PROFILE

I am a Professor in Electrical Engineering Department DTU having a teaching experience of about 32 years.

  • B.E. and M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from NIT Bhopal and PhD from Delhi University.
  • Professor and Head, Electrical Engineering Deptt, Delhi Technological University.
  • Local Coordinator GIAN, DTU
  • Founder Director, Equal Opportunity Cell, DTU.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS/ EXPERIENCE

1. Head of Electrical Engineering Deptt. (June2023 - till now)

2. Local Coordinator GIAN (June2025 - till now)

3. Librarian (Aug 2022 - Jan2024)

4. Director EOC (Dec 2018 - Dec 2024)

5. Associate Head, EED (2016-18)

6. Chairperson DTU Medals and Scholarships (2019 - 2023)

 

TEACHING (COURSES TAUGHT)

B.Tech. Courses:

1, Power Transmission and Distribution

2. Power System Analysis

3. Electrical Measurement

4. Basic Electrical Engineering

5. Network Analysis

6. High Voltage Engineering

M.Tech Courses:

1. Advance Power System Analysis

2.Power System Transients

3. Power System Reliability

4. Extra High Voltage AC

MEMBERSHIPS

 Membership of Professional Societies

  1. IEEE (Senior Member), ISTE (Life Member)

  2. IEEE Power Energy Society, 

  3. IEEE Power Electronics Society, 

  4. IEEE Industrial Application Society, 

  5. IEEE IES 

  6. IEEE WIE

  7.  Chair PELS-IES Delhi Chapter .

  8. Past Chair IEEE Delhi Section,

  9. Past Chair Women in Engineering, Delhi Section,

  10. Past Chair PES-IAS Delhi Chapte

  11. Faculty advisor IEEE PES-IAS student Chapter, DTU and Nrityangana.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publication:Recent:

  1. M. Mishra, P. Mahajan and R. Garg, "Comparative Study of Customizable Neural Network Models for Solar Irradiance Forecasting," 2023 9th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), SONIPAT, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/IICPE60303.2023.10475100.
  2. Mishra, M., Mahajan, P. & Garg, R. “Implementation and comparison of metaheuristically modified ANN MPPT controllers under varying solar irradiance conditions,” Electr Eng 106, 3427–3443 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-023-02165-y.
  3. Avasthi, A., Garg, R. & Mahajan, P. Optimizing energy harvesting: a comprehensive analysis of tracking technologies in a 2 MWP floating solar photovoltaic system. Electr Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-024-02780-3
  4. Shruti Prajapati, Rachana Garg, Priya Mahajan, “Modified control approach for MPP tracking and DC bus voltage regulation in a hybrid standalone microgrid”, Electric Power Systems Research,Vol. 236,2024,110935,ISSN 0378-7796,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2024.110935.
  5. Shruti Prajapati, Rachana Garg, and Priya Mahajan, “Novel adaptive MPPT technique for enhanced performance of grid integrated solar photovoltaic system”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 120, 2024,109648. Impact factor:4.9,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2024.109648.
  6. Verma, Aneeh, Alka Singh, and Rachana Garg. "Design and Performance Analysis of Cuk based Bidirectional EV Charger." 2024 3rd International Conference for Advancement in Technology (ICONAT). IEEE, 2024.
  7. Atul Avasthi, Rachana Garg, Priya Mahajan, “Long-term degradation assessment of a 2 MW floating solar photovoltaic plant in a humid subtropical climate using time-series analysis”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Volume 128, Part B, 2025, 110738, ISSN 0045-7906, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2025.110738.
  8. Mishra, Manvi, Priya Mahajan, and Rachana Garg. "Novel Version of Horse Herd Optimization for Enhancing Electric Load Forecasting Capabilities of Neural Networks." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2025): 1-18.
  9. Prajapati, S., Garg, R. & Mahajan, P., “Performance enhancement of grid-tied SPV system using evolutionary optimization technique”, S?dhan? 50, 215 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-025-02872-1
  10. A. Avasthi, R. Garg and P. Mahajan, "Field Performance Assessment of a 1.34 kW Rooftop PV plant in Delhi: Insight from two Comparative Periods," 2025 International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies and Computational Intelligence (SETCOM), Gandhinagar, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SETCOM64758.2025.10932584
  11. Avasthi, Atul, Rachana Garg, and Priya Mahajan. "Bio inspired MPPT and Inverter Control for Grid Connected SPV System”, 6th International Conference on Recent Developments in Control, Automation & Power Engineering (RDCAPE-2025), Noida India.
  12. Prajapati, R. Garg and P. Mahajan, “Intelligent ANN control technique for grid integrated SPV System” 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC 2025) (Accepted)
  13. Avasthi, Atul, Rachana Garg, and Priya Mahajan. "Enhanced energy yield in floating solar power plants through optimal inverter loading ratios." Electrical Engineering 108, no. 1 (2026): 62.

