop on “Power Electronic Applications” sponsored by TEQIP organized by thr Department of EEE, NIT, Warangal during 14th to 18th oct. 2013
Seminars & Conferences Attended (4)
  1. As a Convener organized annual sports day celebrations "SPORTS ELITE-2K18" on 09-04-2018 in SAC Auditorium at RGUKT, Basar.
  2. As a Convener organized annual sports day celebrations "SPORTS ELITE-2K17" on 08-04-2017 in Satavahana Grounds at RGUKT, Basar.
  3. As a Coordinator organized Engineers Day Celebrations on 15-09-2019 in the Department of Electrical Engineering at RGUKT, Basar.
  4. As a Coordinator organized National level student technical symposium "ELECTROVISION-2014" on 15-02-2014 in the Department of EEE, KITS-Warangal
Subjects Taught
  1. M.Tech: Power Electronic Control of AC Drives (PE)
  2. Electrical and Hybrid Vehicle (E4-EEE)
  3. Power Semiconductor Drives (E4-EEE)
  4. Power Electronics (E3-EEE)
  5. ANN&FUZZY Systems (E4-EEE)
  6. Industrial Electronics (E4-ECE & E4-EIE)
  7. Control System Engineering (E3-EEE)
  8. Electrical Technology (E1-ECE)
  9. Network Analysis (E1-ECE & E1-CSE)
Projects Guided (5)
  1. A New technique to enhance power generation from solar PV array under partial shaded conditions by shade dispersion. (Master’s)
  2. Modelling of photo voltaic based regulated power supply for small DC voltage applications. (Bachelor’s)
  3. Wind driven self-excited induction generator connected to the grid through power converters to track the maximum power. (Bachelor’s)
  4. The Modeling of a wind driven induction generator to supply DC Micro Grid. (Bachelor’s)
  5. SPWM control for photovoltaic panels connected to stand-alone systems. (Bachelor’s)
Administrative Experience
  1. Associate Dean of Engineering (2022-Till Date), RGUKT, Basar
  2. Faculty in-charge (2022-Till Date), University Electrical Maintenance Section (UEMS), RGUKT, Basar
  3. Head of the Department (2019-2022), Dept. of Electrical Engineering, RGUKT, Basar
  4. Member (2018, 2019 &2022), Guest Faculty and Lab Assistant Recruitment Committees, Dept. of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  5. Member (A.Y 2022-23), E1-Engineering Branch Allocation Committee, RGUKT, Basar
  6. Chairman (A.Y 2022-23), Academics and Curriculum Restructuring Committee, RGUKT, Basar
  7. Convener (A.Y 2022-23), Class Room Identification and Arrangement Committee, RGUKT, Basar
  8. Member (2022-Till Date), Research & Development, Innovation, Industry Interface and MOUs Committee, RGUKT, Basar
  9. HoD (In-charge) (04-06-2018 to 02-07-2018), Dept. of Electrical Engineering, RGUKT-Basar
  10. Member (2018-Till Date), Website Advisory Committee, RGUKT, Basar
  11. Member (2016-2018), Sports Board Committee, RGUKT-Basar
  12. Convener (2016-2018), Sports & Games, Student Activity Centre (SAC), RGUKT-Basar
  13. Member (2017), Board of Studies (BoS), Department of EE, RGUKT-Basar
  14. Warden (2016-2017), Boys Hostel-II (East Wing), RGUKT-Basar
  15. Chairman (2021-2023), Department Student Grievance Redressal Cell (DSGRC), Department of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  16. Member (2019-2021), Department Student Grievance Redressal Cell (DSGRC), Department of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  17. Faculty Coordinator, Engineers Day-2019, Department of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  18. Chairman (2019-2022), B.Tech Projects Committee, Department of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  19. Member (2019-Till Date), Website & Maintenance Committee, Department of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  20. Faculty In-charge (2019-2022), Power Electronics Lab, Department of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  21. Faculty In-Charge (2019-2022), Electrical Simulation Lab, Department of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  22. Faculty In-Charge (2019-2022), Basic Electrical Engineering Lab, Department of EE, RGUKT, Basar
  23. Faculty In-charge (2016-2022), Research & Development Cell, Dept. of EE, RGUKT-Basar
  24. Faculty In-charge (2015), Training and Placement (T&P) Cell from Department of EEE, KITS-Warangal
  25. Faculty In-charge (2014-2016), Technology Entrepreneurship Programme organized by Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
  26. Faculty In-charge (2014-2016), Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) from Department of EEE, KITS-Warangal