Dr. Karuna Nikum
Assistant Professor
Department: Engineering Sciences & Humanities
Electrical Engineer
Research Area: Power Electronics, Power Quality, Microgrid, Electrical Vehical, Education & Technology
Date of Birth: 07 Sept, 1983
Marital status: Married
Contact: +91-9930586352
Email: karuna.nikum@tcetmumbai.in
Link: https://nikumkaruna.wordpress.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/karuna-nikum-30639621a/
Book Chapters Publications:
Book Chapter, “Power quality issues in Commercial Load Impact and Mitigation Difficulties in Present Scenario, doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7961-5_7, Springer - Lecture notes in Electrical Engineering - ISSN: 1876-1100, Vol. 698, Feb 2020.
Book Chapter “Policies and Prospects to Promote Microgrids for Rural Electrification in Present Indian Scenario: A Comprehensive Review”, doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0979-5_36, Springer - Energy Systems in Electrical Engineering (ESIEE) Electronic ISSN: 2199-8590, Print ISSN: 2199-8582 May 2022
Book Chapter “Active, Passive and hybrid filters in Distributed Generation systems for Power quality Improvement” https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003229124, Taylor & Francis Group in CRC Press, Distributed Energy Systems, 1st Edition, ISBN : 9781003229124, Dec 2022.
SCOPUS/SCI/ Wos Index Journals
Education 5.0: Technological Transformations and health perspectives for sustainable development 10.4103/jeph.jeph_1442_25, Journal of Education and Health Promotion, Vol 15, Issue (1) ISSN: 2277-9531, Online ISSN: 2319-6440, pp. 1-8Impact Factor-1.5, Mar 2026
IoT Based Smart Building Management System for Optimized Energy Consumption and Remote Access (WOS) Indian Journal ff Natural Sciences (Ijons), ISSN: 0976 – 0997 (Print), Volume XVI (16), ISSUE 92, Oct 2025
Revolutionary and Innovative Changes in Educational Transformation: Education 5.0 – Part I, Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management, 2025, 10(37s), e-ISSN: 2468-4376, https://www.jisem-journal.com/, Apr 2025.
Innovative Practices using Different Pedagogies in Assessment and Evaluation, INNOVATIONS, ISSN: 1965-0256 (E) 12674982 (P) Issue:80, pp. 1421-1434, Mar 2025.
Radical Changes in Educational Transformation: Education 5.0 – Part II, INNOVATIONS, ISSN: 1965-0256 (E) 12674982 (P) Issue:79, pp. 1421-1434, Dec 2024
Vision of Engineering Education System with Balance Economic Growth of India, 10.16920/jeet/2023/v37is1/23163, Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol. No 37, Special issue, eISSN 2394-1707, Sep 2023
Answers to the Societal Demands with Education 5.0: Indian Higher Education System, Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2022/v36is1/22184, Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol: 36, Issue: Special Issue 1, pp. 115-127, Dec 2022.
Hardware Implementation of Step Switched SVCs to Correct Power Factor and mitigate Harmonics for Large DC Variable doi.org. 10.1007/s40031-020-00476-3, Springer, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B Vol: 101, pp, 777–789, Aug 2020.
“New Economical Design of SVC and Passive filter to Improve Power Quality at Railway Substation: A Case study”,doi.org/10.1007/s40031-019-00406-Y, Springer, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B, Vol 100, pp. 529–540, April 2019.
“Performance Based Economical Design of Hybrid Filter and APFC to Improve the Power Quality of Industry"
doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.41.24292, International Journal of Engineering & Technology (IJET), Vol 7., special issue 1, ISSN: 0975-8364 (P), 2249-3255(E), Dec 2018.
“A New Cost-Effective Approach for Mitigation of PQ Problem to Maximize the System Performance of Industry: A Case Study” doi.org/10.1007/s40031-018-0363-3, Springer, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B pp. 1-10, Oct. 2018.
