Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri

Brief Bio

Brief Bio
Ritesh Kumar Keshri (M’08–SM’15), received B.Sc (Engg.) and M.Tech from National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India, in 2003 and 2007 respectively both in electrical engineering and PhD in Energy Engineering from Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy in March 2014. Since August 2015 he is with Department of Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur and at present is Associate Professor. From 2006 to August 2015 he was with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BIT Mesra, India as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Keshri received silver medal for being first in M. Tech (electrical) in 2007, Young researcher fellowship from Ministry of University of Italy in 2008, Erasmus Mundus Fellowship for 34 months, from European Union in 2010, first prize as a student team leader of the University of Padova in class-3 of Formula Electric and Hybrid in 2011, 2016 Best paper award of IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, and Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship for five years in 2017. His research interests include power electronics and electric drives for electric vehicle propulsion and charging infrastructure.Dr. Keshri has successfully executed project on Wireless Charging, Temperature Regulated Fast Charging Strategy for VRLA battery, Development of PM BLDC Motor Drive and Design of 1kW Synchronous reluctance Motor for Light Electric Vehicles with the Research Grant and Projects from DST and MEITY Government of India. Dr. Keshri is associated with IEEE -IES and –PELS, and contributed as chairs for technical track and special sessions in IECON 2013-19. Dr. Keshri has contributed to technical committee on Transportation Electrification of Industrial Electronics Society (TCTE) IEEE as Conference Activity chair (2017-18), Secretary (2018-19), Vice-Chair (2019-20) and Chair (2020-21) of TCTE.

Ritesh Kumar Keshri (M’08–SM’15), received B.Sc (Engg.) and M.Tech from National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India, in 2003 and 2007 respectively both in electrical engineering and PhD in Energy Engineering from Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy in March 2014. Since August 2015 he is with Department of Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur and at present is Associate Professor. From 2006 to August 2015 he was with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BIT Mesra, India as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Keshri received silver medal for being first in M. Tech (electrical) in 2007, Young researcher fellowship from Ministry of University of Italy in 2008, Erasmus Mundus Fellowship for 34 months, from European Union in 2010, first prize as a student team leader of the University of Padova in class-3 of Formula Electric and Hybrid in 2011, 2016 Best paper award of IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, and Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship for five years in 2017. His research interests include power electronics and electric drives for electric vehicle propulsion and charging infrastructure.Dr. Keshri has successfully executed project on Wireless Charging, Temperature Regulated Fast Charging Strategy for VRLA battery, Development of PM BLDC Motor Drive and Design of 1kW Synchronous reluctance Motor for Light Electric Vehicles with the Research Grant and Projects from DST and MEITY Government of India. Dr. Keshri is associated with IEEE -IES and –PELS, and contributed as chairs for technical track and special sessions in IECON 2013-19. Dr. Keshri has contributed to technical committee on Transportation Electrification of Industrial Electronics Society (TCTE) IEEE as Conference Activity chair (2017-18), Secretary (2018-19), Vice-Chair (2019-20) and Chair (2020-21) of TCTE.

Education

Sr. No.	Degree	Year	Specialization	University
1	PhD	2014	Electric Vehicle Propulsion	University of Padova, Italy
2	M.Tech	2007	Power System	NIT Jamshedpur, India
3	B.Sc (Engg)	2003	Electrical Engineering	NIT Jamshedpur, India
4	B.Sc (Hons)	1999	Physics	St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi University, India
5	Intermediate Science	1996	Mathematics (PCM)	St. Xavier’s College, BIEC, Patna
6	10th	1994		St. Aloysius High School, BSEB, Patna, India

Contact Details

Phone:	Email:	Address:
8521442797	riteshkeshri@eee.vnit.ac.in	PGE-1/26, Department of Electrical EngineeringVNIT Nagpur, South Ambazari RoadNagpur, PIN- 440010, Maharashatra (India)

