Dr. Narendrababu A
Brief Bio
| Brief Bio |
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| Currently working as Assistant Professor with the Electrical Engineering department, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, India since 06th July 2022. |
| Courses Taught: |
| EEL408 Advanced Power Electronics; EEL302 Electrical Machine-II; EEL330 Microcontrollers; EEL421 Power Quality |
Education
Contact Details
| Phone: | Email: | Address: |
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| 7122802335 | anbabu@eee.vnit.ac.in | Room No. 502, New Academic Block, VNIT |
| 8630381828 | babu.narendra26@gmail.com |
Research Interest
| Research Interest |
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| Power electronic converters, Multilevel inverters, Pulse width modulation techniques, Electric vehicular systems, and Renewable and hybrid energy systems |
| Sr. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Year | Amount (in Lakhs INR) |
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| 1 | Sustainable Learning Environments: Design of an Off-GridDistributed Energy System Integrating an Intelligent WaterManagement Pump in the Eruvapalem Village School Premises | DST | PI | 2025-27 | 85.96 |
| Sr. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Year | Amount (in Lakhs INR) |
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| Sr. No. | Patent Title | Application No. | Date | Present Staus |
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| 1 | NPA: A Multi-level high power factor AC-DC converter | 201911014389 | 21/11/2023 | Granted |
| Description | Author(s) | Publisher | ISBN | Year |
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| BOOK: Recent Advances in PowerElectronics and Drives; Chapter: Three-Phase Neutral-Point-Clamped(NPC)-Based High-Power Factor | Narendrababu A | SpringerNature | Print ISBN 978-981-97-6090-9 | 2025 |
| Sr. No. | Responsibility | Year |
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| 1 | Department UG Coordinater | 2022 Onwades |
| 2 | Faculty Advisor | 2023-24 Admited batch |
| 3 | Website Coordinator | 2024 Onwards |
| Year | Awards |
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| 2024 | Best conference paper award for the paper “Three-Phase Neutral-Point-Clamped (NPC) based High Power Factor Converter with Matrix-Based Modulation” in EPREC-2024. |
| 2018 | Got the DST, Government of India Scholarship through Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-International TravelScheme (IST) program for participating in the 9th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems(PEDG 2018), Charlotte, USA, 25-28 June. 2018 |
| Title | Funding Agency | Host Institute | Dates | No. of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multilevel Inverters: Control Techniques and Mitigation of its Practical Issues | Self | VNIT | 29-31 Oct 2022 | 25 |
| Hands-on Experience on TexasInstruments DSPTMS320F28379D | Self | VNIT | 3-7 May 2023 | 20 |
| IEEE PELS Day Expert Talks | IEEE | VNIT | 20th June 2023 | 30 |
| Power Electronics Technology for SelfReliant and Viksit Bharat | E&ICT MeitY | VNIT | 24 Feb to 06 March 2025 | 45 |
| S.No. | Paper Citation |
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| 1 | Narendrababu A and P. Agarwal, “Nearest and Non-Nearest Three Vector Modulations of NPCI Using Two-Level Space Vector Diagram—A Novel Approach,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 2400-2415, May-June 2018. |
| 2 | Narendrababu A and P. Agarwal, “Hybrid modulation strategy for eliminating low-frequency NP voltage oscillations in NPC using redistribution of NTV duty ratios,” in IET Power Electronics, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 1504-1517, 10 6 2017. |
| 3 | Narendrababu A and Agarwal P. “Response to Discussion on “Nearest and Non-Nearest Three Vector Modulations of NPCI Using Two-Level Space Vector Diagram—A Novel Approach”,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 5495-5496, Sept.-Oct. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2019.2922929. |
| 4 | Naveen Yalla, Narendrababu A, Pramod Agarwal, “A New Three-Phase Multipoint Clamped 5L-HPFC With Reduced PSD Count and Switch Stress,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 2532-2543, April 2020, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2910030. |
| 5 | N. Yalla, V. K. Bussa, A. V. J. S. Praneeth, P. Agarwal, A. N. Babu and Y. S. Rao, “Reduced Switching State Five-Level Rectifier,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 612-621, Jan.-Feb. 2022 |
| 6 | Narendrababu A, V. G. krishna A, N. S. Sai C., N. Yalla and N. K. S. Naidu, “Hybrid Clamped Four-Level T-Type Inverter with Capacitor Voltage Balancing Algorithm,” in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2023.3344414 |
| 7 | Narendrababu, A., & Yalla, N. (2025). Autonomous DC-Link Voltage Control Strategy for 10-Switch NPC Converter Systems. International Journal Of Circuit Theory and Applications https://doi.org/ 10.1002/cta.70171 . |
| S.No. | Paper Citation |
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| 1 | A. Narendrababu and P. Agarwal, “A five level diode clamped rectifier with novel capacitor voltage balancing scheme,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Mumbai, India, 16-19 Dec. 2014.doi: 10.1109/PEDES.2014.7041989 |
| 2 | A. Narendrababu and P. Agarwal, “Space vector modulation for three-level NPC inverter using two-level space vector diagram,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Trivandrum, India 14-17 Dec. 2016.doi: 10.1109/PEDES.2016.7914563 |
| 3 | A. Narendrababu, Naveen Yalla and P. Agarwal, “A Modified T-type Single Phase Five-Level Inverter with Reduced Switch Voltage Stress” International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC), Thrissur, India, 18-20 Jan. 2018. |
| 4 | A. Narendrababu and P. Agarwal, ” Virtual Vector Modulated Hybrid 2/3-Level Z-source VSI for PV Applications,” IEEE 9th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), Charlotte, USA, 25-28 June. 2018. |
