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B. G. Fernandes

Research Interests

Power Electronics:
  • Inverter topologies for VAr compensation.
  • Power electronic interfaces for non-conventional energy sources.
Electrical Machines:
  • Permanent magnet machines for wind power generation.
  • Switched reluctance machines for electric vehicle application.

Courses Offered

Academic Background

  • Ph.D, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, 1993
  • M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 1989
  • B.Tech, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathakal, India, 1984

Work Experience

Academic
  • Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (January’ 15 – January’ 21) Read more
  • Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Dharwad (IIT Bombay as Mentor Institute) (Jul’16 - Jan’21)
  • Chairman, School of Electrical Sciences, IIT Goa (IIT Bombay as Mentor Institute) (Jul’16 - Jul’19)
  • Institute Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (July’ 14 – June' 17)
  • Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (April’ 07 – date)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (February’ 01 – March’ 07)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (December’ 97 – January’ 01)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur (November’ 93 - November’ 97)
Other Professional
  • Co-founder and Mentor of Startup AproposDrive Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (2016 – date) Read more
  • Visiting Researcher, Medium Voltage Drives, ABB, Zurich (August’ 11 – November’ 11)
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, ETH, Zurich (May’ 08 – July’ 08)
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Esigelec, France (November’ 07)
  • Design Engineer, M/s. Development Consultants, Bombay. Involved in the design of a 35 MW captive power plant for Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Company and (2 x 235) MW nuclear power plant at Narora (UP) and Kakrapar (Gujarat) (September’ 84 – July’ 87)

Affiliations with Professional Organizations

  • Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), India
  • Senior Member, IEEE, USA
  • Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Awards, Distinctions and Prizes

  • Graded as one of the best instructors thrice by the students of IIT Kanpur (in 1995, 96, 97)
  • Received the Best Teacher Award from IIT Bombay in the year 2003
  • 2016 IET Premium (Best Paper) Award for the paper titled, “Design Procedure of Segmented Rotor Switched Reluctance Motor for Direct Drive Application,” IET Electric Power Application, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 77-88, March 2014 by R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes
  • Received Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2019 from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India

Scholarly Activities

Patents
  • P. Mahajan and B. G. Fernandes, “Inverted switched reluctance motor and controller for electric two-wheeler,” India Patent IN241923, Issued on February 26, 2007
  • N. Vattikuti, R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “A high power density switched reluctance motor,” Indian Patent Appl. No. 197/MUM/2009
  • S. Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Wall mounted speed regulator for a BLDC motor driven ceiling fan,” Indian Patent Appl. No. 542/MUM/2011
  • S. Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Energy Conversion System,” Indian Patent Appl. No. 2912/MUM/2011
  • R. Vandana, S. Nikam and B. G. Fernandes, “A segmented switched reluctance motor as hub drive for an electric vehicle,” Indian Patent No. 331582.
  • S. P. Nikam and B. G. Fernandes, “Switched reluctance drive for ceiling fan,” Indian Patent no. 331672 (In the process of commercialization) Read more
  • B. G. Fernandes, Akshatha Shetty, Aarathi Ramesh, ““Method and apparatus for integrating low voltage PV power to three phase AC power”, Indian Patent No. 470974.
  • B. G. Fernandes, Akshatha Shetty, Arun C Nair, “Unified AC-DC microgrid architecture for distribution of AC and DC power on same line”, Indian Patent No. 474593.
  • S. Neethu, S. P. Nikam, B. G. Fernandes, A. K. Wankhede and Saumitra Pal, “Wave Type Winding for Printed Circuit Board based Stator of an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Motor,” Indian Patent No. 498474.
  • Swati Savaliya, B. G. Fernandes and Sumeet Singh, “Bi-directional Z-source circuit breaker topologies with re-closing and re-breaking capabilities,” Indian Patent no. 524959.
  • Swati Savaliya and B. G. Fernandes, “Breaker circuit in a Microgrid system and a method for protecting power supply,” Indian Patent Appl. No. 409998.
  • S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Semi-Modular Submersible Brushless DC Motor”, Indian Patent Appl. No. 201821010872.
  • S. Sashidhar, Silba Mathew and B. G. Fernandes, “Motor System and Winding for an Electric Motor”, Indian Patent No. 356976.
  • Shambhu Sau, Saurabh P Nikam, and B. G. Fernandes, “Regenerative Cascaded Multicell Converter(CMC)”, Indian Patent no. 501987.
  • Shambhu Sau, and B. G. Fernandes, “Modular Multilevel Converter(MMC)”, Indian Patent no. 421226.
  • Neethu S. and B. G. Fernandes, “A T-spoke type rotor and a rotary electric machine containing the same”, Indian patent no. 486646.
  • Anees Vettuparambil, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee “Multiport converters to interface solar PV arrays and battery storage system with dc electric grid,” Indian patent no.: 469375.
  • Nagamalleswararao Kamarajugadda, Baylon Godfrey Fernandes, Kishore Chatterjee, Multifunctional and integrated on-board electric vehicle charger, Indian Patent Appl. No. 202221050579.
  • Swati Savaliya and B. G. Fernandes, “Breaker circuit in a Microgrid system and a method for protecting power supply,” Indian Patent No. 409998.
  • A. Kushwaha, B. G. Fernandes, N. Endla, M. Manohar, Magnetic Levitation System for Increasing Magnetic Field Intensity Therein, Indian Patent No. 403273.
  • Jitendra Kumar and B. G. Fernandes, A Stable IPM-SyRM topology, Indian Patent App. No. 202321068451.
  • Saptarshi Dey, B. G. Fernandes, and Kishore Chatterjee, Switched Reluctance Motor Having Integrated Magnetic Gear, Indian patent no. 496175.
  • Saptarshi Dey, B. G. Fernandes, and Kishore Chatterjee, A Magnetic Gear Integrated Switched Reluctance Motor, Indian patent application no. 202321082856.
  • Annoy Kumar Das, and B. G. Fernandes, Integrated Magnetic Design Methodology for Achieving Load-current Dependent Variable Leakage Inductance in a Medium/High-frequency Transformer, Indian patent application no. 202421010877.
  • Saptarshi Dey, B. G. Fernandes, and Kishore Chatterjee, Magnetic Gear Integrated Segmented Rotor SRM with Reduced or No Rare-earth Material, Indian patent application no. 202421025028.
  • Shovan Dey and B. G. Fernandes, Permanent Magnet Alternating Current Machine, Indian Patent application no. 202421007567.

Grants and Contracts Received

  • Co-PI of a grant funded by Planning Commission for Rs. 108 Lakhs (US$2,00,000) entitled, “Development of FHP Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (A Mission Mode Project),” in 1998
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by Ministry of Human Resources (MHRD) for Rs. 9 Lakhs (US$20,000) entitled, “Development of Power Factor Controller and Harmonic Suppressor System,” in 1999
  • Co-PI of a grant funded by M/s. Triangle Simulators, Mumbai for Rs. 0.4 Lakhs (US$1000) entitled, “Generator Modeling for Training Simulator,” in 1999
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) for Rs. 14 Lakhs (US$30,000) entitled, “Development of High Power, High Frequency Power Supply,” in 2000
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by Central Power Research Institute for Rs. 13 Lakhs (US$28,000) entitled, “Analysis and Design of Line start PMSM for Irrigation Pumps,” in 2000
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by M/s. Bharat Bijlee, Mumbai for Rs. 0.85 Lakhs (US$2000) entitled, “Development of DSP based DC Drive,” in 2000
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by Ministry of Human Resources (MHRD) for Rs. 23 Lakhs (US$50,000) entitled, “Modernization of Electric Machines Laboratory,” in 2002
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by Ministry of Human Resources (MHRD) for Rs. 10 Lakhs (US$22,000) entitled, “Electric Drives Laboratory for Alternative Energy System,” in 2003
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by Ministry of Information Technology for Rs. 72 Lakhs (US$1,50,000) entitled, “National Mission on Power Electronics Technology – Infrastructure Development at IIT Bombay,” in 2006
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by ICICI Onesource for Rs. 0.9 Lakhs (US$2000) entitled, “Investigating the Reasons for High Ground Current and Failure of Electronic Equipment,” in 2006
  • Co-PI of a grant funded by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. for Rs. 20 Lakhs (US$50,000) entitled, “Preparation of Design Specification of Low Tension Load Management System,” in 2007
  • One of the PIs of a grant funded by Federal government for Rs. 470 Million (US$10,000,000) entitled, “National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE),” in 2010
  • Co-PI of a grant funded by an India-UK Collaborative Research Initiative in Solar Energy for Rs. 700 Lakhs (US$ 1,000,000) entitled, “Stability and Performance of Photovoltaics,” in 2010
  • Principal investigator of grant funded by BARC for Rs. 45 Lakhs (US$70,000) entitled “Study, analysis and development of technologies for high speed, low power synchronous motors and their sensor less controllers” in 2014
  • Principal investigator of grant funded by Department of Science and Technology for Rs. 70 Lakhs (US$ 100,000) entitled “Design and development of high performance multi-functional modular multilevel converter topologies for renewable energy integration in smart dc grid (M3C)”
  • One of the Principal Investigators of a grant funded by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India for Rs. 62.35 Crores (US$ 9.3 million) entitled, “National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) - Phase-II,” in 2016 Read more
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by Department of Science and Technology for Rs. 5.45 Crores entitled “Indo-UK Centre for Educational Research in Clean Energy”, in 2017 Read more
  • Principal investigator of a grant funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for Rs. 84.2 Crores entitled “National Centre of Excellence in Technology for Internal Security”, in 2018 Read more
  • One of the Principal Investigators of a grant funded by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India for Rs. 40.92 Crores (US$ 4.92 million) entitled, “National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) - Phase-III,” in 2023 Read more

