Educational Qualifications

• B.Tech (2007)-Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry University.

• M.Tech (2009) with two gold medals-Electrical Drives and Control, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry University.

• PhD (2014)-Design and Validation of Neural Network Based Flux Estimator for Various Applications in Vector Controlled IM Drives, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry University.

Other Qualifications

• Completed a Certificate Course in Carnatic Music (Vocal)-May 2010-First Class at Thanjavur Tamil State University and delivered many concerts.

• Completed a Course on saiva siddhanta from Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam-Karaikal Branch, Thiruvaduthurai, Tamil Nadu.

Experience

• 30-04-2022 to till date working as associate professor in EEE Department, National Institute Technology Puducherry (NITPY), Karaikal.

• 11-06-2018 to 29-04-2022 working as assistant professor (8000 AGP) in EEE Department, National Institute Technology Puducherry (NITPY), Karaikal.

• 05-11-2014 to 10-06-2018 working as assistant professor (6000 AGP) in EEE Department, National Institute Technology Puducherry (NITPY), Karaikal.

• 01-06-2012-03-11-2014 worked as assistant professor in EEE Department, SRM University, Kattankulathur main campus, Potheri.

Areas of Interest

• Electrical Drives and control, Green Energy Electrical Drives, Artificial Intelligent Techniques, Renewable Energy Systems, Electric Vehicles. 

Academic Contributions

• Course Instructor for On-line Swayam Course on "Induction, Synchronous and Special Electrical Machines", NITTTR, Chennai. 

• Introduced a new open elective course on “Carnatic Music (Vocal)” for the holistic development of the institute as the part of NEP 2020, Indian Knowledge systems and handling the course.

• Introduced MATLAB experiments in Electrical Machines Lab

• Introduced experiment on modernized electrical (AC & DC) machine workstation 

Courses Taught at UG/PG Level:

1. Electrical Machines

2. Solid State Drives/Power Electronic Drives

3. Soft Computing Techniques/Intelligent Techniques

4. Digital Controllers for Power Processing

5. Carnatic Music (Vocal)

Laboratory Development:

1. Established Real-Time Simulation (RTS) Lab

2. Established Electrical Drives Laboratory

3. Enhanced Electrical Machines Lab

Conferences Organized:

1. Served as Chairman for two days 1st International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems (RISEE-2023) in association with IE (I) Puducherry state chapter under IE (I) EEE student chapter of NITPY and sponsored by SERB-DST, Delhi, March 31-31, 2023.

2.  Served as Technical Programme Chair for 1st IEEE conference (IConSCEPT 23) in our institute (May 25-26, 2023).

3.  Served as Track Chair for 2nd IEEE conference (IConSCEPT 24) in our institute (July 04-05, 2024).

Symposium/Workshops Organized:

1. Served as Joint Secretary for CME Cum workshop on "Plugging Artificial Intelligence in Medical Sciences", organized by the Department of Physiology, MGMCRI in collaboration with NIT Puducherry, Karaikal, May 17, 2024.

2. Served as Convenor for "A  5 Day  Short-Term Course on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques for Engineering Applications-Theory and Practice" in Association with IEEE Student Chapter, NITPY  organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NIT Puducherry, Feb 26 to Mar 01, 2024. 

3. Served as Coordinator for Short-term Course on "Recent Trends in Cybersecurity and Energy Management (RTCEM-2022) in Association with IEEE Student Chapter, NITPY  organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NIT Puducherry, oct 12-16, 2022. 

4. Served as Coordinator for Short-term Course on “Wide Band Gap Devices Enabled Power Converters – Opportunities and Challenges”  organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering sponsored by C-DAC, Thiruvananthapuram and NaMPET Phase-III, an Initiative of MeitY, Govt. of India, NIT Puducherry, Sept 21-25, 2022. 

5. Served as co-ordinator on five days Short-Term Course on “Recent Techniques for Smart and Hybrid Electric Power Systems” organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in association with IEEE Student Branch-NITPY during 21-25 March 2022.

6. Served as co-ordinator on the workshop titled Machine Learning for Smart Energy System in the High End Workshop (Karyashala) “Smart Energy Systems for Sustainable Smart Cities-Research Perspective", EEE Department, NIT Puducherry, 21-02-2022 to 27-02-2022.

7. Served as Convener in organizing five days STTP on “Applications of Power Electronics in Smart Energy Systems (Virtual mode)" in association with IEEE student Branch NITPY  held at EEE Department, NIT Puducherry during 30th Aug-03rd Sept, 2021.​​ 

8. Served as Faculty co-ordinator in organizing five days National Workshop on “Challenges and Opportunities in Electric Vehicle Technology- A Research Perspective" sponsored by ATAL Academy held at EEE Department, NIT Puducherry during 5th oct-9th oct, 2020.​​ 

9. Served as Faculty co-ordinator in organizing five days National Workshop on “Artificial intelligence for Electrical Engineering Applications"  sponsored by ATAL Academy held at EEE Department, NIT Puducherry during 6th Jan-10th Jan, 2020.​​ 

10. Served as Faculty co-ordinator in organizing five days National Workshop on “Internet of Things ” held at EEE Department, NIT Puducherry during 16th Sept-20th Sept, 2019.​​ 

11. Served as Faculty co-ordinator in organizing three days National Level Workshop on “Hands on Training in Applications of Power Electronics and Control Systems” held at EEE Department, NIT Puducherry during 18th May-20th May, 2017.​​ 

Symposium/Workshops/FDP Attended:

1. Attended International FDP  on "Music Therapy in Palliative Care organized by School of Music Therapy, Institute of Salutogenesis & Complementary Medicine, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, from 12-03-2024 to 30-04-2024 (2 hours/week). 

