Sponsored Projects

As Principal Investigator (PI)

₹4.3 Crores Total Budget Sanctioned
₹3.4 Crores External Funding

Developing Indigenous Gravity Energy Storage Technology (DIGEST): Integrated with advanced control features suitable for high RE penetrated Power Grid

₹97.9 L (Ongoing)

Gravity-based energy storage, progressing from a 30W lab proof-of-concept to successive field prototypes, culminating in a 5 kW × 1 hour demonstration plant, achieving validated performance with 65% round-trip efficiency for long-duration energy storage applications.

Artificial Intelligence based Cost-Optimization in Indian Railways Minimizing Overall Carbon Emission

₹92 L (Ongoing)
AI Carbon Emission Railways

Developed the indigenous AI based load forecasting for the Indian Railways to be deployed at 14 different states. Also, AI based solar and wind forecasting models have been developed.

Resilience and Cyber security Enhancement for an optimized Distribution System Using Block Chain

₹80.78 L (Ongoing)
Cyber Security Blockchain Power Distribution

Developing a resilient, cyber-secure distribution grid using a three-layer architecture integrating solar PV, battery storage, and electric vehicles, enhanced by blockchain-based optimization and cybersecurity, and validated through simulation and power-hardware-in-the-loop experimentation for reliable, sustainable energy delivery.

Development of New Gen PhotoVoltaic Inverter for Indian Market

₹50 L (Completed)
Photovoltaic Inverter Indian Market

To develop the next generation solar inverter at MW level which will operate according to the Grid Code; including parallel operation, HVRT, LVRT, ZVRT, frequency change, phase zump, fault detection, anti-Islanding properties.

Design, Development, Fabrication, Testing And Integration of Smart Energy Management System (Ems) For Hybrid Micro-Grid And Scale Energy Storage Applications

₹17.7 L (Ongoing)
Energy Management Microgrid Storage

Working on development of the Indigenous Energy Management Solution (EMS) for the micro grid in collaboration with the MARS Antenna Pvt Ltd.

Development of AC-DC hybrid microgrid based Power Hardware in the loop (PHIL) Experimentation Prototype consisting of Renewables and the Electric Vehicle to assess its impact on the Distribution Grid

₹89 L (Completed)
Microgrid PHIL Renewables EV

Developed an AC-DC Hybrid Microgrid with renewables, battery and loads. The research work is carried out broadly in areas including:

  • Renewables integration challenges with the distribution system
  • EV Integration Challenges with the Distribution System
  • AI Application to Power Systems

As Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

₹61.1 Crores Total Budget Sanctioned

Grid Readiness for EV: Enablers and Technological developments (GREET)

PI : Prof Saikat Chakrabarti

EV Technology Grid

Design, Development, Fabrication, And Testing of Smart EV Chargers And Smart Hybrid Inverters For ESS Application

PI : Prof Amarendra Edupuganti

EV Chargers Hybrid Inverters ESS

Demand Side Management for Energy Efficient IITK Campus

PI : Prof Anubha

Energy Efficiency Campus Sustainability

Next Generation UPS

PI : Prof Suvendu Samanta

UPS Power

EMI Shielded and FOD Enabled Smart Wireless EV Charging Station Powered by Renewable Energy

PI : Prof Suvendu Samanta

EV Charging Wireless Renewable Energy

US India Collaborative for Smart Distribution System With Storage

PI : Prof Ankush Sharma

Smart Grid Storage Collaboration

Centre For Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems For Augmenting Transportation And Electrification (Create)

PI : Prof Raju Gupta

Storage Transportation Electrification

Survey Work

Total Budget: 17.13 Lakhs
# Project Title Funding Agency Budget Duration
01 Third-Party Inspection of Solar Street Lights and Solar High Mast Lights UPNEDA 6.53 Lakhs
15 Days
02 Proposal For Street Lights and Ayodhya Solar Smart City Inspection UPNEDA 10.6 Lakhs
15 Days

Publications

Peer-reviewed contributions in journals, conferences and patents

Journal Publications

Enhancing Performance of Doubly Fed Induction Generator Under Unbalanced Voltage

J. K. Mahawar, G. M. Vishwanath, S. Chakrabarti

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

2026
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2026.3679657

Blockchain-enabled secure energy trading in smart home devices

M. Arora, G. M. Vishwanath, A. Sharma, and N. Chilamkurti

Electric Power Systems Research (Elsevier), Volume 258, 2026, 113113, ISSN 0378-7796

2026
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2026.113113

Behavior-driven planning of community energy storage with dynamic EV support for distribution system resilience

Diksha Singh, Laxmidhar Behera, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath

Electric Power Systems Research (Elsevier), Volume 257, 2026, 112989, ISSN 0378-7796

DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.112989

Incentive model for fair and resilient peer-to-peer energy trading based on the time value of money

Mayank Arora, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Ankush Sharma, Naveen Chilamkurti

Utilities Policy (Elsevier), Volume 99, 2026, 102122, ISSN 0957-1787

DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102122.

Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Framework Using Markov Chain for a Resilient Smart Grid

M. Arora, G. M. Vishwanath, A. Sharma, N. Chilamkurti

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 4499-4514

May-June 2025
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2025.3549002

Multi-Target Control Technique for DFIG Under Unbalanced Voltage

J. K. Mahawar, M. Sehrawat, G. M. Vishwanath, S. Chakrabarti

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 2022-2035

Sept. 2025
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2025.3539425

Adaptive ensemble learning for real-time detection of price manipulation attacks on smart meters

Mayank Arora, G. M. Vishwanath,Ankush Sharma, Naveen Chilamkurti

Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks (Elsevier), Volume 43, 2025, 101881, ISSN 2352-4677

DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.101881

A Novel congestion based pricing model for prosumer-centric smart grid systems

Mayank Arora, G. M. Vishwanath,Ankush Sharma, Naveen Chilamkurti

Electric Power Systems Research(Elsevier), Volume 247, 2025, 111732, ISSN 0378-7796

DOI:10.1016/j.epsr.2025.111732

A Novel Price Discovery Insurance Scheme for Outage Resilient Energy Management System

M. Arora, G. M. Vishwanath, A. Sharma, N. Chilamkurti

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 1986-2001

March-April 2024

A Bridgeless Modified Boost Converter to Improve Power Factor in EV Battery Charging Applications

P. Dadhaniya, M. Maurya, G. M. Vishwanath

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 553-564

April 2024

A Novel Decentralized Inverter Control Algorithm for Loss Minimization and LVRT Improvement

Ilgiz Murzakhanova, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Kasi Vemalaiah, Garima Prashal, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis, Narayana Prasad Padhy

Electric Power Systems Research (Elsevier), Volume 221, 2023,109433, ISSN 0378-7796

DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2023.109433

A Fuel-Efficient BLDC Motor-Driven Light Electric Vehicle With Single-Stage Onboard Charging System

A. K. Mishra, A. K. Singh, G. M. Vishwanath

IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 9, no. 4

Dec. 2023
DOI: 10.1109/TTE.2022.3226536

PHIL Experimentation on Fault Ride Through Behavior of Doubly Fed Induction Generator-Based Wind System in the Presence of Fault Current Limiter

M. V. Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 56, no. 3,pp. 2988-3005

May-June 2020

A Cost-Effective Single Architecture to Operate DC Microgrid Interfaced DFIG Wind System During Grid Connected, Fault and Isolated Conditions

M. V. Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 922-934

Feb 2020

An Improvised Coordinated Voltage Control Scheme for Better Utilization of Regulating Devices During Various Operating Conditions of a Distribution System

M. V. Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 4891- 4900

Dec 2020

"A Novel Decentralized Coordinated Voltage Control Scheme for Distribution System with DC Microgrid".

M. V. Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 1962-1973

May 2018

Conferences

Observer-Based Sliding Mode Control for Three-Level ANPC Converters

M. Maurya, B. Diana and Gururaj M. V

2025 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG), Wollongong, Australia

2025

Hardware in Loop Validation for DFIG Control under Normal and Abnormal Grid Conditions

Jitendra Kumar Mahawar, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Saikat Chakrabarti

2025 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (IEEE ETFG 2025)

Accepted on 19 July 2025

A Novel PoEAC Consensus Mechanism for Decentralized Energy Trading Systems

M. Arora, G. M. Vishwanath, A. Sharma and N. Chilamkurti

8th International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE), Istanbul, Turkey

27-28 August 2025

Incorporating Hedonistic Motivations in Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading to Enhance Consumer Engagement and Market Efficiency

M. Arora, G. M. Vishwanath, A. Sharma and N. Chilamkurti

2025 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG-2025)

2025

A Unique MISOCP Approach for Electric Vehicle Centric Distribution System Expansion

Diksha Singh, G. M. Vishwanath and L. Behera,

2025 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric transportation (SEFET), Jaipur, India

9-12 July 2025

A Study of Startup and Synchronization Process of DFIG using Experimental Setup

Jitendra Kumar Mahawar, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, and Saikat Chakrabarti

2025 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric transportation (SEFET), Jaipur, India

9-12 July 2025

A novel Load redistribution attack detection algorithm using hellinger distance and power transfer distribution factor

Arpan Gayen, Naveen Chilamkurti, Gururaj M.V.

