Seminars Conducted:

Organized a one-day Seminar on “CAN & CANOpen Technology”  in DTU, Delhi on 29.09.2010

Organized TEQIP-II Sponsored One Week STTP on "PLC, HMI, SCADA, and AC Drives" in EED DTU from June 13th-17th, 2016

Organized a three-day workshop in collaboration with NPTI Faridabad on "Focus on Power Sector in India & Energy Management Strategies" in EED DTU from Jan. 20th - 22nd, 2017

Organized MHRD Sponsored GIAN Course on " Emerging Trends in Advance Control System Applications in Intelligent Transport Systems" in EED, DTU from Dec. 4-8, 2017. An international authority on ITS Prof. Markos Papageorgiou from DSSl, TUC, Chania Greece was the Course Instructor.

Co-organized EVangelise'22 Road by ICreate as the Biggest EV Challenge in DTU on 23rd August 2022

Co-organized EVangelise'23 Roadshow by ICreate as the Biggest EV Challenge in DTU on 14th September 2023.

Publications Made:

International Contributor for:

1.” Power Electronics: Devices, Circuits, and Applications”, 4^th Edition – International Edition, M.H. Rashid, Pearson Education Limited  England, 2014 . ISBN  978-0-273-76908-8.

2.”Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications”, 6^th Edition – International Edition, Allan R. Hambley, Pearson Education Limited  England, 2014 . ISBN  978-0-273-79325-0.

3.“Modern Control Systems, 13th Ed. GE – Dorf/ Bishop − International Contributor: Ashish R. Kulkarni: International Edition Prentice Hall”. 

Papers Published:

For all publications visit Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2AeiF20AAAAJ&hl=en

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulkarniashishr/

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfcFaXOFIszp4ox9l0Uxxwg

Recent publications:

1. “100 Years of the Ubiquitous Traffic Lights: An All-Round Review”, AR Kulkarni, N Kumar, K Ramachandra Rao, IETE Technical Review, 1-14, 2023
2. “Efficacy of Bluetooth-Based Data Collection for Road Traffic Analysis and Visualization Using Big Data Analytics”, AR Kulkarni, N Kumar, KR Rao, Big Data Mining and Analytics 6 (2), 139-153, 2023
3. “Design and Development of a Novel Bluetooth Based Vehicle Scanner: Perspective based on new MCUs with integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth”, AR Kulkarni, N Kumar, R Rao, 2023 IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON), 1-3, 2023
4. “Design of a PV-Fed Drive System with a Single-Phase Induction Motor for Irrigation Application”,  E Nhantumbo, D Bojang, M Verma, A Kulkarni , E3S Web of Conferences 405, 02026, 2023
5. “Variable speed control of EV using I2V communication”, R Tiwari, AR Kulkarni, AIP Conference Proceedings 2640 (1), 2022
6. “Longitudinal Speed Control of Electric Vehicle to Reduce Road Speed Limit Violations”, R Tiwari, AR Kulkarni, Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Technology: Proceedings of 6th …, 1, 2022
7. “Accident Risk Prediction and Location Tracking of a Vehicle Using Real-Time Data Acquisition from Vehicle Sensors”, C Suhrit, A Sharma, D Kumari, AR Kulkarni, Proceedings of Data Analytics and Management: ICDAM 2021, Volume 1, 763-774, 2022
8. “Design and development of Bluetooth based vehicle scanner for real time traffic control”, AR Kulkarni, N Kumar, KR Rao, Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, 413-424, 2021
9. “Wrong Side Vehicle Detection”, A Goyal, A Mangal, AR Kulkarni, 2021 International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT), 1-6, 2021
10. “Power Management of Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid in Grid Connected and Islanded Conditions”, MDM Masoom, R kanta Jena, N Kumar, AR Kulkarni, 2021 2nd International Conference for Emerging Technology (INCET), 1-5, 2021

 Papers Reviewed:

1. Reviewed papers for IEEE- International Conference on Computational Intelligence & Communication Technology CICT-2015 held at ABES, Ghaziabad, 13-14^th February 2015

2. TPC Member for INDICON 2017 Roorkee

3. Reviewed papers for IEMTRONICS 2020 and 2021 conferences.

Previous Experience

Asst. Manager (CC-II & RCMS), GSM MTNL Delhi

October 2008 – December 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Looked after Trump Prepaid Recharge cards, E-top Up Solution of MTNL Delhi alongwith Evening shift of GSM Call Centre.

