Faculty

G.Sivasankar

 gsivasankar@tce.edu

31

PUBLICATIONS       

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

3

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

21

M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

46

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.E EEE Sethu Institute of Technology 2002
M.E Power Electronics Mepco Schlenk Engineering college 2006
Ph.D Power Quality & Renewable Energy Anna University 2015

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
06-06-2002 to 09-06-2004 2 Lecturer PSYEC
02-06-2006 to 29-08-2008 2 Assistant Professor VIT
02-09-2008 to 25-11-2020 12 Assistant Professor Thiagarajar

 Publications

 Journals
  1. RM Elavarasan, M Nadarajah, R Pugazhendhi, S Gangatharan, An experimental investigation on coalescing the potentiality of PCM, fins and water to achieve sturdy cooling effect on PV panels, 2024, Applied Energy 356, 122371.
  2. P Ramu, S Gangatharan, An ensemble machine learning-based solar power prediction of meteorological variability conditions to improve accuracy in forecasting, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, 2023, 46 (7), 737-753.
  3. P Ramu, S Gangatharan, S Rangasamy, L Mihet-Popa, Categorization of Loads in Educational Institutions to Effectively Manage Peak Demand and Minimize Energy Cost Using an Intelligent Load Management Technique, 2023, Sustainability 15 (16), 12209.
  4. A Day-Ahead Short-Term Load Forecasting Using M5P Machine Learning Algorithm along with Elitist Genetic Algorithm (EGA) and Random Forest-Based Hybrid Feature Selection, AK Srivastava, AS Pandey, MA Houran, V Kumar, D Kumar, SM Tripathi, Sivasankar Gangatharan, Energies 16 (2), 867, 2023
  5. The untold subtlety of energy consumption and its influence on policy drive towards Sustainable Development Goal 7,RM Elavarasan, M Nadarajah, R Pugazhendhi, A Sinha, Sivasankar Gangatharan, Applied Energy 334, 120698, 2023
  6. Ankit Kumar Srivastava, Saurabh Mani Tripathi, Sachin Kumar, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan, Sivasankar Gangatharan, Dinesh Kumar, Lucian Mihet-Popa, " Machine Learning Approach for Extensive Forecast Analysis of Novel COVID-19 Scenarios in India", 2022 (6.9.2022), IEEE Access, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3204804.
  7. R. Abarna and G.Sivasankar " A Novel Solar PV equipped Flexible AC/DC Microgrid based Energy Management for Effective Residential Power Distribution" Accepted for publication in IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/ICJECE.2022.3189687.
  8. Rengasamy M, Sivasankar G, Elavarasan RM, Mihet-Popa L. Incorporation of Microgrid Technology Solutions to Reduce Power Loss in a Distribution Network with Elimination of Inefficient Power Conversion Strategies. Sustainability. 2021; 13(24):13882. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413882
  9. Mageswaran Rengasamy, Sivasankar Gangatharan, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan and Lucian Mihet-Popa, The Motivation for Incorporation of Microgrid Technology in Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Deployment to Enhance Energy Economics, 2020, Sustainability 2020, 12(24), 10365; https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410365.
  10. Rajvikram M, Sivasankar G, “Experimental study conducted for the identification of best heat absorption and dissipation methodology in solar photovoltaic panel”, Solar Energy 193 (2019) 283–292.
  11. P Indhumathi, B Ashok Kumar, G Sivasankar, S Senthil Rani, 2016 “MPPT based Control of Stand Alone Wind Battery System” International Journal of Innovative Research in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Volume 4, PP 435-440
  12. B. Ashok kumar, G. Sivasankar, B. Sangeeth kumar , T. Sundarapandy M. Kottaisamy 2018 “Development of Nano-composite Coating for Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement” Materials Today: Proceedings- Journal - Elsevier, Volume 5, Issue 1, PP-1759-1765
  13. P Indhumathi, B Ashok Kumar, G Sivasankar, S Senthil Rani, 2016 “Design and Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy for Solar and Wind Energy Systems” International Journal of Innovative Research in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Volume 4,PP 447-450
  14. G. Sivasankar and V. Suresh Kumar 2015, “Supercapacitor energy storage based UPQC to enhance ride through capability of wind turbine generators” Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, volume 23, pp. 1867-1881. DOI 10.3906/elk-1404-272
  15. Sivasankar Gangatharan;Mageswaran Rengasamy;Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan;Narottam Das;Eklas Hossain;Varatharajan Meenakshi Sundaram"A Novel Battery supported Energy Management System for the effective handling of feeble power in Hybrid Microgrid Environment" IEEE Access, Early Access, Nov 2020.