Theses/Dissertations Supervisor

Ph.D. Theses
  1. Kishore Chatterjee (currently Professor at IIT Bombay), 1997 - Static Var Compensator and Harmonic Suppressor System
  2. Jamal Jafar, 1998 - Quasi-Resonant PWM Inverter for Induction Motor Drive
  3. B. N. Chaudhari, 2001 - Design and Analysis of Line Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Irrigation Pumps
  4. A. B. Raju, 2005 - Power Electronic Interface for Grid Connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion Systems
  5. Jagjitpati Shukla, 2007 - Three phase AC-DC and DC-AC Soft Switching Converters
  6. Arbind Kumar, 2008 - Simplified Direct Torque Control Strategies for Medium and High Power Three Phase Induction Motor Drive
  7. G. V. Jayaramaiah, 2008 - Voltage Control Strategies for Stand-alone Self-excited Induction Generator
  8. D. V. Ghodke, 2008 - High Power Factor AC to DC Conversion Systems
  9. D. S. More, 2010 Design and Analysis of Three Phase Flux Reversal Machine for Roof Top Wind Power Generation
  10. S. Anand, 2013 - Interface Circuits and Controllers for Effective Utilization of Solar Photovoltaics (Best Thesis Award)
  11. R. Vandana, 2013 - Segmented Rotor Switched Reluctance Motor for Electric Vehicle Applications
  12. N. N. V. S. Babu, 2013 - Cascaded Two Level Inverter based Multilevel STATCOM
  13. R. Madhavan, 2013 - Axial Flux Segmented SRM for Electric Vehicle Application
  14. V. Y. Vekhande, 2015 - Current-fed Converter Topologies for Interconnecting Solar Photovoltaic, AC and DC Grids (POSOCO Power System Award)
  15. S. P. Nikam, 2015 - Investigations into the Performance of Switched Reluctance Motor for Commercial Applications (Best Thesis Award)
  16. B. R. Pimple, 2016 - Control of Doubly Fed Induction Generator for Wind Power Generation
  17. Bhukya Mangu, 2016 - Multi-Input Converters for Effective Utilization of Integrated PV-Wind-Battery based Systems
  18. Rajesh Farswan, 2016 - Efficient On-Grid And Off-Grid Solar Photovoltaic Inverter Systems With High Reliability For Rooftop Application
  19. C. Anandbabu, 2017 - Non-Isolated and Paralleled Current-Fed Inverter Topologies for Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Systems
  20. S. Sashidhar, 2017 - Investigations on Ferrite PM BLDC Motors for a Deep Bore-Well Submersible Pump
  21. V. V. S. P. Kumar, 2017 - Fault-Tolerant and Active Power Decoupling Topologies for Single-Phase Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems (M.Tech+Ph.D.)
  22. Indrajit Sarkar, 2018 - Hybrid Symmetric Cascaded H-bridge Multi-level Converters for Medium-voltage High-power Industrial Applications
  23. Shambhu Sau, 2018 - Modular Converter Topologies with reduced transformer rating and capacitor sizing for high power regenerative drives (INAE Innovative Student Projects Award)
  24. Onkar V. Kulkarni, 2018 - New Control Methods for Static Distributed Generators in AC Supply Systems
  25. Neethu S., 2020 - Design and Performance investigations of laminated-core-stator and PCB-stator based axial flux permanent magnet motors for high-speed low-power applications
  26. Swatiben G. Savaliya, 2020 - Circuit breaker topologies for low voltage DC microgrid
  27. Huma Khan, 2020 – Integrated Controller for Multi-functional Smart PV Systems connected to LV Distribution Grid
  28. Anees Vettuparambil, 2021 – A family of multiport converters interfacing solar PV modules with DC microgrid
  29. Akshatha Shetty, 2022 – Battery/PV Integrated Systems Employing Unifed Ac - Dc
  30. R.M. Ram Kumar, 2022 – High-Speed Synchronous Reluctance and Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicles
  31. Amar A Kushwaha, 2023 – Motor Integrated Electrodynamic Wheel for Magnetic Levitation Applications
  32. Arun C Nair, 2023 - Power Converters for Fast Charging Stations and Drive-Trains of Electric Vehicles
  33. Annoy Kumar Das, 2024 - Lumped Parameter Based Modeling and Design Optimization of Two-winding Medium-frequency Transformer
  34. Srinivas Baka, 2024 - Investigations on Line-start Two-pole Ferrite Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor
M.Tech Theses
  1. Jamal Jafar, 1995 - A GTO based three phase AC-DC PWM converter fed DC motor drive
  2. Hemant Agarwal, 1995 - DSP based sensorless field oriented controller for 3 phase induction motor drive
  3. Tripta Thakur, 1996 - Frequency domain analysis of a LCC type resonant converfter
  4. P Shesh Kumar, 1996 - Speed control of induction motor by slip power control using PWM inverter
  5. Shyam Sundar, 1996 - Active power filter with constant switching frequency for reactive power and harmonic compensation
  6. Rajaneesh, 1997 - Slip power recovery control of a three phase induction motor using PWM IGBT inverter
  7. Lt. S.K.Srivastava, 1997 - Study of boost rectifier with active input current waveshaping
  8. A. R. Sanglikar, 2000 - Direct torque controlled induction motor drive with bi-directional power converter
  9. Dhiraj Khokhani, 2000 - Operating strategies for self excited induction generator
  10. M. R. Rathi, 2000 - Static VAR compensator for load compensation
  11. G. Sattigeri, 2000 - Study of FCAW surfacing
  12. M. A. Joshi, 2001 - Quasi resonant DC link inverter
  13. MD. A. Imam, 2001 - Adding active clamping and soft switching to boost-flyback single-state isolated power-factor-corrected power supplies
  14. R. M. Naik, 2001 - Sensor-less fuzzy logic controlled brushless DC motor
  15. S. V. Patil, 2001 - High frequency inverter for induction heating
  16. V. Kansal, 2001 - Process optimization for MIG/MAG welding: including control system design and development
  17. C. Vangala, 2002 - Simulation of sensor-less control of PMBLDC using fuzzy logic controller
  18. S. L. A. Babu, 2002 - Direct torque control of induction motor drive
  19. M. Mohan, 2002 - DSP Based Sensor-less Rotor Field Oriented Control of Induction Motor
  20. S. Singhvi, 2002 - Design of slot-less brushless permanent magnet DC motor
  21. J. Shukla, 2002 - Three-phase unity power factor buck-type rectifier using multi-resonant zero-current switching technique
  22. H. Swami, 2002 - Active magnetic bearing
  23. M. D. Kamil, 2003 - Solar inverter for grid application
  24. B. Srinivas, 2003 - Brushless DC drive for solar powered pumps
  25. S. K. M. Udayar, 2003 - Hybrid space vector pulse width modulation based direct torque controlled induction motor drive
  26. N. B. Suthar, 2003 - Transmission line voltage support using 3 level diode clamped converter
  27. H. R. Patel, 2003 - Sensor-less rotor field oriented control of induction motor
  28. N. N. Joshi, 2004 - Voltage support using 3 level inverter
  29. V. R. C. Chall, 2004 - Improvement of efficiency for linear induction pump
  30. K. P. Telikepalli, 2004 - DTC of interior permanent magnet synchronous motor