Research Interest

Research Interest
Power Electronics and Drives for Electric Vehicle Propulsion and Charging Infrastructure
1. Rare-earth free Synchronous Reluctance Motor/Motor Controller design and Development
2. Traction Motor Drive – PM BLDC, PMSM, SynRM Design, Development and Control
3. Wireless and the conductive Chargers for Electric Vehicles
4. PV fed Battery Energy Storage assisted charging station
5. Plannar Magnetics for Renewable and Electric Vehicle Charging
6. Battery Management System and Fast Charging Strategies
7. Onboard and Offboard Energy Management for Electric Vehicles and Grid Interactions
8. DC to DC converters for Wind and PV Integration
9. Battery Energy Storage System
Products Developed (TRL level 5 and higher): 12
Prod#1. Boost converter as LED Driver for Zero-systems Nagpur, 2025
Prod#2. Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drive, 2025
Prod#3. Non-conductive charging Gun, 2025
Prod#4. 5kW@320V Wireless charger for Electric Vehicle, 2024
Prod#5. 1W@12V Wireless powered drive for biomedical application for Startup – Raycura, 2024
Prod#6. Temperature Regulator conductive charger 1.5kW@48 for electric vehicle. Installed in West Bengal Ghoramara Island, 2024
Prod#7. 1.5kW Boost Power Factor Correction Rectifier 1-ph 230V, 50Hz to 400V DC., 2024
Prod#8. Planar magnetics-based charger for Electric vehicle, 2024
Prod#9. Design, developed and deployed 15kWp PV fed battery energy storage assisted charging station in Ghormara, Island West Bengal under EU-INDIA Horizon 2020 Project sponsored by DST., 2024
Prod#10. 1.5kW@48V Wireless Charger for Electric Vehicle, 2023
Prod#11. V2V connector for energy exchange between two vehicles, 2023
Product#12. SiC based H-Bridge Inverter with maximum operating frequency 300kHz., 2022
Transfer of Technologies: (3)
ToT#1. 1.5kW@48V Wireless Charger for electric Vehicle- ToT to CDAC Thiruvananthapuram, 2023
ToT#2. 5kW@320V Wireless Charger for electric Vehicle- ToT to CDAC Thiruvananthapuram, 2024
ToT#3. 1.5kW@48V Wireless Charger for electric Vehicle- ToT to Connect Blue defence technology, Bangalore, 2025
ToT#4. Collaborative development of SynRM motor together with Tsuyo Manufacturing Private Limited for manufacturing and commercialization, 2025

Sr. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)
1	Development of 15kW and Modular 40kW Wireless Charger for Electric Vehicles	MEITY-MHI EVSS	PI	24-12-2025	527.7726
2	Retrofitting of Existing IC Engine Based Pick-Up Truck to Battery Electric Vehicle	MEITY-MHI EVSS	CO-PI	24-12-2025	300
3	Development of Wireless Charger for Light Electric Vehicles	MEITY/NAMPET Ph-3	PI	10-12-2020	115
4	Renewable Energy EMPOWERing European and InDian communities (RE-EMPOWERED)	DST/HORIZON 202O	PI	30-06-2021	64.915
5	High Frequency Planner Magnetics for Renewable Energy System and Electric Vehicle Battery Charging	DST/SERD	PI	19-08-2021	66.42518
6	Development of Wireless Charger for Autonomous Vehicles	DST/ECR	PI	23-03-2017	37.4458
7	Young Faculty Research Fellowship (For the Development of Fast Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicle Batteries)	MEITY/YFRF	PI	15-01-2018	49

Sr. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)

Description	Author(s)	Publisher	ISBN	Year
Modelling of Series Resonant Inverter: Modelling Simulation and Harmonic Analysis of a Series Resonant Inverter: Considering Transformer Parameter. pp. 1-88	R Keshri	Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing	978-3-8383-6586-2	2012

