Pallavee Bhatnagar
Ram Bhawan, Nucleus House, Jehangirabad, Bhopal 462008
+91-982******* ******************@*****.***
P R O F I L E
More than a decade of experience in Education, Industry andResearch.
Principal investigator in an ongoing funded research project worth INR 18.15Lacs. Co-PI in Indo-Poland joint research funded by DST.
Author of a pioneering book and several technicalpapers.
Previous experience includes industrial exposure at National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and All India Radio(AIR).
Selected by NITI Ayog as “Mentor of Change” for Atal InnovationMission.
E D U C A T I O N
Sustainable Energy Research Center (SERC),Kaboos University, Oman
Post Doctorate, Power Electronics, 2021-currently
Title of thesis: Impact of Dust on PV Performance in OMAN
Supervisor: Dr.Rashid. Al Abri
Skolkovo University, Russia
Post Doctorate, Power Electronics, 2019-2020
Title of thesis: Multilevel Inverters for Electric Vehicles
Supervisor: Dr.Federico Martin
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, 2010-2015
Title of thesis: Linear Current Controlled Maximum Power Point Tracking using DSP
Supervisor: Dr.R.K.Nema
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
Master of Technology, Design and Production of Heavy Electrical Equipment, 1999-2001
With MHRD Scholarship (GATE AIR 781), Division:First
Laxmi Narayan College of Technology, Bhopal
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, 1994-1998
Score: 83.81%, First Class with Distinction
University Topper, nominated as College President
Model Higher Secondary School, Bhopal
Standard XII, PCM, 1992-1993
Score: 72.75%, First Class with Distinction,
Board: MPBSE
Model Higher Secondary School, Bhopal
Standard X, 1990-1991
Score: 74.00%, First Class with Distinction
Board: MPBSE
GUEST EDITOR (Special Issue)
1.Journal: Electronics
Special Issue Title: Integrated Circuits for Power Conversion: Modeling, Optimization, Design and Application
Impact Factor: 2.397
Cite Score: 2.7 Scopus
2.Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Special Issue Title: 100% inverter-based micro grids for enabling high penetration of renewable energy
Impact Factor: 14.98
REVIEWER
IEEE Transaction on Transportation Electrification
IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics
International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications
R E S E A R C HG R A N T S
Ministry of Power, Government of India through CPRI under National Perspective Plan
Budget INR 18.15 lacs, duration 2 years
Role: Principal Investigator
Title:DevelopmentofElectrolyticCapacitor-FreePowerElectronicsDriverforLEDLighting with Power Factor Correction for Effective Performance under Grid Voltage Variation
International Cooperation Division, Department of Science and Technology
Budget INR 10 lacs, duration 2 years
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Development of Single Source 3-Phase High-Power-Density Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Boost Inverter
National Mission on Power Electronics Technology Phase-III (NAMPET-III) Programme
Budget INR 28.67 lacs, duration 18 months
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Design and Development of PV-Based, Bidirectional Multilevel EV Charging Interface
PATENTS FILED/PUBLISHED
1.201921023225 TEMP/E-1/24453/2019-MUM,“Circuit for Multilevel dc-to-ac and ac-to-dc Power Conversion” ON 2019/06/12
Dr. K. K Gupta, Dr. Pallavee Bhatnagar, Dr. Lalit Sahu.
2. 201********* TEMP/E1/24471/2019MUM,“Switched-Capacitors based Circuit for Multilevel dc-to-ac and ac-to-dc Power Conversion” ON 2019/06/12
Dr. K. K Gupta, Dr. Pallavee Bhatnagar, Dr. Lalit Sahu.
3.1 202********* TEMP/E1/26516/2021- DEL 1600 18565 FORM 1 Power circuits and working methodology of Power Electronics Transformer (PET) with semiconductor-base
Dr. K. K Gupta, Dr. Pallavee Bhatnagar
B O O K S
“Multilevel Inverters: Conventional and Emerging Topologies and their Control”
Academic Press (Elsevier) USA
Role: Co-author ISBN: 978**********, Published on 05/12/2017 (First Edition)
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Journals
S.No.