  31. S. Vamsidhar, 2004 - Hybrid space vector PWM based sensor-less direct torque controlled induction motor drive
  32. V. Ravikanth, 2004 - Design and development of 10kW three phase IGBT inverter for grid connection
  33. S. K. Mishra, 2004 - Single stage single switch AC to DC converter with high input power factor and tight output voltage regulation
  34. S. Hirve, 2004 - VAR compensation and elimination of harmonics in three phase four wire system based on resistance emulation technique
  35. M. D. Bagewadi, 2005 - Novel soft switching schemes for DC-AC and DC-DC converters
  36. V. K. C. Arvapalli, 2005 - Design of high speed axial flux permanent magnet machine with integrated flywheel
  37. S. C. Bhangale, 2005 - Design of 3-phase line start permanent magnet synchronous motor for fan and pump type loads
  38. Y. A. Sonawane, 2005 - Design of axial flux permanent magnet machine for wind power generation
  39. A. K. Jha, 2005 - Single stage single switch AC/DC converter with high input power factor and tight output voltage regulation
  40. R. K. Vepakomma, 2005 - Design and implementation of low voltage high current power supplies
  41. N. Patel, 2005 - Power electronics interface for wind generators
  42. D. P. Mahajan, 2006 - Design and control of inverted switched reluctance motor for automotive Applications
  43. U. Gupta, 2006 - Design and development of low speed high torque axial flux permanent magnet machine
  44. P. Verma, 2006 - Direct torque control of interior permanent magnet synchronous motors
  45. D. K. Dwivedi, 2006 - Direct torque control of induction motor
  46. A. Mitra, 2006 - Sensor-less control of axial flux permanent magnet machine with integrated flywheel for electric hybrid vehicle
  47. M. K. Vyas, 2007 - Control of switched reluctance motor with sensor-less detection of rotor position
  48. N. V. Edlabadkar, 2007 - Control of axial flux brushless DC motor using TMS320LF2407
  49. A. M. Chole, 2007 - DC-DC power conversion using smart piezoelectric transformers
  50. B. M. Joshi, 2007 - High power vector controlled induction motor drive with inverter output LC Filter
  51. V. Y. Singh, 2007 - Design and implementation of matrix converter fed induction drive system
  52. S. Nath, 2008 - Current direction based two step commutation control of matrix converter
  53. H. S. Johar, 2008 - Fault tolerance analysis of brushless DC motor drive
  54. A. M. Upadhyay, 2008 - Solar-powered high brightness L.E.D. Lantern
  55. R. Vandana, 2008 - Experimental Investigation of Design and Control of Outer Rotor Segmented Switched Reluctance Motor
  56. Hari Kalluru, 2008 - Design and Fabrication of Flux Reversal Machine for Rooftop Wind Power Generation
  57. N. Vattikuti, 2008 - Theoretical Investigation of Design and Control of Outer Rotor Segmented Switched Reluctance Motor
  58. Suresh Krishna, 2008 - Matrix converter for doubly fed induction generator
  59. P. K. Patel, 2009 - Color control using RGB LEDs
  60. S. S. Deshpande, 2009 - Performance evaluation of circular slotted segmented switched reluctance motor and conventional switched reluctance motor
  61. M. Shaik, 2009 - Z-source inverter
  62. R. Jena, 2010 - Analysis, sizing, fabrication and control of five phase switched reluctance motor for in-wheel electric vehicle application
  63. D. A. Rao, 2010 - Cascaded Two Level Inverter based STATCOM
  64. S. Kanukollu, 2010 - Direct Torque Control of Switched Reluctance Motor
  65. Saikrishna Kashyap, 2011 - Design and Development of Reliable and Efficient Inverter for Grid Connected PV Applications
  66. Shailendra Singh, 2011 - Design and Fabrication of Switched Reluctance Motor for Two-wheeler Electric Vehicle
  67. R. Ramu Nair, 2012 - Design and Development of Reliable and Efficient Grid Connected Solar Inverter
  68. R. Viju Nair, 2013 - Design and Development of Grid Connected High Performance Solar Inverter
  69. Rohith, 2013 - Control of Bidirectional Current-fed Converter for Integration of DC Micro-grid with AC grid under Generalized Grid Unbalance Conditions
  70. Walhekar Tanay, 2013 - Design of DC Conduction Pump for Fast Breeder Reactors
  71. V. K. Kanakesh, 2014 - Control Of Bidirectional Current Fed Converter Under Unbalanced Grid Voltage
  72. Rohit Suryadevara, 2014 - Improved Direct Instantaneous Torque Control of Switched Reluctance Motor
  73. Sameer Jain, 2014 - Control of Switched Reluctance Motor for Intra-Campus Three Wheeler
  74. Suhas B. Bhat, 2014 - Design of An Electric-Assist Bicycle
  75. Nimish Kothari, 2015 - Islanding Detection of Single-Phase Grid-Connected Inverter (POSOCO Power System Award)
  76. Vaibhav Gholase, 2015 - Design and Development of BLDC Motor for DC Operated Mixer-Grinder
  77. Chakridhar Reddy, 2015 - Interleaved SVM Strategy for a PV - Based Grid Connected Multilevel CSI with Unequal DC-Currents
  78. Vikas Kuraria, 2015 - Control of Ferrite Based Permanent Magnet Motor for Electric-Assist Campus Bicycle
  79. Ashok Kumar, 2015 - Fault Tolerant Converters for Grid Connected PV Applications
  80. Girish Kamble, 2016 - Development of Single Phase Efficient Low-Cost 1kVA Grid Tied Inverter
  81. V. S. Abhijit, 2016 - Multi-Frequency Microgrid
  82. Abhijit Datta, 2016 - Design and Development of a 2.5 kVA Two-stage Transformerless Grid-tied Photovoltaic System using SiC Devices with Emergency Battery-backup (INAE Innovative Student Projects Award)
  83. Chinmay Bhagat, 2016 - Design and Development of BLDC Motor-Controller for DC-Operated Mixer-Grinder
  84. Saikat Karmakar, 2017 - Reduction of Capacitor Voltage Ripple for MMC based Variable Speed Drives
  85. Aarathi Ramesh, 2017 - LV PV Integration to 3-phase PWM Rectifier using Unified AC-DC Approach
  86. Subin John Chacko, 2017 - LVRT Operation for PV Systems connected to LV Grid During Balanced and Unbalanced Faults
  87. Harikrishna Metta, 2018 - Three single phase VSC based Interface for Micro-Grid applications
  88. Vishal M. J., 2018 - Quad-Active-Bridge DC-DC Converter based On-board Power-Electronic Interface for Electric-Vehicle
  89. Rupali Vinayak, 2019 - GaN-Based Interleaved Isolated Boost Converter
  90. Rishab Anand, 2019 - Simplified Control Strategy for Inhomogeneous Series-Connected Battery Strings (INAE Innovative Student Projects Award)
  91. Samiksha Baid, 2021 – Sensorless rotor position estimation of PMSM
  92. Parth Patil, 2021 – Field Weakening and speed control of PMSM
  93. Mayank Manohar, 2021 – FEM-based Design and Analysis of a 12-slot/10-pole PMSM with Asymmetric Magnetic Field Distribution in the Airgap
  94. Minnatkumar Patel, 2021 – Design and optimization of DC induction cook stove
  95. Mrunmay S. Vaidya, 2021 – Comparative Study of DC/AC Bidirectional converters for Battery charging in Integrated Starter Generator Application

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and Gopal K. Dubey, “An instantaneous reactive volt-ampere compensator and harmonic suppressor system,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol 14, No. 2, pp. 381–392, March 1999.
  2. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and Gopal K. Dubey, “New high power low distortion synchronous link converter var compensator,” IEE Proceedings, Electric Power Applications, vol. 146, No. 3, pp. 325-334,May, 1999.
  3. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and Gopal K. Dubey, “A novel high power self-commutated static var compensator for load compensation,” International Journal of Electronics, vol. 86, No. 10, pp. 1233-1247, October, 1999.
  4. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and Gopal K. Dubey, “A simplified control strategy for a high power low distortion static var compensator,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol.15, No.2, pp. 652-658, April, 2000.
  5. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and G. K. Dubey, “A novel high-power low-distortion synchronous link converter-based load compensator without the requirement of VAr calculator,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol.47, pp.542-548, June 2000.
  6. J. J. Jafar and B. G. Fernandes, “A new quasi-resonant DC-link PWM inverter using single switch for soft switching,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 1010-1016, November 2002.
  7. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Performance of line start permanent magnet synchronous motor with single-phase supply system,” IEE Proceedings, Electric Power Applications, vol.151, no. 1, pp. 83-90, Jan 2004.
  8. A. B. Raju, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “A Reduced Switch Count UPF Power Conditioner for Grid Connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System Employing Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators,” International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, vol.2, pp.284-299, 2004.
  9. Jagjit Shukla and B. G. Fernandes, “A Quasi-Resonant DC-Link Soft Switching PWM Inverter With Active Feedback Clamp Circuit for Motor Drive,” IEE Proceedings, Electric Power Applications, vol.153, pp.75-82, Jan 2006.
  10. Jagjit Shukla and B. G. Fernandes, “A Three phase soft switched PWM inverter for motor drive application” IEE proceedings, Electric Power Applications, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 93-104, Jan 2007.
  11. I. Tamrakar, L. B. Shilpakar, B. G. Fernandes and R. Nilsen, “Voltage and frequency control of parallel operated synchronous generator and induction generator with STATCOM in micro hydro scheme,” IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 743-750, Sept. 2007.
  12. Sachin Hirve, Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes, “PLL-less active power filter based on one cycle control for compensating unbalanced loads in three phase four wire system,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 2457-2465, Oct. 2007.
  13. D. V. Ghodke, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “Three phase Three level, soft switched Phase shifted PWM DC-DC converter for high power applications,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1214-1227, May, 2008.
  14. D. V. Ghodke, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “Modified one cycle controlled bi-directional high power factor ac-dc converter”, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 2459-2472, May 2008.
  15. D. S. More, Hari Kalluru and B. G. Fernandes, “Design and Analysis of full pitch winding and concentrated stator pole winding three-phase flux reversal machine for low speed application”, Sadhana, Vol.33(5), pp.671-688, Oct. 2008.
  16. D. V. Ghodke, E. S. Sreeraj, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “One-Cycle-Controlled Bidirectional AC-to-DC Converter With Constant Power Factor,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 56, no. 5, pp.1499-1510, May 2009.
  17. D. S. More and B. G. Fernandes, “Power density improvement of three phase flux reversal machine with distributed winding”, IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 109-120, Feb. 2010.
  18. D. S. More and B. G. Fernandes, “Analysis of Flux Reversal Machine based on Fictitious Electrical Gear,” IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 940-947, Dec. 2010.
  19. S. Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Modified Droop Controller for Paralleling of DC-DC Converters in Standalone DC System,” IET Power Electronics, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 782-789, July 2012.
  20. R. Vandana, S. Nikam and B. G. Fernandes, “A High Torque Poly-phase Segmented Switched Reluctance Motor with Novel Excitation Strategy,” IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 375-384, Aug. 2012.
  21. N. N. V. Surendra Babu and B. G. Fernandes, “Cascaded Two Level Inverter based Multilevel Static VAr Compensator using 12-sided Polygonal Voltage Space Vector Modulation,” IET Power Electronics, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 1500-1509, Sept. 2012.
  22. D. V. Ghodke, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “Modified Soft Switched Three-phase Three Level DC-DC Converter for High Power Applications having Extended Duty Cycle Range,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 3362-3372, Sept. 2012.
  23. S. Anand, R. S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “Unique Power Electronics and Drives Experiment Bench (PEDEB) to Facilitate Learning and Research,” IEEE Trans. on Education, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 573-579, Nov. 2012.
  24. S. P. Nikam, R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “A High Torque Density Permanent Magnet Free Motor for In-wheel Electric Vehicle Application,” IEEE Trans. on Industry Application, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 2287-2295, Nov. 2012.
  25. S. Anand, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “DC Voltage Controller for Asymmetric Twin Converter Topology Based High Power STATCOM,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 11-19, Jan. 2013.
  26. D. S. More and B. G. Fernandes, “Modeling and Performance of Three Phase 6/14 Pole Flux Reversal Machine,” IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 131-139, Feb. 2013.
  27. R. Madhavan and B. G. Fernandes, “Axial Flux Segmented SRM with a Higher Number of Rotor Segments for Electric Vehicles,” IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 203-213, March 2013.
  28. S. Anand, B. G. Fernandes and J. Guerrero, “Distributed Control to Ensure Proportional Load Sharing and Improve Voltage Regulation in Low Voltage DC Microgrids,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 1900-1913, April 2013.
  29. S. Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Reduced Order Model and Stability Analysis of Low Voltage DC Microgrid,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 60, no. 11, pp. 5040-5049, Nov. 2013.
  30. R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “Design Procedure of Segmented Rotor Switched Reluctance Motor for Direct Drive Application,” IET Electric Power Application, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 77-88, March 2014 (IET Premium (Best Paper) Award).
  31. N. N. V. Surendra Babu and B. G. Fernandes, “Cascaded Two Level Inverter based Multilevel STATCOM for High Power Application,” IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 993-1001, June 2014.
  32. R. Madhavan and B. G. Fernandes, “Performance Improvement in Axial Flux Segmented Rotor Switched Reluctance Motor,” IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 641-651, Sept. 2014.
  33. S. Anand, S. Kashyap and B. G. Fernandes, “Transformer-less Grid Feeding Current Source Inverter for Solar Photovoltaic System,” IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 5334-5344, Oct. 2014.
  34. R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “Design Methodology for High Performance Segmented Rotor Switched Reluctance Motors,” IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 11-21, March 2015.
  35. V. Y. Vekhande, Nimish Kothari and B. G. Fernandes, “Switching State Vector Selection Strategies for Paralleled Multilevel Current-Fed Inverter under Unequal DC-links Currents Condition,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1998-2009, April 2015.
  36. V. Y. Vekhande, V. K. Kanakesh, and B. G. Fernandes, “Control of Three-phase Bidirectional Current Source Converter to Inject Balanced Three-phase Currents under Unbalanced Grid Voltage Condition,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2015.
  37. B. Mangu, S. Akshatha, D. Suryanarayana and B. G. Fernandes, “Grid-Connected PV-Wind-Battery-Based Multi-Input Transformer-Coupled Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Household Applications,” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 1086-1095, Sept. 2016.
  38. C. Anandababu and B. G. Fernandes, “Leakage current generation in view of circuit topology of non-isolated full-bridge neutral point clamped grid-tied photovoltaic inverters,” in IET Power Electronics, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 1571-1580, June 2016.
  39. C. Anandababu and B. G. Fernandes, “Neutral Point Clamped MOSFET Inverter With Full-Bridge Configuration for Nonisolated Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System,” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 445-457, Jan 2017.
  40. S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Braking Torque Due to Cross Magnetization in Unsaturated IPM BLDC Machines and Its Mitigation,” in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 1-9, Jan. 2017.
  41. S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “A Novel Ferrite SMDS Spoke-Type BLDC Motor for PV Bore-Well Submersible Water Pumps,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 104-114, Jan. 2017.
  42. Onkar Vitthal Kulkarni, Suryanarayana Doolla and B. G. Fernandes, “Mode Transition Control Strategy for Multiple Inverter-Based Distributed Generators Operating in Grid-Connected and Standalone Mode,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 5927-5939, Aug. 2017.
  43. Indrajit Sarkar and B. G. Fernandes, “A nine-level hybrid symmetric cascaded multilevel converter for induction motor drive”, Sadhana, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 1389-1400, Aug 2017.
  44. V. V. S. P. Kumar and B. G. Fernandes, “A fault-tolerant single-phase grid-connected inverter topology with enhanced reliability for solar PV applications,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 1254-1262, Sept. 2017.
  45. Shambhu Sau and B. G. Fernandes, “Modular Transformer based Regenerative Cascaded Multicell Converter for Drives with Multilevel Voltage Operation at both Input and Output Sides,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. PP, no.99, pp.1-11, Nov. 2017. (Early access)
  46. V. V. S. P. Kumar and B. G. Fernandes, “Switching strategy for improving the lifetime of dc-link capacitor in a fault-tolerant active power decoupling topology,” IET Power Electronics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 52-61, Feb. 2018.
  47. S. Sashidhar, V. Guru Prasad Reddy and B. G. Fernandes, “A Single-Stage Sensorless Control of a PV based Bore-Well Submersible BLDC Motor”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-8, Feb. 2018. (Early access)
  48. O. V. Kulkarni, S. Doolla and B. G. Fernandes, “Simple Controller Configuration for Decentralized Parallel Operation of Inverters,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 1356-1369, Feb. 2019.
  49. Shambhu Sau and B. G. Fernandes, “Modular Multilevel Converter Based Variable Speed Drive with Reduced Capacitor Ripple Voltage”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 3412-3421, May 2019.
  50. Shambhu Sau, Saurabh P. Nikam, and B. G. Fernandes, “Coupled Inductor Based Regenerative Cascaded Mul-ticell Converter for Drives with Multilevel Voltage Operation at both Input and Output Sides”, Early access in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
  51. Neethu S., S.P. Nikam, Sumeet Singh, Saumitra Pal, A K Wankhede, and B.G. Fernandes, “High-Speed Coreless Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Motor with Printed Circuit Board Winding”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Application.
  52. S. G. Savaliya and B. G. Fernandes, “Analysis and Experimental Validation of Bi-directional Z-source DC Circuit Breakers,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (Early Access)
  53. Neethu S, Saurabh Nikam, B. G. Fernandes, S. Pal, and A. K. Wankhede, “Multiphysics Analysis of Printed Circuit Board Winding for High-Speed AFPM Motor,” IET Electric Power Applications, 2019, DOI: 10.1049/iet-epa.2018.5752
  54. Neethu S, S. P. Nikam, S. Pal, A. K. Wankhede and B. G. Fernandes, “Performance Comparison Between PCB-stator and Laminated-core-stator Based Designs of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Motors for High-speed Low-power Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2019. [Early Access Article]
  55. A. Vettuparambil, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “A Multiport Converter Interfacing Solar Photovoltaic Modules and Energy Storage with DC Microgrid,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
  56. Savaliya, Swati G., and Baylon G. Fernandes. “Performance Evaluation of a Modified Bidirectional Z-Source Breaker.” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 68.8 (2020): 7137-7145.
  57. Baka, Srinivas, S. Sashidhar, and B. G. Fernandes. “Design of an energy efficient line-start two-pole ferrite assisted synchronous reluctance motor for water pumps.” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 36.2 (2020): 961-970.
  58. Chitransh, V., Shetty, A., Das, A. K., Ojo, J. O., Veerachary, M., Fernandes, B. G., & Ferreira, J. A., “Evaluation of Multifrequency Power Electronic Converters: Concept, Architectures, and Realization.” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 9.3 (2020): 3582-3597.
  59. Nair, Arun Chandrasekharan, and B. G. Fernandes. “A Solid State Transformer based Fast Charging Station for Various Categories of Electric Vehicles with Batteries of Vastly Different Ratings.” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2020).
  60. Vettuparambil, Anees, Kishore Chatterjee, and B. G. Fernandes. “Dual Active Bridge Based Multiport Converter with Split DC Links.” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2021).
  61. Kushwaha, Amarkumar, and B. G. Fernandes. “Response Surface-Assisted Trust-Region Method for Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices.” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 57.5 (2021): 1-12.
  62. Sarkar, Indrajit, and Baylon G. Fernandes. “A Hybrid Symmetric Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter Topology.” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (2021).
  63. S. Baka, S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Influence of Zero-Sequence Circulating Current on the Performance of Star-Delta Winding Line-Start Ferrite Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor,” in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 1557-1566, Sept. 2022.
  64. A. K. Das and B.G. Fernandes, “Estimation of the Resonance Frequencies Using an Electrostatic Energy Based Capacitance Model of a Two-Winding Medium/High-Frequency Transformer,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 5301-5316, July-Aug. 2022.
  65. A. Kushwaha, N. Endla and B. G. Fernandes, Motor Integrated Rotating Permanent Magnets based Electrodynamic Suspension Device: Part II — Investigation of Coupled Topology, in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2023 vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 1715-1726, Sept. 2023.
  66. A. Kushwaha, N. Endla and B. G. Fernandes, Motor Integrated Rotating Permanent Magnets based Electrodynamic Suspension Device: Part I — Concept and Comparison, in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2023 vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 1701-1714, Sept. 2023.
  67. A. K. Das and B. G. Fernandes, “An Analytical Method to Obtain a Wide Frequency Range Equivalent π -Model of a Two-Winding Medium/High-Frequency Transformer,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 7061-7077, Nov.-Dec. 2023.

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. B. G. Fernandes and S. K. Pillai, “PC controlled Transistorized PWM inverter for induction motor drive,” Proc. of IEEE-ACE 90 conference, Bangalore, India, 1990.
  2. B. G. Fernandes and S. K. Pillai, “Programmed PWM inverter using PC for induction motor drive,” Proc. of IEEE symposium on Industrial Electronics, Xian, China, 1992.
  3. B. G. Fernandes, S. K. Pillai and V. Subbarao, “Design and analysis of three phase induction motor using rare earth permanent magnets,” Proc. of International conference on rotating machines, Bombay, 1992.
  4. B. G. Fernandes, S. K. Pillai and V. Subbarao, “Digital simulation of an adaptive hysteresis current controlled induction motor drive,” Proc. of IEEE symposium on circuit and systems, San Diego, USA, 1992.
  5. B. G. Fernandes, S. K. Pillai & V. Subbarao, “Performance of an adaptive hysteresis band current controlled IM drive,” Proc. of IEEE, IECON-92, San Diego, USA, 1992.
  6. B. G. Fernandes, S. K. Pillai and V. Subbarao,“ Performance Simulation of surface mounted permanent magnet synchronous motor fed from PWM inverter,” Proc. of Int. Power Engineering Conference, Singapore, 1993.
  7. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and G. K. Dubey, “A novel high power self commutated static var compensator for load compensation,” Proc. of IEEE, PEDS’97 conference, Singapore, 1997.
  8. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and G. K. Dubey, “A new low distortion self-commutated static var compensator as a var source,” Proc. of International Conference on Power Quality–Assessment of Impact, CIGRE Regional Meeting. India, 1997.
  9. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes & G. K. Dubey, “Traditional versus Modern Var Compensators: Review of Status,” Proc. of National Systems conference, India, 1998.
  10. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and G. K. Dubey, “A simplified control strategy for a high power low distortion static var compensator,” Proc. of IEEE, PEDES’98 conference, Perth, Australia, 1998.
  11. B. N. Chaudhari, B. G. Fernandes and S. K. Pillai, “A New Hybrid Rotor Geometry for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor,” Proc. of IEEE, PEDES’98 conference, Perth, Australia, pp.260-263, 1998.
  12. B. N. Chaudhari, S. K. Pillai and B. G. Fernandes, “Energy Efficient Line Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor,” Proc. of IEEE, TENCON-98, pp.379-383, New Delhi, India, 1998.
  13. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Design and Analysis of Line Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor,” Proc. of International conference on rotating machines, India, pp.31-37, 1999.
  14. B. N. Chaudhari & B. G. Fernandes, “Investigations on Delta Modulated Inverters,” Proc. of IEEE, TENCON-99, Cheju Island, South Korea, pp.1006-09, 1999.
  15. J. J. Jafar & B. G. Fernandes, “Novel quasi-resonant DC-link PWM inverter using minimum number switching devices,” Proc. of IEEE, APEC-1999, Dallas, USA.
  16. J. J. Jafar & B. G. Fernandes, “A new quasi-resonant DC-link PWM inverter using single switch for soft switching,” Proc. of IEEE, APEC-1999, Dallas, USA.
  17. Kishore Chatterjee, B. G. Fernandes and Gopal K. Dubey, “Realization and hardware implementation of an instantaneous reactive volt-ampere compensator and harmonic suppressor system,” Proc. of International Seminar on Power Electronics and Automation, India, 1999.
  18. J. J. Jafar & B. G. Fernandes, “ Novel quasi-resonant DC-link PWM inverter using minimum number switching devices,” Proc. of IEEE IAS-1999 conference, Phoenix, USA, pp 1997-2002.
  19. J. J. Jafar & B. G. Fernandes, “A new quasi-resonant DC-link PWM inverter using single switch for soft switching,” Proc. of IEEE IAS-1999 conference, Phoenix, USA, pp 482-487.
  20. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Energy Efficient Drive,” Proc. of IEEE-PES conference, Singapore, 2000.
  21. B. N. Chaudhari & B. G. Fernandes, “EPROM based Implementation of Sinusoidal PWM Inverter,” Proc. of IEEE-ICIT-2000 conference, Goa, India pp.278-283.
  22. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Analysis of Single Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor,” Proc. of IPEC-2000, Japan, April 2000.
  23. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Effect of Voltage Unbalance on the Performance of Line Start Brushless Synchronous Motors, Part I: Steady State,” Proc. of ICEM-2000 conference, Finland, pp.1209-1213, 2000.
  24. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Effect of Voltage Unbalance on the Performance of Line Start Brushless Synchronous Motors, Part II: Asynchronous Operation,” Proc. of ICEM-2000 conference, Finland, pp.1214-1217, 2000.
  25. B. N. Chaudhari & B. G. Fernandes, “Operation of a poly phase Line start permanent magnet synchronous motor connected to a single phase supply system,” Proc. of 11th National Power Systems Conference, India, pp.237-242, 2000.
  26. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Unbalanced operation of poly phase Line start permanent magnet synchronous motors,” Proc. of 32nd North American Power Symposium, NAPS-2000, Canada, 2000.
  27. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Steady State Performance of Poly phase permanent magnet Synchronous Motor fed from Single Phase supply system,” Proc. of IEEE Power Engineering Society Winter meeting, Columbus, USA, 2001.
  28. B. N. Chaudhari and B. G. Fernandes, “Equivalent circuit of Single phase permanent magnet synchronous Motor,” Proc. of IEEE Power Engineering Society Winter meeting, Columbus, USA, 2001.
  29. A. B. Raju, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “Modeling and Simulation of Grid Connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System with Low Cost Converters,” Proc. of International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality, Spain, April 2001.
  30. A. B. Raju, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “UPF Power Conditioner with Simple Maximum Power Point Tracker for Grid Connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System,” Proc. of European Power Electronics and Applications Conference, France, September 2003.
  31. A. B. Raju, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “Modeling and Simulation of Grid Connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System,” Proc. of IPEC-2003, Singapore, pp.463-468.
  32. A. B. Raju, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “A Simple Maximum Power Point Tracker for Grid Connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System with Reduced Switch Count Power Converter,” Proc. of IEEE, PESC-2003, Acapulco, Mexico, pp.748-753.
  33. U. Senthil and B. G. Fernandes, “Hybrid space vector pulse width modulation based direct torque controlled induction motor drive,” Proc. of IEEE, PESC-2003, Acapulco, Mexico, pp.1112-1117.
  34. J. Shukla and B. G. Fernandes, “A new Soft-Switched Resonant Buck-type Rectifier with Constant Switching Frequency,” Proc. of IEEE, IECON-2003, Roanoke, USA, pp.1968-1975.
  35. A. B. Raju, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “Estimation of Optimum Wind Turbine Generator Speed Parameters,” Proc. of IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Denver, USA, June 2004.
  36. A. B. Raju, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “Site Matching of Wind Turbine Generators,” Proc. of National Power Systems Conference, India, 2004.
  37. A. B. Raju, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “A UPF Power Conditioner with Maximum Power Point Tracker for Grid Connected Variable Speed Wind Conversion System,” Proc. of IEEE Conference on Power Electronic Systems and Application, Hong Kong, 2004.
  38. Sandeep Bala, Nikesh Patel and B. G. Fernandes, “Reduced-Switch three phase active power filter with one cycle control,” Proc. of IEEE PESC-2004, Aachen, Germany.
  39. S. Vamsidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Hardware In The Loop Simulation Based Design and Experimental Evaluation of DTC Strategies,” Proc. of IEEE, PESC-2004, Aachen, Germany, pp.3615-3621.
  40. S. Vamsidhar, B. G. Fernandes, “Design and Development of Energy Efficient Sensor less Direct Torque Controlled Induction Motor Drive Based on Real time Simulation,” Proc of IEEE, IECON-2004, South Korea, 2004.
  41. S. Vamsidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Energy Efficient Sensor less Direct Torque Controlled Induction Motor Drive With Reduced Current Harmonics,” Proc. of IEEE Petroleum and Chemical Industry India Conference, India, pp:210-218, 2004.
  42. Arbind Kumar, B. G. Fernandes and K Chatterjee “Simplified Hybrid SVM Based Direct Torque Control of Three Phase Induction Motor,” Proc. of National conference on Control Communication and Information Systems, Goa, India, pp: 137-142, 2004.
  43. Arbind Kumar, B. G. Fernandes and K Chatterjee, “DTC of Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive Using Space Vector Modulation With Reduced Switching Frequency,” Proc. of IEEE, PESC-2004, Aachen, Germany, pp.1214-1219.
  44. Arbind Kumar, B. G. Fernandes and K Chatterjee, “Direct Torque Control of Three-Phase Induction Motor Using SVPWM Without Sector and Angle Determination,” Proc. of European Power Electronics and Applications Conference, Latvia, 2004.
  45. Arbind Kumar, B. G. Fernandes and K Chatterjee, “Simplified SVPWM-DTC of Three-Phase Induction Motor Using The Concept of Imaginary Switching Times,” Proc. of IEEE, IECON-2004, Busan, South Korea.
  46. Arbind Kumar, B. G. Fernandes and K Chatterjee, “SVPWM-DTC of Open-End Winding Induction Motor drive With Complete Elimination of Common Mode Voltage,” Proc. of India International Conference of Power Electronics, India, 2004.
  47. J. Shukla and B. G. Fernandes, “A Novel Active Resonant Snubber for Single Switch Unity Power Factor three-phase Diode Rectifiers,” Proc. of IEEE, PESC-2004, Aachen, Germany, pp.3818-3823.
  48. J. Shukla and B. G. Fernandes, “Novel three-phase High-Quality Multi-Resonant Rectifiers operating with Zero-current-switching and constant switching frequency,” Proc. of IEEE, IAS Conference, Seattle, USA, pp.437-444, 2004.
  49. S. K. Mishra, B. G. Fernandes and K Chatterjee, “Single Stage Single Switch AC/DC Converter With high Input Power Factor and Tight Output Voltage Regulation,” Proc. of IEEE, IECON-2004, Busan, South Korea.
  50. J. S. Siva Prasad and B. G. Fernandes, “Active Commutated Thyristor CSI for Grid Connected Photovoltaic Applications,” Proc. of International conference on Power Electronics and Motion Control, Xian, China, 2004.
  51. J. S. Siva Prasad and B. G. Fernandes, “Open Loop Control of Active Commutated SCR CSI for Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems,” Proc. of International conference on Power Systems, Nepal, 2004.
  52. G. V. Jayaramaiah & B. G. Fernandes, “Analysis of Voltage regulator for 3-Φ Self-Excited Induction Generator Using Current Controlled Voltage Source Inverter,” Proc. of International conference on Power Electronics and Motion Control, Xian, China, 2004.
