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Dr.B.Adhavan currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. He was previously worked as Professor in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Vignan’s Lara Institute of Technology and Science, Guntur, Andrapradesh until May 2020. He was previously working as Assistant professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Addis Ababa science and Technology University, Ethiopia until July 2019. He was previously worked as Associate Professor, Electrical Power and Control Program, School of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia until July 2017. He was previously working as Associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (PG) at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu until August 2015.

He obtained Ph.D (2014) in Electrical Engineering (Power Electronics and Drives), under the area of “Torque Ripple Reduction Techniques of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Driven by Field Oriented Control” from Anna University Chennai (2014). He has Master Degree in “Power Electronics and Drives” (2003) and Bachelor Degree in “Electrical and Electronics Engineering” (2001) respectively from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

He has 17 years 3 months of Academic and 12 years of research experience. He offers courses in the area of Power Electronics and Drives. His area of interest includes Special Electrical Machines and Controls, Electric Vehicles, Power Electronics and Drives, Embedded Controls and Automation in Energy Management.

He is a Recognized supervisor for guiding Ph.D and M.S (By Research) scholars of Anna University Chennai. Supervisor Reference No: 2530029

He is also the Co-principal Investigator (Co-PI) for receiving Internal Research Grant of Ethiopian Birr ETB 2.96 lakhs from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia towards Internal Research Grant (Multi-Disciplinary Research)- on the topic “Novel Waste Plastic Nano Composite for Asphalt Pavement –Development and Performance Assessment” in the year 2019.

He also received $250 worth components from Texas Instruments, Bangalore, India, towards his research project entitled “Implementation of Sliding Mode based Position Sensorless Drive for PMSM” qualifying for quarter final in “Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge, India Design Contest 2015”.

He was Co-principal Investigator (Co-PI) for receiving technical grant of Rs.4.5 lakhs from AICTE, New Delhi towards research promotion scheme (RPS)-on the topic “High Performance Brushless DC Drive for Electric Vehicles” in the year 2012.

He is also the Co-principal Investigator (Co-PI) for receiving technical grant of Rs.3.7 lakhs from AICTE, New Delhi towards MODROBS-“Modernization of Power Electronics and Drives Lab” in the year 2010.

He wrote a Book Chapter on topic “Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives” book title “Applied Electromechanical Devices and Machines for Electric Mobility Solutions ISBN:978-1-78985-728-3” with IntechOpen,United Kingdom and published on September 06,2019. Edited by Adel El-Shahat, Georgia Southern University, USA.

He wrote a Book Chapter on topic “Torque Ripple Reduction in DTC Induction Motor Drive” book title “Direct Torque Control Strategies of Electrical Machines ISBN 978-1-83880-296-7” with IntechOpen,United Kingdom and accepted on September 29,2020. Edited by Associate Prof. Fatma Ben Salem, University of Sfax, Sakiet Ezzite,Tunisia.

He has published 10 research papers in International/National Journals, 9 publications in International conferences and more than 15 publications in National conferences. The total Google Scholar citations for his publications are 81,h-index is 5 and i10-index is 3. He has supervised 19 M.E., projects and 25 B.E.,projects.

He also serves as reviewer for 1.Journal of Vibration and Control, Sage Publications, United Kingdom, 2.IET Power Electronics, The Institute of Engineering and Technology publications, wales, England 3. International Journal of Automation and Computing, Springer Publications, Berlin Germany and 4.The Journal of Automation (ISA Transactions), Elsevier Publications.


He is life member (LM41239) of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, and Senior Member (90546383) of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,Inc.(IEEE) New York,USA.