Title
Authors
Journal
Details
Impact Factor
1
Multilevel Inverter Topologies with Reduced Device Count: A Review
K.K. Gupta, A. Ranjan, Pallavee Bhatnagar, L. Kumar, S. Jain
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Volume 31, Issue 1, pp. 135-151, Jan. 2016
6.373
2
An Integrated Converter With Reduced Components for Electric Vehicles Utilizing Solar and Grid Power Sources
A.K. Singh, A. K. Mishra, K. K. Gupta, Pallavee Bhatnagar and T. Kim
IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 439-452, June 2020
5.444
3
A Flying Squirrel Search Optimization for MPPT under Partial Shaded Photovoltaic System
N. Singh, S. K. Jain, K. K. Gupta, N. K. Dewangan and Pallavee Bhatnagar
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
Accepted for publication, manuscript ID: JESTPE-202*-**-****.R1
4.728
4
A methodology for even-power-distribution within single time-blocks of power-frequency in CHB MLIs for PV systems
Pallavee Bhatnagar, N. Kumar Dewangan, N. Singh and K. Kumar Gupta
Wiley International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems
Accepted for publication (ITEES-19-1483.R1) 2020
1.314
S.No.
Title
Authors
Journal
Details
Impact Factor
5
Maximum power point tracking control techniques: State-of-the-art in photovoltaic applications
Pallavee Bhatnagar, R.K. Nema
Elsevier Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume 23, July 2013, pages 224-241
14.982
6
A Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm for Photovoltaic Systems using Bang-Bang Controller
Pallavee Bhatnagar, R.K. Nema
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (AIP)
Volume 6, Issue 5, pages 1-15
1.511
7
Conventional and global maximum power point tracking techniques in photovoltaic applications: A Review
Pallavee Bhatnagar, R.K. Nema
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (AIP)
Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2013
1.511
8
Reduced device count version of single-stage switched-capacitor module for cascaded multilevel inverters
Pallavee Bhatnagar, R. Agrawal and K. K. Gupta
IET Power Electronics
Vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 1079-1086, 1 5 2019
2.839
9
Switched capacitors 9-level module (SC9LM) with reduced device count for multilevel DC to AC power conversion
Pallavee Bhatnagar, R. Agrawal, N. Kumar Dewangan, S. K. Jain and K. Kumar Gupta
IET Electric Power Applications
Vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1544-1552, 10 2019
3.051
10
Nine-level voltage-doubler bi-polar module for multilevel DC to AC power conversion
Pallavee Bhatnagar, R. Agrawal, N. K. Dewangan, S. K. Jain and K. K. Gupta
IET Power Electronics
Vol. 12, no. 15, pp. 4079-4087, 18 12 2019
2.839
11
Modified reduced device multilevel inverter structures with open circuit fault tolerance capabilities
N. Dewangan, K.K.Gupta and Pallavee Bhatnagar
Wiley International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems
vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1-15, Jan 2020
1.314
S.No.
Title
Authors
Journal
Details
Impact Factor
12
Open-Switch Fault Tolerance Capabilities of Some Reduced Device Count Multilevel Inverter Topologies
N. Dewangan, Pallavee Bhatnagar, S.K. Jain, S. Gupta and K.K.Gupta
Transactions of Electrical Engineering (Iranian Journ. of Sci. & Tech.
Vol. 44, pp. 253–264 (2020)
0.6
13
A multilevel inverter structure with open circuit fault-tolerant capability
N. K. Dewangan, T. Tailor, R. Agrawal, Pallavee Bhatnagar and K. K. Gupta
Springer Electrical Engineering
Accepted for publication (manuscript ID: ELEN-D-19-01113R2)
1.180
14
Simulation Study of a Novel Switched-Capacitors Based Multilevel Boost Inverter for Three-Phase Applications with Single DC Source
Pallavee Bhatnagar, N. K. Dewangan and K.K.Gupta
International Journal of Modelling and Simulation (Taylor and Francis)
Accepted for publication (Manuscript ID: TJMS-2019-0248.R2)
Scopus Indexed
15
A Switched –capacitor based 13 level Inverter
Pallavee Bhatnagar, A Singh, K.K Gupta and Y. Siwakoti
IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics
Accepted for publication
(Manuscripts ID TPEL-Reg 202*-**-****.R2)
6.73
16
A Flicker-Free Decoupled Ripple Cancellation Technique for LED Driver Circuits
Mr. Manish Kumar Barwar, Lalit Kumar Sahu; Pallavee Bhatnagar; Krishna Kumar Gupta; Allamsetty Hema Chander
Elsevier: Optik, International Journal for Light and Electron Optics
Accepted for publication
2.443
17
Performance analysis and reliability estimation of five level rectifiers.
Barwar, Manish Kumar, Lalit Kumar Sahu, Pallavee Bhatnagar, Krishna Kumar Gupta, and Allamsetty Hema Chander.
International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications.