  53. G. V. Jayaramaiah and B. G. Fernandes, “Analysis of Voltage and frequency Controller for Grid Connected 3-Φ Self-Excited Induction Generator Using Current Controlled Voltage Source Inverter,” Proc. of IEEE, TENCON-2004 conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2004.
  54. G. V. Jayaramaiah and B. G. Fernandes, “Voltage Controller for Stand-Alone Induction Generator Using Instantaneous Power Control,” Proc. of IEEE International conference on Power Electronic Systems and Application, Hong Kong, 2004.
  55. Arbind Kumar, B. G. Fernandes and K Chatterjee, “Direct Torque Control Of Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive Using The Concept of Imaginary Switching Times For Marine Propulsion Systems,” Conf. of IEEE, IECON-2005, Raleigh, USA, 2005.
  56. Dharmraj Ghodke, B. G. Fernandes and Kishore Chatterjee, “Novel soft switched high power DC-DC converter,” Proc. of IEEE PESC-2005, Brazil, 2005.
  57. G. V. Jayaramaiah and B. G .Fernandes, “Novel voltage controller for stand alone induction generator using PWM-VSI,” Proc. of IEEE IAS-2006 Conference, Tampa, USA, 2006.
  58. Dharmraj Ghodke, B. G. Fernandes and Kishore Chatterjee, “PLL-less one cycle controlled bi-directional high power factor ac to dc converter,” Proc. Of IEEE PESC-2006, Jeju, South Korea, 2006.
  59. Priya Verma and B. G. Fernandes, “Modified Sector Scheme to Overcome Flux Drooping of Direct Torque Controlled IPMSM,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2006, Paris, France, 2006.
  60. D. S. More and B. G. Fernandes, “Novel three phase flux reversal machine with full pitch winding,” Proc. of International conference of Power Electronics (ICPE), Daegu, South Korea, 2007.
  61. D.S. More, H. kalluru and B. G. Fernandes, “ Design and analysis of full pitch winding and concentrated stator pole winding three phase flux reversal machine for low speed application,” Proc. of National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), India, 2007.
  62. B. G. Fernandes, A. M. Kulkarni, S. V. Kulkarni and S. A. Khaparde, “Power engineering laboratories at IIT Bombay,” Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting-2008, Pittsburgh, USA.
  63. D. S. More, H. kalluru and B. G. Fernandes, “d-q equivalent circuit representation of three phase flux reversal machine with full pitch winding,” Proc. of IEEE PESC-2008, Rhodes, Greece.
  64. Dharmraj Ghodke, Sreeraj E. S., Chatterjee Kishore and B. G. Fernandes, “One Cycle Controlled Bi-Directional ac to dc Converter With Constant Power Factor,” Proc. of IEEE PESC-2008, Rhodes, Greece.
  65. D. S. More, Hari Kalluru and B. G. Fernandes, “d-q Equivalent Circuit Representation of Three-Phase Flux Reversal Machine with Full Pitch Winding,” Proc. of IEEE PESC-2008, Rhodes, Greece.
  66. D. S. More, Hari Kalluru and B. G. Fernandes, “Design and Analysis of Outer Rotor Flux Reversal Machine for Rooftop Wind Generator,” Proc. of IEEE IAS-2008, Edmonton, Canada.
  67. Naresh Vattikuti, Vandana Rallabandi and B.G. Fernandes, “A Novel High Torque and Low Weight Segmented Switched Reluctance Motor,” Proc. of PESC-2008, Rhodes, Greece.
  68. D. V. Ghodke, E. S. Sreeraj, K. Chatterjee and B. G. Fernandes, “One cycle controlled bi-directional AC-DC converter with constant power factor”, Proc. of PESC-2008, Rhodes, Greece.
  69. Naresh Vattikuti, Vandana Rallabandi and B.G. Fernandes, “A Novel High Power density Segmented Switched Reluctance Machine,” Proc. of IEEE IAS-2008, Edmonton, Canada.
  70. A. Chole and B.G.Fernandes, “DC-DC power conversion using smart piezoelectric transformer,” Accepted for presentation in 6th International Energy Conversion Engineering conference (IECEC), 2008, USA.
  71. R. Vandana, K. Saikrishna, B. G. Fernandes, “A new excitation scheme for poly phase segmented switched reluctance motor,” Proc. of IEEE ECCE-2010, Atlanta, USA.
  72. Apparao Dekka, N. N. V. Surendra Babu, B. G. Fernandes, “Cascaded Two Level Inverter Based STATCOM with Isolated DC Sources,” Proc. of NPEC 2010, Roorkee, India.
  73. V. Y. Vekhande, B. B. Pimple, B. G. Fernades, “Control of Indirect Matrix Converter Under Unbalanced Source Voltage and Load Current Conditions,” Proc. of NPEC 2010, Roorkee, India.
  74. D. S. More, B. G. Fernandes, “Control and Compensation of Flux Reversal Machine for Gear less Variable Speed Roof top Wind Power Generation”, Proc. of NPEC 2010, Roorkee, India.
  75. R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “Segmented switched reluctance motor with novel winding and excitation strategy,” Proc. of XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Rome, Italy, 2010.
  76. R. Madhavan and B. G. Fernandes, “A novel axial flux segmented SRM for electric vehicle application,” Proc. of XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Rome, Italy, 2010.
  77. N. N. V. S. Babu, D. A. Rao, B. G. Fernandes, “Asymmetrical DC link voltage balance of a cascaded two level inverter based STATCOM,” Proc. of IEEE TENCON-2010, Fukuoka, Japan.
  78. B. B. Pimple, V. Y. Vekhande, B. G. Fernandes, “New direct torque control of DFIG under balanced and unbalanced grid voltage,” Proc. of IEEE TENCON-2010, Fukuoka, Japan.
  79. S. Anand, B. G. Fernandes, K. Chatterjee, “A new 4-level open-ended transformer based STATCOM for high power applications,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2010, Glendale, USA.
  80. S. Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Optimal voltage level for DC microgrids,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2010, Glendale, USA.
  81. R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “Optimal sizing of motor Battery system for in wheel electric vehicles,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2010, Arizona, USA.
  82. B. B. Pimple, V. Y. Vekhande, B. G. Fernandes, “A new direct torque control of doubly fed induction generator for wind power generation,” Proc. of IEEE IICPE-2010, New Delhi, India.
  83. B. B. Pimple, V. Y. Vekhande, B. G. Fernandes, “A New Direct Torque Control of Doubly Fed Induction Generator under Unbalanced Grid Voltage,” Proc. of IEEE APEC-2011, Texas, USA.
  84. S. Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Steady State Performance Analysis for Load Sharing in DC Distributed Generation System,” Proc. of IEEE EEEIC-2011, Rome, Italy.
  85. V. Y. Vekhande, B. B. Pimple and B. G. Fernandes, “Modulation of Indirect Matrix Converter under Unbalanced Source Voltage Condition,” Proc. of IEEE ECCE-2011, Arizona, USA.
  86. R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “Mitigation of Voltage Regulation Problem in Flux Reversal Machine,” Proc. of IEEE ECCE-2011, Arizona, USA.
  87. R. Madhavan and B. G. Fernandes, “Novel Technique for Minimizing Torque Ripple in Axial Flux Segmented Rotor SRM,” Proc. of IEEE ECCE-2011, Arizona, USA.
  88. V. Y. Vekhande and B. G, Fernandes, “Bidirectional Current-fed Converter for Integration of DC Micro-grid with AC Grid,” Proc. of IEEE INDICON-2011, Hyderabad, India.
  89. B. Mangu, K. Kiran Kumar and B. G. Fernandes, “A Novel Grid Interactive Hybrid Power Supply System for Telecom Application,” Proc. of IEEE INDICON-2011, Hyderabad, India.
  90. N. N. V. Surendra Babu, D. Apparao and B. G. Fernandes, “A New Multilevel STATCOM based on Cascaded Two Level Inverters,” Proc. of IEEE POWERENG-2011, Malaga, Spain.
  91. S. Anand, R. S. Farswan, B. Mangu and B. G, Fernandes, “Optimal Charging of Battery Using Solar PV in Standalone DC System,” Proc. of IET PEMD-2012, Bristol, UK.
  92. B. Mangu, K. Kiran Kumar and B. G. Fernandes, “Efficiency Improvement of Solar-Wind based Dual-Input Converter for Telecom Power Supply,” Proc. of IEEE EEEIC-2012, Venice, Italy.
  93. C. S. Solanki, B. G. Fernandes, B. M. Arora, P. Sharma, V. Agarwal, M. B. Patil, J. Vasi, D. B. Phatak, M. Atrey, K. Moudgalya and K. Bijlani, “”Teach a 1000 Teachers“: A Methodology for the Rapid Ramp-up of Photovoltaics Manpower required for India's National Solar Mission,” presented in IEEE PVSC-2012, Austin, USA.
  94. R. Vandana, S. Nikam and B. G. Fernandes, “Criteria for Design of High Performance Switched Reluctance Motors,” Proc. of IEEE ICEM-2012, Marseille, France.
  95. S. Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Multilevel Open-ended Transformer Based Grid Feeding Inverter for Solar Photovoltaic Application,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2012, Montreal, Canada.
  96. V. Y. Vekhande and B. G. Fernandes, “Module Integrated DC-DC Converter for Integration of Photovoltaic Source with DC Micro-grid,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2012, Montreal, Canada.
  97. B. Mangu and B. G. Fernandes, “Efficiency Improvement of Solar-Wind based Dual-Input Cuk-SEPIC Converter for Telecom Power Supply,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2012, Montreal, Canada.
  98. V. Y. Vekhande and B. G. Fernandes, “Space Vector Modulation Strategy for Three-phase Multilevel Current-fed Inverter with Unequal DC-link Currents,” Proc. of IEEE ECCE Asia-2013, Melbourne, Australia.
  99. V. Y. Vekhande and B. G. Fernandes, “Central Multilevel Current-fed Inverter with Module Integrated DC-DC Converters for Grid-connected PV Plant,” Proc. IEEE ECCE-2013, Denver, USA.
  100. S. P. Nikam, S. Sau and B. G. Fernandes, “Design of Switched Reluctance Motor based Electric Drive-train for Intra-campus Two Wheeler,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2013, Vienna, Austria.
  101. S. Sau, Vandana R and B. G. Fernandes, “A New Direct Torque Control Method for Switched Reluctance Motor with High Torque/Ampere,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2013, Vienna, Austria.
  102. C. Anandababu and B. G. Fernandes, “Improved Full-Bridge Neutral Point-Clamped Transformerless Inverter for Photovoltaic Grid-Connected System,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2013, Vienna, Austria.
  103. C. Anandababu and B. G. Fernandes, “A Novel Neutral Point-Clamped Transformerless Inverter for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System,” Proc. of IEEE IECON-2013, Vienna, Austria.
  104. R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “Switched Reluctance Motor for Hybrid Electrical Vehicle,” Proc. of IEEE ICPS-2013, Khathmandu, Nepal.
  105. V. Y. Vekhande, R. Vandana and B. G. Fernandes, “Interphase Transformer-based Three-phase Seven-level Current-fed Inverter,” Proc. of NPEC 2013, Kanpur, India.
  106. Rohit Suryadevara and B. G. Fernandes, “Control Technique for Torque Ripple Minimization in Switched Reluctance Motor: An Overview,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems-2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  107. Rohit Suryadevara and B. G. Fernandes, “Modified Direct Instantaneous Torque Control of Switched Reluctance Motor with High Torque Per Ampere and Reduced Source Current Ripple,” Proc. of IEEE IPEC-ECCE Asia-2014, Hiroshima, Japan.
  108. V. Y. Vekhande and B. G. Fernandes, “Central Seven-level Current-fed Inverter with Module-integrated DC-DC Converters for Grid-connected PV Plant,” Proc. of IEEE PVSC-2014, Denver, USA.