Sr. No.	Patent Title	Application No.	Date	Present Staus
1	Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Vrundesh Shirish Pawde, Suman Saurav, Hiralal Mulidhar Suryavanshi, Sana Azmi, Sonalika Singh, and Yogesh Likhar, “Charging Gun Unit For Electric Vehicle,”	Indian Patent Appl. NO. 202521033649	DoF: 06-04-2025	Published
2	Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Sonalika Singh, Suman Saurav, and Vijay Borghate, “System And Method for Estimation of Rotor Position in a Synchronous Reluctance Motor,”	Indian Patent App. No. 202521048336,	DoF: 20-05-2025	Hearing is over
3	Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Vrundesh Shirish Pawde, Suman Saurav, and Sana Azmi, “Onboard Electric Vehicle Charger,”	Indian Patent Appl. No. 202521048336,	DoF: 20-05-2025	Published
4	Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Sana Azmi, Suman Saurav, Jayan Pp, and High Rise Transformers, “An Integrated Coil System For Wireless Power Transfer And Fabrication Method Thereof”	Indian Patent Appl. No. 202421101771,	DoF: 22-12-2024	Published
5	Ritesh Kumar Keshri, and Sibasish Panda, “A High Torque Density Synchronous Reluctance Motor”	Indian Patent, Patent no. 575848, DoA: 15/12/2025	DoA: 15/12/2025	Awarded
6	Shital Umredkar, Ritesh Kumar Keshri, V.B. Borghate, M.M. Renge, “A Multi-Phase Multi-Pole Induction Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles,”	Indian Patent no. 563386,	DoA:13-02-2024.	Awarded
7	“Hybrid control of Resonant Converter for DC Grid Applications”	Indian Patent, Journal no. 08/2016, Indian Patent no. 357475	DoA: 13-01-2021.	Awarded

Title	Funding Agency	Host Institute	Dates	No. of Participants

Sr. No.	Responsibility	Year
1	Local Coordinator, VNIT Nagpur for Global Initiative for Academic Networking (GIAN) Program	2024 – till date
2	Prof-in-charge, Tesla Club of Innovation	2016 – till date
3	Coordinator, Centre for Advanced Mobility, VNIT Nagpur	Dec 2022-till date
4	Trainining and Placement, Department Coordinator	2018 -till date
5	Department Plan Grant Coordinator	2021 – till date
6	PhD Cordinator, Electrical Engineering Department	2019-2024
7	Department Web cordinator	2022-2024
8	Hostel Warden	2015 – 2019

