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Dr. Avneet Kumar

Dr. Avneet Kumar
Assistant Professor
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Ph: +91-6115-233983
akumar[*AT]iitp.ac.in
https://sites.google.com/itbhu.ac.in/avneetk/home?authuser=0
Research Areas

  • My research interests include Z-source inverters, Multilevel inverters, DC-DC converters, Converter Modelling and control, Digital control in power electronics, Converter's applications for EV/HEV/FCV/Grid Connected systems, Product Development for 2/3/4 wheeler EV applications.
Courses taught at IIT P

  • Electrical Machines

    Advance Power Electronic Converters

    Power System Protection 
Students
Sr. No. Photo Area of Reasearch Degree
1
Sahendara Kumar
sahendara_2421ee10@iitp.ac.in
Power Converter for distributed generation PhD
2
Murali B
murali@iitp.ac.in
 Power Converter and control for SPV-DSTATCOM PhD
Professional Experience

  • R& D Manager: Bajaj Auto Limited, Pune Post Doctoral Fellow- Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen China Lecturer: Vidya Bhawan College for Engineering Technology, Kanpur. Lecturer: Maharana Pratap Group of Institution, Kanpur Senior Lecturer at Maharana Pratap Group of Institution, Kanpur
Administrative Experience

  • Faculty Advisor - BTech EE 2024 Batch

    Department Training and Placement Coordinator
Awards & Honours

  • Post Doctoral Excellence Award at Harbin Institute of Technology, China-2022 Keshardevi Kantilal Deora Memorial Gold Medal (Research Category) at IIT(BHU) for best Thesis category at Institute Level-2018 One among the two best Poster in Institute Day-2018. Second prize paper award in IEEE Annual Meeting, 2017, Cincinnati, USA. Granted IEEE Industry Application Travel Award to attend IAS-2017 at Cincinnati, USA.
Member of Professional bodies

  • IEEE, Member
Publications / Journals

  • Journal:

    1. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Non-Zero Discontinuous Inductor Current Mode in Certain Z-source Converters.” (Letters) in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 2809-2814, April 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2754296
    2. Avneet K. Chauhan, Venkata R. Vakacharla, M. M. Reza, M. Raghuram, and Santosh Kumar Singh. ”Modified Boost Derived Hybrid Converter: Redemption Using FCM.” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 5893-5904, Nov.-Dec. 2017, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2017.2721921
    3. Deepankar, Avneet K. Chauhan, and Santosh Kumar Singh. ”Integrated Dual Output LZ Source Inverter for Hybrid Electric Vehicle” in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 732-743, Sept. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TTE.2018.2846032
    4. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram, Raja Ram Kumar, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Effects and Mitigation of Non-Zero DCM in Buck-Boost Derived Hybrid Converter.” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1470-1482, Sept. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2017.2771331
    5. Avneet K. Chauhan, and Santosh Kumar Singh. ”A Cross Regulated Closed Loop Control for Hybrid LZ Source Inverter.” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 1983-1997, March-April 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2018.2873531
    6. M. Raghuram, Avneet K. Chauhan, and Santosh Kumar Singh. ”Integrated High Gain Indirect Matrix Converter” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1846-1853, Sept. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2018.2863551
    7. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram, Santosh Kumar Singh, Xiaogong Xiong and Motiur Reza ”Analysis and Control of Switched Boost Inverter For Wide Duty Cycle Operation .” in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 45427-45439, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2908972
    8. Avneet K. Chauhan, Sajid Kamal, M. Raghuram, Deepankar, Santosh Kumar Singh and Xiogang Xiong.”High Gain Quasi-Mutually Coupled Active Impedance Source Converter Utilizing Reduced Components Count” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 6376-6388, Nov.-Dec. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2932696
    9. Avneet K. Chauhan, Yi Wang, M. Raghuram and Santosh Kumar Singh. ”Generalized switched inductor cell multilevel converter” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 507-518, Jan.-Feb. 2020. doi: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2953056
    10. Avneet K. Chauhan, Yi Wang,M. Raghuram, P Naresh, Xuewei Pan and Xioagang Xiong ”An Ultra High Gain Quasi Z-Source Inverter Consisting Active Switched Network” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Brief, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 3207-3211, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2020.2970723
    11. Avneet K. Chauhan, Yi Wang, Xuewei Pan, M. Raghuram, Santosh Kumar Singh, Xioagang Xiong and Abhishek K. Tripathi ”Switched-LC based High Gain Converter with Lower Component Count” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 2816-2827, May-June 2020, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2020.2980215
    12. Avneet K. Chauhan, Xuewei Pan, Motiur Reza, Xiaogang Xiong, Abdul R Beig and Khaled Al Jaafari ”A Wide Voltage Gain Bidirectional DC-DC Converter Based on Quasi Z-Source and Switched Capacitor Network” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Brief, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 1353-1357, April 2021, doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2020.3033048
    13. Avneet K. Chauhan, Yi Wang, Yi Wang, Sajid Kamal, Rui Hong Zhang, Xuewei Pan and Xiaogang Xiong ”A High Voltage Gain DC-DC Converter with Common Grounding for Fuel Cell Vehicle” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 8290-8304, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2020.2994618
    14. Motiur Reza, Avneet K. Chauhan, Yi Wang, Xuewei Pan, M Raghuram, P Naresh, Santosh Kumar Singh, and Xioagang Xiong ”High Gain Quasi Switched Boost Inverter with Optimal Performance Parameters” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 554-567, June 2020, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2020.2984159
    15. Avneet K. Chauhan, Yi Wang, Xuewei Pan, Xiaogang Xiong, Motiur Reza and Khaled Al Jaafri. ”Modified A Source Converter Operating at Lower Voltage Stress” vol. 7, pp. 179670-179678, 2019. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2958373
    16. M. Raghuram, Avneet K. Chauhan, and Santosh Kumar Singh. ”Extended range of ultra sparse matrix converter using integrated switched capacitor network” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 5406-5415, Sept.-Oct. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2928285
    17. Naresh K Pilli, Avneet K. Chauhan, Xiaogong Xiong, and Santosh Kumar Singh. ”An Inductor-Less, Discontinuous Current Source Gate Driver for SiC Devices” in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 34227-34237, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2904085
    18. N. K. Pilli, Saif Ali Khan, Avneet K. Chauhan and Santosh Kumar Singh.”Multicell multioutput converter to counter unbalanced input sources in nanogrid applications” International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems 30, no. 1 (2020): e12141,doi.org/10.1002/2050- 7038.12141
    19. N. K. Pilli, M. Raghuram, Avneet K. Chauhan and S. K. Singh, ”Single dc-source-based seven-level boost inverter for electric vehicle application,” in IET Power Electronics, vol. 12, no. 13, pp. 3331-3339, 6 11 2019, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2019.0255
    20. Avneet Kumar, Danyang Bao and Abdul R. Beig, ”Comparative Analysis of Extended SC-qSBI With EB-QZSI and EB/ASN-QZSI,” IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 61539-61547, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3073621
    21. Danyang Bao, Avneet Kumar, X. Pan, X. Xiong, A. R. Beig and S. K. Singh, ”Switched Inductor Double Switch High Gain DC-DC Converter for Renewable Applications,” in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 14259-14270, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3051472
    22. Li, Guocun, Xuewei Pan, Danyang Bao, Zhouchi Cai, and Avneet Kumar "A novel noncommunication‐based inductive power transfer control technique for battery charging application." IET Power Electronics 18, no. 1 (2025): e12837.
    23. Avneet Kumar, Sahendara Kumar, Xuewei Pan, Motiur Reza Mohammed, and Danyang Bao. "A Common Grounded Non-Isolated ASISC High Gain DC-DC Converter with Oscillation Mitigation across Switches." IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics (2024).  Page 372-381, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, January 2025
    24. Reza, Motiur, Avneet Kumar, and Pan Xuewei. "A low stress, high voltage, switched capacitor and active switched inductor DC‐DC converter." International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications (2024)
    25. Goyal, Jitendra Kumar, Ankit Sachan, Shyam Kamal, Avneet Kumar, Sandip Ghosh, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay, and Xiaogang Xiong. "Non-smooth integral sliding surface-based control for systems with mismatched disturbances." Journal of Process Control 131 (2023): 103094.

       
Conferences

  • Conference:

    1. Avneet Kumar, Wang Yi, Xiaogang Xiong, Xuewei Pan and Santosh K. Singh. ”A Switched Capacitor Based DC-DC Converter with Common Grounding for Fuel Cell Vehicle” 2020 IEEE IECON Singapore.
    2. Avneet Kumar, Wang Yi, Sajid Kamal, Xiaogang Xiong and Xuewei Pan ”An Improved Gain Quasi Z-Source Inverter Employing Active Switched Network” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020).
    3. Avneet Kumar; Yi Wang; M. Raghuram; Naresh K. Pilli; Santosh K. Singh; Pan Xuewei; and Xiaogang Xiong. ”Two Coupled Inductor Based High Gain DC-DC Converters” 2019 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, USA.
    4. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram and Santosh K. Singh. ”A High Gain DC-DC Converter based on Switched Capacitor/Switched Inductor Arrangement” 2018 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), India.
    5. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram and Santosh K. Singh. ”Generalized Switched Inductor Cell Multilevel Converter.” 2017 IEEE International Transportation Electrification Conference, India.
    6. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram, Deepankar, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Quasi Mutually Coupled Active Impedance Source Converter - Autotransformer Type Turns Ratio.” 2017 IEEE International Transportation Electrification Conference, India
    7. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram, Raja Ram Kumar, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Extended buck-boost derived hybrid converter.” 2017 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, pp. 1-8. IEEE, 2017
    8. Avneet K. Chauhan, Mayank Jain, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Modified hybrid L-Z source inverter A closed loop perspective.” 2017 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, pp. 1-8. IEEE, 2017
    9. M. Raghuram, Avneet K. Chauhan, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Switched capacitor impedance matrix converter.” 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 1071- 1075. IEEE, 2017
    10. Venkata R. Vakacharla, Avneet K. Chauhan, M. M. Reza, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Boost derived hybrid converter: Problem analysis and solution.” In Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2016 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2016.
    11. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. M. Reza, M. Raghuram, and Santosh K. Singh. ”High gain buckboost matrix converter.” In Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2016 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2016.
    12. Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Extended boost three phase matrix converter using switched capacitor topology having buck boost ability.” In Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2016 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2016.
    13. M. M. Reza, Avneet K. Chauhan, S. N. Mahendra, and R. K. Srivastava. ”No-load magnetic field analysis of double-sided linear tubular permanent magnet synchronous machine.” In Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2016 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2016.
    14. M. M. Reza, Avneet K. Chauhan, S. N. Mahendra, and R. K. Srivastava. ”No-load magnetic field analysis of double-sided linear tubular permanent magnet synchronous machine.” In Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2016 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2016.
    15. K. V. Shivaramakrishna, Avneet K. Chauhan, M. Raghuram, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Sensorless control of induction motor using EKF: Analysis of parameter variation on EKF performance.” In Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2016 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2016.
    16. Avneet K. Chauhan, Venkata R. Vakacharla, Anjeet Kumar Verma, and Santosh K. Singh. ”Multiple PMSG fed Non-inverting buck-boost converter for HEVs.” In Power Systems (ICPS), 2016 IEEE 6th International Conference on, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2016.
    17. Akash Deep, Naresh K. Pilli, Avneet K. Chauhan, and Santosh Kumar Singh. ”Design and development of rapid prototype controlled PMSM drive.” In Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference/Industrial and Commercial Power Systems, 2015 IEEE IAS Joint (ICPSPCIC), pp. 134-139. IEEE, 2015
    18. R. K. Soni, Avneet K. Chauhan, Raja Ram Kumar, and S. K. Singh. ”Comparative study of SVM and hysteresis control strategies for grid side converter of PMSG.” In India Conference (INDICON), 2014 Annual IEEE, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2014.
    19. Avneet Kumar, Sahendara Kumar, and M Raghuram. "A Common Grounded ASISC DC-DC Converter without Oscillation across Switches." In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2024.
    20. Sahendara Kumar, Sarita Kumari and Avneet Kumar " Ultra High Gain DC-DC Converter With Reduced Voltage Stress for DC Microgrids." In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2024.
    21. Kamal, Sajid, Motiur Reza, Avneet Kumar, Yichen Zhang, Wei-Jen Lee, and Kory Evanson. "Flexible High Voltage Gain Converter based on Switched LC Cells with Common Ground for DC Microgrid." In 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), pp. 464-469. IEEE, 2024.
    22. Singh, Aakash, Vulavakayala Siva, Avneet Kumar, and Santosh K. Singh. "Active Switched LC based non-isolated Quadratic High gain Converter for renewable Integration." In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2023.
    23. Avneet Kumar, Motiur Reza, Aakash Singh, Santosh K. Singh, and Ranjan Kumar Behera. "A Wide Voltage Gain Active Switched Inductor and Passive Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converter with Very Low Voltage Stress." In 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2023.
    24. Sahendara Kumar, Sarita Kumari and Avneet Kumar " DC-DC Converter With Zero Input Current Ripple and Reduced Voltage Stress." Accepted in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), IEEE, 2025
    25. Sahendara Kumar and Avneet Kumar " A low stress high gain DC-DC converter with common ground and Zero Input Current Ripple for Fuel Cell Vehicle." Accepted in 2025 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET, IEEE, 2025
Invited Talks
    1. Selection of key components in EV powertrain, IEEE BIT conference, Dec 2024
    2. Selection of key components in EV powertrain and their emerging trends, short term course Meity, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Oct 2024
    3. High voltage gain converters for PV system for Rural Electrification, GKCIET, Mailgram, West Bengal, Sept 2024
    4. DC link capacitor design for EV Powertrain, Training of teachers, IIT Patna 2024
    5. Control Aspect in Electric Vehicle, SERB Karayashala, IIT Patna-2024
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