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General

Date of Birth : 13th June, 1964
Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India







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Academic Qualifications
    Ph.D. (Electrical Engg.) 1990 - 1994: University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
    Specialization : Power Electronics

    M.E. (Electrical. Engg.) 1986 - 1990: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India,

    B.Sc. Physics (Hons.) 1982 - 1985: St. Stephen's college, Delhi University,
    New Delhi, India
Field of Interest
  1. Power conversion: New converter topologies, High frequency link power conversion, ZCS-ZVS configurations, Switched Capacitor DC-DC converters

  2. Power quality issues: Power factor correction techniques, Static VAR compensation, Active filters

  3. Non-conventional energy (solar PV, wind, fuel cell) : Power conditioning, maximum power point tracking, stand-alone and grid connected systems, Microgrid

  4. Intelligent control of power electronic systems (including electric drives): Advanced control schemes, DSP and FPGA based control

  5. Design of electronic systems : Design and fabrication of hardware for a range of applications such as biomedical applications, navigation systems and intelligent trransportation systems etc., Radiation effects on electronic and power electronic systems and components.

  6. ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI): EMI analysis and mitigation techniques for electronic and power electronic circuits.

Professional Experience

    Professor : Feb-2005 onwards, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay.

    Associate Professor: Feb-2001 to Feb 2005, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay.

    Assistant Professor: 1995 to Feb 2001, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay.

    Research Engineer: 1994 - 1995, Statpower Technologies Corp., Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

    Research and Teaching Assistant: 1990-1994, Univ. of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Teaching Experience

    For nearly 14 years, I have taught a variety of courses at graduate and undergraduate levels at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay. These courses are listed below :

Courses

  • Electronic Design Lab (EE413, EE318) - for under graduate students during the years 1995, 1996, 1999, 2009.
  • Work Visits* (EE396) - for undergraduate students during the years 1996 and 2001.
  • Microprocessors and Microcomputers (EE637) - for graduate students during the years 1995 and 1996.
  • Microprocessor Lab (EE639) - for graduate students during the years 1995 and 1996.
  • Inverters (EE644) - for graduate students during the years 1995, 1996 and 1999.
  • Power Electronics Lab (EE642) - for graduate students during the year 1997.
  • Electrical Machines (EE-303) - for undergraduate students during the year 1997.
  • Electrical Machines Lab (EE-311) - for undergraduate students during the years 1997 and 1998.
  • Electrical Machines Lab(EE-003, 220 etc.) - for under graduate students during the years 1999 and 2000.
  • Power Electronics (EE-321) - for undergraduate students during the year 1998.
  • Special Topics in Power Electronics (EE-698) - for graduate students during the year 1998.
  • Electric Drives (EE-643) - for graduate students during the year 1998.
  • Electronic Circuit Lab(EE-261, EE-005) - for under graduate students during the years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2008.
  • Digital Circuits Lab (EE-214) - for undergraduate students during the year 2001.
  • Microprocessor Applications in Power Electronics (EE-675)- for graduate students during the years 1999, 2000 and 2002.
  • Power Electronics I (EE-653) - for graduate students during the years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2009.
  • Power Electronics II (EE-654)- for graduate students during the years 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
  • Basic Principles of Electrical Engineering (EE-002) - for undergraduate students during the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
  • Basic Principles of Elec. Engg. Lab (EE-003) - for undergraduate students during the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
  • Power Electronics and Power Systems Lab (EE-673) - for graduate students during the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
  • Practical Training Coordinator - for undergraduate students from the year 1999 to 2008.

    • * This involves visiting various local industries with the students

    Affiliations with Professional Bodies

      Senior Member, IEEE, USA ; Fellow, IETE, India and Life Member, ISTE, India.

    Ph.D Thesis Supervision
      S.No Name of Student Title of Thesis/Dissertation Year of Completion
      1.

      Shashank Wekhande

      New static VAR compensator for applications in active line current conditioning and induction generator control.

      2001

      2.

      Madhuwanti Joshi

      EMI/EMC issues in Power Electronic Systems

      2001

      3.

      Sincy George

      Active Filter based Power Factor Correction and harmonic elimination under non-sinusoidal conditions

      2005

      4.

      R.D.Kulkarni

      Performance evaluation and improvement of safety-related instruments and equipment in nuclear power plants

      2007

      5.

      A. Alamayehu*

      Multirate output feedback based digital redesign of sliding mode control algorithms and their applications

      2007

      6.

      Sachin Jain

      Single-stage, Grid Connected PV Systems with Maximum Power Point Tracking

      2008

      7.

      C. Sreekumar

      Investigations into the Hybrid Modeling and Control of DC-DC power converters

      2008

      8.

      Hiren Patel

      Investigations into the performance of PV systems operating under partially shaded conditions

      2008

      9.

      S. Padma Kumar

      Fault Diagnosis in Induction Motors

      Ongoing

      10.

      Rajesh Thakur

      Advanced control schemes for Wind Energy Systems

      Ongoing

      11.

      Shekhar Dimble*

      Nanotechnology based fabrication and testing of fuel cell stack for power electronic applications

      Ongoing

      12.

      Gopal Joshi*

      RF Control of Linear Accelerator

      Ongoing

      13.

      Boddu Somaiah*

      Related to Fuel Cells (tentative)

      Ongoing

      14.

      Pooja Sharma*

      Related to Flexible Photovoltaics

      Ongoing

      15.

      Pradeep Peter

      PV fed Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converters with Ground Isolation

      Ongoing

      16.

      Sushil Thale

      Issues with Microgrid

      Ongoing

      17.

      Vishal Jain

      High Voltage Power Supply for Plasma Arc Applications

      Ongoing

      *Either supervisor or co-supervisor for these students

    M.Tech Thesis Supervision

      M.Tech Thesis List in the pdf document

    Major Sponsored Projects as Principal Investigator
    1. Reliability up-gradation of electronic equipment, Sponsoring Agency: BRNS, Amount of Grant: Rs.42.5 Lakhs (US$ 85,000 approx.), Duration and year: 4 years(2000-2004).

    2. Solar Power Conditioning unit for residential applications, Sponsoring Agency : MNES, Amount of Grant: Rs.17.5 Lakhs (US$ 35,000 approx.), Duration and year: 2 years(2002-2004).

    3. Modernisation of an EMI/EMC Lab, Sponsoring Agency : MHRD, Amount of Grant: Rs.9.00 Lakhs (US$ 18,000 approx.), Duration and year: 1 year(2002-2003).

    4. Performance of semi-conductor devices under temperature, humidity & radiation environments, Sponsoring Agency : MHRD, Amount of Grant:Rs.16 Lakhs (US$ 33,000 approx.), Duration and year: 3.5 years (2003-2006).