Year	Awards
2020- till date	Associate Editor IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion
2020- till date	Associate Editor IEEE PES Letters
2020- till date	Associate Editor IEEE Open Journal of Industrial Electronics Society
2025- till date	Associate Editor IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics
2018 – till date	Associate Editor Power Electronics and Drives
2025	Actively participated the initiation of PSA Government of India for the Rare-earth-Magnet free Motors for electric vehicles as cutting-edge technology, 2025
2025	Actively participated in Chintan Shivar of Ministry of Mines for the Electrification of Minning equipment, 2025
2024	Contribution to eMObility RnD Road Map July 2024 under PSA Government of India, 2024
2020	Chair, Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 2020-21
2017	Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship, Ministry of Information Technology, India, 2017
2016	SERB ECR Award 2016.
2016	2016 Best Paper Award of IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics
2016	Sr. Member IEEE USA, July 2015
2016	Secretary, Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification (TCTE) IEEE-IES
2016	One of the organising Chair, Technical Track on Electric Transportation/Transportation Electrification, IECON-2015, ISIE-2016.
2016	Chair, Subcommittee for EV/HEV/FCEV IEEE – IES (TCTE).
2014	Chair, Conference activities, TCTE – IEEE-IES.
2014	Organising Chair, Technical Track on Automotive Technology, IECON-2014.
2013	Chair of special session on Electric Traction Drives for Road Vehicles, in IECON-2013, Vienna Austria.
2011	Won first prize in Class-3 of Formula Electric and Hybrid, Turin, Italy for innovative project and production plan (29th Sep. – 2nd Oct. 2011).
2010	Erasmus Mundus Fellowship, for 34 months, from European Union under WillPower, for Doctoral Program, in University of Padua, Italy (2010-2013).
2009	Final selection for the Research Programme (PhD) as Institute scholar in Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur for spring 2010 session, Year 2009. Letter-No./ACAD(PGS&R)/F.II/2/PhD/R/Spring/2009-2010/EE, dated 17-12-2009.
2008	Young Researcher Fellowship from Ministry of University, Italy, to pursue one-year research work in the area of Electric Vehicle Propulsion System under Professor Giuseppe Buja (Fellow IEEE) at University of Padova, Italy, Year 2008.
2007	Selected as 2nd best candidates for PhD grant for sub-sea project, NTNU, Norway, Year 2007.
2007	Silver Medal for being first in M. Tech (Electrical) in NIT Jamshedpur (India), Year 2007.
2006	Qualified Early Faculty Induction Program, EFIP 2005, organized by IISC Bangalore and Sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE, Delhi., Year 2006.
2005	GATE-2005 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Fellowship from MHRD, India to pursue M. Tech (Electrical)
2003	Won 2nd Prize in Technosurge-2003 in NIT Jamshedpur, Year 2003.
1999	Rank 218 in all India entrance examination of BCECE-1999 for the Graduation course of Electrical Engineering.