  16. Sivasankar G & Suresh Kumar V 2013, ‘Improving Low Voltage Ride Through of Wind Generators Using STATCOM under Symmetric and Asymmetric Fault Conditions’, International Review on Modeling and Simulations, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1212-1218.
  17. N. Perumalsamy, G. Sivasankar, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan, Sachin Kumar, Baseem Khan, " Design of Faulty Switching Detection and Alert System to Prevent Fatality of Servicemen during Transformer Maintenance", IEEE Access. 2022 (21/7/2022), 10, pp.77362-77374. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3193098.
  18. G. Sivasankar and V. Suresh Kumar, “Vector Control Based Dynamic VoltageRestorer for Fault Ride Through of Doubly Fed Induction Generator”, Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Volume 326, Springer India 2015, Volume 326, pp.1331-1338, DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2119-7_129
  19. Sivasankar G & Suresh Kumar V 2014, ‘Dynamic Voltage Restorer for Fault Ride Through of Doubly Fed Induction Generator-A Solution for a Case Study at 110/11KV Substation in India’, Wind Engineering, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 561-574.
  20. Sivasankar G & Suresh Kumar V 2014, ‘Improving Low Voltage Ride Through Capability of Wind Generators Using Dynamic Voltage Restorer’, Journal of Electrical Engineering, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 235-241. DOI: 10.2478/jee-2014-0036, Print ISSN 1335-3632, On-line ISSN 1339-309Xc 2014 FEI STU
  21. G. Sivasankar and V. Suresh Kumar, “Improving the Reliability of Wind Generators Using Dynamic Voltage Restorer” Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Volume 326, Springer India 2015, DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2119-7_11, pp.101-110
  22. Sivasankar G & Suresh Kumar V 2014, ‘Improving stability of utility-tied wind generators using dynamic voltage restorer’, Journal of Energy in South Africa, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 71-79.
 Conferences
  1. G.Sivasankar P. Vimal, Enhancement Of Renewable Energy Equiped Remote Village Power Supply Management Using Hydrogen, IEEE 9th International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES)2023.pp-354-359.
  2. Abarna Rajkumar, Sivasankar Gangatharan, Wind-Pv Based 31-Level Multilevel Inverter With Minimal Switches For Stand-Alone Microgrid System, IEEE 9th International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES) 2023, PP-310-317.
  3. G.Sivasankar, B.Ashok Kumar, M.Kottaisamy, Development of Anti-reflection coating for silicon solar cell, First Symposium onadvanced functional materials (FUNMAT-2016: Energy Conversion and Storage) May 26 - 28, 2016, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, CECRI, Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India
  4. G.Sivasankar, K.Vidhyaa, E.Anitha, B.Ashok Kumar and P.Vairaprakash2016, “Application of LUO Converter and Multilevel Cascaded Converter for Grid Integration of Solar PV Systems” Proceedings of International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies
  5. G. Sivasankar and V. Suresh Kumar “Vector Control Based Dynamic Voltage Restorer For Fault Ride Through of Doubly Fed Induction Generator” in Lecture Note in Electrical Engineering, Springer Series International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering Systems (ICAEES)- 2014 22nd and 23rd April 2014 at Noorul Islam University, Nagercoil.
  6. G.Sivasankar, V.Suresh Kumar, B.Shanthini, “Voltage Sag Compensation using Dynamic Voltage Restorer for Wind Energy Application” Proceedings of National Conference on Renewable Energy Innovations for Rural Development (REIRD,14), March 19th 2014, pp-30
  7. G.Sivasankar, V.Suresh Kumar, S.G.Bavishkumar, “Modeling and Simulation of STATCOM for Improved Dynamic Performance of Wind Farms in a Power Grid” Proceedings of National Conference on Renewable Energy Innovations for Rural Development (REIRD,14), March 19th 2014, pp-26
  8. Sivasankar, G, Vidhyaa,K, Anitha,E, Ashok Kumar, B, Vairaprakash,P,2016,’ Application Of Luo Converter And Multilevel Cascaded Converter For Grid Integration Of Solar Pv Systems’, Proceedings of International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies [ICCPCT]
  9. G. Sivasankar and V. Suresh Kumar “Improving the Reliability of Wind Generators using Dynamic Voltage Restorer “ in Lecture Note in Electrical Engineering, Springer Series International Conference on POWER Electronics and Renewable Energy System (ICPERES) -2014 25nd and 26th April 2014, at Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai.