    5. Study of Electric Arcs, their Detection, Characterization and Mitigation, Sponsoring Agency : BRNS, Amount of Grant:Rs.23.5 Lakhs (US$ 47,000 approx.), Duration and year: 3 years (2005-2008).

    6. DSP based hardware for GPS-INS integration, Sponsoring Agency : ARDE, Pune, Amount of Grant:Rs.10 Lakhs (US$ 20,000 approx.) , Duration and year: 1.0 years (2005-2006).

    7. Expansion of EMI/EMC Research and Measurement Facilities, Sponsoring Agency : MHRD(under MODROBS scheme), Amount of Grant: Rs.11 Lakhs (US$ 22,000 approx.), Duration and year: 2 years (2005-2007).

    8. Linux Based, Cost Effective Embedded Web-server for Bio-medical applications, Sponsoring Agency : MHRD(under MODROBS scheme), Amount of Grant: Rs.13 Lakhs (US$ 26,000 approx.), Duration and year: 2 years (2005-2007).

    9. A fully compensated, hybrid, distributed generation system based on renewable energy sources Feasibility study and implementation, Sponsoring Agency : MHRD(R&D scheme), Amount of Grant: Rs.16 Lakhs (US$ 32,000 approx.) , Duration and year: 3 years (2005-2008)

    10. Design and Development of Power Electronics and Non-Conventional Energy Course Module (lectures on CD) - Sponsoring Agency : MNRE, Amount of Grant: Rs.10 Lakhs (US$ 20,000 approx.), Duration and year: 8 months (2008- 2009)

    11. Design and Development of a High Frequency, High Voltage Supply for High-Field Asymetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometer (FA-IMS) application - Sponsoring Agency : Defense Research and Development Establishment, Amount of Grant: Rs.10 Lakhs (US$ 20,000 approx.), Duration and year: 18 months (2009-2010)

    12. Design, development and analysis of high power switched capacitor- Inductorless DC-DC converters - Sponsoring Agency : Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences , Amount of Grant: Rs.15.25 Lakhs (US$ 30,500 approx.), Duration and year: 2 years (2009-2011)

    13. Analysis of transient loading, inverter current loading propagation to fuel cells and design of bi-directional active power network - Sponsoring Agency : Defense Research and Development Establishment , Amount of Grant: Rs.10 Lakhs (US$ 20,000 approx.), Duration and year:18 months (2009-2011)

    14. Development of a Wireless Remote Controlled Vehicle for Nuclear Radiation Sensing and Intensity Mapping in Nuclear Power Plants and Surrounding Facilities - Sponsoring Agency : BARC, Amount of Grant: Rs.15.5 Lakhs (US$ 31,000 approx.), Duration and year: 18 months (Aug 2009- Jan 2011) - (Project finalized, yet to be started)

    15. Development of a Remote Whole Body Radioactivity Detector and a Centralised Continuous Monitoring Data Display System for In-patient Nuclear Medicine Therapy Procedures - Sponsoring Agency : BARC, Amount of Grant: Rs.12.8 Lakhs (US$ 25,600 approx.), Duration and year: 18 months (Aug 2009- Jan 2011) - (Project finalized, yet to be started)

      16. * A conversion rate of 1 US$ = 50 Rs. (Indian Ruppees) is assumed

    Major Consultancy Projects
    1. Power Factor Corrected Battery Charger, Sponsoring Agency: Statpower Corporation, Canada, Amount of Grant: C$ 22,000 (approx), Duration and year: 2 years (1997-1998).

    2. EMI/EMC investigations into Microcontroller PCBs, Sponsoring Agency:General Electric Co., USA, Amount of Grant: US$ 12,000 (approx), Duration and year: 1 year (1999-2000).

    3. EMI/EMC investigations into furniture partitions, Sponsoring Agency:Godrej and Boyce, Mumbai, India , Amount of Grant: US$ 3,750 (approx), Duration and year: 1 year (2002-2003).

    4. PSPICE Modeling of Devices, Sponsoring Agency: IXYS Corporation, USA, Amount of Grant: US$ 4,000 (approx), Duration and year: 1 year (2003-2004).

    5. Consultancy on misc, power electronics projects, Sponsoring Agency: Precision Power Products, India, Amount of Grant: Rs.1.5 Lakhs (US$ 3,000 approx.), Duration and year: 1 year (2004-2005).

      6. * A conversion rate of 1 US$ = 50 Rs. (Indian Ruppees) is assumed

    Patents

    1. US Patent Application - Attorney's docket no. 1138.102 PCT/US 03/33419

      Title: POWER CONVERTER METHOD AND APPARATUS HAVING HIGH INPUT POWER FACTOR AND LOW HARMONIC DISTORTION

      Inventors: Vivek Agarwal, V.P. Sundarsingh, Serge Bontemps and Alain Calmels

      Provisional Application (No. 60/420,193) filed on 21st Oct. 2002:

      Regular Application (No. 10/689,863) filed on 21st Oct 2003

      Patent issued on Jan. 2, 2007 as U.S. Patent No. 7,157,886 B2

    2. US Patent Application (Provisional) Appl. No. 60/569,343 Confirmation No.: 1288

      Title: ALGORITHM FOR RAPID TRACKING OF APPROXIMATE MAXIMUM POWER POINT IN PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

      Inventors: Vivek Agarwal, Sachin Jain

      Could not file regular application due to lack of funds

    3. Indian Patent (Application No. 2286/MUM/2008 filed on 23rd Oct. 2008)

      Title: METHOD FOR CALCULATING CAPACITANCE VALUE AND MAGNETIZING INDUCTANCE VALUE FOR SMOOTH SUSTAINED VOLTAGE BUILD UP IN AN INDUCTION GENERATOR

      Inventors: Vivek Agarwal, P.S.V. Nataraj and Rajesh Thakur

    Book(s) and Book Chapters

    1. Agarwal, V. and Patel, Hiren (expected in print Oct/Nov 2010): Photovoltaic Systems Under Partially Shaded Conditions: Springer Verlag, Germany

    2. Contributed/Co-authored two Chapters for the book entitled: Solar Photovoltaics: Fundamentals,Technologies and Applications, published by Prentice Hall of India. This book was released in January 2009.

    Journal Papers (in reverse chronological order)

    1. R. Thakur, Agarwal, V. and Nataraj, P.S.V. : A Reliable and Accurate Calculation of Excitation Capacitance Value for an Induction Generator Based on Interval Computation Technique, (Accepted Paper) - to appear in International Journal of Automation and Computing (A Springer Verlag Publication).