2023

  1. P. Verma, A. Kumar, R. Garg, P. Mahajan, “Reweighted L0 norm variable step size continuous mixed p-norm control scheme for mitigating power quality problems of grid coupled solar PV system” CSEE Journal Of Power And Energy Systems, Vol. 9, No. 4, July 2023.
  2. Sharma, A., Mahajan, P. & Garg, R. End-of-life solar photovoltaic panel waste management in India: forecasting and environmental impact assessment. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-023-04953-2.
  3. Poonam Juneja, Rachana Garg & Parmod Kumar (2023), “Tie-Line Power Transferred: Data Security Using Block Chain Technology”, IETE Journal of Research, DOI: 10.1080/03772063.2023.2181232. Indexed in SCI-E.
  4. M. Mishra, P. Mahajan, and R. Garg, “Implementation and comparison of metaheuristically modified ANN MPPT controllers under varying solar irradiance conditions,” Electrical Engineering, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.1007/s00202-023-02165-y.
  5. S. Prajapati, R. Garg, P. Mahajan “Honey Badger Algorithm Based PI Controller for DC Link Voltage Control of Solar Photovoltaic System Connected to Grid for Enhanced Power Quality”. Electric Power Components and Systems. Jan. 2024.doi https://doi.org/10.1080/15325008.2024.2304147
  6. Avasthi, A., Garg, R. & Mahajan, P. “Comparative Analysis of Bifacial and Monofacial Floating Solar Power Plants: Performance Evaluation and Economic Analysis”. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Mech Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40997-024-00771-0

2022

  1. A. Kumar, R. Garg, and P. Mahajan, “Performance improvement of grid-integrated PV system using novel robust least mean logarithmic square control algorithm”, Electrical Engineering, vol. no.104, pp. 3207–3224 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-022-01552-1. Indexing: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Impact Factor: 1.630.
  2. Gupta, Shikha & Garg, Rachna & Singh, Alka. (2022). Adaptive control algorithm to interface fuel cell and photovoltaic energy sources. International Journal of Power Electronics. 15. 141. 10.1504/IJPELEC.2022.121406.(SCOPUS)
  3. Gupta, Shikha & Verma, Anjeet & Singh, Bhim & Garg, Rachna & Singh, Alka. (2022). AES-FLL control of RES powered microgrid for power quality improvement with synchronization control. Electric Power Systems Research. 203. 107681. 10.1016/j.epsr.2021.107681. (SCI)

