Dr. T Raghunathan

Designation : Professor Higher Academic Grade
School / Centre : School of Electrical Engineering
Department : Department of Control & Automation

Educational Details

Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore University, Bangalore

Bachelor of Engineering (BE)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Graduated in 1989

College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University Chennai

Master of Engineering (ME)
Control & Instrumentation
Graduated in 2000

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Ph.D (Doctor of Philosophy)
(Optimal Control Applied to) Aerospace Engineering
Graduated in 2012

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Engineering optimization
  • power systems
  • modern control engineering
  • optimal control
  • guidance of aerospace vehicles

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Optimal Design of Solar, Photovoltaic, Battery and Diesel Hybrid Power System for VIT Vellore Campus (along with Prof. T. Jayabarathi, Professor, SELECT, VIT, Vellore Campus) SEED grant by Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Solution of the Dynamic Optimization Problem by Metaheuristic Methods SEED grant by Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Book chapter titled, ‘The Bat Algorithm, Variants and Some Practical Engineering Applications: A Review’ in the book titled, ‘Nature-Inspired Algorithms And Applied Optimization’ Springer 2018

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • IISc Scholarship awarded for pursuing PhD at IISc, Bangalore,Government of India Merit Scholarship Scheme

International Collaborations

  • Jointly carried academic research with (i) PN Suganthan, NTU, Singapore (ii) Xin-She Yang, Middlesex University, UK (iii) AH Gandomi, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA (iv) N Mithulanandan, University of Queensland, Australia

Other Information

Editorial Experience : Reviewer for several IEEE and Elsevier journals