Research Projects

Principal Investigator for the research project titled, “DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MULTILEVEL INVERTERS FOR POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES”, Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), Amount: Rs.52.75 lakhs, Duration: 3 years. (Ref. No. DST/TSG/NTS/2009/98 dated 22.10.2010).

Principal Investigator for the Major research project titled, “DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CASCADED MULTILEVEL INVERTERS FOR PHOTO VOLTAIC APPLICATIONS”, Sponsored by University Grants Commission (Government of India), Amount: Rs.9.23 lakhs, Duration: 3 years. (Ref. No. 39-552/2010(SR) dated 10.01.2011).

Investigator for the project titled “AN INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES”, Sponsored by ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (Government of Tamil Nadu), Amount: Rs.6000, Duration: 6 months (Ref. No.SPP/1/106 dated 09.12.2010).

Raman Research Fellowship from University Grants Commission (Government of India) to pursue post-doctoral research fellowship in United States of America during the year 2016-17 with the grant amount of Rs.14.06 lakhs (Ref.No.F5-179/2016 (IC) dated 02.12.2016).

Principal Investigator for the research project titled, “DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMART GRID ARCHITECTURE WITH SELF HEALING CAPABILITY USING INTELLIGENT CONTROL TECHNIQUES - A Smart City Perspective”, Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), Amount: Rs.9.02 lakhs, Duration: 2 years. (Ref. No. CRD/2018/000075 dated 04.07.2019).

Co-Principal Investigator for the establishment of Renewable Energy Research Center funded by Department of Science and Technology (Government of India) under the scheme FIST, Amount: Rs.100 lakhs, Duration: 5 years (Ref.No.SR/FST/COLLEGE-096/2017 dated 16.01.2018).

Principal Investigator for the research project titled, “DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ASSISTED MICRO-GRID ARCHITECTURE WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS INTENDED FOR RURAL AREAS”, Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), Amount: Rs.28.65 lakhs, Duration: 2 years. (Ref. No. DST/TMD/CERI/RES/2020/32 (G) dated 03.06.2021).

Co-Principal Investigator for the research project titled, “INVESTIGATION OF COTTON DUST EXPOSURE AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY ON THE PULMONARY HEALTH AMONG THE TEXTILE WORKERS OF TAMIL NADU”, Sponsored by Indian Council of Medical Research (Government of India), Amount: Rs.17.94 lakhs, Duration: 3 years. (Ref. No. 2020-0840 dated 21.07.2020).

Principal Investigator for the research project titled, “DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL UNIVERSAL MODULAR INVERTER (UMI) WITH IMPROVED POWER QUALITY AND FAULT TOLERANT ABILITY”, Sponsored by Vellore Institute of Technology under SEED grant, Amount: Rs.3.5 lakhs, Duration: 1 year.

Co-Principal Investigator for the research project titled, “DESIGN OF MICROGRID BASED CHARGING STATION IN RURAL AREAS FOR ENHANCING ELECTRICAL MOBILITY” Sponsored by Ministry of Education under Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Amount: Rs.60.41 lakhs, Duration: 2 years. (Ref. No. SPARC/2019-2020/P1686/SL dated 28.07.2023).