    2. Agarwal, V., Murali N. and Chandramouli, C.: A Cost Effective Ultrasonic Sensor Based Driver Assistance System for Congested Traffic Conditions,(Accepted Paper) - to appear in IEEE Tran. on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

    3. Agarwal V., Ranganadh T.S. and Chandramouli C.: Design and Development of a Wireless Internet based ECG Monitoring System for Ambulatory Applications,(Accepted Paper) - to appear in International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.

    4. Patel, H. and Agarwal V.: Investigations into the Performance of PV based Active Filter Configurations and their Control Schemes under Uniform and Non-Uniform Insolation Conditions,(Accepted Paper) - to appear in IET Proc. on Renewable Power Generation.

    5. Agarwal V., Aggarwal R., Patidar P., and Patki C.: A Novel Scheme for Rapid Tracking of Maximum Power point in Wind Energy Generation Systems, (Accepted Paper) - to appear in IEEE Tran. On Energy Conversion.

    6. Satav, S. and Agarwal, V.(2009): Design and Development of a Low-Cost Digital Magnetic Field Meter With Wide Dynamic Range for EMC Precompliance Measurements and Other Applications, IEEE Tran. on Instrumentation and Measurements, 58, 2837 - 2846.

    7. Agarwal, V., Arya, H. and Bhaktavatsala, S. (2009): Design and Development of a Real-Time DSP and FPGA-Based Integrated GPS-INS System for Compact and Low Power Applications, IEEE Tran. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 45, 443-454.

    8. Agarwal, V. and Krishna, D. (2009): Statistical Approach to Robust Design of Control Schemes for Series or Parallel Connected Power Devices, To appear in the European Power Electronics (EPE) Journal, Vol. 19, no. 3 (Sep. 2009 issue).

    9. Patel, H. and Agarwal, V. (2009): MPPT Scheme for a PV fed Single-Phase Single-Stage Grid-Connected Inverter Operating in CCM with Only One Current Sensor, IEEE Tran. on Energy Conversion, 24, 256-263.

    10. Sheta M., Agarwal V. and Nataraj P.S.V. (2009): A New Energy Optimal Control Scheme for a Separately Excited DC Motor Based Incremental Motion Drive, International Journal of Automation and Computing (A Springer Verlag Publication), 6, 277-286.

    11. Patel, H. and Agarwal, V. (2009): Single-Stage Single-Phase Transformer-Less Doubly-Grounded Grid-Connected PV Interface, IEEE Tran. on Energy Conversion, 24, 93-101.

    12. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2008): A Hybrid Control Algorithm for Voltage Regulation in DC-DC Boost Converter. IEEE Tran. on Industrial Electronics, 55, 2530-2538.

    13. Satav, S. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Cost-effective In-house Fabrication of an Open TEM Cell For EMC Precompliance: Do it Yourself!. IEEE EMC Society Newsletter, 66-71.

    14. Agarwal, V., Arya, H., Nayak, B. and Saptarshi, L. (2008): Extended Kalman Filter Based Loosely Coupled INS/GPS Integration Scheme Using FPGA and DSP, International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems, 1, 5-26.

    15. Kulkarni, R. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Taguchi Based Performance and Reliability Improvement of an Ion Chamber Amplifier for Enhanced Nuclear Reactor Safety, IEEE Tran. on Nuclear Science, 55, 2303-2314.

    16. Agarwal, V. and Ramachandran, N.C.S. (2008): Design and Development of a Low Cost Spirometer with an Embedded Web Server, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 1, 439-452.

    17. Jain, S. and Agarwal, V. (2008): An Integrated Hybrid Power Supply for Distributed Generation Applications Fed by Non-Conventional Energy Sources, IEEE Tran. on Energy Conversion, 23, 622-631.

    18. Patel, H. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Maximum Power Point Tracking Scheme for PV Systems Operating Under Partially Shaded Conditions. IEEE Tran. on Industrial Electronics, 55, 1689-1698.

    19. Patel, H. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Control of a Stand-alone Inverter Based Distributed Generation Source for Voltage Regulation and Harmonic Compensation. IEEE Tran. on Power Delivery, 23, 1113-1120.

    20. George, S. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Optimum Control of Selective and Total Harmonic Distortion in Current and Voltage under Non-sinusoidal Conditions. IEEE Tran. on Power Delivery, 23, 937-944.

    21. Patel, H. and Agarwal, V. (2008): MATLAB Based Modeling to Study the Effects of Partial Shading on PV Array Characteristics. IEEE Tran. on Energy Conversion, 23, 302-310.

    22. Balaji, E., Jain, S. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Universal Single-Stage Grid-Connected Inverter. IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, 23, 128-137.

    23. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2007): Voltage Regulation of a Buck Boost Converter- A Hybrid Control Approach, Asian Journal of Control, 9, 484-490.

    24. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2007): Hybrid Control Approach for the Output Voltage Regulation in Buck Type DC-DC Converter. IET Electric Power Applications, 1, 897-906.

    25. Jain, S. and Agarwal, V. (2007): Comparison of the Performance of Maximum Power Point Tracking Schemes Applied to Single Stage Grid Connected PV Systems. IET Electrical Power Applications, 1, 753-762.

    26. Jain, S. and Agarwal, V. (2007): A Single-Stage Grid Connected Inverter Topology for Solar PV Systems. IEEE Tran. on Power Electronics, 22, 1928-1940.

    27. Reddy, N. and Agarwal, V. (2007): Utility Interactive Hybrid Distributed Generation Scheme with Compensation Feature. IEEE Tran. on Energy Conversion, 22, 666-673.

    28. George, S. and Agarwal, V. (2007): A DSP Based Optimal Algorithm for Shunt Active Filter under non-sinusoidal supply and unbalanced load conditions. IEEE Tran. on Power Electronics, 22, 593-601.

    29. Jain, S. and Agarwal, V. (2007): A New, Current Control Based, MPPT Technique for Single-Stage Grid Connected PV Systems. Elsevier Science Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 48, 625-644.

    30. George, S. and Agarwal, V. (2007): A DSP Based Control Algorithm for Series Active Filter for Optimized Compensation under Non-Sinusoidal and Unbalanced Voltage Conditions. IEEE Tran. on Power Delivery, 22, 302-310.

    31. Kulkarni, R. and Agarwal, V. (2006): Safety of Electronic Pressure Transmitters in a Nuclear Environment. Special issue of the International Journal Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, Cacak, 9, 22-32.

    32. Kulkarni, R. and Agarwal, V. (2006): Performance Evaluation and Qualification of Differential Pressure Switches for Nuclear Environment including LOCA. Special issue of the International Journal Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, Cacak, 9, 121-131.

