PROFILE

Dr. V. V. Ramana is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi. He previously worked as a Senior Power Electronics Engineer at Raptor Design Technologies, Bangalore, and as a Research Associate at NIT Karnataka. His research interests include photovoltaic systems, power electronics converters, MPPT techniques, EV charging systems, and intelligent control methods. He has published several papers in leading SCI-indexed journals, including IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, along with numerous IEEE conference publications. He has also contributed to innovations in photovoltaic and energy systems through collaborative patent work. Dr. Ramana is currently guiding multiple Ph.D. and M.Tech. students and teaches a wide range of UG and PG courses related to power electronics, electrical machines, PCB design, soft computing, and cloud computing.He is a recipient of the POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA) for his research contributions during his master’s program.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS/ EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India (June 2020 - Present)
  • Senior Power Electronics Engineer, Raptor Design Technologies Private Limited, Bangalore, India (December 2018 - March 2020)
  • Research Associate, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India (April 2015 to July 2016)

TEACHING (COURSES TAUGHT)

A. Theory

      UG Courses

  • Circuit and Field Theory (EE104)
  • Basic Electrical Engineering-II (EE105)
  • PCB Fabrication and Testing (EE106)
  • Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Transformers (EE205)
  • Soft Computing Techniques (EE321)
  • Introduction to Cloud Computing (EE450)
  • Engineering Analysis and Design (CEE103)
  • Instrumentation (CEE355)

       PG Courses

  • Switch Mode Power Converters (PES5405)
  • Controller Design of Power Electronic Converters (PES504)
  • PCB Design (PES541/PSY541/C&I541)
  • Embedded Programing with Microcontrollers for Power Electronics Systems  (PES542)

B. Laboratory 

  • Switch Mode Power Converters Laboratory (PG)
  • Controller Design of Power Electronic Converters Lab (PG)
  • PCB Design Lab (PG)
  • Embedded Programing with Microcontrollers for Power Electronics Systems  (PG)
  • Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Transformers Laboratory (UG)
  • Power Electronics Laboratory (UG)
  • Electrical Drives Laboratory (UG)
  • Digital Signal Processing Laboratory (UG)
  • Fundamentals of Machine Learning Laboratory (UG)
  • Introduction to Python Programming Laboratory (UG)
  • Electronic Devices and Circuits Laboratory (UG)
  • Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory (UG)
  • Circuit and Field Theory Laboratory (UG)
  • PCB Fabrication and Testing Laboratory (UG)
  • Electrical Workshop (UG)

MEMBERSHIPS

IEEE Member

PUBLICATIONS

A.  List of SCI Indexed Journals

  1. I. J. Pal and V. V. Ramana, “Integrated perturbation and global peak tracking MPPT approach with pattern detection for PV module,” Renewable Energy, vol. 259, Art. no. 125047, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.125047.
  2. T. I. Abudabbousa, V. V. Ramana, and S. K. Valluru, “Reconfigurable PV Module to Improve Power Generation Under Mismatching Conditions,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, pp. 1–19, 2025.
  3. T. I. Abudabbousa, V. V. Ramana, and S. K. Valluru, “Improving the Performance of a PV System by Tracking the Maximum Power of a Reconfigurable PV Module and Optimizing the Converter Efficiency,” Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Electrical Engineering, pp. 1–16, 2025.
  4. R. Rao P, V. K. Vethanayagam, B. Venkatesaperumal and V. V. Ramana, "Modified Current Control for Tracking Global Peak Under Fast Changing Partial Shading Conditions," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 1211-1222, June 2022
  5. R. Viswadev, A. Mudlapur, V. V. Ramana, B. Venkatesaperumal, and S. Mishra, “A Novel AC Current Sensorless Hysteresis Control for Grid-Tie Inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 2577–2581, 2020.
  6. V. V. Ramana, A. Mudlapur, R. V. Damodaran, B. Venkatesaperumal, and S. Mishra, “Global Peak Tracking of Photovoltaic Array Under Mismatching Conditions Using Current Control,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 313–320, 2019.
  7. M. Arjun, V. V. Ramana, R. Viswadev, and B. Venkatesaperumal, “Small Signal Model for PV Fed Boost Converter in Continuous and Discontinuous Conduction Modes,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 1192–1196, 2019.
  8. M. Arjun, V. V. Ramana, R. Viswadev, and B. Venkatesaperumal, “An Iterative Analytical Solution for Calculating Maximum Power Point in Photovoltaic Systems Under Partial Shading Conditions,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 973–977, 2019.
  9. A. Mudlapur, V. V. Ramana, R. V. Damodaran, V. Balasubramanian, and S. Mishra, “Effect of Partial Shading on PV Fed Induction Motor Water Pumping Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 1–1, 2018.
  10. D. Jena and V. V. Ramana, “Modeling of Photovoltaic System for Uniform And Non-Uniform Irradiance: A Critical Review,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 52, pp. 400–417, 2015.