  109. Suhas Bhat, S. P. Nikam and B. G. Fernandes, “Design and Analysis of Ferrite Based Permanent Magnet Motor for Electric Assist Bicycle,” Proc. of IEEE ICEM-2014, Berlin, Germany.
  110. S. P. Nikam and B. G. Fernandes, “Design of Soft Magnetic Composite based Modular Four Phase SRM for Electrical Vehicle Application,” Proc. of IEEE ICEM-2014, Berlin, Germany.
  111. S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “A Low-Cost Semi-Modular Dual-Stack PM BLDC Motor for a PV based Bore-well Submersible Pump,” Proc. of IEEE ICEM-2014, Berlin, Germany.
  112. B. Mangu and B. G. Fernandes, “Multi-Input Transformer Coupled DC-DC Converter for PV-Wind based Stand-Alone Single Phase Power Generating System,” Proc. of IEEE ECCE-2014, Pittsburgh, USA.
  113. Indrajit Sarkar and B. G. Fernandes, “Modified Hybrid Multi-carrier PWM Technique for Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter,” Proc. of IECON-2014, Dallas, USA.
  114. S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “A Multiphysics Approach for the Design of Bore-well Submersible Spoke-type BLDC Motor,” Proc. of IECON-2014, Dallas, USA (Best Presentation Recognition).
  115. Rajesh S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “A Low Cost High Reliability Hybrid Switch Single Phase Grid-Tied Inverter,” Proc. of IECON-2014, Dallas, USA.
  116. Rajesh S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “A Low Cost and Reliable Single Stage Four Switch Photovoltaic System for Rural Area,” Proc. of at IECON-2014, Dallas, USA.
  117. B. Mariappan, B. G. Fernandes and M. Ramamoorty, “A Novel Single-stage Solar Inverter using Hybrid Active Power Filter with Power Quality Improvement,” Proc. of IECON-2014, Dallas, USA.
  118. V. V. S. Pradeep Kumar, B. G. Fernandes, “Fault Tolerant Topology for Two Level VSI and Transformerless Grid Connected Inverters,” Proc. of PEDES-2014, Mumbai, India.
  119. Rajesh S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “A Low Cost and Reliable Stand-alone Photo-voltaic System,” Proc. of PEDES-2014, Mumbai, India.
  120. S. P. Nikam and B. G. Fernandes, “Low Cost Electric Drivetrain for Conversion of ICE vehicle into an Electric Vehicle,” Proc. of PEDES-2014, India.
  121. Nimish Kothari and B. G. Fernandes, “A Hybrid Active Islanding Detection Technique for Single-Phase Inverter-Based Distributed Generation System,” Proc. of ICIT-2015, Spain.
  122. Vaibhav Gholase and B. G. Fernandes, “Design of Efficient BLDC Motor for DC Operated Mixer-Grinder,” Proc. of ICIT-2015, Seville, Spain.
  123. S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Comparison of a Ferrite based Single, Three-phase Spoke and Surface Permanent Magnet BLDC Motor for a PV Submersible Water Pump,” Proc. of ICIT-2015, Seville, Spain.
  124. C. Anandababu, T. Chakridhar Reddy and B. G. Fernandes, “Multilevel Operation of a PV Fed Grid Connected Current Fed Inverter under Equal and Unequal DC Link Currents,” Proc. of ICIT-2015, Seville, Spain.
  125. V. Y. Vekhande and B. G. Fernandes, “Operation of a Five-level Current Source Converter based PV Power Plant as a STATCOM,” presented at EPE-2015, Geneva, Switzerland.
  126. Rajesh S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “A Low Leakage Transformer-less 3-level DC-DC Boost Converter for Transformer-less PV Inverters,” in of EPE-2015 conference, Geneva, Switzerland.
  127. S. Sau and B. G. Fernandes, “Cascaded U-Cell Multilevel Converter for STATCOM Applications,” in EPE-2015 conference, Geneva, Switzerland.
  128. Rajesh S. Farswan and B. G. Fernandes, “Analysis of Different PWM Schemes for 3-level Boost Converter to Reduce Current Stress in DC Link Capacitors of Single Phase NPC Inverter,” presented at PVSC-2015, New Orleans, USA.
  129. Indrajit Sarkar and B. G. Fernandes, “High resolution m-cell symmetric cascaded H-Bridge multilevel inverter with one transistor clamped H-Bridge per phase,” in 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON, Yokohama, Japan, Nov. 2015.
  130. V.V.S. Pradeep Kumar, and B. G. Fernandes, “Active power decoupling topology with fault tolerant ability for a single phase grid connected inverter,” in 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON, Yokohama, Japan, Nov. 2015.
  131. Indrajit Sarkar and B. G. Fernandes “9-level Hybrid Symmetric Cascaded Multilevel Converter for Induction Motor Drive,” National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Mumbai, India, Dec. 2015.
  132. S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Optimal design of photovoltaic based submersible permanent magnet BLDC motor using FEM,” IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Yokohama, Japan, 2015, pp. 005241-005246.
  133. R. S. Farswan, A. Datta, G. Kamble and B. G. Fernandes, “A low leakage transformer-less 3-level DC-DC boost converter for transformer-less PV inverters,” Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'15 ECCE-Europe), 2015 17th European Conference on, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015, pp. 1-10.
  134. A. Saxena and B. G. Fernandes, “Noise and cogging torque reduction in brushless DC ceiling fan,” 2015 18th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Pattaya, Thailand, 2015, pp. 1334-1338.
  135. V. V. S. P. Kumar and B. G. Fernandes, “Transformerless active power decoupling topologies for grid connected PV applications,” IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, Italy, 2016, pp. 2410-2419.
  136. S. Savaliya, S. Singh and B. G. Fernandes, “Protection of DC system using bi-directional Z-Source Circuit breaker,” IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, Italy, 2016, pp. 4217-4222.
  137. V. V. S. P. Kumar and B. G. Fernandes, “Minimization of inter-module leakage current in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverters for grid connected solar PV applications,” 2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 2016, pp. 2673-2678.
  138. S. Sau and B. G. Fernandes, “Analysis and reduction of capacitor ripple current in modular multilevel converter for variable speed drives,” 2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2016, pp. 1-10.
  139. O. V. Kulkarni, S. Doolla and B. G. Fernandes, “Mode transition control strategy for multiple inverter based distributed generators operating in grid-connected and stand-alone mode,” 2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 2016, pp. 3376-3382.
  140. O. V. Kulkarni, S. Doolla and B. G. Fernandes, “Compensator-less structures for droop control of single phase inverters in a flexible microgrid,” 2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 2016, pp. 2245-2251.
  141. S. Sau and B. G. Fernandes, “High-power regenerative cascaded multicell converter with multilevel input and output,” IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Taipei, Taiwan, 2016, pp. 305-310.
  142. I. Sarkar and B. G. Fernandes, ” Multi-carrier Based Hysteresis Current Control Technique For Five-Level Symmetric Cascaded Multilevel Converter” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Trivandrum, India, 2016.
  143. C. D. Bhagat, S. P. Nikam, and B. G. Fernandes, “Design and Development of Sensor-less Controller for DC-Operated Mixer-Grinder,” First International Conference on Sustainable Green Buildings and Communities (SGBC), Madras, India, 2016.
  144. Shambhu Sau, Saikat Karmakar and B. G. Fernandes, “Reduction of capacitor ripple voltage and current in modular multilevel converter based variable speed drives”, 3rd IEEE International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia, Kaohsiung, 2017, pp. 1451-1456.
  145. Huma Khan, Subin John Chacko, B. G. Fernandes and Anil Kulkarni, “An integrated controller to perform LVRT operation in PV systems connected to a LV grid during balanced and unbalanced faults”, 3rd IEEE International Future Energy Electronics Conference and ECCE Asia, Kaohsiung, 2017, pp. 2002-2007.
  146. Akshata S., Arun C. N., Abhijit V. S. and B. G. Fernandes, “A Unified AC-DC Micro-grid Architecture for Distribution of AC and DC Power on the same Line,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Tampa, USA, 2017.
  147. A. Datta, R. Farswan, and B. G. Fernandes, “Development of a Two-Stage Transformerless Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter System Using SiC Devices,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Tampa, USA, 2017.
  148. S. Neethu and B. G. Fernandes, “Design, Analysis and Optimization of high-speed Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Centrifuge Application”, IEEE International Electrical Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC), Miami, 2017, pp. 1-6.
  149. S. Neethu, S. P. Nikam, A. K. Wankhede, Saumtra Pal and B. G. Fernandes, “High speed coreless axial flux permanent magnet motor with printed circuit board winding”, IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, 2017, pp. 1-6.
  150. Swati Savaliya and B. G. Fernandes, “Comparative analysis and coordination study of Bi-directional Z-source breaker with reclosing capabilities”, 19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'17 ECCE Europe), Warsaw, 2017, pp. P.1 - P.10.
  151. Akshatha Shetty, B. G. Fernandes, Olorunfemi Ojo and J. A. Ferreira, “Low-Voltage PV power integration for variable frequency drives application”, 19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'17 ECCE Europe), Warsaw, 2017, pp. P.1 - P.10.
  152. S. Neethu, Saumitra Pal, A. K. Wankhede and B. G. Fernandes, “High performance axial flux permanent magnet synchronous motor for high speed applications”, 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Beijing, 2017, pp. 5093-5098.
  153. Shambhu Sau and B. G. Fernandes, “Modular multilevel converter based variable speed drives with constant capacitor ripple voltage for wide speed range”, 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Beijing, 2017, pp. 2073-2078.
  154. Arun Chadrasekharan Nair and B. G. Fernandes, “A novel multi-port solid state transformer enabled isolated hybrid microgrid architecture”, 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Beijing, 2017, pp. 651-656.
  155. Huma Khan, B. G. Fernandes and Anil Kulkarni, “Unified controller for overvoltage prevention, islanding detection and LVRT at high penetration of PV systems connected to a LV grid”, 2017 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Chicago, 2017, pp. 1-5.
  156. S. Neethu, S. P. Nikam, Saumitra Pal, Ashok K Wankhede and B. G. Fernandes, “Toroidal Winding with Fictitious Slots for High Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors”, presented in 19th Annual IEEE-IES Industrial Technology International Conf., Lyon, Feb 2018.
  157. Srinivas Baka, S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Multi-Barrier Two-Pole Line-Start Synchronous Reluctance Motor with High Saliency for a Bore-Well Submersible Pump”, presented in 19th Annual IEEE-IES Industrial Technology International Conf., Lyon, Feb 2018.
  158. S. Savaliya and B. G. Fernandes, “Modified Bi-Directional Z-Source Breaker with Re-closing and Re-breaking Capabilities”, accepted in IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2018.