| 5 | Naveen Yalla, A. Narendrababu, and P. Agarwal,” A New 5L-UHPFC with reduced part count for wind energy integration,” IEEE 9th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), Charlotte, USA, 25-28 June. 2018. |
| 6 | A. Narendrababu, N. Yalla and P. Agarwal , “Hybrid 2/3L Inverter with Unequal PV Array Voltages”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana from March 15-19, 2020. |
| 7 | N. Yalla, A. Narendrababu, and P. Agarwal, “A New MPC-5LRSS High Power Factor Converter” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana from March 15-19, 2020. |
| 8 | A. Narendrababu, N. Yalla, S. Pannala, S. Halder and P. Agarwal, “A Triple Voltage Boost Frontend Hybrid T-Type Converter,” 2022 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC), 2022, Anaheim, CA, USA from June, 15-17, 2022. |
| 9 | A. Narendrababu, A. Vijay Gopi Krishna, S. S. C. Naga, N. Yalla and N. K. Swami Naidu, “Hybrid Clamped Four-Level T-Type Inverter with Capacitor Voltage Self-Balancing,” 2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), Hyderabad, India from August 04-06,2022. |
| 10 | V. Kalandhar, A. V. Reddy, G. Y. Tejasree, G. Udith, R. G. Charan and N. A, “Analysis of Hybrid Inverter with Solar Battery Charging System,” 2023 7th International Conference on Computing Methodologies and Communication (ICCMC), Erode, India, 2023, pp. 93-97. |
| 11 | Narendrababu. A, N. Yalla and A. Ghosh, “Reduced Part Count Multiplexed Five-Level Inverters: Effect of Varied Modulation Index,” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Trivandrum, India, 2023, pp. 1-6. |
| 12 | N. Yalla, Narendrababu. A and N. K. SwamiNaidu, “Performance Analysis of Five Level Reduced Device Count AC-DC Converter,” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Trivandrum, India, 2023, pp. 1-6. |
| 13 | Narendrababu. A , “Three-Phase Neutral-Point-Clamped (NPC) based High Power Factor Converter with Matrix-Based Modulation ”, accepted in the Springer Conference “5th Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference (EPREC-2024), NIT Jamshedpur, India |
| 14 | P. Kapse, S. Sukla, Kesav Parmar, & Narendrababu A, “Evaluation of Ten-Switch NPC-Based PFC Interface for Three-Phase Off-Board EV Charger” 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), Hyderabad, India 31 July – 3 August 2024. |
| 15 | Narendrababu A, N. Yalla & Kishore Hirekar, “Low-Frequency Common Mode Voltage Mitigation in Si/SiC Based Ten-Switch Neutral-Point Clamped Converter” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 18 – 21 December 2024 National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. |
| 16 | Narendrababu A, Pradyumn Chaturvedi, “Optimizing DC-Link Capacitor Size in Ten-Switch Neutral Point Clamped Converter” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 18 – 21 December 2024 National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. |
| 17 | Narayana Murthy M, Mohd Alam, Narendrababu A, “Modular Multilevel Converter Control by Using Sorting Algorithm and Smoothing of Arm Inductor Current” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 18 – 21 December 2024 National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. |
| 18 | Harishwar Prasad, Paranjay Garg, Naveen Yalla, Narendrababu A, Sukanta Halder “12V-5V/3.3V SIMO DC-DC Buck Converter” 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), NIT Jaipur, India July 9–12, 2025. |
| 19 | Rushabh Dukare, Yarra Bala Bharath, Chinmay Sharma, Narendrababu A, Naveen Yalla “Design of Small-Scale Standalone PV System with Battery Support” 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), NIT Jaipur, India July 9–12, 2025. |
| 20 | Kishore Hirekar, Narendrababu A, Mohd Alam “Ten Switch NPC based Two Stage off board EV charger with Low-Frequency CMV Mitigation” 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), NIT Jaipur, India July 9–12, 2025. |
| 21 | Devwrat, Narendrababu A, K. Hirekar and N. Yalla, “Three-Level NPC Operation of TS-NPC with Capacitor Voltage Balancing Control,” 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), Goa, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/STPEC66316.2025.11490133. |
| 22 | S. K. Pandey, N. Yalla and Narendrababu A, “SiC based DC-DC Regulated Power Supply using LLC Resonant Converter,” 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), Goa, India, 2025, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/STPEC66316.2025.11490700. |
| 23 | R. Dukare, Narendrababu A and N. Yalla, “MPPT Performance of P&O and PSO in Tilted Standalone PV Systems with Battery Under Shading,” 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), Goa, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/STPEC66316.2025.11490262. |
| 24 | C. P. Singh, Narendrababu A, H. Prajapati and N. Yalla, “Design and Simulation of a Coupled Inductor Interleaved Buck Converter for High-Efficiency DC Power Application,” 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), Goa, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/STPEC66316.2025.11490884. |
| 25 | O. P. Bairwa, N. Yalla and Narendrababu A, “Design, Control, and Experimental Validation of a Regulated Flyback Converter for Automotive Auxiliary Applications,” 2025 IEEE 12th Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), Varanasi, India, 2025, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/UPCON66414.2025.11453729. |
| 26 | R. Dukare, NarendrababuA and N. Yalla, “Investigation of Static PV Array Configurations Under Partial Shading Conditions,” 2025 IEEE 12th Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), Varanasi, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/UPCON66414.2025.11453714. |
| 27 | M. N. Murthy, M. Alam and Narendrababu A, “AI-Enabled Early Fault Localization in Grid-Connected Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Dharwad, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PESGRE65581.2025.11521609. |