S.No.	Paper Citation
67	S. Saurav, Y. Likhar, R. K. Keshri and M. R. Ramteke, “CC-CV Control of Single Phase Single Stage Isolated Boost PFC Converter for Electric Vehicle Charging,” 2025 IEEE 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Jaipur, India, 2025
66	Y. Likhar, M. R. Ramteke and R. K. Keshri, “DC Bus Voltage Regulation for V2H application of Bidirectional EV charger”,” 2025 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India), Pune, India, 2025
65	Y. Likhar, S. Saurav, R. K. Keshri and M. R. Ramteke “Single Stage Isolated On Board EV Charger with PFC”,” 2025 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India), Pune, India, 2025
64	S. Singh, S. Saurav, R. K. Keshri and V. B. Borghate, “Impact of Mutual Flux on Rotor Position Estimation Using the Reluctance Equivalent Back-EMF Model for Synchronous Reluctance Motors,” 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition Asia (ECCE-Asia), Bengaluru, India, 2025, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ECCE-Asia63110.2025.11112399.
63	S. Singh, R.K. Keshri, V.B. Borghate, and C. Chakraborty, ”Sensorless Rotor Position Estimation of Synchronous Reluctance Motor,” IECON 2024 The Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, Illinois, 2024.
62	S. Singh, R.K. Keshri, V.B. Borghate, and C. Chakraborty, ”Dynamic Inductance Model for Synchronous Reluctance Motor Control,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems(PEDES), Surathkal, India, 2024.
61	S. Singh, R.K. Keshri, V.B. Borghate, C. Chakraborty and G.Buja,” A Reluctance Equivalent EMF Model for Sensorless Position Estimation of Synchronous,” IECON 2024 The Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, Illinois, 2024.
60	Y. Likhar, S. Saurav, M. R. Ramteke and R. K. Keshri, “Comparison of Current Control Techniques in Boost PFC Converter for EV Battery Charging Applications,” 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/SEFET61574.2024.10717942.
59	V. S. Pawde, R. K. Keshri, S. Saurav, P. Sawarkar, H. M. Suryawanshi and V. P. Shamal, “Planar Magnetics Based Onboard Electric Vehicle Charger with Auxiliary Supply,” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Mangalore, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PEDES61459.2024.10961793.
58	V. S. Pawde, S. Saurav, R. K. Keshri and H. M. Suryawanshi, “Non-Conductive Gun for Electric Vehicle Charging,” 2024 IEEE International Communications Energy Conference (INTELEC), Bengaluru, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/INTELEC60315.2024.10679039.
57	D. Basu, R.K. Keshri, “A Novel Scheme for the Realisation of a 3.6kW High Current Phase-Shift Full Bridge Converter with a Current Doubler and Voltage Mode Control,” in Proceedings of IEEE-EPE ECCE’23, pp. 1-7, Aalborg, Sept. 2023. https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264587
56	S.V. Umredkar, R.K. Keshri, V.B. Borghate and M.M. Renge, “Dynamic Configuration of slot per pole per phase of an Induction Motor,” in Proceedings of IEEE PEDES’22, Dec. 2022, Jaipur. https://doi.org/10.1109 /PEDES56012.2022.10080116
55	A.N. Deshkar, R.K. Keshri, H.M. Suryawasnhi, and P.P Jayan, “DC Link Voltage Regulation of an Electric Vehicle Charger with Pulse Current Charging,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON’22, Oct. 2022, Brussels, https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968861
54	S.B. Sarode, S.G. Kadwane, R.K. Keshri, and A. Pathade, “Fuel Cell Based DC-AC Single Phase QZSI for Low Voltage Grid Utility,” in Proceedings of IEEE ICONAT’22, Jan 2022, Goa. https://doi.org/ 10.1109/ICONAT53423.2022.9725822
53	S.G. Kadwane, S.B. Sarode, R.K. Keshri, and P. Gulzele, “Ripple Investigation of Sliding Mode Control for Grid-Tied 1-Phase QZSI,” in Proceedings of IEEE i-PACT, Nov 2021, Kual lumpur https://doi.org/10.1109/i-PACT52855.2021.9696575
52	S. Manmadha, R.J. Satputaley, R.K. Keshri, and B.V.S Raghava, “Effects of Voltage Sag on Grid fed Electric Vehicle Charging Station,” in Proceedings of IEEE ECCE-Asia, 2021, Singapore, May 2021.
51	S. Manmadha, R.J. Satputaley, R.K. Keshri, and G. Buja, “Voltage Sag Mitigation using DVR in Grid fed EV Fast Charging Station,” in Proceedings of IEEE AEIT 2021, Torino, Italy, Nov 2021.
50	S.V. Umredkar, R.K. Keshri, V.B. Borghate, and M.M. Renge, “Evaluation of 6-terminal 36-slot Induction Motor Drive with 1:2 Speed Ratio using PPM,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2021, Toronto, Canada
49	R. Abhyankar, R.K. Keshri, P. Mahure, and G.Buja, “Sizing and Operation of a Wireless Power Transfer System for Bidirectional V2V Energy Exchange,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2020, pp. 2075-2080, October-2020
