Ms. LAKSHMI M NAIR
HOD & Associate Professor
Department of Electrical And Electronics
Mohandas College of Engineering And Technology
Anad , Nedumangad
Phone no:9747001322
Email id:lmnair1983@gmail.com
KTUID:KTU-F14856
Ms. LAKSHMI M NAIR
HOD & Associate Professor
Department of Electrical And Electronics
Mohandas College of Engineering And Technology
Anad , Nedumangad
Phone no:9747001322
Email id:lmnair1983@gmail.com
KTUID:KTU-F14856
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A dedicated academician with 17 years of teaching experience, who has been an integral part of MCET since 2007. She holds a B.Tech from CUSAT and an M.Tech from NICHE, where she secured second rank. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electric Vehicles, with her thesis submitted.
Her exceptional contributions to education were recognized in 2012 when she received the Best Teacher Award at MCET. She has actively contributed to institutional growth by organizing cultural and technical festivals, coordinating faculty development programs, and leading student induction programs in 2024. Additionally, she served as the Student Union Advisor in 2022 and remains actively involved in departmental association activities and social outreach initiatives of the EEE department.
A passionate researcher, she has published four research papers in esteemed national and international journals and serves as a reviewer for various conferences, including IEEE.
Committed to mentoring students, fostering research in electric vehicles, and promoting academic excellence, she continues to make significant contributions to the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor & Head of the Department (EEE), Mohandas College of Engineering, Anad, Trivandrum november 2023 – Present)
Assistant Professor, Mohandas College of Engineering, Anad, Trivandrum (June 2012 – December 2023)
Lecturer, Mohandas College of Engineering, Anad, Trivandrum (June 2007 – May 2012)
Guest Faculty, Government College of Engineering, Kulathoor, Trivandrum (September 2006 – December 2006)
Guest Faculty, Sree Chithira Thirunal College of Engineering, Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram (November 2005 – April 2006)
With over 17 years of academic experience, she has been actively engaged in teaching, research, leadership, and curriculum development, making significant contributions to the Electrical and Electronics Engineering domain.
ACADEMICS
Ph.D. (Pursuing) – Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay (2019 – Present)
Research Area: Electric Vehicles (Thesis Submitted)
M.E. (Control and Instrumentation) – Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay (2010 – 2012)
Secured 3rd Rank with 89% aggregate
B.Tech (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) – Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT)
College of Engineering, Perumon (2001 – 2005)
Areas of Interest
Electric Vehicles
Control Systems
PUBLICATIONS
I National/International Journals
Lakshmi M Nair and Dr.D M Mary synthia Regis Prabha”Comprehensive Survey on Charge Scheduling of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids’’ published in International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing April2022
Lakshmi M Nair and Dr.D M Mary synthia Regis Prabha-A novel modified tunicate swarm algorithm for optimal charge scheduling and pricing of electric vehicles with user priority based charging station selection October 2022
II National and international conference presentations/proceedings
Paper titled “Parametric Analysis on charge scheduling and pricing of Electric vehicles” published by IEEE in conference proceedings of IEEE SPICES 2022,MarBazelious college of Engineering and Technology,Thiruvananthapuram,kerala March10-12 2022
Paper titled “Topologies used in EV charging system” – A Comparative Analysis presented in IEEE 5 th international conference on control communication and computing ICCC2023 , Govt College of engineering Trivandrum. May 19 -21 2023 december 2022 volume 12 issue. 70
Presented a paper titled “Recent Trends in Electric Vehicles” at the National Conference on Smart Grid Technologies, Applications, and Signal Processing, held at Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (December 18–20, 2019).
Attended a Workshop on Research Methodology at Noorul Islam Center for Higher Education (NICHE) (May 27 – June 4, 2019, 9 Days).
Participated in an Online Seminar & Discussion on Hybrid Electric Vehicle Scope and Challenges, organized by Thejus Engineering College (August 10, 2020).
Attended a Webinar on Electric Vehicles, conducted by Vidya College of Engineering, Kilimanoor (July 26, 2020).
Participated in an Online Faculty Development Program on “Electric Vehicles – Charging and Challenges”, organized by College of Engineering, Vadakara (February 5–9, 2021).
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ATTENDED
Attended ATAL FDP in ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN SMART POWER SYSTEMS from 10/2/25 to 15/2/25
PROFESSIONAL BODY MEMBERSHIP
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