Dr. Rani Chinnappa Naidu

Designation : Associate Professor Senior
School / Centre : School of Electrical Engineering
Department : Department of Electrical Engineering

Educational Details

VIT University, India

BE
EEE
Graduated in 1998

VIT University, India

M.Tech
Power Systems
Graduated in 2006

Northumbria University, United Kingdom

Ph.D
Power Generation
Graduated in 2014

Post Doctoral Experiences

Postdoctoral Researcher at Northumbria Photovoltaic Applications Centre at the Northumbria University, United Kingdom for a research project on the Stability and Performance of Photovoltaic (STAPP), which involves Eight Universities from UK and India. (20


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Application of Bio-inspired optimization techniques
  • Solar Photovoltaic systems
  • Wind energy conversion
  • power generation.

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
‘Capacity Building in Collaborative Research, Academic Curriculum Development and Outreach towards Additively-Manufactured Electric Scooter for Addressing Sustainability Challenges in India and UK’ Royal Academy, UK in collaboration with Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK. (Total Fund: 81 Lakhs INR, 2021-2023)

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Soft Computing for Problem Solving: SocProS 2018, Vol 1 and Vol 2. Springer Nature. 2018

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • 1. Senior Member IEEE 2. Visiting Research Fellow at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland. 3. External examiner for many Ph.D. theses from UK and Mauritius. 4. At present, working as an Associate Professor at Universite des Mascareignes, Mauritius and

International Collaborations

  • Published an appreciable number of research papers in IEEE Transactions, IET journals, Elsevier journals, Springer proceedings, IEEE conferences and many book chapters with international collaboration, especially collaborators from England, Scotland, Sout

Industry Collaborations

  • CPRI, Bangalore.

Other Information

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