Dr. Prabhakar Karthikeyan Shanmugam

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

Educational Details

University of Madras

B.E
Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)
Graduated in 1997

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara

M.E
Electrical Power Engineering
Graduated in 1999

VIT, Vellore

Ph.D
Restructuring/ Deregulation of Electricity Market
Graduated in 2013

Post Doctoral Experiences

Post Doctoral Fellow-Associate, Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru (Dec 2015- Nov 2016)

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Electric Vehicle scheduling
  • Data analytics in Power systems
  • Deregulation / restructured power systems/ Power system optimization
  • Home Energy management systems

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Development of an interdisciplinary approach for the diagnosis and correction of the emotional sphere disorders of children using artificial intelligence methods:a cross-cultural study. NDO-RUSSIAN (Department of Science and Technology)

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Effective IoT based Energy Management with Grid connected modified Solar Inverter at VIT VIT Seed Grant worth 3,00,000 INR
Emotion Classification in Children’s Speech by Human and Machines: A Cross Cultural Study Indo-Russian Bilateral project (Co-PI), DST

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Power Quality Chapter Name: Intelligent Techniques and Evolutionary Algorithms for Power Quality Enhancement in Electric Power Distribution Systems. Publishers: Intechweb, Croatia 2011
Research Trends and Challenges in Smart Grids Intechweb, Croatia 2019
Splines Chapter Name: Application of Cubic spline interpolation technique in Power Systems-A Review Intechweb, Croatia 2018
Microgrids CRC press 2021

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Senior Member-IEEE.Received the appreciation for the Professional achievement during the year 2016 from IEEE-Madras section
  • International Travel grants receiMadras section, to present paper at TENCON 2015 at Macau during November 1-4, 2015
  • Organized a special session, Smart Grids – Smart Cities – Transforming Life – Transforming the World, in IEEE 17th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 1st Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe.
  • Organized a special session on Smart Power and Energy Systems in World Summit on Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (Cambridge Summit 2018), January 4-6, 2018, Cambridge, UK
  • Organized a special session in World Summit on Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (Indiana Summit 2019), October 3-5, 2019, IUPUI, US

International Collaborations

  • served as guest editor for “WSEAS Transactions on systems, special issue on deregulated electricity market: Investigations and solution methodologies” along with Prof. Filippo Neri, Department of Computer Science, University of Naples, Italy.
  • Dr. Vinod Khadkikar, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Dr. Farhad Shahnia, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
  • Dr. Akhtar Kalam, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

Industry Collaborations

  • Consultancy work carried out with VOLTECH, Chennai- Co-Team members: Prof. S.Venkatesh, Prof.R. Mageshwaran, SELECT- For solving Power System Problems, Insulation co-ordination etc.