    33. Abera, A., Bandyopadhyay, B. and Agarwal, V. (2006): Robust Multirate Output Feedback Sliding Mode Controller for Sensorless Induction Motor. System Science and Control Journal, 32, 57-70.

    34. Agarwal, V., Sundarsingh, V. and Ramachandran, V. (2006): A Comparative Study of Gamma Radiation Effects on a Logarithmic Amplifier-Based Multiplier Circuit Using Common and Precision Devices. Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3, 7-15.

    35. Kumar, M. and Agarwal, V. (2006): Power Line Filter Design for Conducted Electromagnetic Interference using Time Domain Measurements. IEEE Tran. on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 48, 178-186.

    36. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (2006): High Resolution Absolute Position Vernier Shaft Encoder Suitable for High Performance PMSM Servo Drives. IEEE Tran. on Instrumentation and Measurements, 55, 357-364.

    37. Agarwal, V. and Birkar, S. (2005): Comparison of Gamma Radiation Performance of a Range of Analog to Digital Converters under Biased Conditions. IEEE Tran. on Nuclear Science, 52, 3059 3067.

    38. George, S. and Agarwal, V. (2005): A Novel, DSP Based Algorithm for Optimizing the Harmonics and Reactive Power Under Non-Sinusoidal Supply Voltage Conditions. IEEE Tran. on Power Delivery, 20, 2526-2534.

    39. Agarwal, V., Sundarsingh, V. and Ramachandran, V. (2005): Prediction of the Performance of an Ion Chamber Amplifier under Gamma Radiation, Elsevier Science Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design, 235, 1373 -1387.

    40. Krishna, D. and Agarwal, V. (2005): Active Gate Control of Series Connected IGBTs using Positive Current Feedback Technique. IEEE Tran. on Circuits and Systems II, 52, 261-265.

    41. Agarwal, V., Sundarsingh, V and Ramachandran, V. (2005): A Comparative Study of Gamma Radiation Effects on Ultra Low Input Bias Current Linear Circuits under Biased Conditions. IEEE Tran. on Nuclear Science, 52. 510-518.

    42. Jain, S. and Agarwal, V. (2004): A New Algorithm for Rapid Tracking of Approximate Maximum Power Point in Photovoltaic Systems. IEEE Power Electronics Letters, 2, 16-19.

    43. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (2001): A New Variable Speed Constant Voltage Controller for Self-Excited Induction Generator. Elsevier Science Journal of Electric Power Systems Research (EPSR), 59, 157-164.

    44. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (2001): Simple Control for a Wind-Driven Induction Generator, IEEE Industry Applications magazine, 7, 44 53.

    45. Agarwal, V., Bhat, A. and Belaguli, V. (1997): Dynamic Analysis of LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter operating in Discontinuous Current Mode. Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 22, 119 - 129.

    46. Jain, A. and Agarwal, V. (1997): Design and Fabrication of Quasi-Resonant Converter. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 457-468.

    47. Agarwal, V. and Bhat, A. (1995): Large Signal Analysis of the LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter using Discrete Time Domain Modeling. IEEE Tran. on Power Electronics, 10, 222-238.

    48. Agarwal, V. and Bhat, A. (1995): Small-Signal Analysis of the LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter using Discrete Time Domain Modeling, IEEE Tran. on Industrial Electronics, 42, 604-614.

    Selected (Refereed) Conference Papers (in reverse chronological order)

    1. Peter, P. and Agarwal, V.: PV Fed Boost Type Switched Capacitor Power Supply for a Nano satellite, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2010), held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA during 12-16 Sep. 2010.

    2. Peter, P. and Agarwal, V.: Analysis and Design of a Ground Isolated Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter, International symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE-2010), held in Bari, Italy, 4-7 July 2010.

    3. Pradeep, P. and Agarwal, V.: Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter Based Maximum Power Point Tracking of a PV Source for Nano Satellite Application, 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference. held in Waikiki, Hawaii. USA during 20-25 June, 2010.

    4. Pooja, S. and Agarwal, V.: Dynamic Power Optimization of Contoured Flexible PV Array Under Non-Uniform Illumination Conditions, 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference. held in Waikiki, Hawaii. USA during 20-25 June, 2010.

    5. Rupesh, W. and Agarwal, V.: A Novel Technique for THD Control in Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems using Step Variable Inductor Approach, 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference. held in Waikiki, Hawaii. USA during 20-25 June, 2010.

    6. Somaiah, B. and Agarwal, V.(2009): Analysis and comparative study of pulsating current of fuel cells by inverter load with different power converter topologies, International Symposium & Exhibition on Fuel Cell technologies : FUCETECH 2009. held in Nehru centre, Mumbai, India during 11 - 13 November, 2009.

    7. Patel, R., Patki, C. and Agarwal, V.(2009): Armature and Field Controlled DC Motor Based Wind Turbine Emulation for Wind Energy Conversion System Operating Over a WideRange of Wind Velocity, International conference on sustainability in Energy and Buildings, Brighton, United Kingdom during 29th - 30th April and 1st May 2009.

    8. Sharma, A. and Agarwal, V. (2009): Selecting Optimum Heat Sink for EMI Mitigation in Aircraft Power Supplies , IEEE conference- EMC 2009, St. Petersberg, Russia, June 2009.

    9. Satav, S. and Agarwal, V. (2009): Design, Development and "Do-It-Yourself" Fabrication of an E-field Probe for Isotropic EMI Measurement, IEEE conference- EMC 2009, St. Petersberg, Russia, June 2009.

    10. Joshi, G., Singh, P., Kumar, G. and Agarwal, V. (2009): Resonant Frequency Tracking System, Indian Partcle Accelerator Conference -InPAC 2009, being held at RRCAT, Indore, India, from February 10 to 13, 2009.

    11. Sharma, A. and Agarwal, V.(2009): Investigating the Conducted EMI Issues in Fighter Aircrafts Power Supplies, Proceedings of SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Symposium, Florida, USA during April 13-17, 2009.

    12. Sharma, P., Duttagupta, S.P. and Agarwal, V.: Characterization and modeling of flexible photovoltaic modules for portable power applications, SUPERGEN, Nanjing, China during 6-7 April, 2009.

    13. Sharma, P., Duttagupta, S.P.and Agarwal, V.: Parameter extraction for Flexible Photovoltaic (FPV) modules to determine the impact of FPV technology on high insolation module performance, Proc. of SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Symposium, Florida, USA during April 13-17, 2009.