Accepted for publication
16 November 2021
18
Demystifying the Shadows of Light: LED Driver Circuits
Manish Kumar Barwar, Prabhat Kumar, Hema Chander, Lalit Kumar Sahu, Pallavee Bhatnagar, Krishna Kumar Gupta, Josep Guerrer
IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine 99 (99), 99
2022
Conferences
Pallavee Bhatnagar, R.K. Nema, “Control techniques analysis of DC-DC converter for photovoltaic application using SIMPSCAPE,” 2012 IEEE 5th India International Conference on Power Electronics, December 2013, pages 1-6.
K.K.Gupta, PallaveeBhatnagar, H. Vahedi, K.A. Haddad, “Carrier based PWM for Even Power Distribution in Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverters within Single Power Cycle,” 42nd Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2016, October 24-27, 2016, Florence, Italy.
PallaveeBhatnagar and K.K.Gupta, “A Novel Algorithm for MPPT in Solar PV Systems Implemented with ARM Cortex M4 32-Bit Microcontroller,” IEEE Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems Conference (PEDES 2018), to be held during 18-21 Dec 2018 at IIT Madras (accepted)
Krishna Kumar Gupta, PallaveeBhatnagar, Federico Martin Ibanez, Niraj Kumar Dewangan and LalitKumar“Self-balancing Switched Capacitors based 3X-gain Module for Cascaded Multilevel Inverters" MOSICOM 2020 Dubai (accepted)
M. K. Barwar, L. K. Sahu, P. Bhatnagar, K. K. Gupta and A. H. Chander, "A Decoupled Low-Frequency Ripple Cancellation Method for High-Power LED Driver circuits," IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2020, pp. 3597-3602, doi: 10.1109/IECON43393.2020.9255287.
M. K. Barwar, L. K. Sahu, P. Bhatnagar and A. H. Chander, "Topological Overview of Single-Inductor based Multiple-Output Channel LED Driver," 2020 First International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), 2020, pp. 122-127, doi: 10.1109/ICPC2T48082.2020.9071435
A. Jain, S. K. Jain, K. K. Gupta, H. Vahedi and P. Bhatnagar, "Role of Charging/Discharging in the Integration of EVs to Grid as Intermittent Energy Sources," 2021 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 2021, pp. 550-555, doi: 10.1109/EPEC52095.2021.9621622.
I N D U S T R I A L E X P E R I E N C E( ~ 6 Y E A R S )
AE, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd. Korba
2006 – 2007
Operations andmaintenance
Head, Product Development, Nucleus Electro Enterprises, Bhopal
2002 – 2006
Development and improvisation ofproducts.
AE, All India Radio (AIR), DDMC
1999 – 2001
Responsible as assistant engineer, TVRC,Indore
A C A D E M I CE X P E R I E N C E( ~ 1 1 Y E A R S )
Dean (Academics), IES group of Institutions, Bhopal
July2018 – currently
Teaching and research.
Academic leadership and administration.
Also served as the Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Principal, Sagar Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal
August 2017 – March 2018
Teaching and research.
Academic leadership, administration and policy making for the institute.
Also serving as the Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Dean (Academics), Sagar Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal
December 2016 – July 2017
Teaching and research.
Academic leadership and administration.
Also served as the Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Principal, Jai Narain College of Technology, Bhopal
August 2015 – November 2016
Teaching, research, recruitment and admissions.
Academic leadership, administration and policy making for the institute.
Also served as the Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Jai Narain College of Technology, Bhopal
July 2014 – July 2015
Teaching, research and recruitment.
Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Jai Narain College of Technology, Bhopal
Sep 2007 – July 2014
Teaching, research and recruitment.
Academic leadership and policy making for the department.
P R O F E S S I O N A LM E M B E R S H I P S
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)USA
Senior Member
Indian Society for Technical Education(ISTE)
Life Member
P E R S O N A L D E T A I L S
Date of Birth: 27 July1975
Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Languages known: Hindi and English
R E F E R E N C E S
Dr. R.K.Nema,
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal(M.P.) Contact number:942-***-****
Email:*******@*****.***
Dr. VijaykumarD.,
Professor, School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT), VIT Vellore Campus (India)
Email: **********.*@***.**.**
Dr. ShailendraJain,
Director, SantLongowal Institute of Engineering andTechnology, Longowal, Punjab(India)
Email: *******@*****.***
D E C L A R A T I O N
The information presented here is true to the best of my knowledge.
Place: Bhopal
Date: 27thDecember 2020
Dr. Pallavee Bhatnagar