2. Attended five days FDP  on "Revisiting the Role of Higher Education Institute in Mentoring the Students organized by NIT Puducherry, during 19th-23rd October-2020. 

3. Attended Two Days Ambassador training programme on "Entrepreneurship Development" conducted by MHRD held at Sri Krishna Engineering College and Technology, Coimbatore during 6th Jan-7th Jan 2020. 

4. Attended two days workshop on "Outcome Based Education, NIT Puducherry,  during 2nd-3rd Aug, 2019 . 

5. Attended one day workshop on "Awareness Programme on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)" conducted by the IPR Cell, NIT Puducherry, July 20, 2019. 

6. Attended FDP on Instructional Model for Outcome based Education by conducted by NITTTR held at NIT Puducherry during 22nd May-27th May 2017. 

Prizes/Awards/Rank/Fellowship Received:

1. Received Best Performer Award from NITPY for the year 2022-23.

2. Obtained Pondicherry University Gold Medal for 1st Rank in M.Tech with Specialization in Electrical Drives and Control (2009).

3. Obtained Chief minister’s prize (Gold medal) for Best Academic Performance in M.Tech among all branches (2007-2009).

4. Recipient of Inspire Fellowship from the Department of Science  and Technology, Delhi from Jan 2011 to May 2012. 

5. Received young Scientist Award (Artificial Neural Network), Venus International Foundation, November 2016.

Memberships of Professional Societies:

1. IEEE-92746441-Senior Member 

2. ISTE (LM 91524) 

3. IEI-M-1711725

Research Contributions

No. of Phd Scholars: 03 (pursuing)+ 01 (completed)

No. of PG Projects: 09 (completed-6 NITPY, 3SRM)

No. of UG Projects Completed: 24 (completed-18 NITPY, 3SRM)

Total No. of Patents: 02 (granted)

Total Publications in international Journal : 33

Total Publications in Book Chapters : 06

Total Book Publications : 03

Editing  of Proceedings : 01   - FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS IN SUSTAINABLE ELECTRICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS RISEE-2023 (HYBRID MODE) MARCH 30-31, 2023 

Total Publications in International Conferences : 35

Total Publications in National Conferences : 07

Total Publications in National Magazines : 07

List of the Patents:

1.   Venkadesan Arunachalam and Senthamizh Selvan Sakthivel, “A System for Tracking Maximum Photovoltaic Power Under Partial Shading Conditions Using Capacitor Transient Effect”, Indian Patent, Patent No. 531177. 31/03/2024 (granted).

2.   Venkadesan Arunachalam ,Senthamizh Selvan Sakthivel, Jojin Thomas “A PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GLOBAL MAXIMUM POWER POINT OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL”, Indian Patent, Patent No. 566544. 22/05/2025 (granted).

List of the Research Publications:

International Journals:

1. Karuppa Samy A and Venkadesan A,  "Enhancing Voltage Stability in Renewable-Integrated Indian Utility System: A Multi-Objective FACTS Placement Approach Using Analytic Hierarchy Process", Journal of Operation and Automation in Power Engineering (accepted for publication)-Scopus.

2. Karuppa Samy A and Venkadesan A, Ram Jethmalani  H  "A Multi-Objective AHP Framework for Optimal UPFC Placement to Enhance Voltage Stability in Renewable-Integrated Power Systems    (June 2025)”, Engineering Research Express , Vol.7, No. 2, DOI 10.1088/2631-8695/ade02d, Scopus.

3. Karuppa Samy A and Venkadesan A,  "VOLTAGE STABILITY MONITORING AND IMPROVEMENT IN A RENEWABLE ENERGY DOMINATED DEREGULATED POWER SYSTEM: A REVIEW   (March 2025)”, e-Prime-Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy -Elsevier, Vol.11-Scopus.

4. Rinki Roy Chowdhury, G Koperundevi, A Venkadesan, " Simplified MTPA integrated Virtual Voltage Vector based MPCC for Improved Performance and Efficiency in IM Drives based Electric Vehicles (Dec 2025)”, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification , Vol.123, Part A-SCI- DOI: 10.1109/TTE.2024.3515138-SCI.

5. Vishvanath M, A. Venkadesan, Senthamizh Selvan Sakthivel,  "Design and analysis of bridgeless zeta-derived power factor correction converter with reduced magnetic components (April 2025)”, Computers and Electrical Engineering-Elsevier, Vol.123, Part A-SCI- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2024.110017-SCI.

6. Karuppa Samy A and Venkadesan A,  "Application of cascaded neural network for prediction of voltage stability margin in a solar and wind integrated power system  (Dec 2024)”, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence-Elsevier, Vol.128, Part A-SCI.

7. Senthamizh Selvan Sakthivel, Venkadesan Arunachalam, Saravana Prakash P, Sedhuraman K  “Improved Global Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique for a Partially Shaded Solar Photovoltaic Array Using Capacitor Transient Effect  (Aug 2024)”, IEEE transactions on Industrial Informatics, Early Access-SCI-DOI: 10.1109/TII.2024.3435511.

8. Jain Vinith P.R, Navin Sam K, Vidya T, Joseph Godfrey A, Venkadesan Arunachalam, “Development of a long-term solar PV power forecasting model for power system planning  (Jan 2024)”, World Journal of Engineering-Scopus.

