Specialisation:

High Power Converters & Controls for HVDC & FACTS

Major Professional Contributions:

• INGENUOUSLY DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED AIR INSULATED FIBRE-OPTICALLY TRIGGERED AND WATER COOLED THYRISTOR VALVES IN FOR HVDC and FACTS

• DEVELOPMENT OF STATCOM ± 500 KVAr

• DEVELOPMENT OF THYRISTOR VALVE & CONTROL FOR PHASE SHIFTING TRANSFORMER

• DEVELOPMENT OF THYRISTOR VALVE AND CONTROL FOR THYRISTOR CONTROLLED SERIES CAPACITORS.

• TESTING OF THYRISTOR VALVES FOR HVDC & SVC USING EXISTING CIRCUIT BREAKER FACILITY OF CPRI, BANGALORE WITH MARGINAL MODIFICATIONS.
  

Consultancy Areas:

• Design of HVDC  and FACTS Converters classical and Voltage Sourced.
• Power electronics applications to power systems
• Real Time Digital Simulation
• Testing of FACTS and HVDC converter valves
• Special test circuits for testing of HVDC and FACTS valves

Sector Associated With:

• Power
• Industry
• Engineering Education

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

• Educational / Academic institutions 
• Industry (Private), Industry (PSUs), R&D Organizations
• Government (including funding agencies)
• Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists
• Consultancy Firms
• Private Agencies
• Individuals

Professional Experience

• Various positions up to General Manager at Electronics Division, BHEL, Bangalore ( 1978 to 2008).
• Senior Specialist (EE) at Electronics Division, BHEL, Bangalore (2008 to 2012).
•  Professor and Head, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at RajaRajeswari College of Engineering, Bangalore ( 2013 to 2019).
• Visiting Professor , School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , REVA University , Bangalore 560064 since 2019

Keywords

HVDC, FACTS, Drives, Dynamic performance, NHVDC, SVC, STATCOM, CSR