2025 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric transportation (SEFET), Jaipur, India

9-12 July 2025

Initial Set Point Prediction of Adaptive PI Controller using Machine Learning Algorithm

Mukesh Maurya, Abhishek Sharma, Gururaj M V

2025 ECCE Asia, Bangalore, India, pp. 1-6, ECCE Asia (Accepted for Presentation)

11-14 May 2025

Transient Stability Enhancement of a Synchronous Generator Using DFIG Considering its LVRT Capability

Jitendra Kumar Mahawar, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Saikat Chakrabarti

2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), NIT Karnataka, Surathkal, India

December 18-21, 2024

Optimizing Fairness in Peer-to-Peer Energy Systems for Effective Duck Curve Management

Mayank Arora, Gururaj M V, N Chilamkurti

National Power System Conference (NPSC), IIT Indore, India, in 23rd National Power Systems Conference (NPSC) 2024, Indore

14-16th December 2024

A Novel Approach to Sustainable Energy Trading Optimizing Prosumer Incentives and Carbon Footprint

M. Arora, G. M. Vishwanath, A. Sharma, N. Chilamkurti

2024 13th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), Nagasaki, Japan, pp. 1022-1027

2024

DOI: 10.1109/ICRERA62673.2024.10815200

Short-Term Load Forecasting For Indian Railways Using Seasonal-Trend Decomposition

Diksha Singh, Vishnu Vardhan Gurrala, Abhishek Sharma, Gururaj M V

23rd National Power Systems Conference (NPSC) 2024, IIT Indore, India

December 14-16, 2024

Hardware Implementation and Validation of Suitable Control Algorithms to Improve Power Quality of a PV-Integrated Distribution System

Sidhi Vishnu Vardhana Chary, M Maurya, Manoja Kumar Behera, Ankush Sharma, Gururaj M V

2024 IEEE 11th Power India International Conference (PIICON), Jaipur, India, pp. 1-6

December 10-12, 2024

Optimal Mobile Power Source Depot Placement for Resilient Coupled Power Transport Networks

D. Singh, L. Behera, G. M. Vishwanath

2024 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Bangalore, India

November 10-13, 2024

Boosting Solar Load Forecasting Using Artificial Intelligence and Hardware Prototype

Dannapaneni Sandeep, Abhishek Sharma, Mukesh Maurya, Vishnu Vardhan Chary, Gururaj M V

2024 IEEE 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad

July 9-12, 2024

Short-Term Load Forecasting for Indian Railways Using Machine Learning Models

V. V. Gurrala, A. Sharma, G. M. Vishwanath

2024 IEEE Students Conference on Engineering and Systems (SCES), Prayagraj, India, pp. 1-6

2024

DOI: 10.1109/SCES61914.2024.10652452

Forecasting Air Pollutant Concentrations using Time-series Data from the Vicinity of Coalmines

Dannapaneni SandeepSaikumar, Vishnu Vardhan Gurrala, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Ankush Sharma, Tushar Sandhan

SEGT, Vietnam

December 11, 2023

Resilience-Driven Distribution Network Optimization with BESS and EV Integration

D. Singh, G. M. Vishwanth, L. Behera

2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG), Wollongong, Australia, pp. 1-6

December 3-6, 2023

DOI: 10.1109/ETFG55873.2023.10407786

LVRT Capability Enhancement of Doubly-Fed Induction Generator using Multi-Stage Control

Jitendra Kumar Mahawar, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Saikat Chakrabarti

2023 10th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

November 9, 2023

A Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Supercapacitor Assisted EVs

A. K. Singh, A. K. Mishra, G. M. Vishwanath

2023 7th International Conference on Computer Applications in Electrical Engineering-Recent Advances (CERA), IIT Roorkee, India, pp. 1-6

October 27-29, 2023

Enhancing Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Efficiency and Fairness Through a Hybrid Auction Mechanism in Decentralized Smart Grids

Mayank Arora, M. V. Gururaj, Ankush Sharma, Naveen Chilamkurti

IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, pp. 1-6

October 16-19, 2023

Modified Isolated Bridgeless SEPIC PFC Converter for EV Battery Applications

Prince Dhadaniya, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Ankush Sharma