    14. Joshi, G. Vretenar, M., Kumar, G. and Agarwal, V. (2009): Development of RF System Model for one Resonator fed with two Amplifiers, Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC) 2009, Vancouver, Canada during May 4-8, 2009.

    15. Joshi, G., Kumar, G, R. G. Pillay. and Agarwal, V. (2009): Development of the Model of a Self-Excited Loop, Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC) 2009, Vancouver, Canada during May 4-8, 2009.

    16. Surya Prabha J. and Agarwal V. (2009): Experimental Investigations into the Performance of Forward and Flyback Based S4 Topologies for Lithium-Ion Battery Charging Applications, International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems and Power Electronics in Emerging Economics, Chennai, India, April 16-17, 2009.

    17. B.V.K. Chaitanya. and Agarwal V. (2009): Fuzzy Logic based Sensorless Control of a BLDC motor, International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems and Power Electronics in Emerging Economics, Chennai, India, April 16-17, 2009.

    18. Patki, C. and Agarwal V. (2009): Matrix Converter based Grid Connected System with Reactive and Harmonic Compensation Features. 2nd Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization PCO 2009, Bali, Indonesia during June 1-3, 2009.

    19. Patki, C. and Agarwal, V. (2009) : Matrix Converter Interface for a Wind Energy Conversion System: Issues and Limitations. 2nd Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization PCO 2009, Bali, Indonesia during June 1-3, 2009.

    20. Rajkiran, A. and Agarwal, V. (2009): Hybrid Control of Permanent Magnet DC Motor Drive, 2nd Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization (PCO), Bali, Indonesia during June 1-3, 2009.

    21. Padmakumar, S., Roy, K. and Agarwal, V. (2009): Shaft Currents in Medium Voltage Motors and their Effect on Motor Bearings, International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems and Power Electronics in Emerging Economics, Chennai, India, April 16-17, 2009.

    22. Padmakumar S., Agarwal, V.and Roy, K. (2009): An Investigative Study into Observer based Non-Invasive Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Induction Motors: Part-II, WASET sponsored International Conference on Electric Machines and Drive Systems (ICEMDS) Hongkong, China, March 23 25, 2009.

    23. Padmakumar, S., Agarwal, V.and Roy, K. (2009): A Comparative Study into Observer based Fault Detection and Diagnosis in DC Motors: Part - I, WASET sponsored International Conference on Electric Machines and Drive Systems (ICEMDS) Hongkong, China, March 23- 25, 2009.

    24. Padmakumar, S., Agarwal, V. and Roy, K. (2009): A Tutorial on Dynamic Simulation of DC Motor and Implementation of Kalman Filter on a Floating Point DSP, WASET sponsored International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (ICMS), Tokyo, Japan, May 2009.

    25. Padmakumar, S., Agarwal, V. and Roy K. (2009): Single phasing in induction machines: Neutral connection and the advantages IEEE SDEMPED 09, France during 31/08-3/09.

    26. Chandramouli, C. and Agarwal,V. (2009): Speech Recognition based Computer Keyboard Replacement for the Quadriplegics, Paraplegics, Paralytics and Amputees, IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), Cetraro, Italy, May 2009.

    27. Chandramouli, C. and Agarwal,V. (2009): Alternative Emergency Communication Channel through Television Cable, IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), Cetraro, Italy, May 2009.

    28. Thakur R.K. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Application of Interval Computation Technique to Fixed Speed Wind Energy Conversion System, IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Singapore, November 2008.

    29. Talwalker, A., Chandramouli, C., Praveen, C. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Susceptibility Studies on 8051 Microcontroller Mounted on Single- and Multi-Layer Printed Circuit Boards, 10th International Conference on Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility INCEMIC, Bangalore India, November 2008.

    30. Padmakumar, S., Roy, K. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Induction machines: a Novel, Model Based, Non-Invasive Fault Detection and Diagnosis Technique, IEEE conference, POWERCON, New Delhi.

    31. Chaitanya, K. and Agarwal, V. (2008): Fuzzy logic based speed control of sensorless BLDC motor. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Electrical Machines, Vilamoura, Portugal, September 2008.

    32. Jayakrishna, B. and Agarwal, V. (2008): FPGA Implementation of QFT based Controller for a Buck type DC-DC Power Converter and Comparison with Fractional and Integral Order PID Controllers, Proceedings of the IEEE Control and Modelling for Power Electronics, Zurich, Switzerland, August 2008.

    33. Deodhar, S. and Agarwal, V. (2007): Islanding Effects on the Line Frequency in Distributed Generation Systems. Proceedings of the National Power Electronics Conference at Bangalore, India, December 2007.

    34. Jain, S. and Agarwal, V. (2007): A Grid Connected Multi-Operating-Mode PV Configuration Suitable for a Wide Range of Input Voltage. Proceedings of the National Power Electronics Conference at Bangalore, India, December 2007.

    35. Thakur, R. and Agarwal, V. (2007): Effect of Excitation Capacitance Value On The Transient Behavior Of Induction Generator In Wind Energy Conversion Systems. Proceedings of the National Power Electronics Conference at Bangalore, India, December 2007.

    36. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2007): A Simple Hybrid Mode Switching Control Law for a Buck Converter and its Stability Analysis, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems at Bangalore, India. February 2007.

    37. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2006): Hybrid Control of Tri-State Boost Converter, Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Technology at Mumbai, India. December 2006.

    38. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2006): A Circuit Theoretical Approach to the Hybrid Control of PCCM Boost Converter, Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Technology at Mumbai, India. December 2006.

    39. Patel, H. and Agarwal, V. (2006): PV Based Distributed Generation with Compensation Feature Under Unbalanced and Non-linear Load Conditions for a 3-phase, 4 Wire System, Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Technology at Mumbai, India. December 2006.

    40. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2006): Comparison of Mode Switched Controllers for a Pseudo Continuous Current Mode Boost Converter. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems at New Delhi, India, December 2006, 1-6.

    41. Sharma, V., Chatterjee, K and Agarwal, V. (2006): A Novel Pulse Power Supply Operating at High Input Power Factor. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems at New Delhi, India, December 2006.

    42. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2006): Hybrid automaton models and control synthesis of a single inductor multiple output boost converter, Proceedings of the International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference at Shanghai, China. August 2006, 281 285.

    43. Sreekumar, C. and Agarwal, V. (2006): Hybrid control of a Boost Converter operating in Discontinuous Current mode, Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference at Jeju, South Korea, June 2006, 255-260.

    44. Satav, S. and Agarwal, V. (2006): A Low Cost Emission Measurement System for VDUs as per MPR II. Proceedings of the International Conference on Electromagnetic Interference Compatibility -2006 at Bangalore, India, February 2006.

    45. Abera, A., Bandyopadhyay, B., Agarwal, V. and Janardhanan, S. (2005): Multirate Output Feedback Sliding Mode Controller for Sensorless Induction Motor. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology at Hong Kong, Dec. 2005, 877-881.

    46. Abera, A., Baandyopadhyay, B., Janardhanan, S. and Agarwal, V. (2005): Robust Control of Induction Motor using Fast Output Sampling Technique. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics at Barcelona, Spain, September 2005, 25-30.

    47. Abera, A., Baandyopadhyay, B., Agarwal, V. and Janardhanan. S. (2005): Sensorless Control of Induction Motor Using Fast Output Sampling Technique. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Control Applications at Toronto, Canada, August 2005, 493-497.

    48. Padmakumar, S., Agarwal, V., Roy, K. (2005): Estimation of Induction Motor Flux A Novel Method for Fault Detection and Reliability Assessment. Proceedings of the International Conference on Reliability Safety and Hazard at Mumbai, India, December 2005.

    49. Padmakumar, S., Roy, K. and Agarwal, V. (2005): Dynamic modeling of induction machines for fault detection and diagnosis application. Proceedings of the National Conference of Control and Dynamical Systems at Mumbai, India, January 2005.

    50. Agarwal, V., Sundarsingh, V., Bontemps, S., Calmels, S. and Denis Grafham (2003): Novel single-switch Isolated 42V/1kW Battery Charger Module uses Converter operating at near-unity Power Factor. Proceedings of the Power Conversion Conference and Intelligent Motion at Nuremberg, Germany, May 2003, 858-863.

    51. George, S. and Agarwal, V. (2003): A Novel Technique for Optimizing Harmonics and Reactive Power with Load Balancing under Non-Sinusoidal Supply and Unbalanced Load Conditions, Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference 2003 at Mexico, June 2003, Vol. 4, 1537 1541.

    52. Kulkarni, R. and Agarwal, V. (2003): Reliability Analysis of a Modern Power Supply Under Nuclear Radiation Effects, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drive System, Singapore, 71-76.

    53. Phulluke, R., Kumar, G., Agarwal, V., Bhatia, M.S. and Madan V. K. (2002): Conducted EMI issues and the design of EMI filters for AC power supply feeding a Copper vapor type laser. IEEE International Conference in EMI/EMC, 2002, pp. 267-271.

    54. Bhatia, S., Madan, V., Dongare, A., Phulluke, R., Kumar, G. and Agarwal, V. (2002): Mapping of radiation field from a discharge laser head. Proceedings of the International Conference on Electromagnetic Interference Compatibility at Banglore, India, February 2002, 6-10.

    55. Agarwal, V. Sundarsingh, V., Bontemps S. and Grafham, D. (2002): A Smart Power Converter Module for Buck Applications Operating at High Input Power Factor, Proceedings of the 28th Annual conference of the IEEE industrial electronic society at Sevilla, Spain, November 2002, 1202 1207.

    56. George, S. and Agarwal, V. (2002): A Novel Technique for Optimising the Harmonics and Reactive Power Under Non-Sinusoidal Voltage Conditions, Proceedings of the 28th Annual conference of the IEEE industrial electronic society at Sevilla, Spain, November 2002, 858 863.

    57. Kulkarni, R., Bora, J.S., Prakash, R., Agarwal, V. and Sundersingh, V. P.(2002): Synergistic Behavior of Nuclear Radiation, Temperature-Humidity Extremes LOCA Situation on Safety Safety-related Equipment in Indian Nuclear Power Plants, Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Nuclear Reactor Safety, Mumbai, India, 2002.

    58. Kulkarni, R., Bora, J.S., Prakash, R., Agarwal, V. and Sundersingh, V. P.(2002): Reliability Assessment and Enhancement of Pressure Differential Pressure Transmitter Subjected to LOCA Environment in Nuclear Power Plants, Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Nuclear Reactor Safety, Mumbai, India, 2002.

    59. Kulkarni, R., Bora, J.S., Prakash, R., Agarwal, V. and Sundersingh, V. P.(2002): Qualification of Differential Pressure Switches for Nuclear Environment including LOCA, Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Nuclear Reactor Safety, Mumbai, India, 2002.

    60. Kulkarni, R. and Agarwal, V. (2002): Effects due to the Synergistic Behaviour of Nuclear Radiation, Temperature-Humidity & LOCA Situation on Safety-related Equipment in Indian Nuclear Power Plants, in Proceedings of the Academic Industry Meet, Mumbai, India, 2002.

    61. Gawshinde, A., Vishwanath, R. and Agarwal, V.(2002): Reliability Upgradation of an Electronic Monitoring and Display System under Gamma Radiation Environment, International Conference on Multimedia and Design, Mumbai, India, September 2002, 192 195.

    62. Kulkarni, R. and Agarwal, V. (2001): Reliability Prediction of Electronic Power Electronic Devices Subjected to Gamma Radiation, Proceedings of the International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Control at Mumbai, India, December 2001, R27-1 R27-7.

    63. Kulkarni, R. and Agarwal, V.(2001): Predicting the Life of Operational Amplifiers Operating Under Nuclear Environment, Proceedings of the international conference on Quality, Reliability and Control, Mumbai, India Dec. 2001, R16-1 R16-8.

    64. Eapen, S. and Agarwal, V. (2001): Effect of Harmonics on the Reliability of Electrical Equipment, Proceedings of the international conference on Quality, Reliability and Control at Mumbai, India, December 2001, R68-1 R68-4.

    65. Hariharan, M. and Agarwal, V. (2000): Crisis in Power Engineering Education - A Challenge and an Opportunity,Proceedings of the eleventh National Power Systems Conference (NPSC) at Bangalore, India, December 2000.

    66. Joshi, M. and Agarwal, V. (2000): EMI Mitigation in Power Electronic Circuits operating at high power factor. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology at Pretoria, South Africa, January 2000, 267-271.

    67. Kulkarni, R., Agarwal, V. and Gupta A.(2000): Issues related to nuclear radiation effects on semiconductor devices, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2000, 609-614.

    68. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (1999): A variable speed constant voltage controller for self-excited induction generator with minimum control requirements. Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics and Drive System at Hong Kong, July 1999, 98-103.

    69. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (1999): A new induction generator controller for standalone application with unbalanced load. Proceedings of the European Conference Circuit Theory and Design at Stresa, August 1999.

    70. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (1999): A simple Wind driven self excited induction generator controller. Proceedings of the IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference at Denmark, June 1999.

    71. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (1999): Wind driven self excited induction generator with simple de coupled excitation control. Proceedings of the Annual Industry Application Society Conference at Arizona, USA, 1999, Arizona, USA, 2077-2083.

