Education

PhD University of Kerala Feb 2018

Title: “Investigations on Partially Shaded Solar Arrays in a Microgrid”, University of Kerala.

M Tech University of Kerala Dec 1997

College of Engineering Trivandrum Branch: Electrical Engineering

Specialisation : Power Systems

Marks/Class: 77%, First Class with Distinction

BTech University of Kerala Dec 1995

College of Engineering Trivandrum Branch - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Marks/Class: 76%, First Class with Distinction TEACHING EXPERIENCE (TOTAL -27 YEARS)

Name of College : Marian Engineering College, Trivandrum June 2017 to Till Date (9years)

Associate Professor),

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

· Head of the Department.

Name of College : Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science, Ernakulam December2016 to May 2017

(6 months)

Associate Professor,

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

· General Conference Convener of National Conference EPIC 2017

Name of College : Heera College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum June 2015 to May 2016 (1 Year)

Associate Professor & Head of the Department, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Name of College : PA Aziz College of Engineering and Technology August 2004 to May 2012

Karakulam, Trivandrum. (7 years 9months)

Assistant Professor & Head of the Department, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Name of College: Noorul Islam College of Engineering, June 1998 to July 2004

Kanyakumari District (6 years 2 months) AnnaUniversity

Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Masters Students Guided -2

Name of College: Jaya Matha College of Engineering, January 1998 to May 1998

Aarulvaimozhi (5 months)

Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Anna University

Research Experience (Full time with CERD Research fellowship)

PhD, Department of Electrical Engineering,

College of Engineering Trivandrum June 2012 – May 2015 (Full Time)

Guides: Dr S RamaIyer, Dr Bindu G R

Honors and Awards

Title of Award

1. Corps Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Prize

Awarded in the year 2017 at 32nd Indian Engineering Congress at Chennai by Institution of Engineers India for the paper published in Journal of Institution of Engineers India Series B (Springer)

Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Performance Improvement of Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Arrays under Moving Shadow Conditions through Shade Dispersion’, Springer Publication‟, ISSN 2250-21

2. Best Paper Award in IEEE International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT) -2014.

3. Best paper Award in, IEEE International Conference on International Conference on Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies, i-PACT, VIT Chennai, April 2017

Title of Fellows hip 2012

SPEED IT Research Fellowship

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

1. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘A Novel Zig-Zag Scheme for Power Enhancement of Partially Shaded Arrays through Shade Dispersion’ Elsevier Journal of Solar Energy, October 2016, pp 92-102 (68 citations)

2. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Performance Improvement of Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Arrays under Moving Shadow Conditions through Shade Dispersion Springer Publication’, ISSN 2250-2106,DOI 10.1007/s40031-015-0199-z, Journal of Institution of Engineers India, Series B. (Corps. of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers prize instituted by Institution of Engineers, India and awarded at 32nd Indian Engineering Congress, Chennai, December 2017)(9 Citations)

3. Vijayalekshmy S, S Rama Iyer, Bisharathu Beevi, ‘Comparative Analysis on the Performance of a Short String of Series Connected and Parallel Connected Photovoltaic array under partial shading conditions’, Springer Publication, Journal of Institution of Engineers India, Series B, Volume 96, September 2015, pp 217-226. (12citations)

4. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Analysis of Various Photovoltaic Array Configurations under Shade Dispersion by Su Do Ku Arrangement during Passing Cloud Conditions’ Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 8(35), December 2015 (2 citations) ((14 Citations)

5. Vijayalekshmy S, S Rama Iyer, Bisharathu Beevi, ‘Modelling and simulation of a Photovoltaic array suitable for a DC Microgrid’, International Journal of Applied Engineering

Research -IJAER, Vol 8,No 17, Dec 2013, pp-2005-2013.

Conference Papers

1. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Enhanced Power Generation in Partially Shaded Solar Arrays by Su Do Ku Technique of Panel Placement under Moving Cloud Condition’,, IEEE International Conference ICICICT 2017, Kannur

2. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Power Enhancement of Zig-Zag and Su Do Ku Schemes in a Partially Shaded Photo Voltaic Array under Static Shading Conditions’, IEEE International Conference i-PACT, VIT Vellore, April 2017 (Best paper award) (2 citation)

3. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘A Novel Approach for Performance Improvement of Partially Shaded Solar Arrays”, IEEE International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies Sustainability –ICEETS-16, April 2016, Nagercoil, pp-122-129.

4. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Power Enhancement of Partially Shaded Solar Arrays under Moving Illumination Conditions Through Shade Dispersion’, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems 2015, (IEEE SPICES 2015), NIT Calicut.(1 citation)

5. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer, ‘Performance of Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Array Configurations under Shade Dispersion’, IEEE Conference- International Conference

on Advances in Green Energy , ICAGE- 2014, December 2014, Trivandrum (6 citations)

6. Vijayalekshmy S, S Rama Iyer, Bisharathu Beevi, ‘ Evaluation of power losses in a short string of series connected and parallel connected Photovoltaic modules for low power applications’, IEEE Conference in Proceedings of International Conference on Control, Control and Computing (ICCC 2013),Dec-2013, Trivandrum, pp 125-130 (9 citations)

7. Vijayalekshmy S, S Rama Iyer, Bisharathu Beevi,’ Analysis of Solar Photo Voltaic Array Configurations under Changing Illumination Conditions’. IEEE Conference - ICCPCT 2014,Nagercoil, March 2014, pp 1032 -1037 (9 citations) (Best Paper Award)

8. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer’ Estimation of Power Losses in Photovoltaic Array Configurations under Passing Cloud Conditions’, IEEE Conference - Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications – ICACC 2014, Cochin, August 2014, pp 366-369 ( 10 citations)

