Vignesh Kumar V

Designation: 

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Professional Experience: 

3 years 11 months (as on 27.09.2019)

Contact Details

E-mail: 

v[DOT]vigneshkumar[AT]nitk[DOT]edu[DOT]in
v[DOT]vigneshkumar [AT]gmail[DOT]com

Mobile: 

+91-7358895065

Google Scholar: 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=rmBqpJkAAAAJ
Faculty (author) Identifiers

ORCID iD: 

0000-0001-6495-6309
Academic Background

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NIT Tiruchirappalli, India, 2017.
• M.E. in Power Systems Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Anna University, 2011.
• B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Anna University, 2009

Areas of Interest

• Power electronics applications in Solar Photovoltaic systems.
• Optimization Techniques.

Significant Publications

Journals:

1. K. Sundareswaran, V. Vigneshkumar, P. Sankar, Sishaj P Simon, P. Srinivasa rao nayak and S. Palani, “Development of an Improved P&O Algorithm Assisted Through a Colony of Foraging Ants for MPPT in PV System,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp.187-200, Feb. 2016. (SCI ISSN: 1941-0050)
2. K. Sundareswaran, V. Vigneshkumar and S. Palani, “Development of a hybrid genetic algorithm/perturb and observe algorithm for maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic systems under non-uniform insolation,” IET Renewable power generation, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 757-765, Aug. 2015. (SCI ISSN: 1752-1424)
3. K. Sundareswaran, V. Vigneshkumar and S. Palani, “Application of a combined particle swarm optimization and perturb and observe method for MPPT in PV systems under partial shading conditions,” Renewable Energy, vol. 75, pp. 308-317, Mar. 2015. (SCI ISSN: 0960-1481)

Conference(s)

1. K. Sundareswaran and V. Vigneshkumar, “Gravitational search algorithm combined with P&O method for MPPT in PV systems,” thirteenth IEEE international India Conference (INDICON 2016), 16-18 December 2016, IISc Bangalore, India.
2. K. Sundareswaran and V. Vigneshkumar, “Cascaded Simulated Annealing/Perturb and Observe method for MPPT in PV systems,” IEEE international conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES 2016), 14-17 December 2016, Trivandram , India.
3. Sundareswaran K, Kiran Kuruvinashetti, Gangadhar I, P sankar, P.S. nayak, V. Vigneshkumar, “Output Voltage Control and Power Management of a Dual Input Buck-Boost Converter Employing P&O Algorithm,” Third International Conference on Advances in Controls and Optimization in Dynamic Systems(ACODS)(IFAC), March 13-15, 2014 at IIT Kanpur.
4. Sundareswaran K, Kiran Kuruvinashetti,Gangadhar I, P sankar, P.S. nayak, V. Vigneshkumar, “Optimization of Dual input Buck Converter Control through Genetic Algorithm” Third International Conference on Advances in Controls and Optimization in Dynamic Systems(ACODS)(IFAC), March 13-15, 2014 at IIT Kanpur.
5. V.Vigneshkumar and C.K. Babulal, “Fuzzy Logic Based Power Quality Index for Nonsinusoidal Situation,” International Conference on Power, Control and Embedded Systems, December 8-10, 2010 at College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai.