Journals

[1] D. Sankar, S. Lakshmi, C. A. Babu, and K. Mathew, “RAPID PROTOTYPING OF PREDICTIVE LOW-COST FPGA USING HDL CODER,” Int. J. Power Energy Syst. ACTA Press Canada, vol. 43, no. 10, 2023, doi: 10.2316/J.2023.203-0437.

[2] L. Syamala, D. Sankar, S. E. Makkar, B. M. Jos, and M. Kallarackal, “Hysteresis Based Quasi Fixed Frequency Current Control of Single Phase Full Bridge Grid Integrated Voltage Source Inverter,” Energies, vol. 15, no. 21, p. 8112, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.3390/en15218112. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15218112

[3] D. Sankar, L. Syamala, B. Chembathu Ayyappan, and M. Kallarackal, “FPGA-Based Cost-Effective and Resource Optimized Solution of Predictive Direct Current Control for Power Converters,” Energies, vol. 14, no. 22, p. 7669, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.3390/en14227669. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14227669

[4] Deepa Sankar, C A Babu, “Design and analysis of novel Quasi Z Source based Asymmetric Multilevel Inverter for PV applications”, International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, Vol.11, No.3, ISSN:2088-8694,2020.

[5] Deepa Sankar, C A Babu, “Design and analysis of Impedance source based Asymmetric inverter for PV application”, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Vol.9, Issue 1, ISSN:2249-8958,2019.

International conferences

[1]A. V. Ansa, A. Manoj, F. Bose, H. R. Pillai, S. Sreekumar and D. Sankar, "Sustainable Urban Traffic Management: AI and Renewable Energy Integration," 2025 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS), Ernakulam, India, 2025, pp. 290-296, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS65134.2025.11135714.

[2] A.V.Ansa, Arjun Manoj, Femin Bose, Harish Rameshpillai,Deepa Sankar,Sreena Sreekumar, “Integration of Renewable Energy and Artificial Intelligence in Smart Traffic Management Systems: A Review” in International conference on Life Long Learning for a Sustainable Future, Environment, Economy, Society, January 2025.

[3] B. Eldhose, B. Chittilappilly, S. J. Menon, T. Bejoy, D. Sankar and S. Sreekumar, "Harnessing Solar Power on Water: A Case Study on the Viability of Photovoltaics in Kerala's Hydroelectric Power Plants," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy (ICSPCRE), Rourkela, India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICSPCRE62303.2024.10675280.

[4] Ameera E A, Deepa Sankar,"A High Gain Compact Module Bidirectional DC-DC Converter", International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering,Vol.13,Issue 6, June 2024, DOI:10.15662/IJAREEIE.2024.1306011

[5] R. K K and D. Sankar, "Salient Feature of State Observer in FCS-MPC for an Uninterruptible Power Supply," 2022 Second International Conference on Next Generation Intelligent Systems (ICNGIS), Kottayam, India, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICNGIS54955.2022.10079743

[6] R. K. K, D. Sankar and H. T, "A Comprehensive Review on Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control: Trends and Prospects," 2022 Third International Conference on Intelligent Computing Instrumentation and Control Technologies (ICICICT), Kannur, India, 2022, pp. 206-210, doi: 10.1109/ICICICT54557.2022.9917601.

[7] Layusa Salim, Deepa Sankar, Rajitha A R, "Modified High Gain Transformer-less Boost Converter,” 2nd International Conference on Modern Trends in Engineering Technology and Management, (ICMEM 2023), Adoor, India, 2023.

[8] Byshaniya Ghosh, Abhijith C S, Fathima Nooriya, Ananthu V S, Deepa Sankar Improved Bidirectional DC-DC Converter Control Scheme For EV Application", International Journal of All Research Education & Scientific Methods, Volume 9, Issue 8, August-2021.

[9] R. Gopika, D. Sankar and P. Jose, "Single Source 31-Level Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter," 2018 Second International Conference on Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies (ICICCT), Coimbatore, India, 2018, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICICCT.2018.8473270.

[10] Aarya A, Deepa Sankar,” Multilevel Inverters-A Comparative Analysis”, IOSR Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, e-ISSN: 2278-1676, p-ISSN:2320-3331,2017

[11] Gopika R, Deepa Sankar,” Study on Transformer Inrush current”, IOSR Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, e-ISSN: 2278-1676, p-ISSN: 2320-3331,2017

[12] D. Sankar and C. A. Babu, "Cascaded H bridge multilevel inverter topologies for PV application: A comparison," 2016 International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT), Nagercoil, India, 2016, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICCPCT.2016.7530140.