9. Senthamizh Selvan Sakthivel, Venkadesan Arunachalam, J. Karthickraja,, “Detection, Classification, and Location of Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Faults in Solar Photovoltaic Array: An Approach Using Single Sensor (Nov 2023)”, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Vol.13, No. 6, pp.986-990-SCI.

10. Venkadesan Arunachalam, J. Karthickraja, Senthamizh Selvan Sakthivel, “Wavelet transform based detection, classification and location of faults in a PV array (May 2023)”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing  (Springer Publisher)-Scopus.

11. Senthamizh Selvan Sakthivel, Venkadesan Arunachalam, “Artificial Neural Network Assisted P&O based MPPT controller for a partially shaded grid connected solar PV Panel (Dec 2022)”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Springer Publisher)-SCIE.

12. Saravanakumar Ramasamy, Koperundevi Ganesan, and Venkadesan Arunachalam, “Power Flow Parameter Estimation in Power System Using Machine Learning Techniques Under Varying Load Conditions (Dec 2022)",  International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research (IJEER)   (FOREX Publication )-Scopus. 

13. K. Chandrasekaran, Madhusmita Mohanty, Mallikarjuna Golla, A. Venkadesan & Sishaj P. Simon, (2020) ‘Dynamic MPPT Controller Using Cascade Neural Network for a Wind Power Conversion System with Energy Management', IETE Journal of Research-Taylor and Francis, pp. 3316-3330  (SCI). 

14. A.Venkadesan.,K.Sedhuraman., (2019) ‘Novel neural network based speed estimator for multilevel inverter fed sensorless field oriented controlled IM drive, Energy Systems-Springer, pp. 1-25 (Scopus). 

15. A.Venkadesan.,(2019) 'Carrier Based PWM Technique and adaptive Neural Network Based Rotor Resistance Estimator for the Performance Enhancement of Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives’, Vol.16, No.1, pp.63-76, The Journal of Engineering Research (TJER).(Scopus). 

16. A.Venkadesan., S.Himavathi., K.Sedhuraman., A.Muthuramalingam. (Jan.2017) ‘Design and FPGA Implementation of Cascade Neural Network Based Flux Estimator for Speed Estimation in IM Drives’, IET-Electric Power Applications, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 121-131 (SCIE).

17. A.Venkadesan., S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam. (April 2013), ‘Performance Comparison of Neural Architectures for On-Line Flux Estimation in Sensor-Less Vector Controlled IM Drives’, Springer Journal on Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 22, pp.1735-1744 (SCIE).

18.  A.Venkadesan., S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam.(Dec. 2016), ‘A Novel NN Based Rotor Flux MRAS to overcome Low Speed Problems for Rotor Resistance Estimation in Vector Controlled IM Drives’, Frontiers in Energy-Springer, Vol.10,No.4, pp.382-392 (SCIE).

19. A.Venkadesan., K.Sedhuraman., K.Chandrasekaran., C.S.Boopathi.(Nov. 2016), ‘Artificial Neural Network based Harmonics Estimator for a Power Electronics Converter, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 9, No.1, pp.1-5 (Scopus).

20. Sreejith. S, V. Indragandhi, K. Chandrasekaran, A. Venkadesan and C.S. Boopathi. (2016), ‘Analysis of PV Based Energy Generation System Using Cascaded Multi-level Z-Source Inverter, IJCTA, Vol. 9, No.37, pp.837-843 (Scopus).

21. A.Venkadesan and K.Sedhuraman. (June 2015), ‘Stator Resistance Estimation Utilizing Real and Reactive Power for Direct Torque Controlled Induction Motor Drives’, International Journal of Advanced Research in  Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Vol. 4, No.6, pp.4920-4926.

22. A.Venkadesan and K.Sedhuraman. (April 2016), ‘Design and Control of Solar Powered Boost Converter’, International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research, Vol. 4, No.2, pp.132-137.

23. A.Venkadesan., S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam.(2011), ‘Novel SNC-NN-MRAS Based Speed Estimator for Sensor-less Vector Controlled IM Drives’, WASET Journal, Vol. 5, pp.947-952 (Scopus).

24. C.S.Boopathi., A.Venkadesan., Subhransu Sekhar Dash., (April 2014) ‘Comparison of Various Learning Algorithms for Artificial Neural Network Based On-Load Flow Analysis’, International Review on Modelling and Simulation, Vol.7, No.2, pp. 323-330 (Scopus).

25. C.S.Boopathi., Subhransu Sekhar Dash., A.Venkadesan. C.Subramani. G.V.Anilkumar. (Feb 2014), ‘Identification of Suitable Learning Algorithm for Neural Network based On-Line Economic Load Dispatch Problem’, International Review of Electrical Engineering, Vol. 9, No.1, pp.200-206 (Scopus).

26. C.S.Boopathi., Subhransu Sekhar Dash., K.Selvakumar. A.Venkadesan. C.Subramani., D.VamsiKrishna. (Feb 2014), ‘Unit Commitment Problem with POZ Constraint Using Dynamic Programming Method’, International Review of Electrical Engineering, Vol. 9, No.1, pp.218-225 (Scopus).

27. A.Venkadesan., S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam. (2012), ‘A Robust RF-MRAS based Speed Estimator using Neural Network as a Reference Model for Sensor-less Vector Controlled IM Drives’, IISTE Journal on Control Theory and Informatics, Vol. 2, No.3, pp.1-12.

