Faculty Profile

Dr.Rinku Scaria
Assistant Professor(Special Grade)

Profile

Rinku Scaria received the B.Tech. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India, in 2010, and the M.E Degree in Power Systems Engineering from the Annamalai University,Tamilnadu ,India, in 2012.She Started her career as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Federal Institute of Science and Technology,Kerala, in June 2012.she has taught subjects including Basic Electrical Engineering, FACTs, Advanced power system stability, Distributed generation and smart grid and Microgrid. She has completed Ph.D from Annamalai University in 2024 March .Her research interests include Grid Connected Power Systems, Microgrids, Renewable energy, and Flexible ac transmission systems.

Educational Qualification

Degree Specialisaion Institute University Year
Under Graduate ELECTRICAL AND ELCETRONICS ENGG (FULL TIME) SNGCE Mahathma Gandhi University 2006-2010
Post Graduate POWER SYSTEMS (FULL TIME) Annamalai University Annamalai University 2010-2012
Post Graduate Diploma(Distance) ENERGY MANAGEMNT AND ENERGY AUDIT Annamalai University Annamalai University 2011-2012
Ph.D PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS Annamalai University Annamalai University 2024

Experience

Designation Instituituion from(year) To(year)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FISAT 2012 Till date

Administrative & Institutional Support

Present Responsibilites
Admission Coordinator (EEE Department)
Group Advisor (2022Admn EEE Batch)

Past Responsibilities

1. NAAC Coordinator -EEE Department
2. NBA Coordinator-EEE Department (Till October 2022)
3. ISO Coordinator- EEE Department
4.Admission in charge-EEE Department-2021-22,2022-23,2023-24
5. Group advisor -2022 Admn,2017 Admn- EEE B-Tech ,2014 Admn M-Tech
6. Nautilus- 2018 -Coordinator
7.Iluminar 2018,2019,2020-Coordinator

Professional body memberships

ISTE Lifetime Member

Research & Publications

Journals

Performance investigation of a novel nature-inspired algorithm based maximum power point tracking controller for stand-alone PV Systems International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications (IJNAA) 2022
A Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique for the Photovoltaic System Using PSO Design Engineering
(Toronto)
2021
An advanced approach for an efficient mode of organ transportation Materials Today: Proceedings 2021
Particle Swarm Optimizer based Maximum Power Point Controller for the Photovoltaic System IEEE Xplore 2021
Three Phase single stage solar PV integrated UPQC IEEE Xplore 2019
Active and reactive power compensation in distribution system based on biogeography based optimization technique IEEE
XPlore
2014
A novel solar power generation system with a seven level inverter International journal of innovative research in science,engineering and technology 2017
Differential evolution and disparity line utilization factor based congestion management of power system with IPFC International Journal of research in engineering and science(IJRES) 2016
A control approach for grid interfacing inverter in 3 phase 4 wire distribution system with power quality improvement features International Journal of modern Engineering Research( IJMER) 2015
Isolated wind hydro hybrid generation system with battery storage International Journal of modern Engineering Research( IJMER) 2014
Grid interconnection of PV system for 3 phase 4 wire distribution system with power quality improvement ICEEMCE, International Conf. on Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical & Computer Engineering 2014
Closed loop control of non isolated bidirectianal ZVS _PWM active clamped DC-DC converter International Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology (IJIET) 2013
Hybrid systems: Wind solar and hydro hybrid systems with battery storage ICEECE ,Bengaluru 2014
Power compensation in distribution system based on optimization technique International Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology (IJIET) 2013

Conferences

 