[13] M. S. Nair and D. Sankar, "Comparative analysis of fixed and Adaptive dc-link voltage control," 2016 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics (AEEICB), Chennai, India, 2016, pp. 568-572, doi: 10.1109/AEEICB.2016.7538355.

[14] Lakshmi CR, Deepa Sankar,” Single phase Z source Matrix converter with Buck-Boost capability”, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, ISBN-2278-0181,2016.

[15] Meera S Nair, Deepa Sankar,” A review of hybrid filter topologies for power quality compensation”, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, ISBN- 2395-0072,2015.

[16] Aseeb P A, Deepa Sankar,” Grid-connected Photovoltaic-Hydrogen fuel cell hybrid system”, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology,2014.

[17] D. Sankar and C. A. Babu, "Comparative analysis of a resonant soft switching interleaved topology and single switch topology of a boost converter for a PV system," 2014 Annual International Conference on Emerging Research Areas: Magnetics, Machines, and Drives (AICERA/iCMMD), Kottayam, India, 2014, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/AICERA.2014.6908261.

[18] Nayana J, Deepa Sankar,” Comparison of Ripple correlation and Perturb and Observe control of Photo Voltaic arrays for Maximum power point tracking”, National conference on Power Electronics in Sustainable Energy Development-Bonfring,2014.

[19] Deepa Sankar, C A Babu,” Five level cascaded H Bridge multilevel converter for photovoltaic application”, International Conference on Energy, Environment, Materials, and Safety (ICEEMS-14), ISBN-978-93-80095-58-5,2014.

[20] Anantu Asok, Ansal Khan, Aparnna K S, Devika R Nair,"Catastrophic Hyper-Vigilant System", International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, Vol.8, Issue.7, July 2023.

• Received 101 citations till date with h-index - 6 and i10-index – 4

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• ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6948-2608

• Principal Investigator for the project which got selected for KTU-CERD funding, in June 2024.
• NAAC Core team member of the institute
• Conference convenor – 4 th IEEE International Conference ACCESS’25
• Successfully completed 12 week NPTEL course on "Introduction to Machine Learning" from IIT Madras from January 2025 to April 2025, which is also an approved FDP by AICTE
• Project idea submitted by a student from the Department got selected for an MSME grant of Rs.5.5 lakhs
• ELITE CERTICATION from NPTEL for successfully completing online course Design of Photovoltaic systems, IISC Bangalore, November 2018
• ELITE CERTICATION from NPTEL for successfully completing online course Outcome Based Pedagogic Principles for Effective Teaching, March 2017
• HONOUR CODE CERTIFICATE from IIT Bombay for successfully completing the online course  ET601Tx: Educational Technology for Engineering Teachers, March 2016
• Best Teacher Award – Six times for 100% pass in various subjects
• Published 3 papers in SCI-indexed journals and 2 papers in Scopus-indexed journals.
• Published 15 IEEE International conference papers
• Reviewer for reputed journals like IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, The International Journal of Power and Energy
  Systems, ACTAPress Canada, Springer and Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
• Received IEEE IAS CMD Humanitarian Program International project contest award in the years 2024 and 2023 for the
  student project in the role of Chapter Advisor and project coordinator.
• Conference Chair/ Co-chair for various IEEE International Conferences
• Resource person for 
  • Three day tecnical staff skill upgradation workshop 2025, 16th-18th June 2025
  • Add on course on Embedded System for 2022-26 batch
  • Two day Skill enhancement workshop for Technical Staff, 20th 21st June 2024
  • Faculty Development Program on “Power Electronics for Smart Grid” organised by the EEE Department in December 2016
  • ‘FPGA training’ for M.Tech students organized by Department of EEE, MA College of Engineering, Kothamangalam ,November 2019
  • Short-term training program - "Hands-on Workshop on Electric Vehicle Drive" by the Department of EEE for final year students in January 2020
• Main co-ordinator of KTU Sponsored Five day Online Faculty Development Program on “Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles- Control and Challenges”, 6th to 10th July 2021
• Main co-ordinator for National level 5-day online Faculty Development Programme on 'Real time Applications of Power Electronics-Research Scope and Challenges' from 27/07/20 to 31/07/20