“Performance Analysis of Battery Bank with PV-Wind connected hybrid distribution system”, International Journal Engineering trends and technology, vol.29, no.4, Nov 2015.
“Cost Optimization of PV-Wind-Battery Connected hybrid system”, International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SSRG-IJEEE), March 2016.
“Automatic Phase changer: a Review”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), ISSN: 2278-0181, April 2018.
“Flexible AC transmission system using TCR”, Published in International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), ISSN: 2278-0181, pp. 1-4, April 2018.
“Potential of Different Grid Connected Hybrid System Based on Cost”, Published in International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), ISSN: 2278-0181, April 2018.
“Analysis of Accumulative Effect of Harmonics on Low Voltage Distribution Network”, Journal International Organization of Scientific Research-Journal of Engineering (IOSR-JEN), ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719, Vol. 3, pp 5-13, March 2018.
“Power Factor Improvement of LED by Using Buck-Boost Converter for Residential Load, International Organization of Scientific Research-Journal of Engineering (IOSR-JEN), ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719, Volume 7, pp.74-79, March 2018.
“Transformer Monitoring and Control Using IoT”, International Organization of Scientific Research-Journal of Engineering (IOSR-JEN), ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719, Volume 7, pp. 40-43, March 2018.
“Modeling & Simulation of Static VAR Compensator (SVC) by using MATLAB”, International Organization of Scientific Research-Journal of Engineering, (IOSR-JEN), ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719 PP 43-48, Mar 19.
“Comparative Analysis of Harmonic Filter on the Basis of Power Quality Parameters”, International Organization of Scientific Research-Journal of Engineering (IOSR-JEN), ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719, pp. 33-38, March 19.
“Neutral current Problem and Mitigation Techniques”, International Organization of Scientific Research-Journal of Engineering (IOSR-JEN), ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719, pp. 62-68, March 19.
National/International Conference Paper Publications:
“Application of GIS in Efficient Electrical network”, National Conference on Energy Efficient System, JEC Jabalpur, 11th -12th August 2008.
“Electrification and Rural Development” National seminar on Role of Higher Education in Rural Devlopment-2014, MGCGV, Satna, 31st January 2014.
“Reactive Power Compensation by using SVC”, National conference on Technological Advancement and Automatization in Engineering, 28th -29th Jan 2016.
“Power quality Assessment in Residential illumination system”, International Conference on Electrical Power and Energy systems, ICEPES-2010, MANIT Bhopal, 26th -28th, Jan, 2010 .
“Comparative Study of Different Residential Illumination Appliances Based on Power Quality” IEEE 5th India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE- 2012), Delhi Technical University, 6th – 8th, Dec 2012.
“Effect of Power quality by Large Penetration of household nonlinear load”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES-2016), 6th – 8th, July 2016.
“Power Quality Assessment of Modern Residential Load”, 7th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE2016), IICPE-2016, 4th -6th June 2016.
“Harmonic Analysis of Residential Load Based on Power quality”, IEEE 7th Power India International Conference (PIICON) – 25th -27th, Nov 2016.
“Power Quality Analysis of Energy Efficient Residential Load”, IEEE International Women in Engineering (WIE) Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (WIECON), 19th -21st, Dec 2016.
“Automatic Phase changer: A Review”, International Conference on Innovative and Advance technology in Engineering, on 12th to 14th, Jan 2017.
“Flexible AC transmission system using TCR”, International Conference on Innovative and Advance technology in Engineering on 12th to 14th, Jan 2017.
“Potential of Different Grid Connected Hybrid System Based on Cost” International Conference on Innovative and Advance technology in Engineering on 12th to 14th, Jan 2017.
“Power Quality Monitoring of Different Brands of Laptop”, IEEE, International Conference on Information, Communication, Instrumentation & Control, Medi-Caps University, Indore, (ICICIC – 2017), 17th - 19thAug 17.