2021

  1. Nikita Gupta, Rahul Dogra, Rachana Garg, Parmod Kumar. Review of Islanding Detection Schemes for Utility Interactive Solar Photovoltaic Systems. International journal of Green Energy. June 2021, DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2021.1941048.
  2. Nikita Gupta, Rachana Garg, Parmod Kumar. Grid Synchronization and islanding detection control algorithm for two-stage three-phase SPV system. IETE Journal of Research. February 2021, DOI: 10.1080/03772063.2021.1886606.
  3. Sharma, A., Mahajan, P., and Garg, R. 2021. Analysing the impact of various incentives on solar tariff in India. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2021.1900184.
  4. Sharma, A., Mahajan, P., and Garg, R. “Sensitivity analysis of levelised cost of electricity in India from SPV plant” published in CBIP’s Water and Energy International Journal, VOLUME 64/RNI  NO. 7, ISSN: 0974-4711 in October 2021
  5. A. Kumar, R. Garg, and P. Mahajan, “Modified Synchronous Reference Frame Control of Solar Photovoltaic-Based Microgrid for Power Quality Improvement,” Arab. J. Sci. Eng., vol. no.46, pp. 1001–1018 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04789-9. Indexing: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Impact Factor: 2.807.
  6. Juneja, Poonam, Garg, Rachana, and Kumar, Parmod, “Uncertain Data Processing of PMU Modules Using Fuzzy Petri Net”. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 1 Jan. 2021 : 1855 – 1867.Indexed in SCI-E
  7. A. kumar, R. Garg, and P. Mahajan, “Control of Grid Integrated Photovoltaic system using new Variable Step Size Least Mean Square adaptive filter,” Electrical Engineering, vol no. 103, pp.2945–2959 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-021-01273-x. Indexing: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Impact Factor: 1.630.

2020

  1. P. Verma, R. Garg, P. Mahajan, “Asymmetrical Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control based MPPT tuning for PV system under partial shading condition”.  ISA Transactions. Vol. 100, 2020, pp. 251–263, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isatra.2020.01.009.
  2. P. Verma, R. Garg, P. Mahajan, “Smooth LMS-based adaptive control of SPV system tied to grid for enhanced power quality”. IET Power Electronics. Vol. 13, Iss. 15, pp. 3456-3466, 2020, doi: 10.1049/iet-pel.2020.0134.
  3. P. Verma, R. Garg, P. Mahajan , “Asymmetrical Fuzzy Logic Control based MPPT algorithm for Stand-alone PV System under Partially Shaded Conditions”. Int. Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 27, Iss. 6, pp. 3162-3174, 2020. DOI: 10.24200/SCI.2019.51737.2338.
  4. Gupta, Shikha & Garg, Rachna & Singh, Alka. (2020). ANFIS-Based Control of Multi-objective Grid Connected Inverter and Energy Management. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B. 101. 10.1007/s40031-020-00425-0. 
  5. Gupta, Shikha & Verma, Anjeet & Singh, Bhim & Garg, Rachna & Singh, Alka. (2020). IZAQ-LMS-based control of PV-battery interfaced microgrid in grid-connected and autonomous modes. IET Power Electronics. 13. 10.1049/iet-pel.2020.0391. (SCI)
  6. Gupta, Shikha & Verma, Anjeet & Singh, Bhim & Garg, Rachna & Singh, Alka. (2020). Power quality improvement of PV-WPGS based grid interactive microgrid using MSWL-CLMS control. IET Energy Systems Integration. 2. 10.1049/iet-esi.2020.0031. (SCI)
  7. Gupta, Shikha & Garg, Rachna & Singh, Alka. (2020). Wind/Fuel Cell Hybrid System Based on ANFIS-HLMS Control Algorithm for VSC. International Journal of Power and Energy Systems. 40. 10.2316/J.2020.203-0192. 

BOOKS/BOOK CHAPTERS (IF ANY)

Conferences:

  1. M. Mishra, P. Mahajan and R. Garg, "Comparative Study of Customizable Neural Network Models for Solar Irradiance Forecasting," 2023 9th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), SONIPAT, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/IICPE60303.2023.10475100.
  2. Sharma, A., Mahajan, P. & Garg, R “Peak Shaving through battery storage for photovoltaic integrated building considering the time of day pricing”, 2nd International Conference on Renewable Power (ICRP-2023) , Springer on 28-29th March, 2023.
  3. P. Verma, P. Mahajan R. Garg,  “Sensitivity Analysis of Solar PV System for Different PV Array Configurations” in Data Science and Computational Intelligence 2021.
  4. DC link voltage control of stand-alone PV tied with battery energy storage system” presented in Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA),12-15 Dec, 2020.
  5. A. Kumar, R. Garg, and P. Mahajan, “Harmonics Mitigation Techniques in Grid Integrated PV based Microgrid: A Comparative Analysis,” 2021 International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communication and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT), February, pp. 1–6, 2021, doi: 10.1109/icaect49130.2021.9392631.
  6. Kumar, P., Juneja, P., Garg, R. (2019). “Reliability of PMU Using Fuzzy Markov Dynamic Method,” Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Engineering. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 697. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1822-1_5
  7. P. Juneja, R. Garg and P. Kumar, "Fuzzy Petri Net Model of Phasor Measurement Unit," 2020 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, India, 2020, pp. 154-159, doi: 10.1109/SPIN48934.2020.9070847.
  8. Shreya Chaudhary, Rachna Garg and M Rizwan, “An Adaptive Approach for Maximum Power Extraction from Grid Integrated Solar Photovoltaic System ",1st International Conference on Energy, Materials Sciences and Mechanical Engineering (EMSME - 2020) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India held during October 30th -November 01st, 2020.
  9. A. Kumar, R. Garg, and P. Mahajan, “Performance Analysis of Grid Integrated PV System using SRF and IRPT Control,” 2019 1st Int. Conf. Signal Processing and VLSI Communication Engineering, (ICSPVCE-2019), 2019. doi: 10.1109/ICSPVCE46182.2019.9092869.
  10. Book Chapter
  11. P. Verma, R. Garg, P. Mahajan, “Grid integration of Renewable Energy systems: Power electronics topologies for grid integration, Advanced control techniques of grid connected PV inverters” accepted in Renewable Energy Systems: Modelling, Optimization, and Applications (RESMOA 2021).

PATENTS (IF ANY)

HONOURS AND AWARDS (IF ANY)

  • Best Paper award in RDCAPE2025
  • Two papers received ‘Best paper in the Session’ award in IEEE INDICON 2015 and one paper in SIGMA18.
  • Received ‘Best paper award’ in RDCAPE 2025
  • Research Excellence Award, DTU
  • IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award for 2017 from IEEE Delhi Section.
  • Certificate for Leadership and Contribution to R10 SAC programs from R10 SAC
  • “Certificate of Appreciation 2012 - 2013” for Notable services and Contributions towards the advancement of IEEE and Engineering Profession from Director, IEEE R10.

SPONSORED/CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

Project Name:            To study the effect of Environmental factors on Soiling Loss in Delhi and development of optimal Cleaning Schedule

Sanctioned Amount:   Rs 560,000/-

Sanctioned by:            ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT CENTRE

                                    (Department of Power, Govt. of Delhi, Vikas Bhawan - II, GPO Building, 2nd Floor, E-wing Civil Lines, Delhi-110054,    Phone-011-23815874, 75

 

START-UPS (IF ANY)