    72. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (1998): Static VAR compensator with supply side current sensors and improved transient response using feed-forward control, Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems conference at Australia, December 1998, 757-761.

    73. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (1998): High Resolution Absolute position Vernier Shaft Encoder suitable for High Performance PMSM Servo Drives. Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference at Fukuoka, Japan, May 1998, 119-124.

    74. Joshi, M. and Agarwal, V. (1998): Generation and Propagation of EMI waves in Power Electronic Circuits. Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference at Fukuoka, Japan, May 1998, 1165-1172.

    75. Joshi, M.and Agarwal, V. (1998): Component Placement for Improved EMI Performance in Power Electronic Circuits. Proceedings of the IEEE applied power electronics conference at California, USA, February 1998, 944 - 950.

    76. Wekhande, S. and Agarwal, V. (1997): A Static VAR Compensator with Reduced Current Sensors and Instantaneous Current Feed forward Control, Proceedings of the International Conference on Power Generation, system planning and Operation at New Delhi, December 1997, 757-761.

    77. Joshi, M. and Agarwal, V. (1997): Design optimization of ZVS and ZCS Quasi-resonant converters for EMI reduction. Proceedings of International Conference on Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility at Hyderabad, India, December 1997, 407 - 414.

    78. Agarwal, V. and Bhat, A. (1996): Steady-State and Dynamic Analysis of the Fixed-Frequency Pulse-Width Modulated LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter. Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference at Baveno, Italy, June 1996.

    79. Agarwal, V. and Bhat, A. (1995): Small- Signal Equivalent Circuit Modeling of the LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter using Discrete Time Domain Modeling. Proceedings of the Power Electronics and Drives System at Singapore, February 1995, 146-151.

    80. Agarwal, V. and Bhat, A. (1994): Small-Signal Analysis of the LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter using Discrete Time Domain Modeling. Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference at Taipei, Taiwan, June 1994, 805-813.

    81. Agarwal, V., Belaguli, V. and Bhat, A. (1993): Large Signal Analysis using Discrete Time Modeling for LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter operating in Discontinuous Current Mode, Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, September 1993, 80-83.

    82. Agarwal, V. and Bhat, A. (1993): Large Signal Analysis of the Series- Parallel Resonant Converter using Discrete Time Domain Modeling. Proceedings of the IEEE Industrial Electronics, Control, and Instrumentation, November 1993, 836-841.

    83. Agarwal, V. and Bhat, A. (1992): A complete DC analysis of LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter. Proceedings of the IEEE Industrial Electronics, Control, and Instrumentation, November 1992, 179 - 184.

    84. Bhat, A. and Agarwal, V. (1992): Operating Modes and Simulation of the Series-Parallel Resonant Converter, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems at San Diego, California, May 1992, 1883- 1886.

    85. Thakur, R.K. and Agarwal, V. (2009): A Quantitative Feedback Theory Based Control of a Variable Speed Squirrel Cage Induction Generator, Accepted for presentation at the IEEE PEDS conference held in Taipei, Taiwan during November 2-5, 2009.

    86. Somaiah, B., Govindan, K., Dattagupta, S. and Agarwal, V.: Analysis and comparative study of input pulsating current of fuel cells by inverter load with different power converter topologies, accepted for presentation at the International symposium on fuel cell technologies: FUCETECH 2009, held at Nehru Centre, Mumbai during 11-13 November 2009.

    87. Peter, P. and Agarwal, V.: Design and Analysis of a Buck Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter, Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS-2009), Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 28-31 Dec 2009.

    Papers in future conferences

    1. Thakur, R. and Agarwal, V.: A Quantitative Feedback Theory Based Control of a Variable Speed Squirrel Cage Induction Generator Driven by Wind Turbine, International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET 2010), to be held in Kandy, Sri Lanka during December 6-9, 2010.

    Citations of Papers

      Citations

    Invited Magazine Article(s):

    1. Vivek Agarwal, Electromagnetic Interference Electromagnetic Compatibility, Industry Watch Electrical and Electronics, an Infomedia India Magazine for Industries.

    2. Vivek Agarwal and B. Somaiah, Fuel cells as alternate source of Energy, Electrical India Magazine, vol. 49, 2009.

    3. Vivek Agarwal and Chetan Patki, Wind Energy Conversion Systems- A Review, Electrical India Magazine, vol. 50, No. 1, 2010.

    In News

    1. Appointed Research Ambassador by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the academic session 2010-2011 in recognition of outstanding commitment and leadership in promoting Indo-German relations in education and research.

    2. Receives the IETE B.K. Bose Award for power electronics for the year (2010) Research Ambassador by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the academic session 2010-2011 in recognition of outstanding commitment and leadership in promoting Indo-German relations in education and research.

    Awards, Honors, Professional Activities

    1. Senior Member of IEEE since 2001.

    2. Associate Editor for IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics. [ Link ]

    3. System Society of India Vikram award, consisting of a gold medal and citation for contribution to real life problems of importance to the nation has been conferred on the nominee for the work on web server based spirometer.

    4. The following paper:
      S. Jain and V. Agarwal, "Comparison of the performance of maximum power point tracking schemes applied to single -stage grid -connected photovoltaic systems", Vol. 1, Issue 5, September 2007.
      was among the top 20 most downloaded IET Electric Power Applications papers by users of the IEEE Xplore database in 2008 and is ranked No. 5 from the hundreds of papers that the journal has published since its launch in 1980, receiving 378 full text downloads during 2008. [ Link ]

    5. The paper by the nominee and his student with the following details; Joshi, M. and Agarwal, V. (1997): Design optimization of ZVS and ZCS Quasi-resonant converters for EMI reduction, Proceedings of International Conference on Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility, Hyderabad, India, December 1997, 407 - 414. Received the best paper award.

    6. The paper by the nominee and his student with the following details: Agarwal, V. and Kulkarni, R.D. (2001): Reliability Prediction of Electronic and Power Electronic Devices Subjected to Gamma Radiations. Proceedings of the International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Control, Mumbai, India, December 26-28, 2001. Received the best paper award for a technical session

    7. The work based on web based spirometer was reported in several newspapers and news websites.

    8. Award for excellence in Teaching Assistantship, Univ. of Victoria, 1991.

    9. Listed in various editions of Marquis Who's who; For example in the 10th Anniversary Edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering (published in December 2007).

    10. Fellow of IETE and Life member of ISTE. [IETE: Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications engineers, India; ISTE: Indian Society of Technical Education]

    11. Executive council member of IETE Mumbai during 2001.

    12. Member, Editorial Board, Inderscience Journal of Intelligent Defense Support Systems.

    13. Member, Editorial Board, OPSEARCH the official journal of the Operational Research Society of India (ORSI), published by Springer India.