28. A.Venkadesan., S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam. (Oct 2012), ‘Suitability of Learning Algorithm for Neural Network based On-Line Flux Estimator in Sensor-less Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives’, IUP Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vol. 5, No.4, pp.24-38.

29. A.Venkadesan, S.Himavathi, A.Muthuramalingam. (Oct 2012) “A New RF-MRAS based Rotor Resistance Estimator independent of Stator resistance for Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives,” Journal of Electrical and Control Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp.1-8.

30. A.Venkadesan., Priyatosh Panda., Priti Agrawal., Varun Puli., (May 2014) ‘Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter for Induction Motor Drives’, International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, Vol.3, No.5, pp. 260-266.

31.  Varun Puli., A.Venkadesan. (April 2014) ‘Comparison of Rotor Flux and EMF based MRAS for Rotor Speed Estimation in Sensor-less Direct Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives’, International Journal of Research in Information Technology, Vol.2, No.4, pp. 130-138.

32. S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam., A.Venkadesan., K.Sedhuraman. (April 2012), ‘Nonlinear System Modelling using Single Neuron Cascaded Neural Network for Real-Time Applications’, ICTACT Journal on Soft Computing, Vol. 2, No.3, pp.309-318.

33. A.Venkadesan, A.Muthuramalingam and S.Himavathi. (Nov.2010) “Design of Feed-forward Neural Network Based On-line Flux Estimator for Sensor-less Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives,” International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology, vol. 4, no.3, pp.110-114.

Book Chapters:

1. Venkadesan A, K Sedhuraman, Jojin Thomas, “Experimental Validation of D-Q Model of Induction Motor for Advanced Controlled Applications", Springer-Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 1290, pp 55–67, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8634-3_4 .  

2. Karuppa Samy A , Venkadesan A, K Sedhuraman, “Voltage Stability Margin Enhacement using FACT Devices", Springer-Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 1290, pp 33–54, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8634-3_3 .  

3. A. Karuppa Samy, Dr. A Venkadesan (oct 2023), ‘Stability control and enhancement. Power System Operation with 100% Renewable Energy Sources (Elsevier). (Scopus).

4. A Venkadesan.(Dec 2020), ‘Harmonic Current Estimation of a Non-linear Load Using Artificial Neural Network. Intelligent Paradigms for Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Systems (Springer), pp. 337-359 (Scopus).

5. A Venkadesan, K Sedhuraman, S Himavathi, A Chitra.(July 2020), ‘A New Approach for Flux Computation Using Intelligent Technique for Direct Flux Oriented Control of Asynchronous Motor. Artificial Intelligent Techniques for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (John Wiley & Sons ), pp. 219-232 (Scopus).

6. MV Sarin, A Chitra, P Sanjeevikumar, A Venkadesan .(July 2020), ‘Induction Motor Control Schemes for Hybrid Electric Vehicles/Electric Vehicles. Artificial Intelligent Techniques for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (John Wiley & Sons ), pp. 165-177 (Scopus).

7. A.Venkadesan.,  S.Himavathi, and A.Muthuramalingam.(2014), ‘A Simple Cascade NN based Flux Estimator to overcome Low Speed Problems in Sensor-less Direct Vector Controlled IM Drives. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (Springer), Vol.326, pp. 1593-1602 (Scopus).

8. C.S.Boopathi., Subhransu Sekhar Dash., A.Venkadesan. C.Subramani. G.V.Anilkumar.(2014), ‘Comparison of Single Layer and Multilayer Feed-Forward Architecture for On-Line Economic Load Dispatch Problem. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (Springer), Vol.326, pp. 1273-1279 (Scopus).

International Conferences:

1. Venkadesan A , “Music as open elective Course for Holistic Wellness of the Institute”, International Conference on Music for Healthfulness organized by the School of Music Therapy, Institute of Salutogenesis and Complementary Medicine, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth in collaboration with Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom and Svaram, Auroville, Sept 03-04, 2024, India.

2. Venkadesan A; Sri Raghu Charan M; Dinesh Kumar M; Senthamizh Selvan S; Sedhuraman K , “Cascade Neural Network Based MPPT Controller for Thermoelectric Generator”, IEEE-International Conference on Signal Processing, Computation, Electronics, Power and Telecommunication (IConSCEPT), July 04-05, 2024, NITPY, India.

3. Venkadesan A, K Sedhuraman, Jojin Thomas, “Experimental Validation of D-Q Model of Induction Motor for Advanced Controlled Applications", International Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy Research (ICSPER-2024), organized by Department of EEE, NIT Warrangal in association with Grid Controller of India Limited, 01-03, March, 2024.  

4. Karuppa Samy A , Venkadesan A, K Sedhuraman, “Voltage Stability Margin Enhacement using FACT Devices", International Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy Research (ICSPER-2024), organized by Department of EEE, NIT Warrangal in association with Grid Controller of India Limited, 01-03, March, 2024.  

5. A Venkadesan, K Sedhuraman, Senthamizh Selvan S, “Comparison of Tan Sigmoidal and Elliot Activation Function-Neural Network for Tracking Global Maximum Power point in a partially shaded-PV Array ", IEEE 4th International Conference in Power Engineering Applications (ICPEA 2024), Penang, Malaysia, March 4-5, 2024 organized by Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia.  

6. A Venkadesan, K Sedhuraman, Jojin Thomas, “Harmonic Mitigation using High Pulse Rectifiers in Induction Motor Drive ", IEEE International Conference on System, Computation, Automation and Networking (ICSCAN), MVIT Puducherry, Puducherry, India, Nov 17-18, 2023.  

