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Dr. Deepa Sankar
Dr. Deepa Sankar
HOD & Associate Professor

Dr. Deepa Sankar is the HOD and Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, where she has served since 17/04/2006. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cochin University of Science and Technology in 2022. She obtained her B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Pondicherry University in 2004 and her M.Tech in Power Electronics and Drives from Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences in 2006. She has published 20 papers which include 3 papers in SCI-indexed journals, 2 papers in Scopus-indexed journals, and 15 papers in IEEE and other reputed International Conferences.

She is a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, The International Journal of Power and Energy Systems, and Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronics. Her research interests include Power Electronic Converters for Renewable energy, Digital control of power electronic converters, and Modeling and designing power electronic converters. She also holds the position of IEEE- Industrial Applications Society chapter advisor at Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady. She has participated in various hands-on training, workshops, seminars, conferences, and Faculty Development Programs. She has also received Elite certifications for various MOOC courses through NPTEL.

Qualification details

PhD : Electrical Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology

M.Tech : Specialization:Power Electronics and Drives

B.Tech : Electrical & Electronics Engineering

 

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] 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

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] 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

[7] 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

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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.

[11] 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.

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

[13] 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.

[14] 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.

[15] 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.

  • Received 50 citations till date with h-index - 5 and i10-index – 2

           https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=dYG-33wAAAAJ

  • 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 7 IEEE International conference papers
  • Resource person for 
    • 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
  • NAAC co-ordinator of the institute

FDP’s 

  • 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
Email Phone Date Of Joining
hod.eee@adishankara.ac.in, deepa.eee@adishankara.ac.in 0484-2463825 17-04-2006