IEEE 2nd International Conference On Smart Technologies For Smart Nations (SmartTechCon 2023), Singapore

August 19-21, 2023

A Modified Buck Converter with Bridgeless configuration to achieve Power Factor Correction for suitable for EV application

Sandeep Patwa, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Ankush Sharma

IEEE 2nd International Conference On Smart Technologies For Smart Nations (SmartTechCon 2023), Singapore

August 19-21, 2023

A Unique Energy Management Scheme for Harnessing Electric Vehicle Potential to Improve Grid Resiliency

Diksha Singh, Mukesh Maurya, M V Gururaj, L Behera

IEEE PES General Meeting 2023, Florida, USA

July 16-20, 2023

Implementation of a Solar-Wind hybrid Charging Station For Electric Vehicles

Ravikant Yadav, Mukesh Maurya, M.V. Gururaj

IEEE PES General Meeting 2023, Florida, USA

July 16-20, 2023

A New Iterative Mixed Integer Linear Programming Algorithm for Energy Management in Active Unbalanced Distribution Networks

Subho Paul, Gururaj Mirle Vishwanath, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE PES General Meeting 2023, Florida, USA

July 16-20, 2023

Implementation of grid connected solar-wind system with charging station for electric vehicles

Ravikant Yadav, Mukesh Maurya, M.V. Gururaj

IEEE PEDES, MNIT Jaipur

December 14-17, 2022

Simulation of Parallel-Series Converter in Open Loop and Closed Loop for Wireless Power Transfer

Mayank Arora, M V Gururaj, Ankush Sharma

IEEE GUCON, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

September 23-25, 2022

Frequency Regulation of PMSG Based Wind Turbine Considering Location Identification Technique in High Penetration of Renewable Generation System

Rashmi Prasad, Gururaj M V, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE PESGRE

January 2-5, 2022

Real Time Simulations Study Upon the Impact of DFIG Interconnected DC Microgrid on the Distribution System

Gururaj M V, Rashmi Prasad, Narayana Prasad Padhy

2021 IEEE IAS 4th International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (IEEE GUCON 2021)

September 24, 2021

(Grabbed Best paper award)

Decentralized and Coordinated Virtual Synchronous Generator control for Hybrid AC-DC Microgrids

B. Krishna Chaithanya, M V Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE 2020), Cochin, Kerala, India

2020

Power Hardware in Loop Experimentation for Asymmetrical Fault Ride Through analysis of Grid Connected DFIG Wind Turbine

M. V. Gururaj, Rashmi Prasad, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE 2020), Cochin, Kerala, India

2020

Power Hardware in Loop based experimentation on DFIG wind system integrated to isolated DC microgrid

M. V. Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES 2018), Chennai, India

2018

Fault Ride Through Analysis of Grid Connected Doubly Fed Induction Generator Based Wind System

M. V. Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy

2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2018), Portland, OR, USA

2018

PHIL experimentation on fault ride through behaviour of doubly fed induction generator based wind system in the presence of fault current limiter

M. V. Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy

IEEE IEEMA Engineer Infinite Conference (e-TechNxT 2018), New Delhi

2018

A study on hybrid Renewable Energy Source interface to the non-ideal grid at distribution level with power quality improvements

Jayasankar V N, Gururaj M V, Vinatha U.

2016 IEEE 6th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS)

2016

DOI: 10.1109/ICPES.2016.7584239

Interconnection of wind-solar hybrid Renewable Energy source to the 3 phase-3 wire distribution system along with power quality improvements at the grid side

Gururaj M V, Vinatha U., Jayasankar V N

IEEE International Conference on Power and Advanced Control Engineering (ICPACE)

2015

DOI: 10.1109/ICPACE.2015.7274937

Patents

Cost-Effective Isolated Operation of the DFIG Wind System supported by the DC Microgrid

M V Gururaj, Narayana Prasad Padhy, Bandla Krishna Chaithanya, Rashmi Prasad

File no. 202011048384

05th November 2020

Status: Granted on 05/12/2023, Patent Number is 476919.

Book Chapters

Maximizing Customer Satisfaction and Grid Resilience Through a Three-Tiered Energy Bidding Framework

Arora, M., Vishwanath, G.M., Sharma, A., Chilamkurthi, N.

Kalam, A., Mekhilef, S., Williamson, S.S. (eds) Innovations in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
ICEEE 2024. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering vol 1294, pp 251–265, Springer, Singapore

2025
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-9037-1_18