7. M. Vishvanath, Venkadesan A, “Performance Comparison of Bridgeless Luo and Modified Bridgeless Luo Converter for EV Charging Applications”, IEEE-International Conference on Signal Processing, Computation, Electronics, Power and Telecommunication (IConSCEPT), March 25-26, 2023, NITPY, India. 

8. Senthamizh Selvan S, Venkadesan Arunachalam, Sedhuraman K, Arunachaleshwar, “Modified Total Cross Tied Configuration for the Enhancement of Global Maximum Power Under Partial Shaded Condition of a PV Array”, 1st International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems (RISEE-2023), March 30-31, 2023, EEE department, NITPY, India. 

9. Jojin Thomas, Menda Ramesh, A. Venkadesan, “Analysis of a Single Phase Integrated Charger for EVs using Hysteresis based Control Strategy”, 1st International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems (RISEE-2023), March 30-31, 2023, EEE department, NITPY. 

10. Senthamizh Selvan S, Gokulakrishanan K, Lokesh V, Arunachaleshwar, Venkadesan Arunachalam, “Parameter Estimation of a Single Diode Model of a PV Panel Using Gauss- Seidel Method: An Experimental Validation”, IEEE Conference 2023 Second ICONAT-Bombay IEEE Section, Goa. 

11. Senthamizh Selvan S; Venkadesan A, “Performance study on Single Phase PWM Rectifier fed Direct Torque Controlled – Induction Motor Drive ", 19th IEEE Indian Council International Conference (INDICON 2022), 24th - 26st November 2022, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi -Kerala.

12. Jojin Thomas, Venkadesan A, Menda Ramesh “Performance Analysis of a Single Phase Integrated Charger for Electric Vehicles", 19th IEEE Indian Council International Conference (INDICON 2022), 24th - 26st November 2022, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi -Kerala.

13. Karuppa Samy A , Venkadesan A, “Evaluation of Voltage Stability Margin in a Power System using an Artificial Neural Network ", 12022 IEEE 10th Power India International Conference (PIICON), 25th - 27st November 2022, NIT Delhi, Delhi.

14. Karthickraja J; Senthamizh Selvan S; Venkadesan A, “Performance Analysis of a Solar-Fed Induction Motor Drive under Various PV Array Fault Conditions", IEEE-International Conference for Advancement in Technology (Bombay Section), Jan 21-22 2022, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology (RIT) Sangli, Goa.

15. Karuppa Samy A and Venkadesan A , “Online Assessment of Voltage Stability Region using an Artificial Neural Network ", AICTE Sponsored 5th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Computer Technologies and Optimization Techniques (ICEECCOT-2021) conducted in association with IEEE Bangalore Section and IEEE Mysore Sub Section, organized by GSSS Institute of Engineering & Technology for Women, Mysuru, on 10th and 11th December 2021.

16. TAMILARASAN THIYAGARAJAN, SUGANYADEVI MV, KARUPPA SAMY A, Venkadesan A, “Performance investigation of SVR for evaluating Voltage Stability Margin in a power utility",IEEE International Power and Renewable Energy Conference (IPRECON), 24-09-2021-26-09-2021. 

17. Venkadesan A; Senthamizh Selvan S; Shreeniket Trivedi; Ankit Kumar; Sedhuraman K, “Implementation of Deep Learning Neural Network in Forecasting of Solar Power",4th IEEE International Conference on Systems, Computation, Automation and Networking (Virtual Mode) held at Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology on 30th and 31st July 2021. 

18. Senthamizh Selvan S, A Venkadesan, K Sedhuraman, “V/F speed control of three phase and five phase induction motor drive: A comparative study ", Second International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies (Springer), ICAECT 2020, Coimbatore India.  

19. K Sedhuraman, A Venkadesan, M Abiraman , “Performance Investigation of Smart Integrated Circuit Breaker Using Raspberry Pi and Arduino Controller", IEEE International Conference on System, Computation, Automation and Networking (ICSCAN) , MVIT Puducherry, Puducherry, India, 2020.  

20. K Sedhuraman, A Venkadesan, K Dhivagar, M Mugesh, “Performance Evaluation of Smart Intelligent Circuit Breaker", IEEE International Conference on System, Computation, Automation and Networking (ICSCAN) , MVIT Puducherry, Puducherry, India, 2019.  

21. A. Venkadesan ; K. Sedhuraman, “Computation of Eddy Current Loss in a Ferromagnetic Core with Single Excitation,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on System, Computation, Automation and Networking (ICSCA), MVIT, Puducherry, India, July 2018.  

22. A. Venkadesan; S. Himavathi ; A. Muthuramalingam ; K. Sedhuraman, “ANN based Flux Estimator for Rotor Resistance Estimation in Vector Controlled IM Drives,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on System, Computation, Automation and Networking (ICSCAN), MVIT, Puducherry, India, July 2018. 

23. Chandrasekaran, A.Venkadesan, Y.R. Sood, “Tracking the Global Maximum Operating Point using Artificial Neural Network,” Proc. International Conference in Emerging Trends in Engineering & Technology Management (ICET:EITM-2017), NIT Hamirpur, India.

24. A.Venkadesan, Rohith Sangineni, K.Sedhuraman, “Simplified Space Vector Modulation Technique for Induction Motor Drives,” Proc. IEEE – International Conference on Innovative Research In Electrical Sciences (IICIRES-2017), E.G.S Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India, June 2017.