9. Vijayalekshmy S, S RamaIyer, Bisharathu Beevi, ‘ Investigations on partially shaded solar arrays under varying illumination conditions’ Int. Conf. on Emerging Trends in Electrical Engineering, Elsevier Publications 2014 (1–6) August 2014, Kollam ,pp-1-6

10. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer,’ Estimation of power losses in photovoltaic array configurations under moving cloud conditions.’ Conference proceeding Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communications -2014- WCE 2014, London, July 2014. pp 270-275(5 citations)

11. Vijayalekshmy S, Bindu G R, S Rama Iyer’ Analysis of Various Photovoltaic Array Configurations under Shade Dispersion by Su Do Ku Arrangement during Passing Cloud Conditions’ ICSCASE 2015, Nagercoil

12. Vijayalekshmy S, S Rama Iyer, Bisharathu Beevi, ’Study of PV array based on MATLAB/SIMULINK which can be used in a DC Micro grid system’, Proceedings of 25th Kerala Science Congress, Vol 1, pp-508-511,Jan 2013

13. Devika CM , Karthika Bose, Vijayalekshmy S, ‘Automatic Plant Irrigation System’ IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems – ICCS 2017, Trivandrum.

14. S Vijayalekshmy, S Pushpakumar, N A Jose, Developments in HVDC Circuit Breakers‟, Proceedings of the second national seminar on Modern Trends in Power Engineering and Development, November 1996,Trivandrum, pp 127-136

15. Abhinav Rajesh, V Aarathi, V S Vaisakh, Vijayalekshmy S, : Low powered Short Range Radar System with Pan tilt Scanning Capabilities, IEEE International Conference on Electronicss, Computing and Communication Technologies (IEEE -CONECCT 2025) – Bangalore

Citations

https://scholar.google.com/citations? user=DhVYNMwAAAAJ&hl=en

Google Scholar Citations - 463 H index – 10

I10 index - 10

Seminar /FDP/Workshop attended

1. O/E/N India Limited, Ernakulam six days of Industrial Training on Manufacturing and Assbling of relays.

January 2017.

2. Barton Hill Engineering College, Workshop on Sustainable Energy, Waste management and Renewable

Energy, 3days, February 2017

3. College of Engineering Trivandrum - Short term course on Special Machines and its Control in November 2015

4. NIT Calicut- Short term Training Program on Distributed Generation and Power Quality on June 2008

5. NIT Calicut- Faculty awareness camp on Entrepreneurship Program on June 2008

6. MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi – Short Term Course on Power System Analysis on November 2003

7. P A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology – Workshop on Enhancing Teaching Skills

on November 2011

8. College of Engineering Trivandrum – Short term course on Control System and Machine Software Packages in November 2007

9. College of Engineering Trivandrum - Short term course on Modern Trends in Power Electronics and Drives in November 2012

10. College of Engineering Trivandrum – Training Programme on Research Methodology in October 2013

11. College of Engineering Trivandrum – Training Programme on Optimization Techniques in January 2013

12. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore- Intensive tutorial workshop on ‘ Nature inspired Computing for engineering applications- April 2015

13. Marian Engineering College Trivandrum- FDP on Engineering mathematics and research methodology in December 2018

14. Marian Engineering College- Trivandrum- Research Colloquium on ‘ Research proposals and

Grants’ in July 2018

15. Marian Engineering College – Faculty development programme on ‘ Introduction to Embedded systems and hands on workshop on KEIL AND ARDUINO IDE’ in July 2017

16. ICT Academy of Kerala– International conference on skills, Engineering and technology (ICSET 2017) at Technopart, Trivandrum in June 2017

17 Participated in the Online Training Programme on "Mentoring and Counselling Skills for Teachers” Conducted by National Institute of technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai from 04.10.2021 to 08.10.2021 (One Week)

18 Participated and successfully completed the 5-day online FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) from 13 September, 2021 to 17 September, 2021.

19 participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on " ELECTRIC VEHICLE : CHALLENGES IN CHARGING & THEIR IMPACT ON POWER GRID" from 06/09/2021 to 10/09/2021 at COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING THALASSERY.

20 ‘ NAAC Accreditation ‘ by Marian College of Art and Science, Marian Educity, Trivandrum on 15/2/2024

21 “ Leveraging AI in Teaching & Research” by ISTE Chapter of MEC on 8th and 9th May 2025

22 “ Translational Workshop” organised by Kerala Language Institute on February 20, 21

23 Interactive session “ Vidya to Vijnanam” with Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe , Chairman of NEFT, NAAC & NBA organised by ABRSM on 24th January 2025.

24 Delegate in Annual State Convention of ISTE Kerala Section and National Seminar on “ Transformative Innovations Shaping the AI Driven Epoch” on 18th January 2025 at MEC

25 participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on " Faculty Development Programme on Artificial Intelligence" from 20/09/2021 to 24/09/2021 at School of Computer Sciences.

26 Participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on " Magnetic Levitation System" from 27/09/2021 to 01/10/2021 at NIT MIZORAM.

Resource Person/Conference Chair for Seminars/ Conferences

1. Resource Person in “Modelling and Simulation of a Photovoltaic Array suitable for a DC Microgrid”, Barton Hill Engineering College, Workshop on Sustainable Energy, Waste management and Renewable Energy, 3days, February 2017

2. Chaired IEEE Conference i-PACT 2017, April 2017

3. Reviewer in IEEE Confererences

4. Reviewer – Elsevier Journal- Solar Energy

Book Reviewer

1. ‘Electrical Engineering : Adishthana Padangal’ Book in Malayalam published by Kerala State Language Institute in the year 2019

Professional Affiliations

Member of ISTE, IEI, IEEE, IEEE-PES (Senior Member)

Languages

Malayalam: Mother Tongue

Other languages known: English, Hindi, Tamil