Achievements

1.Succesfully completed NPTEL Swayam course in Introduction to Electrical Engineering
with NPTEL Elite and Silver Certificate in May 2026.
2. Succesfully completed NPTEL Swayam course in Design of Power Electronic Converters
with NPTEL Elite Certificate in May 2026.
3.Successfully completed NPTEL Swayam course in Electrical machines in 2014.

4.Received Best paper Award in the National Conference on Technological Trends ,CET,Trivandrum August  2008 , held at CET,Trivandrum .

Present Responsibilities
1. Executive Member of FISAT ISTE Chapter
2. Member of IQAC Cell
3. Member of Institute Industry Interaction Cell
4. Department NBA Coordinator
5. BTech Groupadvisor (2025AD)
6. BoS Member of EEE Department
7. Antiragging squad member

Past Responsibilities
1. Students’s Council faculty-in-charge from 2021-2023.

2. Took the initiative to launch the first department newsletter STROM in 2014 and served as the chief editor and released five editions of Newsletter.

3.Conducted GATE coaching classes for final-year students in 2012.

4.Served as the Coordinator of a three-day APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University-sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Hands-on Training on Design of Power Electronics Systems conducted from 30 January to 1 February 2023, with a sanctioned fund of ₹1.48 lakhs.

5.Served as the Coordinator of a five-day KTU-sponsored FDP on Power Converters – An Embedded Systems Based Approach conducted from 22 to 28 July 2022, with a sanctioned fund of ₹1.92 lakhs.

6.Served as the Coordinator of a three-day KTU-sponsored FDP on Role of IoT in Smart Grid conducted from 2 to 4 July 2019, with a sanctioned fund of ₹1.47 lakhs.

8. Served as the Coordinator of a two-day FDP on Distributed Generation and Smart Grid conducted from 27 to 28 July 2018.
9. Served as the Coordinator of an industry-oriented online training program on Transmission SCADA, organized by the Department of EEE in association with Kerala State Electricity Board Engineers' Association, conducted for ten days from 23 July to 12 August 2020 , during the COVID period.

10. Served as the Coordinator of a webinar on Energy Conservation Act 2001 conducted on 22 October 2020 in connection with World Energy Day.
11. Served as the Coordinator of the Alumni Webinar Series initiated on 26 June 2020 during the COVID period.

12. Served as the Convenor of the International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon
2021) conducted from 1 to 3 February 2021.

13.BTech Group advisor of 2004AD, 2012AD, 2016AD, 2021AD

14.MTech Group Advisor of 2012AD and MTech group advisor of 2024AD and 2025AD for the academic year 2024-2025.

15.Served as Technical Committee Convenor for the ISTE National Conference on Sustainable Futures: Integrating Technology, Environment and Society, April 2026.

16.Served as Executive Member, Alumni Association (FISTAA) – up to 2023.
17. Served as NAAC Criterion 5 Convenor (Student Support and Progression).
18. Served as NBA Criterion 7 Member (First Visit).
19. Served as Member of Examination Cell in 2005-2006.

ISTE (Lifetime member)

PUBLICATIONS

1. Papers presented in journals:
   1. Single source self balanced switched capacitor based single phase nine level inverter,”Surya Natarajan, and Ajithkumar G,e-Prime-Advances in Electrical Engineering,Electronics and energy, Elseiver Publishers, Dec 2024.
   2. Surya Natarajan, and Ajithkumar G, “Control signal generation for novel nine-level switched capacitor multilevel inverter using analogue circuits”,International Journal of Power Electronics, Inderscience publishers, October 2024.
   3. Closed Loop Zeta Converter with High Voltage Gain for Photovoltaic Application”,Priya Thottan,Surya Natarajan, International Journal of Science and Research, Volume5,Issue 9 ISSN(Online):2319-7064,Sept 2016.
   4. Multiport Converter for Micro Grid Applications”,Sheeja Raphel,Surya Natarajan, International Journal of Science and Research, Volume5,Issue 9 ISSN(Online):2319- 7064, Sept 2016.
   5. An Improved Dual Switch with Passive Lossless Clamping”, Priya Thottan, Surya Natarajan, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Vol. 5, Special Issue 2 ISSN (Print) : 2320 – 3765 ISSN (Online): 2278 – 8875,March 2016.
   6. Interleaved Flyback for High Power Applications”, Sheeja Raphel, Surya Natarajan , International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering , Vol. 5, Special Issue 2 ISSN (Print) : 2320 – 3765 , ISSN
   (Online): 2278 – 8875, March 2016.
   7. Overcurrent Protection high voltage gain Dc-Dc converter”,Haritha Viji, Surya Natarajan, International Journal of Science Technology & Engineering, Vol 2, Issue 1,Page No.[229-224], July 2015.
   8. New Topology for Transformer less Single Stage -Single Switch AC/DC Converter”, Anjaly Teresa, Surya Natarajan, International Journal of Modern Engineering Research , Volume 4, Issue 3, March 2014.
   9. New Topology for High Voltage Boosting DC-DC Converter”,Anjaly Teresa, Surya Natarajan, International Journal of advanced and Innovative Research, Volume 3, Issue 3 ISSN:2278-7844, March 2014.
   10. Efficiency Improvement in transformerless single stage single switch DC-DC Converter”, Nirma Peter, Surya Natarajan, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 9,Sept 2013.