 Projects

TITLE SPONSORING AGENCY AMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
Power Quality Survey in the residential premises APQI IN ASSOCIATION WITH INTERNATIONAL COPPER ASSOCIATION INDIA Rs. 50,000 Co Principal Investigator

 Consultancy

NAME OF INDUSTRY DETAILS PERIOD
Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai PQ Audit 28-08-2020 to 28-08-2020
Sundaram Textiles Limited, Nambi Nagar, Nanguneri-627108 PQ Study 10-10-2013 to 10-10-2013
Thiagarajar Mills (P) Limited - Unit III, Nilakottai PQ Audit 16-07-2012 to 16-07-2012

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. Participated in two weeks course on “Digital transformation in Teaching and Learning Process” conducted by IIT, Bombay , 06-04-2020 to 22-04-2020
  2. "Modeling and Simulation of STATCOM for current Harmonics Reduction" 4th National Power Engineering Conference NPEC-2013, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai during 2nd and 3rd March 2103, 02-03-2013 to 03-03-2013
  3. Profit Based UCP with Environmental Constraints under deregulated Environment, CIPS’08 SRM University, April 2008
  4. A course on Electric power quality: monitoring, analysis and mitigation , IIT Kanpur, 2008
  5. Power quality improvement using UPFC Controller , PEDC’06 A.C. Tech, March 2006
  6. Enhancing the control of power flow using UPFC Controller, MEPCON ’06 Mepco Engg college, FEB 2006
  7. TEQIP sponsored Workshop on “Industrial Automation” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 08.01.2016 & 09.01.2016., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  8. TEQIP sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “Assessment and Evaluation: Principles and Practices” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 02.11.2015 to 04.11.2015., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  9. AICTE sponsored staff Development programme on “Harmonics and Power Quality- Contemporary Issues and Solution” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 22.04.2015 to 05.05.2015., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  10. Participated in the TEQIP sponsored Workshop on “Industrial Automation” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 08.01.2016 & 09.01.2016., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  11. Attended AICTE approved four week faculty department program on “Use of ICT in Education for Online and blended Learning” conducted by IIT Bombay from 02.05.2016 to 10.06.2016, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  12. Participated in the TEQIP sponsored Workshop on “Ethics for Engineers and Engineering teachers” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering on 06.08.2016., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  13. Attended two days workshop on “Power Quality (PQ) challenges with RE Integration in Smart Grid” during 23.02.2016 to 24.02.2016., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  14. Participated in the TEQIP sponsored Workshop on “White LEDs 21st Centurary Lighting Systems” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering on 09.03.2016., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  15. Participated three days TEQIP sponsored Workshop on “Outcome Based Education” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 16th to 18th March 2017., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  16. Attended two days workshop on “Power Quality (PQ) challeneges with RE integration in Smart Grid” during 23-24 feb 2017 at CPRI Bangalore., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  17. Attended one day “2017 IEEE MAS mini POCO” organized by IEEE Madras Section on 29/10/2017., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  18. Participated AICTE-QIP Sponsored Short Term Course on “Energy and Power Quality Audit Methodologies” during 27 November 2017 to 10 December 2017., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  19. Participated in SOLBIZZ Workshop conducted by CETTM, MTNL Mumbai during 6-8 July 2018, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  20. Participated in AISYWC 18 held from 28-30 September 2018 at Vidhya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysore., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  21. Participated in Foundation Program in ICT for Education conducted by IIT Bombay during 13.09.2018 to 18.10.2018, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  22. Participated in TEQIP-III Sponsored Short Term Course on “Recent Trends in Electric Vehicles” during 6.12.2018-08.12.2018., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  23. Participated in one day workshop on “Mentoring Skills” organized by Thiagarajar College of Engineering in association with M.S.Chellamuthu Institute of Mental Health and Rehabilitation (MSCIMHR) Madurai on 02.11.2018 , 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  24. Participated in AICTE-QIP sponsored one week short term course on: Energy Storage Applications Organized by Dept of EEE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, during 18.02.2019 to 24.02.2019., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  25. Participated in PUMP Hands on Training Workshop on Power Electronic Converters and Emulators for Solar PV conducted by IIT Bombay, during 25 to 27, March 2019., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  26. AICTE sponsored staff Development programme on “Applications of FACTS controllers in power system problems” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 06.04.2015 to 19.04.2015., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  27. ISTE workshop on “Pedagogy for Effective use of ICT in Engineering Education” conducted by IIT Bombay held under National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD) from 12.06.2014 to 02.07.2014., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  28. TEQIP sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “Power Quality Issues in Contemporary and Future Power Networks” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 27.11.2013 to 03.12.2013., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  29. TEQIP sponsored workshop on “Outcome Based Education” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 22.10.2013 to 23.10.2013., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  30. TEQIP sponsored workshop on “Harmonic Reduction and Management of Reactive Power and Energy for Industries” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 11.10.2013 to 12.10.2013., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  31. ISTE workshop on “Analog Electronics” conducted by IIT Kharagpur held under National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD) from 04.06.2013 to 14.06.2013. , 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  32. Participated in the ISTE workshop on “Research Methods in Educational Technology” conducted by IIT Bombay held under National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD) from 02.02.2013 to 09.02.2013., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  33. Participated in workshop cum exhibition on “Solar PV Technologies and Power Generation” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 19.01.2013 to 20.01.2013., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  34. Participated in seminar on “Harmonics and Power Quality issues in Industries” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering on 03.11.2012., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  35. Participated in seminar on “Energy Management and Power Quality” at Kalasalingam University on 20.07.2012, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  36. Participated in seminar on “Electromagnetic Interference and Harmonic Reduction Techniques at PSNA College of Engineering and Technology on 21.04.2012., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  37. Attended a Workshop on “High Impact Teaching Skills” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 22.08.2011 to 23.08.2011., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  38. Participated in a Mission 10X workshop at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 22.08.2011 to 26.08.2011., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  39. Participated in AICTE sponsored staff Development programme on “Research Methodologies and Issues in Engineering” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 12.12.2011 to 24.12.2011., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  40. Participated in the workshop on “Computer Simulation for Electrical Engineers” at N.P.R Collge of Engineering & Technology on 16.09.2011., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  41. Participated in the short term course on “Instructional Design and Delivery System” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 07.12.2009 to 09.12.2009., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  42. Participated two days FDP on "Leader ship Skills" organized by TCE, Madurai on 6.2.2023 and 7.2.2023. , 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  43. Participated in the CSIR sponsored seminar on “Soft Computing Techniques for Industrial Automation” at Kongu Engineering College from 15.02.2008 to 16.02.2008., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  44. Participated in the “Faculty Training Programmme” at VIT University, Vellore from 08.05.2007 to 10.05.2007., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  45. Attended Faculty department program on “Power System Analysis” at MEPCO Schlenk Engineering Collge, Sivakasi from 24.11.2003 to 29.11.2003, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  46. Participated in technical contest “TECHNOFEST” held on 16.03.2001 at Electrical and Electronics Engineering department EELIX’01 Sethu Institute of Technology and won third prize., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. Organized AICTE-QIP Sponsored Short Term Course on “Energy and Power Quality Audit Methodologies” during 27 November 2017 to 10 December 2017, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  2. Organised 2018 National Power Engineering Conference, NPEC 18, 9th and 10th march 2018, 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  3. Organized TEQIP-III Sponsored Short Term Course on “Recent Trends in Electric Vehicles” during 6.12.2018-08.12.2018., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  4. TEQIP sponsored Two day workshop on “Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Renewable Energy System” on 18th & 19th March 2016., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001
  5. TEQIP sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “Power Quality Issues in Contemporary and Future Power Networks” at Thiagarajar College of Engineering from 27.11.2013 to 03.12.2013., 01-01-0001 to 01-01-0001