25. A.Venkadesan, G.Bhavana, D.Haneesha, , K.Sedhuraman, “Comparison of Feed forward and Cascade Neural Network for Harmonic current estimation in Power electronic converter,” Proc. IEEE – International Conference on Innovative Research In Electrical Sciences (IICIRES-2017), E.G.S Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India.

26. Chandrasekaran, A.Venkadesan, Madhusmita Mohanty, S.Sankar, Tracking the global maximum operating point under a PSC using cluster gravitational search algorithm,” Proc. IEEE – International Conference on Innovative Research in Electrical Sciences (IICIRES-2017), E.G.S Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India.

27. A.Venkadesan., Prakhar Kumar., Mahesh Yadav., and Ankit Kishen.,(May. 2015), ‘Cascaded H Bridge Multilevel Inverter Using Phase Opposition Disposition Technique for Induction Motor Drives’, Proc. International Conference on Innovative Research in Electrical Sciences, pp.1-6.

28. Punit Archarya., Subhransu Sekar Dash, and A. Venkadesan. (April 2015), ‘Modeling and Analysis of Phase Shifted PWM Techniques for Multilevel Inverter fed Induction Motor Drives, ‘Proc. Joint International Conference on Communication, Computing and Power Technologies and Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computations in Engineering Systems (ICCCPT 2015, ICAIECES 2015)’, Vellammal Engineering College, Chennai, India, pp.27.

29. A.Venkadesan., A.Sai Kumar., K.Sedhuraman., (2015) ‘Comparison of Rotor Flux and Stator Current based Model Reference Neural Learning Adaptive System for Rotor Speed Estimation in Sensorless IM Drives’, ‘Proc. Joint International Conference on Communication, Computing and Power Technologies and Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computations in Engineering Systems (ICCCPT 2015, ICAIECES 2015)’, Vellammal Engineering College, Chennai, India, pp.23.

30. M.Sheela. S.Himavathi., S. Santhalakshmy., A.Venkadesan.  (Jan 2014), ‘Comparison of flux and real power based MRAS for inverse Rotor time constant estimation in induction Motor Drives’, Proc. IEEE – International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE-2014), VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

31. A.Venkadesan.,  S.Himavathi, and A.Muthuramalingam.(March 2012), ‘A Robust Data Based Flux Estimator using Neural Network for Sensor-less Vector Controlled IM Drives’, Proc. IEEE – International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Science and Management (ICAESM-2012), E.G.S Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinum, Tamil Nadu, India.

32. V.Saranya., R.Raghuraman., K.Arulselvam., K.Thirunavukarasu, and A.Venkadesan.(2012), ‘Particle Swarm for Training Cascade Neural Network Based Models / Estimators’,Procedia Engineering-Elsevier,Vol. 38, pp. 2433 – 2452. 

33. A.Muthuramalingam., A.Venkadesan., and S.Himavathi.(Aug 2010), ‘On-Line Flux Estimator using Single Neuron Cascaded Neural Network Model for Sensor-less Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives’, Proc. International Conference on System Dynamics and Control (ICSDC-2010), Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India, pp.96-100.

34. A.Venkadesan., K.Sedhuraman., S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam.(April 2009), ‘Robust Cascade Neural Network based Flux Estimator for Sensorless Induction Motor Drives’, Proc. International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems and Power Electronics in Emerging Economies (ICEESPEEE’09), SRM University, Chennai.

35. A.Venkadesan., K.Sedhuraman., S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam.(Jan 2009), ‘Comparison of Feed forward and Cascade Neural Architectures for Flux Estimation in Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives’, Proc. International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation (TIMA’09), Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai.

36. R.Rangarajan., A.Venkadesan. (March 2007), ‘An Analytical Solution of the Linear Eddy Current Loss in a Ferromagnetic Material with Single Alternating Magnetic Field’, Proc. International Conference on Recent Advancement and Applications of Computer in Electrical Engineering (RACE 2007), Engineering College Bikaner, Rajasthan.

National Conferences:

1. M.Sheela., A.Venkadesan., K.Sedhuraman., S.Himavathi.(April 2011), ‘Comparison of Flux and Reactive Power Based MRAS for Inverse Rotor Time Constant Estimation in Induction Motor Drives’, Proc. National Conference on Advanced Intelligent Techniques in Power and Electronics Systems (AITPES-2011), Sengunther Engineering College, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu India, pp.73-77.

2. K.Sedhuraman.,A.Venkadesan., S.Himavathi., A.Muthuramalingam.(Nov 2008), ‘A Cascade Neural Network for Speed Estimation in Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives’, Proc. National Conference on Technological Trend (NCTT’08), College of Engineering, Trivandrum.

3. A.Venkadesan., R.Rangarajan.( March 2007), ‘Analysis of Linear Eddy Current Loss in a Ferromagnetic Material Subjected to Single Time Harmonically Varying Magnetic Field’, Proc. National Conference on Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering (NCRAEE-2007), Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology, Visakhapatnam.

4. C.Christopher Asir Rajan., R.Rangarajan., A.Venkadesan., V.Indumathi.(May 2007), ‘A Combined method using Evolutionary Programming and Particle Swarm Optimization For solving the Economic Load Dispatch in a Thermal Power System’, Proc. National Conference on Electrical Systems and Control Technologies (ESCT 2007), National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut.

5. C.Christopher Asir Rajan., R.Rangarajan., A.Venkadesan., V.Indumathi.(March 2007), ‘To Solve Economic Load Dispatch Using Locally Mutated Particle Swarm Optimization technique’, Proc. National Conference on Intelligent Computing Techniques for Regulated and De-Regulated Power Systems (INCOT 07), Karunya University, Coimbatore.