    14. Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management - A springer publication.

    15. Author or co-author of several papers published in IEEE journals and conference proceedings during the last 18 years.

    16. Reviewer for various IEEE conferences and journals (e.g. IEEE Tran. on Power Delivery, IEEE Tran. on Power Electronics, IEEE Tran. on Industrial Electronics and so on.).

    17. Reviewer of several Ph.D. and M.Tech thesis

    18. Served as session chairman in several conferences, delivered plenary talks and so on.

    19. Member, Organizing committee, International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Control (Communication and Information Systems), Dec 26-28, 2001, organized by IETE Mumbai Centre and IIT- Bombay.

    20. In-charge, for registration, National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), 2003, IIT-Bombay.

    21. Member, National Organizing committee, International Conference on Reliability, Safety and Hazards (ICRESH), Dec 1-3, 2005.

    22. Co.-Chair, Organizing committee, 3rd International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Infocom Technology, Dec 2-4, 2006.

    23. Member, Organizing Committee and registration chair for the International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT) - an IEEE IES sponsored conference, held in Mumbai, India during Dec. 2006.

    24. Co-chair, International advisory committee for the International Conference on Reliability, Safety and Quality Engineering. The conference was held in Jan, 2008 in Mumbai, India and was co-technically sponsored by IEEE reliability society.

    25. Asia liaison officer and Member,International programme committee International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB-09, UK, 2009

    26. Member,International programme committee, International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB-10, UK, 2010

    B.Tech Students

  • Rahul Jadhav
  • Sumit Agarwal
  • Manoj Kuldeep
  • Sangeeta Meena
  • Shravant Valluru
  • Sapan Shrivastava
  • Neeraj Mandotia


    • M.Tech Students

  • Amit Jain, 1996
  • Amitabh Chatterjee, 1996
  • S. Ganesh, 1996*
  • Ratnesh Singh, 1997
  • Nabanita Ray, 1997
  • P. Siva Prakash, 1997
  • Anand kumar singh, 1997
  • S. Sreejakumar, 2001
  • Mahesh Nankar, 2001
  • Suresh Suralkar, 2001
  • S. Santhosh, 2001
  • Nitesh Singh, 2001
  • Pradeep Anand, 2001*
  • Prashant Gugle,2002
  • Mini Rajeev, 2002
  • Pavan Kumar Chillara, 2003
  • T. Ranganadh, 2003
  • C. Pavan Kumar, 2003
  • R.Vishwanath, 2003
  • Hiren Patel, 2003
  • Sunil Kumar, 2003*
  • Anil Rahate, 2004
  • D.V. M. M. Krishna, 2004
  • Sandeep Dhadich, 2004
  • Mohit Kumar, 2004
  • B.Raju Sekhar, 2004
  • S.Bhaktavatsala, 2004*
  • N.Reddy, 2005
  • N.C.S. Ramachandran, 2005
  • Sandeep Satav, 2005
  • Vineet Aras, 2005*
  • Somak Gupta Roy, 2005*

  • Nitesh Kumawat, 2005
  • A.N.V. Uday Kiran, 2005
  • Kapil Maheshwari, 2005
  • Vishalkumar Bhanani, 2005
  • Nitesh Kumawat, 2005
  • Milan Sheta, 2005*
  • Pundlik Ghate, 2005
  • Lalit N. Saptarshi, 2006
  • E. S. Balaji, 2006
  • Raghavendra Thota, 2006
  • Tarun Kumar, 2006
  • N.Murali, 2006
  • Ramanji Reddy, 2006
  • Vishnu Sharma, 2006
  • Rakesh Aggarwal, 2007
  • Krishnanjulu Thota, 2007
  • M.Ravi, 2007
  • C.Praveen, 2007
  • Venkat Ramani, 2007
  • Praveen Patidar, 2007
  • Shirish Deodhar, 2007
  • Amit Kaushik, 2007
  • Shabbir Bohra, 2007
  • Atul Gupta, 2007
  • P. Rajesh, 2007
  • Poonam Jasuja, 2007
  • Bh. Srinivasulu, 2007
  • Biswanath Naik, 2007
  • Mukesh Bagul, 2007
  • Ashutosh Maheshwari, 2007
  • Ashwini Dixit, 2008
  • Ashish Talwalker, 2008

  • G.Sudhakar, 2008
  • P.Santosh Krishna, 2008
  • Jai Krishna, 2008
  • K. Chaitanya, 2008
  • Sai Krishna, 2007
  • Rajesh P, 2008
  • J.Suryaprabha, 2008
  • Pradeep Sharma, 2008
  • Rahul Porwal, 2008
  • V.N.V.Srikanth, 2008
  • Chetan Patki, 2009
  • B.S.N.Raju, 2009
  • Rahul Patel, 2009
  • Ashish Sharma, 2009
  • Sundeep Sunkari, 2009
  • Vinod kumar, 2009*
  • Neeraj Mandolai, 2009
  • Raj Kiran, 2009
  • Pankaj Arora, 2009*
  • Kriti Kumar, 2010(E)
  • C.Chandramouli, 2010(E)
  • Shantanu R.Nakhate, 2010(E)
  • Hussain, 2010(E)
  • Deepak Parmar, 2010(E)
  • Davu Anil Kumar, 2010(E)
  • Rupesh G.Wandhare, 2010(E)
  • Bhavik C.Chaudhari, 2010(E)
  • Sagar Petkar, 2010(E)

    • *Either supervisor or co-supervisor for these students


    Phd Students

  • Shashank Wekhande, 2001
  • Madhuwanti Joshi , 2001
  • Sincy George, 2005
  • R.D.Kulkarni, 2007
  • A.Alamayehu, 2007
  • Sachin Jain, 2008
  • C. Sreekumar, 2008
  • Hiren Patel, 2008
  • S.Padma Kumar, (ongoing)
  • Rajesh Thakur, (ongoing)
  • Gopal Joshi, (ongoing)
  • Shekhar Dimble, (ongoing)
  • Pooja sharma, (ongoing)
  • Boddu Somaiah, (ongoing)
  • Pradeep Peter, (ongoing)
  • Sushil Thale, (ongoing)
  • Vishal Jain, (ongoing)


    • Contact information


      Vivek Agarwal
      Electrical Engineering Department
      Indian Institute of Technology -- Bombay
      Powai, Mumbai 400076
      India

      Tel: +91 (0)22 2576 7422
      e-mail: agarwal@ee.iitb.ac.in


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