FDP’s 

• Successfully completed 12 week FDP by NPTEL - Introduction to Machine Learning", from January 2025 to April 2025
• Successfully completed ATAL Academy FDP on "AI and Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Climate Adaptation" organised by IIIT Kottayam rom 25/11/2024 to 30/11/2024
• Successfully completed FDP on "Applied Research in Electric Vehicle Technology & renewable energy integration" organised by ASIET, Kalady from 1/07/2024 to 6/07/2024
• Successfully completed FDP on "From Green to Hydrogen Exploring Sustainable Energy Evolution" organised by ASIET from 23/06/2025 to 28/06/2025
• Successfully completed FDP on "Sustainable Technologies and Energy Management of Hybrid Microgrid" organised by NIT, Rourkela from 12/07/2023 to16/07/2024.
• Successfully completed FDP on "Application of AI ML on Renewable Energy and EV technologies" organised by NIT, Rourkela from 8/06/2024 to 12/06/2024.
• Successfully completed FDP on "Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Sustainable Technologies"organised by NIT, Rourkela from 24/01/2024 to 28/01/2024
• Attended "Workshop on Virtual Labs" at ASIET, Kalady on 21/06/2024
• Attended "National Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Green Energy" organised by IEEE Kerala Section  from 08/09/2023 to 09/09/2023
• Successfully completed FDP on "ChatGPT & AI  Tools for Educators , In line with OBE" organised by St. Joseph College, Iringalakuda from 19/07/2023 to 26/07/2023
• Attended the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University sponsored Faculty Development Programme on "ML&: DL Applications in Computer Vision" organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady, Ernakulam from 30/1/23 to 3/2/23.
• Successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on "Power Electronics for Power Systems" from 06/12/2021 to 10/12/2021 at RIT, Kottayam.
• Online faculty development program on “Power Converters- An Embedded System Based Approach” organized by Department of EEE, Federal Institute of Science and Technology from 22/07/21 to 28/07/21.
• Participated and successfully completed FDP on “Research Opportunities, Challenges in Power Electronics for EV and Its Impact on Smart Grid.” National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli from 14-12-2020 to 19-12-2020
• Participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Electric Vehicles" from 2020-11-9 to 2020-11-13 at Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering college,Andhra Pradesh.
• Five-day STTP on “Emerging Trends in Power system” organized by the Division of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology & Department of Electrical Engineering, THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology under the aegis of TEQIP phase III during 14 -18 September 2020.
• Successfully completed both pre- and post-workshop online activities, involving 3 days of video lectures and hands-on work and face to face interactive session on 'Effective and Efficient Online Teaching in the Age of Corona, A Hands On Workshop' through IIT Bombay Bodhi Tree platform organized by the Teaching Learning Centre (ICT) at IIT Bombay, funded by the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), MHRD, Govt. of India, May 2020.
• Successfully completed the online workshop on Universal Human Value on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education”, organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) during 24-28 August 2020.
• One-week online Faculty Development Program on “Current affairs and research scope in Renewable energy” organized by Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai from 29/06/20 to 3/07/20.
• Five-day online Faculty Development Program on “Contemporary challenges in Electrical Engineering and Aiding Technologies” organized by St.Joesph’s college of engineering, Chennai from 6/07/20 to 10/07/20
• Five-day online Faculty Development Program on “System Modelling and Control methods” organized by SCMS school of Engineering and Technology from 13/07/20 to 17/07/20
• Five-day online Faculty Development Program on “Research initiatives in Renewable Energy Systems” organized by Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science from 13/07/20 to 17/07/20
• Five-day online Faculty Development Program on “Practical Challenges in the Design and Development of Electric Vehicles - 2020 (PCEV-2020)” organized by NIT, Calicut from 24/08/20 to 28/08/20
• Attended workshop ‘Power Electronics for Smart Grid’ organized by EEE Department from 10th to 15th December 2015.
• Attended STTP on “Sustainable Engineering from 15/07/15 to 21/07/15 at ASIET.
• Short term training program on "Power electronics for grid-connected renewable energy systems" at NIT, Calicut, May 2015
• Attended “Workshop on Engineering Optimization Techniques” at ASIET from 15/01/15 to 21/01/15.
• Attended “Workshop on control system design and simulation using Lab VIEW” at ASIET from 14/12/14 to 18/12/14
• Attended “Workshop on Energy conservation, Management and Challenges in Deregulated power system-present scenario”, at ASIET from 3/12/14 to 9/12/14

Research

Research Interests

• Power Electronics for Renewable Energy
• Predictive control of power electronic converters
• Embedded system based controllers for power converters

Projects Undertaken

• Design and Development of Predictive Control Based Single Phase VSI for UPS application.
• Catastrophic Hyper-Vigilant System
• Implementation of Solar PV and DC-DC Converters for Electric Vehicle
• Improved Bidirectional Converter Control Scheme for Electric Vehicle
• Modified high gain transformer less boost converter.
• Single source 31 level cascaded H bridge Multilevel Inverter
• Predictive controlled seven level Inverter
• Universal Matrix converter using Z source topology
• LCL connected hybrid active power filter
• A diode clamped multilevel shunt active power filter
• Interleaved Boost converter with soft switching for PV