6. C.Christopher Asir Rajan., R.Rangarajan., A.Venkadesan., V.Indumathi.(March 2007), ‘A Double Distribution Based Artificial Intelligent Technique to Solve Economic Load Problem’, Proc. National Conference on Recent Trends Renewable Conversion Systems and Applications (ECS 2007), Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar.

7. C.Christopher Asir Rajan., R.Rangarajan., A.Venkadesan., V.Indumathi.(Feb 2007), ‘A Precise Evolutionary Programming Method For Solving Economic Load Dispatch Problem in a Thermal Power System (ETPS 2007)’, Proc. First National Conference on Emerging Trends in Power Systems, K.L.N.College of Engineering, Pottapalayam, Tamil Nadu.

Magazines:

1. A.Venkadesan (Jan 2025), 'Lord Shiva in Different Forms', Bhavan's Journal, Vol. 02, No. 17, pp.23-29, Jan 1-15, 2025.

2. A.Venkadesan (Aug 2024), 'Enhancing the Quality of the Soul', Bhavan's Journal, Vol. 02, No. 7, pp.97-100, Aug 1-15, 2024.

3. A.Venkadesan (July 2024), 'Epic Temples', Bhavan's Journal, Vol. 02, No. 6, pp.62-65, July 16-31, 2024.

4. A.Venkadesan (June 2023), 'Karaikal Kali Amman Festivals', Bhavan's Journal, Vol. 01, No. 22, pp.49-53, March 16-31, 2024.

5. A.Venkadesan and G.Koperundevi (July 2023), ‘Historical Developments for Electrical Machines’, Electrical India Magazine, Vol. 63, No.7, pp.48-52.

6. A.Venkadesan (June 2023), 'Karaikal Ammaiyar Festival', Bhavan's Journal, Vol. 01, No. 06, pp.25-30.

7. S.Himavathi and A.Venkadesan. (Feb 2019), ‘Applications of Flux Estimator for Motor Drives’, Electrical India Magazine, Vol. 59, No.2, pp.65-75.

8. S.Himavathi and A.Venkadesan. (April 2012), ‘Flux Estimation Methods for High Performance Induction Motor Drives-A Survey’, Electrical India Magazine, Vol. 54, No.4, pp.116-126.

Research Projects: 

Co-Principal Investigator for the research Project Tilted “Development of Smart Grid Controllers for Hybrid Renewable Distributed Generator for a Stand-Alone and Grid-connected Operation Addressing Reliability and Power Quality Issues for the period of May 2016-May 2018 from CPRI, Bangalore, Ministry of Power (35.15 Lakhs). 

Administrative Contributions:

Institute Level Responsibilities

On-going:

1. IEEE Branch Counselor-NITPY from 05-07-2024 onwards

2. Department Committee member-Consultancy

3. Department Purchase Committee member

4. Faculty Co-ordinator for Ragasvarupam Indian Performing Arts (RIPA) Club of NITPY-(21-03-2023 to till Date) 

5. SPICMACAY-Member-(1-12-2022 to till date)

Completed:

1. Cultural Committee- Chairman- 5 years (05-07-2018 to 15-05-2022, 16-05-2022 to 18-07-2023) 

2. Chief Vigilance Officer- 5 Years(10-07-2018 to 10-07-2021, 10-07-2021 to 09-07-2023) 

3. Appellate Authority- 4 Years         (01-03-2019 to 09-07-2023)

4. Head of the Department- 3 years (04-06-2020 to 04-06-2023) 

5. Faculty in-charge for Guest House-  3 years (18-09-2017 to 31-08-2020)

6. Member in Innovation Club

7. Member in Advisory Committee on Faculty Recruitment for the Academic Year 2020-21 (ACoFAR) (17-02-2021)

8. Member in Non-Teaching Recruitment Committee (scrutinization of applications) for the Post “Technician and Office Attendant” 29-10-2019

9. Convener for certificate verification for non-teaching recruitment for the post “Technician and Office Attendant” (27-01-2020, 29-01-2020, 03-02-2020)

10. Member for compassionate appointment (23-08-2021)

11. Faculty in-charge for monitoring of generator in NITPY campus

12. Faculty in-charge (Co-Convenor) to monitor the student activities during the Annual technical fest of NITPY “GYANITH 2017”

13. RC Module Officer: Verification of Documents (on-line) in B.Tech Admission, (CSAB), 2016-17

14. Verification Officer: Verification of Documents (off-line) in B.Tech Admission (CSAB), 2015-16

15. Warden for Motel Boys Hostel 

16. IIC Ambassador

Departmental Level Responsibilities

1. Class Committee Chairperson

2. Mentor

3. Faculty in-charge for Electrical Machines and Drives Lab

Significant Outreach activities:

1. MOU with Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry on the area Medical Simulation, Music Therapy, Yoga Therapy (MOU signed on 05-02-2024). 

2. Board of Studies-Expert Member representing Alumini for B.Tech EEE in Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry.

3. Chaired session in the Conferences: 05

Technical Talk/Speech Delivered:

1. Delivered a talk on "Artificial Neural Networks in Solar PV Systems", Faculty Development Program on RECENT ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN E-MOBILITY, held from 16th dec to 23rd dec 2024 by EEE Department, EGS PILLAI Engineering College, Nagapattinum. 