Papers presented in conferences:

1. “Single Phase Online UPS using Three Arms Rectifier Inverter with APFC”, Surya Natarajan, Dr.Dinesh Pai. , National conference on Technological Trends, CET, Trivandrum, August 2008. 
2. “High Step-up Dc-Dc converter for Fuel Cell Powered Residential Power Generation System “,Anjaly Teresa, Surya Natarajan, International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical & Computer Engineering , July 2014.
3. “Efficiency Improvement in transformerless single stage single switch Ac/dc Converter Under Various Load”,Nirma Peter, Surya Natarajan, International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical & Computer Engineering,July 2014.
4. “Single Phase three level three leg converter using SiC MOSFETs for AC-AC applications”,Sneha Ravikumar, Surya Natarajan, National Conference On ‘Recent Advancements In Power Electronics And Power Systems’ ,May 2019.
5. “Comparitive Analysis of PWM Techniques in Single Phase Boost Switched Capacitor Based Nine- Level MLI
   “, Arya Aravind, Surya Natarajan, International Power and Energy Conference, PECon-2021, Conference Proceedings of International Power and Energy Conference, PECon-2021, ISBN: 978-93-5437-141-7.
6. AI and IoT based Solar Robotic Lawn Mower, Surya Natarajan,Ejin Hoby, Santo Varghese,Sreejith S,Abhinav M K,National Conference on Edge AI:Optimizing Machine
   Learning for Real Time-Processing and IoT applications, April 2025

FDPs/Training Attended
1. Attended six day FDP on Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Technologies : Bridging Academia and Industry organized by ASIET , Kalady from 15 June to 20 june 2026.
2. Attended six day FDP on Sustainable Smart Energy and Mobility organized by FISAT from 21 st November 2025 to 27 th November 2025.

3. Attended Online FDP on Agile Innovation, Design Thinking and Generative AI conducted by Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology and Nest Digital Academy from 17 th November 2025 to 19 th November 2025.
4. Attended five day Professional development program on Modern Software tools usage in EEE conducted by NITTTR, Chennai in Online mode from 10 th November 2025 to 14 th November 2025.
5. Attended two day workshop on Climate Change mitigation through Green Energy under AICTE-VAANI organized by AISAT Kalamassery from 18 September to 19 September 2025.
6. Attended Professional Development Program on NBA Accreditation process for UG and PG conducted by NITTTR, Chennai from 28 th April 2025 to 2 nd May 2025 at NITTTR Extension Centre, Kalamassery.
7. Attended six Day ATAL FDP on Green Hydrogen :Opportunities and Challenges organized by AISAT,Kalamassery,10 to 15 February 2025.
8. Attended six day ATAL FDP on Design, Control and Challenges of Electric Vehicles organized by SNGCE, Kadayiruppu from 2 nd December 2024 to 7 th December 2024.
9. Attended five day FDP in Hybrid mode on “ Exploring New Fronteirs in Power System and Power Electronics organized by Dept of EEE, Carmel college of Engineering Alapuzha and Technically Sponsored by IEEE PES Kerala Chapter on 4 th , 7 th -10 th
October 2024.
10. Attended Staff development program on Good Teacher to GenZ on 10 th August 2024, organized by FISAT.
11. Attended six day ATAL sponsored FDP on Electric Vehicles-Technologies and Challenges from 29th January 2024- 3rd February 2024 organized by Albertian Institute of Science and Technology, Kalamassery.
13. Attended 3-day KTU sponsored FDP on Relevance of Blockchain, IoT and cyber Security in Electrical Grids organised by Dept of EEE,TocH institute of Science and Technology on 27th,29th and 30th August 2022.
14. Attended five day Online FDP on Power Converters-An embedded system based approach conducted by Dept of EEE,FISAT from 22nd July to 28th July 2021.
15. Attended KTU sponsored one week Online Faculty Development Programme on“ Power System Security & Internet of Things : A Future Energy Scenario ”, organised by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Pattoor from 15t h to 19t h March 2021.
16. Attended five day FDP on Modern Trends in Power Electronics organised by Dept of EEE,College of Engineering, Perumon sponsored by TEQIP-II from 8th March-12th March 2021.
17. Attended six days AICTE Sponsored Online Short-Term Training Programme (STTP) Series-III on“SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGIES, DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS” from 15.02.2021 to 20.02.2021.
18. Successfully completed Industrial Oriented Online Training Program on Transmission SCADA organised by Department of EEE,FISAT for tendays during 23 July 2020-20th August 2020.
19. Attended National Online FDP on Real Time Applications of Power Electronics- Research Scope and Challenges organised by Dept. of EEE ASIET, Kalady from 27 July to 31 July 2020.