Recipient of (MIUR) Ministry for University Research Grant Fellow, Government of Italy Comprehensive Full Scholarship and Pursued Ph.D. in Power Electronics and Drives, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy (2009-2011) with the merit of first rank in Ph.D. competition 2009 by securing 110/120 marks. Scholarship amount 1050 euros/month and allowances etc. Recipient of post-Ph.D. senior research fellow to pursue post-Ph.D. in Power Electronics Research with Department of Electrical Engineering, Government of Italy Comprehensive Full Scholarship, University of Bologna, Italy (2011-2012). Scholarship amount 1500 euros/month and allowances etc.
Both Scholarship avail through the guidance of my Ph.D. Tutor: Prof.Dr.Gabriele Grandi, Professor of Power Electronic Circuits, Power Converter Research Group, Department of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento - 2, Bologna – 40136, Italy (Europe). Ph. No.: +39-51-2093571. Fax: +39-51-2093588. E-mail: gabriele.grandi@unibo.it. Link: http://www.unibo.it/Faculty/default.htm?UPN=gabriele.grandi%40unibo.it Link Research Contributions: http://www.die.ing.unibo.it/pers/grandi/index.htm More on Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FuGGu2AAAAAJ
Ph.D.: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (Power Electronics) – Alma Matter Studiorum 1088 A.D – University of Bologna, Department of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering, Bologna, Italy (January 2009 – Dec. 2011).
Thesis Available in online: Link: http://www.die.ing.unibo.it/dottorato_it/index_en.htm Link: http://www.die.ing.unibo.it/dottorato_it/Padmanaban/Padmanaban-Thesis.pdf; http://amsdottorato.cib.unibo.it/4351/ Link thesis available in DART European Library: http://www.dart-europe.eu/full.php?id=652710
M.Tech.: Master of Technology in Electrical Drives and Control (Power Electronics) – Pondcherry University – May 2006 – First Class with Distinction – 8.514 CGPA.
B.E.: Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics – Madras University – April 2002 – First Class – 70.23%. *Completed his School Studies, Bachelor Degree to Doctoral Degree with out any Career Arrears. (Successful in Single Attempt Theoretical/Practical).
Achievements
Selected as a Nominee for “SD award for Contribution to Power Electronics 2006”, Soft Disk Magazine, Bhopal, India.
Obtained “S” grade in M.Tech. Project for Hardware Implementation in DSP TMS320LF2407.
Selected to pursue Ph.D. in Power Electronics with MHRD (India) Full Scholarship, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Madras 2007.
Selected to pursue Ph.D. in Power Electronics with MIUR-Ministry for University Research, Government of Italy. Comprehensive Full Scholarship, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy (2009-2011) with the merit of first rank in Ph.D competition 2009 by securing 110/120 marks. Scholarship amount 1050 Euros/monthand allowances etc. (Thanks to Prof.Dr.Gabriele Grandi, UniBo, Italy).
Selected to pursue post-Doc Research Fellow. in Power Electronics with Department of Electrical Engineering Research Government of Italy Comprehensive Full Scholarship, University of Bologna, Italy (2011-2012). Scholarship amount1500 Euros/month and allowances etc. (Thanks to Prof.Dr.Gabriele Grandi, University of Bologna, Italy).
Selected to pursue post-Doc Research Fellow in System Identification, Health Monitoring and Control of Wind Turbines with School of Building and Engineering, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland (Sept. 2013 - Nov. 2013). Scholarship amount 5,150 Euros/month and allowances etc.
Visiting research fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar (Jan. 2014-Feb. 2014). Project assigned on “Dual Five-phase Open-end Winding Matrix Converter Application”. Funded by NPRP grant # [NPRP 4-152-2-053] from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation), Government of Qatar. Funded amount 10,900 Qatar Riyal/month from Government of Qatar. (Thanks to Dr. Atif Iqbal, Qatar University, Qatar).
Selected to pursue Senior post-Doc Research Fellow / Lead Researcher in Super Node Project, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland (Five year fixed contract from 2014). Scholarship amount 3500 Euros/month and allowances etc.
Successfully won the "Most Excellence Research Paper Award of IET-SEISCON 2013" (devoted for only one research paper out of 75 accepted paper for oral presentation) and also the "Best Research Paper Award in the Domain of Sustainable Power and Energy Systems" for his research paper contribution "Implementation and control of extra high voltage dc-dc boost converter", in The 7th IET International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Intelligent System, IET-SEISCON'13, Chennai (India). 12-14 December 2013.
IEEE Senior Member From March 2015, approved by IEEE Senior Member Elevation Review Committee on 7 March 2015, Charleston, SC, USA (R3). In short span of IEEE Member.
Technical Software Knowledge
MATLAB, PLECS, PSIM, ORCAD, VisSim (Visual Simulation) National Instrument LabView, MultiSim.
RT-Lab (Simulation/Hardware), CCS (DSP TMS320F2812 – Code composer studio), D-space.
Professional Experience
Lead Researcher / Senior post-Doc Research Fellow, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland. (April 2014 - September 2014).
Visiting Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering Qatar University Doha, Qatar. (Jan. 2014 – Feb. 2014).
Assistant Professor (On Contract), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry (NIT-PY), Karaikkal – 609 605, India. (July 2013 – December 2013).
Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Chennai-Campus. Vandalur-Kelampakkam Road, Chennai – 600 127. India. (Aug. 2012 – May 2013).
post-Ph.D Research Fellow, Alma Matter Studiorum 1088A.D, University of Bologna, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bologna, Italy. (Jan. 2012 – May 2012).
Ph.D Research Scholar, Alma Matter Studiorum 1088A.D, University of Bologna, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bologna, Italy. (Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2011).
Project Head, Simulation Solutions. (Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2008).
Manager - Training, EDUTECH India and Dubai, UAE. (July 2007 – Dec. 2007).
Lecturer, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, I.F.E.T COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Villupuram District, Tamilnadu, India. (Dec. 2002 – June 2004) & (June 2006 – July 2007).
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