“Analysis of Accumulative Effect of Harmonics on Low Voltage Distribution Network”, International Conference on Innovative and Advance technology in Engineering, in Atharva College of Engineering, 21st -23rd, March 2018.
“Power Factor Improvement of LED by Using Buck-Boost Converter for Residential Load, International Conference on Innovative and Advance technology in Engineering, in Atharva College of Engineering, 21st -23rd March 2018.
“Transformer Monitoring and Control Using IoT”, International Conference on Innovative & Advance technology in Engineering, in Atharva College of Engineering, 21st -23rd, March 2018.
“Modeling and Simulation of Static VAR Compensator (SVC) by using MATLAB”, International Conference on Innovative and Advance technology in Engineering, in Atharva College of Engineering, 21st -23rd, March 2018.
“Comparative Analysis of Harmonic Filter on the Basis of Power Quality Parameters”, International Conference on Innovative and Advance technology in Engineering, in Atharva College of Engineering, 29th-30th, March 2019.
“Neutral current Problem & Mitigation Techniques”, International Conference on Innovative & Advance technology in Engineering, in Atharva College of Engineering, 29th-30th Mar 2019.
“Comparative Analysis of Two Control Scheme for APF with Passive Filter” IEEE International Conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT -Pune), 29th-31st, Mar 2019.
“PQ problem in Large Commercial Load & their Mitigation: A Case study”, IEEE International Conference on Energy, Systems & Information Processing (ICESIP), 4th-6th, July 2019.
“Gravitator- A Gravity Based Power Generator”, IEEE International Conference on Convergence to Digital World- Quo Vadis (ICCDW-2020), Atharva college of Engineering, Mumbai, 19th to 20th, Feb 2020.
“Economical Approach for SVC Systems to Improve Power Quality using Fully Indigenous Technology”, IEEE International Conference on Convergence to Digital World- Quo Vadis, (ICCDW-2020), Atharva college of Engineering, Mumbai, 19th to 20th, Feb 2020.
“Revamping Indian Technical Education for Future Development: Education 5.0”, ICHSTE- 2022, Multicon-W, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, 25th -27th Feb 2022.
“Power Quality Issues in Low Voltage network”, ICHSTE- 2022, Multicon-W, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, 25th -27th Feb 2022.
“Student-Centric Process Driven System for Transparency, Accountability and Integrity, ICHSTE- 2023, Multicon-W, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, 24th -25th Feb 2023.
“Best Practiced Integrated Pedagogy to Improve Pedagogy Methods for Teaching Learning Process” ICHSTE- 2023, Multicon-W, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, 24th -25th Feb 2023.
“Envision of Engineering Education system with Balance Economic Growth: A View Beyond 2030”, ICHSTE- 2023, Multicon-W, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, 24th -25th Feb 2023.
“Advancement of Sensors in IoT Application”, ICHSTE- 2023, Multicon-W, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, 24th -25th Feb 2023.
“Augmenting Learning for Basic Electrical Engineering using Course Website as a Teaching Aid”, ICHSTE- 2023, Multicon-W, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, 24th -25th Feb 2023.
“Reconfiguration of the Distribution network using a Whale Optimization Algorithm”, 8th IEEE international students conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science SCEECS Feb 2023.
“Impact of Poor Power Quality on Different Sectors”, ICHSTE- 2023, Multicon-W, Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, 21st -22nd Feb 2025.
Poster Presentation in International conference
“Paper Battery Based on Carbon Nanotubes and Paper”, 1st IEEE International Conference on Convergence to Digital World - Quo Vadis, (ICCDW-2020), Atharva college of Engineering, Mumbai, 19th to 20th, Feb 2020.
“Energy Demand Management Using Electric Vehicle as a Decentralize Energy Source”, 1st IEEE International Conference on Convergence to Digital World - Quo Vadis, (ICCDW-2020), Atharva college of Engineering, Mumbai, 19th to 20th, Feb 2020
Certification Courses
Continuing Education Program by IIT, Delhi “Summer Faculty Research Fellow Program” from 18 May 2016 to 05 July 2016.