 M.E./Ph.D. Scholars

NAME OF SCHOLAR COURSE AREA OF RESEARCH STATUS
Abarna R Ph.D Investigation on Interactive AC-DC Microgrid with Renewable Energy Integration Ongoing
Murugan.G Ph.D Investigation on Power System Protection and Power Quality issues for Renewable Energy Integration in Smart Grid Ongoing
M.Vetri selvi M.E/M.S Voltage regulation using DVR Completed
P.Mohan M.E/M.S Voltage sag compensation using custom power devices Completed
P.Ahilaa Dhevi M.E/M.S Power quality monitoring and assessment of induction motor Completed
R. Mageswaran Ph.D Investigation on Application of Distributed Generation Systems in Smart Grid Ongoing
N.Hari Prasad M.E/M.S Power quality improvement using unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) Completed
S.Ujjwal Kumar M.E/M.S Improvement in doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) system Completed
B.Shanthini M.E/M.S Power quality enhancement of grid connected solar photovoltaic generators Completed
S.G.Bavish Kumar M.E/M.S Application of pv solar farm as statcom to regulate grid voltage Completed
G.Srinivasa Sudharsan M.E/M.S Improving the voltage stability of dfig based wind turbine using DVR Completed
K.Vidhyaa M.E/M.S Multilevel cascaded medium-voltage converter for grid integration of renewable energy systems Completed
Stephan Raj M.E/M.S Modelling and control of a statcom – super capacitors energy storage system associated with a wind generator Completed
T.Sundarapandy M.E/M.S Solar based water demineralization using capacitive deionization technique Completed
B.Sangeethkumar M.E/M.S Solar cell efficiency improvement using surface cooling technique Completed
M. Gayathri M.E/M.S Investigation on centralized micro-grid controller for hybrid ac/dc micro-grid network Completed
Priyadharshini Ramu R M.E/M.S Solar Energy Based Distributed Management System for Microgrid Application Completed
Vennila R K M.E/M.S Distributed Energy Resource Scheduling and Load Management for Smart Microgrid Completed
Vennila R K M.E/M.S Distributed Energy Resource Scheduling and Load Management for Smart Microgrid Completed
A. B. Aravind M.E/M.S Design of a novel energy management scheme to improve the performance of the micro grid Completed
Ms. Priyadharshini Ramu. R Ph.D Machine Learning Based Energy Management Of Renewable Energy In Smart Micro Grid Ongoing

 Lectures Delivered

TOPIC DELIVERED AT PERIOD
Origin and sources of PQ issues PSR Engineering College 23-05-2020 to 23-05-2020
PQ Issues in power network Energy Storage Applications Organized by Dept of EEE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering 18-02-2019 to 24-02-2019
Origin of PQ Issues AICTE-QIP Sponsored Short Term Course on “Energy and Power Quality Audit Methodologies Organized by Dept of EEE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering 27-11-2017 to 10-12-2017

  Awards and Honours

  1. Faculty appraisal award from TCE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering
  2. Faculty appraisal award from TCE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering
  3. Faculty appraisal award from TCE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering
  4. Best Student Award, Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti

 Membership

NAME OF SOCIETY DETAILS PERIOD
ISTE LM 121307
IEEE 95028878