FDPs/Trainings attended

ISTE WORKSHOP ON CONTROL SYSTEMS
ISTE Workshop on Aakash
ISTE Workshop on ANALOG ELECTRONICS
Internal Auditor Training
FDP
Talk on Doctroral Research: Essentials and Desirables
Transition and internal auditor training
Entrepreneurship- A national imperative
Two day workshop on Arduino and robotics
Two week ISTE STTP on ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM -IIT Kharagpur
Power scenario with special reference to TELK contributions
FDP on Distributed generation and smart grid
Design and development of power converters for renewable energy applications
National Conference on Recent Advancements in Power Electronics and Power Systems
Three day FDP on “Role of IoT in Smart Grid”
Attended webinar series “Power Transformers -Part I” organised by KSEBEA by Er.Hyderali T.P
Attended Webinar on Writing Quality Technical Papers
Attended Five Day Online FDP on “Technological Advancement in Power System Control,
Power Controllers,Drives & E-Vehicles organized by Dr.N.G.P Institute of Technology,Chennai
Attended Webinar on Post COVID 19 Global impact on Electrical vehicles hosted by IEEE India Council
Attended webinar on “Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Engineering Education – An ABET Perspective ” by Dr SK Ramesh
Attended the Webinar on “Analytical Modelling of Modular Multilevel Converters and Circulating Current Control” organized by IEEE IA/IE/PELS Jt. Chapter Kerala
Attended webinar on the topic โ€œHow to manage during the current crisis ? organized by KTU
Attended the Second Webinar on “Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Engineering Education – An ABET Perspective “, organised by the Strategic Initiative for Academic Engagements, IEEE Kerala Section
Attended Webinar on Differential power processing dc to dc converters for solar PV applications
Attended webinar on DATA IN ACTION organized by Jaya Group of Institutions
Attended webinar on the topic โ€œ How Stress affects the Body?โ€organized by Iswari engineering college
Attended Five Day Online FDP on” Technological Advances in Power Switching Converters for Renewable Energy Sources and Fuel Cell Technology for E-vehicle”s organized by Bapatla
Engineering College, Bapatla
Attended webinar on “Power Electronics & the world of Sinusoids” organized by ISE student Chapter and IEEE.
Attended “EEED” webinar series organised by NECG
Attended Webinar on “Grid Modernization and smart grid”organised by SACS
Attended Weninar on “Basic author workshop-Research Article Writing &
Reference Management Using Mendeley Organised by Annamalai University
Attended Webinar on “Recent trends in power management strategies for
optimal operation of distributed energy resources in Micro grids”
Attended Five Days Short Term Course on “Power Electronics Application in
Smart Grid and Electric Vehicle organised by SREC
Attended Two -Day International Workshop on”Smart grid and renewable energy systems”Organised by EEE department ,Annamalai Univeristy
Presented a paper titled “Particle swarm optimizer based maximum power point controller for the photovoltaic system”in 6 th International conference on inventive Computational Technologies (IEEE Conference)
International Conference on Power & Energy PECon 2021,FISAT
Webinar on “Faculty Development Programmeon machine learning using MATLAB”organised by CoreEL Technologies
Faculty Development Programme on “Role of Energy Storage Systems in
Microgrid and Electric Vehicles” organised by TKM College of Engineering,
Kollam.
Faculty Development Programme on” Machine Learning and Optimization Techniques for Renewable Energy Systems” organised by M kumarasamy college,Karur

Projects Guided

(a) B.Tech
1 An advanced approach for an efficient mode of organ transportation
2 Biometric Attendance Register
(b) M.Tech
1 Three Phase single stage solar PV integrated UPQC
2 Active and reactive power compensation in distribution system based on biogeography based optimization technique
3 A novel solar power generation system with a seven level inverter
4 Differential evolution and disparity line utilization factor based congestion management of power system with IPFC
5 A control approach for grid interfacing inverter in 3 phase 4 wire distribution system with power quality improvement features
6 Isolated wind hydro hybrid generation system with battery storage
7 Grid interconnection of PV system for 3 phase 4 wire distribution system with power quality improvement
8 Closed loop control of non isolated bidirectianal ZVS _PWM active clamped DC-DC converter
9 Hybrid systems: Wind solar and hydro hybrid systems with battery storage
10 Power compensation in distribution system based on optimization technique

Courses offered

EET434 Smart grid technologies
EST130 Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
ESL 130 Electrical workshop-Lab
EET 634- Measurements-Lab
Flexible AC Transmission Systems-Theory
Smart grid technology and application-Theory
Advanced power system stabilty-Theory
Seminar-Lab
EE 403 Distributed Generation and smart grid -Theory
ESL 130 Electrical workshop-Lab
EE 335 Electrical and Electronics-Lab
Material Science-Theory
Newand Renewable Sourcesof Energy-Theory