Dr. CHITRA A

Designation : Professor Grade 1
School / Centre : School of Electrical Engineering
Department : Department of Energy and Power Electronics

Educational Details

Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli.

B.E
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Graduated in 1997

Pondicherry Engineering College, Pudhucherry.

M.Tech
Electric Drives and Control
Graduated in 2008

Pondicherry Engineering College, Pudhucherry.

Ph.D
Intelligent green drive scheme
Graduated in 2016

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Artificial Neural Networks
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Multilevel Inverters
  • Reliability
  • Smart Chargers

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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design simulation and analysis of various AC-DC and DC-DC converter topologies for 30kW EV charging station Caliber Interconnects, Coimbatore
Corporate training for Royal Enfield Employees in Electric Drives and Reliability Royal Enfield, Chennai
Design and development of DC fast charger Priva Technologies, Goa

Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Artificial Intelligence Driven Adaptive Fast Charging for Electrical Vehicles- Empowering Skills and Curriculum Development Royal Academy of Engineering -UK

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
AI-Driven Adaptive Fast Charging for Electrical Vehicles- Empowering Skills and Curriculum Development Royal Academy of Engineering -UK
Design and Implementation of Economically Reliable Inverter fed PMSM Drive for EV Applications VIT seed grant “SG20210104”-

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
DUAL-SOURCE HIGH-CURRENT DC-DC CONVERTER CONFIGURATION FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS 202541036571
5-LEVEL LOOP INVERTER WITH FEASIBLE COMMERCIALIZATION ATTRIBUTES 202341084223
MULTILEVEL INVERTER FOR GENERATING 7-LEVEL OUTPUT VOLTAGE 202341034153
HANDHELD TEXT TO BRAILLE CONVERTER DEVICE FOR VISUALLY CHALLENGED 202241076273
A SYSTEM FOR POULTRY HEALTH MONITORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN REAL-TIME 202541054184

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
MULTILEVEL INVERTER FOR GENERATING LEVEL OUTPUT VOLTAGE 202241031537

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Artificial Intelligent Techniques for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles Wiley Publisher 2020
Smart Grids and Green Energy Systems Wiley Publisher 2023
Intelligent and Soft Computing Systems for Green Energy Wiley Publisher 2023

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • National Merit Scholarship award, Govt of India
  • Gold Medal, Pondicherry University
  • Project Mentor by Danfoss Innovator Award, Danfoss India
  • Outstanding Woman Researcher Award, Venus International Women Awards, Chennai
  • IEEE Madras Section Best Start Up award

International Collaborations

  • Delivered Online guest lecture in Swinburne University, Sarwak, Malaysia
  • Dr. Sivanesan Balakrishnan, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore
  • Dr. Maher Al Greer, Teesside University, UK
  • Dr. Mohamed El Moursi, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Industry Collaborations

  • HITACHI Energy Technologies & Services India Ltd.
  • Priva Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Goa,Power Lab Solutions, Bangalore
  • Mathworks, USA, Nexmu Pvt. Ltd., UK
  • Warar Energy, Ranipet,eApta dynamics Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore
  • Caliber Interconnects, Coimbatore