B. List of Conferences

  1. I. J. Pal and V. V. Ramana, "Tracking Global Peak Under Mismatching Conditions With Reduced Steady-State Oscillation For PV Module," 2024 IEEE 11th Power India International Conference (PIICON), JAIPUR, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PIICON63519.2024.10995039.
  2. C. Goyal, D. Pruthi and V. V. Ramana, "Charging of Electric Vehicle for Low-Power Applications with Improved Power Factor Correction," 2024 IEEE Third International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, India, 2024, pp. 19-24, doi: 10.1109/ICPEICES62430.2024.10719338.
  3. A. Chauhan, S. K. Valluru and V. V. Ramana, "ZCS Switched-Capacitor Cell Balancing Circuit with Bidirectional Buck-Boost Charging," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), Bangalore, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CONECCT62155.2024.10677026.
  4. K. Singh and V. V. Ramana, "Design of 50 kW Two Stage off-Board EV Charger using CC-CV Algorithm," 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Bhubaneswar, India, 2023, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/SeFeT57834.2023.10245552.
  5. M. Ojha and V. V. Ramana, "Investigations on Different Global Peak Tracking Algorithms for Extracting Maximum Power from Photovoltaic Systems," 2023 4th International Conference for Emerging Technology (INCET), Belgaum, India, 2023, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/INCET57972.2023.10170659.
  6. D. Gupta and V. V. Ramana, "Solar Power Prediction Based on Recurrent Neural Networks Using LSTM and Dense Layer With ReLU Activation Function," 2023 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT), Hubli, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/CONIT59222.2023.10205605.
  7. R. Khurana, S. Arora, P. R. Sharma and V. V. Ramana, "An Online Sensorless Fractional Open Circuit Voltage Based Method for Tracking Maximum Power from Photovoltaic Module," 2023 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT), Hubli, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CONIT59222.2023.10205757.
  8. K. Singh and V. V. Ramana, "Design and Analysis of Vienna Rectifier considering System Parasitic for off-Board EV Charging," 2023 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC), Thrissur, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PICC57976.2023.10142796.
  9. V. V. Ramana, A. Mudlapur, R. V. Damodaran, B. Venkatesaperumal, and S. Mishra, “Efficient Global Peak Tracking of PV System Under Mismatching Conditions Using Searching Technique and Bisection Method,” in 2018 IEEMA Engineer Infinite Conference (eTechNxT), 2018, pp. 1–6.
  10. R. Viswadev, B. Venkatesaperumal, A. Mudlapur, V. V. Ramana, and S. Mishra, “Modified Hysteresis Current Control for Single Phase Solar Grid-Tie Z-Source Inverter,” in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2018, pp. 1–5.
  11. R. Viswadev, V. V. Ramana, B. Venkatesaperumal, and S. Mishra, “Real and Reactive Power Control Of Solar Grid-Tie Inverter Under Distorted Grid Conditions,” in 2018 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC), 2018, pp. 1–6.
  12. V. V. Ramana and D. Jena, “Maximum Power Point Tracking of PV Array Under Non-Uniform Irradiance Using Artificial Neural Network,” in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems (SPICES), 2015, pp. 1–5.
  13. D. Jena and V. V. Ramana, “Simple and Accurate Method of Modeling Photovoltaic Module: A Different Approach,” in 2013 International Conference on Green Computing, Communication and Conservation of Energy (ICGCE), 2013, pp. 465–469.

BOOKS/BOOK CHAPTERS (IF ANY)

PATENTS (IF ANY)

  1. S. K. B. Valluru, V. V. Ramana, and T. Abudabbousa, "Reconfigurable photovoltaic module with power conditioning unit," Indian Patent 202311066969, published Oct. 27, 2023.
  2. B. Venkatesaperumal, A. Karthikeyan, M. Arjun, and V. V. Ramana, "Solar water pumping system in grid tie or off-grid mode with net zero energy from grid," Indian Patent 201641035575, granted Jan. 12, 2024.

HONOURS AND AWARDS (IF ANY)

Received POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA)-2015 for research work in Master’s Programme organized by Power System Operation Corporation Ltd. (POSOCO) in association with Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FIIT) at IIT Delhi.

SPONSORED/CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

Title: Development of IoT Enabled Control Strategies for Photovoltaic Micro-Converters under Mismatching Conditions
Sponsoring Agency: Delhi Technological University (Young Faculty Grant – YFG)
Sanction Order No.: DTU R&D / BOM Notification No. DTU/Council/BOM-AC/Notification/31/2018/512
Sanction Date: 18 July 2025
Principal Investigator: Dr. Vanjari Venkata Ramana
Total Grant: Rs. 5,00,000 (Five Lakh)
Project Duration: 2 Years
 

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