Tasks assigned / Achievements:
1. Healthy and continuous availability of Trump Prepaid Recharge coupons. / After taking up the responsibility since Jan., 09, have achieved a record 7 month shortage free stretch.
2. Launch of new Recharge coupons of various denominations and Services within short period of Time. / Launched 6 types of 3G Coupons, 3 types of Tariff vouchers. Also managed to change the card profile to 1X4 and lower the expenditure and increase revenue. Launched 1X4, 1X5 type cards and 1X50 sheet type cards for MTNL Delhi, GSM Unit. Designed totally new artworks for 3G with good visual appeal and refreshingly different from earlier stereotypes. Managed to launch and make available new coupons in 4 days flat, thrice.
3. Creation and maintenance of E-top up retailers/sales agent etc., / Managed to add 5000 retailers in last 5 months.
4. Speedy solution to customer, retailer and distributor problems related to recharge coupons and E-top up.
5. Handling of other Prepaid related complaints efficiently.
6. Handling evening shift of Call centre. / Handled the peak evening period, managed to maintain the infrastructure and handled breakdowns of links. Also managed to reduce the complaints successfully. Improved the infrastructure with team effort.
Previously worked in B&CCS of 400 K CDMA (Wireless Technology) Project of MTNL Delhi. Also handled the Inventory Management – loading of inventory data in server, distribution to area’s and franchisee’s- of CDMA Stores, Troubleshooting Customer Complaints, liasioning with Franchisee’s and handling Front-end problems and installation at various sites. Handled Programming and PRL issues of various HHT’s and FWT’s.

Also handled P&T Audit, SOX Audit, Internal Audit by Haribhakti & Co.

JTO (Inv. Mgt.) CDMA, MTNL DELHI

January 2004 – October 2008 (4 years 10 months)

Lecturer in Electrical Engineering,KIET Ghaziabad

July 2000 – October 2003 (3 years 4 months)

Taught various subjects and undertook many B. Tech Final year Projects.
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN Guided Seven B.E. Final year project as under

1. Harmonic Filter Design For Power Capacitor
2. Automatic Railway Crossing (8051 Based)
3. Automatic Braking System (I.T.S)
4. Micro Controller Based Digital Temperature Indicator & Controller
5. Sun Seeker System.
6. Pick and place robot to clean glass and other surfaces. Project included students from Computer, Electrical & Mechanical Engg. Streams.
7. Voice Recognised Mobile Robot

ACHIEVEMENTS Following laboratories were set up

1. A unique 30-computer Electrical CAD Lab with MATLAB & Pspice was set up. First lab of its kind in private colleges in U.P.
2. Setting of Control System Lab.
3. Setting of Power Electronics Lab.
4. Involved with 3 counselings of U.P. Tech.
5. Worked as Theory Examiner for U.P.TU, Lucknow
6. Participated in a workshop for 1st Year Electrical Engg. at KNIT, Sultanpur
SUBJECTS TAUGHT
1. Basic Electrical Engg. (1st Year)
2. Network & Systems (2nd Year)
3. Control System (3rd Year)
4. Process Instrumentation & Control (3rd Year)
5. Applied Instrumentation (4th Year)
6. Microprocessors and its applications(8086)

Also was a part of the ISO 9001:2000 process and helped the institute acquire the same. Also involved in the NAC accreditation process.