MOOC COURSES DEVELOPED (IF ANY)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Panelist in panel discussion on, "Global Innovations: IEEE's Role in Engineering a Connected future, held on 11th August 2024 at IIC, Delhi. 
  • Finance Chair in IEEE R10 Tensymp organised at NSUT, Delhi from 27th - 29th Sept 2024.
  • Panelist in panel discussion on  Working Together: Overcoming Obstacles and Celebrating Achievements in Engineering in R10 SYWLC, on 31 Aug 2024 at Tokyo.
  • General Chair, IEEE ICPEICES 24 held at EED, DTU from April 26th - 28th, 2024.
  • Panel discussion on 'Ovarian Cancer' held on 21st September 2022.
  • Half day workshop on Yoga cum Meditation program for mental health of Women and Persons with Disability on 3rd June 2022, Edusat Hall, EED.
  • To celebrate International Women’s Day, a  lecture on ,’Professional Diaries: Powering through Transition’ by Ms Chetna Mahajan has been organised in online mode on 8th March 2022.
  • A lecture on ‘Women in Corporate World-A freewheeling conversation’ by Ms Kankana Karkun has been organised on 18th Jan 2022 in online mode.
  • Panel discussion on 'Ovarian Cancer' held on 21st September 2022.
  • Half day workshop on Yoga cum Meditation program for mental health of Women and Persons with Disability on 3rd June 2022, Edusat Hall, EED.
  • To celebrate International Women’s Day, a  lecture on ,’Professional Diaries: Powering through Transition’ by Ms Chetna Mahajan has been organised in online mode on 8th March 2022.
  • A lecture on ‘Women in Corporate World-A freewheeling conversation’ by Ms Kankana Karkun has been organised on 18th Jan 2022 in online mode.
  • Delivered an expert Lecture on “Reliability of Power System” in Online one week ATAL Academy sponsored Faculty Development Program on the theme “Green Technology & Sustainable Engineering” Organized by the Department of Instrumentation &Control Engineering at Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Delhi from 05th–09th October, 2020.
  • Member National Advisory Committee in IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit 2019, 30-31 August 2019, Bangalore.
  • Delivered keynote Lecture on “Women Empowerment” at Women in Engineering Summit 2019 under IEEE Nagpur sub-section on 9th September 2019.
  • Finance Co-chair in INDICON 2020 to be organised at NSUT, Dec11-13, 2020.
  • Session Chair in “International Conference on Computational Performance Evaluation”, 2-4 July 2020, North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya.(online).
  • Session chair in Track : Power Electronics, Machines and Drives at the Full Virtual Conference IEEE TENSYMP 2020 held at Dhaka, Bangladesh during 5th -7th June, 2020.
  • Chaired a session on Power Electronics and its applications in the “International Conference on Power Electronics, Control and Automation”,16-17 Nov.2019, JMI.
  • Participated in National Conference on, “Equity: Achievements and challenges in India”, jointly organised by NPIU, MHRD, GoI and State Project Implementation Unit, Maharashtra state in association with COEP on 15th and 16th March 2019 at CoE, Pune.
  • Finance Co-chair in 1st International conference on Signal Processing, VLSI and Communication Engineering (ICSPVCE-2019), March 28-30, 2019, DTU.
  • Chaired a session in 1st International conference on Signal Processing, VLSI and Communication Engineering (ICSPVCE-2019), March 28-30, 2019, DTU.
  • Technical Program Chair ICPEICES 2018, to be held at DTU from 22-24 October, 2018.
  • Chaired session in ICPIECES 2018, DTU.
  • Program Chair, WiP (IEEE  PES Women in Power Conference ) organised on March 11-12, 2017 at IHC, Delhi.
  • Organised 1 week Faculty Development Program  on "Recent Trends in Switchgear and Protection"  under TEQIP in July 2014 at Delhi Technological University
  • Organised a OUTREACH PROGRAM TO MOTIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS INTO POWER ENGINEERING in October 2016 supported by IEEE PES Society
  • Finance Chair of INDICON2015 (JMI)and ICPEICES 2016 (DTU), Technical Program Chair of PIICON 2016 ( Govt Engg. College,Bikaner) and IICPE 2012 (DTU)
  • Organised Lecture Series for students of EED in 2016 to expose the students to the teaching methodology of the experts teaching the same courses in their Institutes. 

ADVISEES

Total 10 students have completed their PhD under my supervision and 4 are pursuing.

Many B.Tech and M.Tech students work for their project under my guidence.

ANY OTHER INFORMATION

  • Examiner for many PhD / M.Tech evaluation in IIT-D, NSIT, JMI etc.
  • Delivered many expert lectures at various Institutes and Industries
  • Reviewer for IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B
  • Organised two GIAN courses
  • Member of the selection committee for recruitment of ?Assisstant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors in Electrical Department, SMVDU from 7th - 9th August 2024.
  • Member of the selection committee for recruitment of  GrIII(Technical staff) in CSIR (2023 - 2024)
  • Member of the selection committee for recruitment of ?Assisstant Professors in Electrical Department NSUT.