  159. A. K. Das, Z. Wei, B. G. Fernandes, H. Tian, M. P. Thevar, S. Cao, V. B. Sriram, A. Tripathi and P. C. Kjaer, “Multi-variable optimization methodology for medium-frequency high-power transformer design employing steepest descent method,” 2018 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), San Antonio, TX, 2018, pp. 1786-1793.
  160. S. Baka, S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Design and Optimization of a Two-Pole Line-Start Ferrite Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor,” 2018 XIII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), Alexandroupoli, 2018, pp. 131-137.
  161. A. Shetty, B. G. Fernandes, J. O. Ojo and J. A. Ferreira, “Three Phase PWM Rectifier with Integrated Battery for Automotive Applications,” 2018 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Portland, OR, 2018, pp. 1-6.
  162. A. C. Nair and B. G. Fernandes, “A Solid State Transformer based Fast Charging Station for all Categories of Electric Vehicles,” IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, D.C., DC, USA, 2018, pp. 1989-1994.
  163. S. Sashidhar, Silba Mathew and B. G. Fernandes, “Novel Toroidal Winding for Efficiency Improvement of a Line-Start Induction Motor,” IECON 2018 - 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, D.C., DC, USA, 2018, pp. 607-612.
  164. A. Chandrasekharan Nair, M. J. Vishal and B. G. Fernandes, “A Quad Active Bridge Based on-Board Power Electronic Interface for an Electric Vehicle,” 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Portland, OR, 2018, pp. 5941-5947.
  165. A. K. Das, A. Shetty and B. G. Fernandes, “Design Methodology of a Line-Frequency Zig-Zag Transformer to Utilize its Winding Leakage Inductances as Integrated Boost-Inductances in a Unified AC-DC System,” 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Portland, OR, 2018, pp. 3198-3205.
  166. H. Khan, B. G. Fernandes and A. Kulkarni, “Decoupled Controller for Simultaneous Harmonic and Unbalance Compensation in a multifunctional RES system connected to a LV Distribution Grid,” 2018 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'18 ECCE Europe), Riga, 2018, pp. P.1-P.9.
  167. H. Khan, B. G. Fernandes and A. Kulkarni, “Simultaneous Unbalance and Harmonic Compensation from RESs with Neutral Wire connected to a LV Distribution Grid,” 2018 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'18 ECCE Europe), Riga, 2018, pp. P.1-P.10.
  168. Srinivas Baka, S. Sashidhar and B. G. Fernandes, “Effect of Flux Barrier Shape on the Performance of a Two-Pole Line-Start Synchronous Reluctance Motor”, presented in IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, 2018.
  169. S. Neethu, S. P. Nikam, S. Pal, A. K. Wankhede and B. G. Fernandes, “Radial- and Axial-Flux Synchronous Motors for High-Speed Low-Power Applications”, presented in IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, 2018.
  170. Vishal M.J., Arun Chandrasekharan Nair, B.G. Fernandes, “Quad-Active-Bridge DC-DC Converter based On-board Power Electronic Interface for Electric-Vehicle”, presented in IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, 2018.
  171. Arun Chandrasekharan Nair, B.G. Fernandes, “A Solid State Transformer for Integration of a High Power PV Plant to Medium Voltage Grid”, presented in IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, 2018.
  172. S. Akshatha, Rupali Y.V. and B. G. Fernandes, ”  Isolated Dual Boost Converter: Controller Design using A new Parameterization“, presented in IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Chennai, 2018.
  173. A. K. Das, A. Shetty and B. G. Fernandes, “Design Methodology of a Line-Frequency Zig-Zag Transformer to Utilize its Winding Leakage Inductances as Integrated Boost-Inductances in a Unified AC-DC System,” 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Portland, OR, 2018, pp. 3198-3205.
  174. A. K. Das, A. Shetty and B. G. Fernandes, “Optimal Design and Experimental Validation of a Novel Line-frequency Zig-Zag Transformer Employed in a Unified AC-DC System,” 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Melbourne, Australia, 2019, pp. 298-303.
  175. Rishab Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Simplified Control Strategy for an Inhomogeneous Series-Connected Battery String,” 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA.
  176. Shambhu Sau, Arun Chandrasekharan Nair and B. G. Fernandes, “Theoretical Analysis and Comparison of Capacitor Requirement in Modular Converters for Integration of Large Scale Solar PV to Grid”, 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE’19), Baltimore, MD, USA.
  177. K.A. Ajith, B.G. Fernandes, “Elimination of Phase Unbalance in Cascaded Multilevel Converters for Large Scale Photovoltaic Grid Integration”, 2019 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA
  178. A. K. Das, A. Shetty and B. G. Fernandes, “Efficiency Characterization and Optimal Power Sharing in a Unified AC-DC System employing a Line-frequency Zig-Zag Transformer with High Winding Leakage Inductance,” 2019 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019, pp. 1-8.
  179. R. M. R. Kumar et al., “Enhancing the Torque Density of Conventional PM-SynRel Machine with Hybrid Flux Barrier,” IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019, pp. 4347-4352.
  180. R. M. R. Kumar et al., “High Power High Speed PM-Assisted SynRel Machines with Ferrite and Rare Earth Magnets for Future Electric Commercial Vehicles,” IECON 2019 - 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019, pp. 1083-1088.
  181. Kumar, RM Ram, et al. “Hybrid magnet configuration to reduce the content of rare earth elements in a pm-synrel machine.” 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). IEEE, 2020.
  182. Kumar, RM Ram, et al. “A Hybrid Computational Tool to Analyze the Performance of Electric Machines with Reduced Content of Permanent Magnet.” 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). IEEE, 2020.
  183. Mathew, Silba, RM Ram Kumar, and B. G. Fernandes. “A novel rotor bar shape for enhancing the torque density of high-speed induction motor.” 2020 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM). Vol. 1. IEEE, 2020.
  184. Ahmad, Ishtiyaque, and B. G. Fernandes. “Concept of Universal USB Charger.” 2020 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting. IEEE, 2020.
  185. Das, Annoy Kumar, and Baylon G. Fernandes. “Calculation of model based capacitances of a two-winding high-frequency transformer to predict its natural resonance frequencies.” 2020 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting. IEEE, 2020.
  186. Das, Annoy Kumar, and Baylon G. Fernandes. “Accurate capacitance calculation of multi-layer foil windings in a medium/high-frequency high-power transformer.” 2020 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). IEEE, 2020.
  187. Das, Annoy Kumar, Akshatha Shetty, and Baylon G. Fernandes. “Aiding Effects of Interleaving to Improve Design Performances of a Line-frequency Zig-Zag Transformer Employed in a Unified AC-DC System.” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES). IEEE, 2020.
  188. Das, Annoy Kumar, and Baylon G. Fernandes. “Study of Frequency-dependent Parasitics' Effects on Resonance Frequencies of a Two-winding Medium/High-frequency Transformer.” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES). IEEE, 2020.
  189. Kumar, RM Ram, et al. “Improving the Saliency of a High Speed SynRel Rotor by using High Strength Martensitic Sleeve.” 2021 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET). IEEE, 2021.
  190. Mathew, Silba, Kumar, R. R., Endla, N. K., Vundru, C., Singh, R., & Fernandes, B. G., “Development of a Hybrid Rotor Structure for high-speed Laminated Rotor Induction Motor.” 2021 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC). IEEE, 2021.
  191. J. Attukadavil, S. Anand and B.G. Fernandes, “An Adaptive DC Voltage Control for SiC based Medium Voltage Photovoltaic Inverter,” 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2022, pp. 1-7.
  192. N. Kamarajugadda, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “7.2 kW Multifunctional and Integrated On-board Electric Vehicle Charger,” IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2022, pp. 1-6.
  193. Priya, A. K. Das, S. Anand and B. G. Fernandes, “Effect of Material Resistivity and Temperature on Leakage Inductance of Medium Frequency Transformers Made of Al and Cu Foils,” IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2022, pp. 1-6.
  194. A. Kushwaha, T. Patel and B. G. Fernandes, “Design and Development of a Portable Conductivity Measurement Instrument as an Aid for Teaching Power Electronics at Undergraduate Level,” 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2022, pp. 1-5.
  195. S. Sengupta, N. Endla, A. Kushwaha and B. G. Fernandes, “Modelling and Analysis of PM Demagnetization and its Effect on Vibration in SPM Machines,” 2023 IEEE 14th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), Chania, Greece, 2023, pp. 377-382.
  196. J. Kumar and B. G. Fernandes, “Multi-three-phase FSCW High-speed High-power-dense Inset Bread-loaf PMSM for the Electric VTOL Application,” 2023 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), San Francisco, CA, USA, 2023, pp. 1-7.
  197. S. Dey, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “Effect of Gear Ratio on a Magnetic Gear Integrated Switched Reluctance Motor,” IECON 2023- 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  198. P. A. D’Sa, K. Narang, A. Kushwaha and B. G. Fernandes, “Investigation of Induction Motor Rotor Bar Shapes for Energy Efficient Ceiling Fan Application,” 2023 11th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Guwahati, India, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  199. S. Dey, B. G. Fernandes and K. Chatterjee, “A Novel Magnetic Geared Switched Reluctance Motor with Reduced Number of Air-gaps,” 2023 11th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Guwahati, India, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  200. A. A. Kushwaha and B. G. Fernandes, “Scaling Laws and Empirical Relations based Initial Sizing of Motor Integrated Electrodynamic Wheel,” 2023 11th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Guwahati, India, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  201. R. K. Shukla, B. G. Fernandes and D. Saha, “Multifunctional Triple Active Bridge Converter for EV Application,” 2023 11th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Guwahati, India, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  202. S. Dey, P. D’Sa, A. Kushwaha and B. G. Fernandes, “Permanent Magnet AC Machines for LCI-fed Medium Voltage Applications,” 2023 11th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Guwahati, India, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  203. M. J. Vishal, A. Kushwaha and B. G. Fernandes, “Design Improvement of a Line-Start Ferrite-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor,” 2023 11th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Guwahati, India, 2023, pp. 1-6.

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