2. Delivered a talk on "Artificial Neural Network-Fundamentals and Applications", Invited Talk held on 11-09-2024 by DELTA Mathematics Association, Department of Mathematics, NITPY, India. 

3. Acted as Resource Person and delivered a talk on "Artificial Neural Network based MPPT Controller for Solar PV Systems", One-Week SERB sponsored High-End Workshop (KARYASHALA) titled “Grid Connected Photovoltaic Inverter Design and MPPT Implementation” organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal from 6 - 12 May 2024. 

4. Delivered a guest lecture on "Plugging Artificial Intelligence in Medical Sciences", CME Cum Workshop organized by the Department of Physiology, MGMCRI in collaboration with NIT Puducherry, Karaikal, May 17, 2024.

5. Delivered a guest lecture on the area "Artificial Neural Networks-Theory and Practice"  in "A  5 Day  Short-Term Course on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques for Engineering Applications-Theory and Practice" in Association with IEEE Student Chapter, NITPY  organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NIT Puducherry, Feb 26 to Mar 01, 2024..

6. Delivered a guest lecture titled "Artificial Neural Networks : Applications to Sustainable Energy Systems " Serb Sponsored Workshop on Research Challenges and Opportunities in Sustainable Clean Energy Transition, EEE Department, SRM Institute of Science and Technology during 11-12-23 to 16-12-23.

7. Delivered a guest lecture titled "Hands on training in Artificial Neural Networks using MATLAB: Applications to Smart Grid Systems" on Serb Sponsored Seven days High-End Workshop (Karyashala) on Research Challenges and opportunities in AI based Smart Grid Systems organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering -NITPY during 24-30 July 2023.

8. Delivered a guest lecture (Virtual Mode) titled "Intelligent techniques for smart grid" on Five days STC on Recent Trends in cybersecurity and Energy Management organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in association with IEEE Student Branch-NITPY during 12-16 oct 2022.

9. Delivered a guest lecture (Virtual Mode) on five days Short-Term Course on “Recent Techniques for Smart and Hybrid Electric Power Systems” organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in association with IEEE Student Branch-NITPY during 21-25 March 2022.

10. Delivered a guest lecture (Virtual Mode) in the workshop titled "Machine Learning for Smart Energy System in the High End Workshop (Karyashala) “Smart Energy Systems for Sustainable Smart Cities-Research Perspective", EEE Department, NIT Puducherry dated on 23-02-2022.

11. Delivered a guest lecture (Virtual Mode) on Neural Network Application to Electrical Engineering in the AICTE-ISTE programme “Grid Connected Electrical Vehicle Charging Station with Renewable Energy Power", A.V.C College of Engineering, Mayiladuthurai dated on 24-12-2021.

12. Delivered a lecture in the area “Application of Artificial Neural Network to Renewable Energy Systems” in the STTP “Applications of Power Electronics in Smart Energy Systems (Virtual mode)” held in the EEE Department in association with IEEE student Branch NITPY, NIT Puducherry during 30th Aug-03rd Sept, 2021.

13. Delivered a Webinar on “Artificial Neural Network applications to Power Electronics " at Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai dated on 10-06-2021. 

14. Delivered a Webinar on “Artificial Neural Network applications to Electrical Engineering " at Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai District dated on 29-05-2021. 

15. Delivered a Webinar on “Neural Network Applications in Electrical Engineering" at Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology, Puducherry dated on 29-05-2020.  

16. Delivered a lecture on “Hands on training in Artificial Neural Networks using MATLAB/SIMULINK at VIT university, Vellore,  January , 2020.  

17. Delivered a lecture on “Neural Network applications in electrical drives at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, April 4, 2018.

18.  Delivered a guest lecture on Neural Network Application of Power System in the AICTE-ISTE induction programme “Smart Grid, Internet of Things & Green Computing-The Future of Energy Intelligence, Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology, Puducherry dated on 21-07-2018.

19. Delivered a lecture on “MATLAB Simulation of Artificial Neural Networks” in the workshop “Hands on Training in Applications of Power Electronics and Control Systems” held in the EEE Department, NIT Puducherry during 18th May-20th May, 2017.

20. Delivered a guest lecture on Electrical Machines– An overview on history, working principle, some design aspects and Applications for B.Tech Students at Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology, Puducherry dated on 09-01-2016.

21. Delivered a lecture on “Artificial Neural Network and its applications to power systems in the Faculty Development Training Programme on “EE6402-Transmission and Distribution conducted by the Department of EEE, University College of Engineering, Thirukkuvalai during 07-12-2017 to 13.12.2017. 

Non Technical Talk/Speech Delivered:

1. Delivered a guest lecture titled "Enhancing Quality of Soul Leading to a Healthy Life" organized by  EEE Department Association (SPREE), EEE Department, NIT Puducherry on 01-04-2024.

2. Delivered a talk on "Understanding Women Empowerment from the Life History of Karaikal Ammaiyar", Woman's Day Celebration, NIT Puducherry, March 8, 2023.

Reviewers:

Reviewed research articles for the following reputed journals: 

1. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B (IEIB)-Springer 

2. Int. J. of Environmental Technology and Management-Inderscience

Received Best Performer Award from NITPY for the year 2022-23.

Delivered a talk on "Understanding Women Empowerment from the Life History of Karaikal Ammaiyar", Woman's Day Celebration, NIT Puducherry, March 8, 2023.

Delivered a guest lecture titled "Enhancing Quality of Soul Leading to a Healthy Life" organized by  EEE Department Association (SPREE), EEE Department, NIT Puducherry on 01-04-2024.

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