Online course on Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) an online non-credit course authorized by University of Michigan and offered through Coursera completed on 13th June 2020.
Online course on Python Basics an online non-credit course authorized by University of Michigan and offered through Coursera completed on 29th June 2020.
Online course on Python Functions, Files, and Dictionaries an online non-credit course authorized by University of Michigan and offered through Coursera completed on 27th July 2020.
Online course on Electric Power Systems an online non-credit course authorized by University of Michigan and offered through Coursera completed on 13th June 2020.
Technical FDP and Workshop attended
The Science of Happiness and Wellbeing, NPTEL online Certification 8 week, equivalent to 1-week FDP, Feb-Apr 2026
Patent for beginners, NPTEL online Certification 4 week, equivalent to 1-week FDP Jul-Aug 2025
Education for Sustainable Development, NPTEL online Certification 12 weeks, equivalent to 1.5-week FDP, Jan-Apr 2025
Science Communication: Research Productivity and Data Analytics using Open-Source Software, NPTEL online Certification 12 weeks, equivalent to 1.5-week FDP, Jan-Apr 2025
Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks, NPTEL online Certification 8 weeks, equivalent to 1-week FDP, Jan- Mar 2025
Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things, NPTEL online Certification 12 weeks, equivalent to 1.5-week FDP, Jul-Oct 2024
Python for Data Science, NPTEL online Certification 4 week, equivalent to 1-week FDP, Jul-Aug 2024
Introduction to Internet of Things, NPTEL online Certification 12 weeks, equivalent to 1.5-week FDP, July - Oct 2023
Electrical and Electronic system for Wind and Solar, Ministry of Education, Government of India, NITTTR, Chennai, 04/10/2021 - 08/10/2021
Green and Sustainable Energy Development, Ministry of Education, Government of India, NITTTR, Chennai, 25/10/2021 - 29/10/2021
FDP on Advances in Power Electronics Converters for Distributed Generation and Industrial Applications, Uday Prasad Uday Government Polytechnic. AICTE Training & Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP, 15/11/2021 - 19/11/2021
Python 3.4.3, Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay, National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, GOI. Acropolis Institute of Technology & Research, One-day training January 2020
FDP on “Technological Advances in Power Switching Converters for Renewable Energy Sources and Fuel Cell Technology for E-vehicles”, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, 01/6/20 –05/6/20
Python Basics Online non-credit course University of Michigan and offered through Coursera Completed on 29/06/2020
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) Online non-credit course University of Michigan and offered through Coursera Completed on 13/06/2020
Electric Power Systems Online non-credit course University of Michigan and offered through Coursera Completed on 13/06/ 2020
Python Functions, Files, and Dictionaries Online non-credit course University of Michigan and offered through Coursera Completed on 27/07/2020.
FDP on Renewable Energy Application in Smart Grid, Micro Grid and EVs, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering of GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, 13/7/2020 – 17/7/2020
STTP-Machine Learning & IoT, AICTE-ISTE, Atharva College of Engineering 25/11/2019 - 6/12/2019.
STTP- Power Electronics Converter for Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources, NaMPET and CDAC, MNIT Jaipur 27/12/2019 -31/15/2019
FDP on Modeling & simulation of Custom Power Devices for Power Quality Improvement Electronics and ICT Academy, MHRD, MNIT Jaipur 19/11/2018- 23/11/2018
Workshop on Innovative trends in Electronics and communication, Atharva College of Engineering 14/2/2015.
Workshop on Renewable Technologies for Electricity Generation, Atharva College of Engineering, 28/08/2015
Workshop on Cadence OrCAD Pspice, ALDEC Active HDL & Integrated Engineering Software, Advanced Micronic Devices Ltd., Mumbai in Collaboration with the Department of Electronics & communication Engineering, IES-IPS Academy, Indore 11/3/2010 -12/3/2010