48	P. Mahure, R.K. Keshri, R. Abhyankar, and G.Buja, “Bidirectional Conductive Charging of Electric Vehicles for V2V Energy Exchange,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2020, pp. 2011-2016, October-2020
47	S. Panda and R. K. Keshri, “Evaluation of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Light Electric Vehicle Applications,” in Proceedings of IEEE PESGRE 2020, January – 2020.
46	Z. Arif, V. Ravikiran, and R.K. Keshri, “Design of PV Fed Wireless Charger For Electric Vehicle”, In Proceedings of IEEE PARC 2020, February- 2020.
45	S. Lavety, R.K. Keshri and M.A. Chaudhari, “Non-linear I-V behavior of a VRLA battery during discharging,” in Proceedings of IEEE PESGRE 2020, January – 2020.
44	V. Ravikiran, R. K. Keshri, A.K. Rathore and C. Chakraborty, “Loss Analysis of Resonant Inductive Power Transfer System for Wireless Charging of e-Rickshaw,” in Proceedings of IEEE ISIE, pp. 2559-2564. Vancouver, Canada, June -2019,
43	S. Lavety, R.K. Keshri and M.A. Chaudhari, “Comparative Evaluation of Temperature Regulated Pulse and Reflex Charging,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON, Lisbon, Portugal, October- 2019
42	P.R. Tripathi, R.K. Keshri, and P.R. Thakura, “Low Total Harmonic Distortion Quadruple Gain Boost Inverter,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2020, Lisbon, October-2019.
41	V.R. Vakacharla, A.K. Rathore, P.R. Tripathi, and R.K. Keshri, “A Comprehensive Review of Fundamental Harmonic Approximation Analysis Techniques for Series-Parallel Resonant Converters with Capacitive Filter,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2020, Lisbon, October-2019.
40	G. Buja, R. Jha, M. Bertoluzzo, and R. Keshri, “Power sizing of wireless power systems feeding in-motion electric vehicles at constant power,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2020, Lisbon, October-2019.
39	S. Panda, R. K. Keshri and A. Vidyadharan, “Design and Fabrication of Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Light Electric Vehicle Applications,” in proceedings of IEEE ITEC-INDIA 2019, December – 2019
38	S. Lavety, R.K. Keshri and M.A. Chaudhari, “Multi-Step Constant Current Charging Strategy for a Valve Regulated Lead-Acid Battery,” in proceedings of IEEE ITEC-INDIA 2019, December – 2019
37	S. Lavety, R.K. Keshri, and M.A. Chaudhari, “Electro-thermal Model for Non-dissipative Reflex Charging,” in Proceedings of IEEE PEDES 2018, Chennai, 2018.
36	V. Ravikiran, R.K. Keshri, and M. Bertoluzzo, “Efficient Wireless Charging of Batteries With Controlled Temperature and Asymmetrical Coil Coupling,” in Proceedings of IEEE PEDES 2018, Chennai, 2018.
35	S. Panda and R.K. Keshri, “Design and Analysis of Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Light Electric Vehicle Application,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2018 pp. 2021-2025.
34	S. Kumar, R.K. Keshri, and H.M. Suryawanshi, “Impact and Mitigation of Electric Vehicle Plug-in on the PV fed DC-bus Charging Station.” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2018 pp. 2074-2079.
33	L.R. Nunes, M.M Santos, K.S. Collazos, and R.K. Keshri, “Thermal Uncertainty Simulation on LED Lighting Boards of Heavy Duty Transportation Vehicles,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2018 pp. 2157-2162.
32	P.R. Tripathi, M.K. Barwar, P.R. Thakura, and R.K. Keshri, “Stand-Alone Batteryless Water Pumping System Using Single Phase Boost Inverter Fed Induction Motor,” in Proceedings of IEEE I2CT 2018, pp. 1-5.
31	M.S. Trivedi, R.K. Keshri, and V. Ravikiran, “Predictive Hysteresis Current Control of PM BLDC Motor in Stationary plane,” in Proceedings of IEEE ITEC-INDIA Conf. 2017, Pune, India, 2017.
30	V. Ravikiran, R.K. Keshri, and M.S. Trivedi, “Compound Wireless Power Transfer Topology for Two Stage Charging of Batteries,” in Proceedings of IEEE ITEC-INDIA Conf. 2017, Pune, India, 2017.
29	S.Lavety, A.Bhale, R.K. Keshri and M.A. Chaudhari, “Electro-thermal Model of Traction Battery for Regulated Pulse Charging,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2017, pp. 2270-2274, Beijing, China 2017.
28	V. Ravikiran and R.K. Keshri, “Comparative Evaluation of S-S and P-S Topologies for Wireless Charging of Electrical Vehicles,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2017, pp. 5324-5329, Beijing, China 2017.
27	M.S. Trivedi and R.K. Keshri, “Predictive Deadbeat Current Control in Stationary Plane for PM BLDC Motor Drive,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2017, pp. 6640-6645, Beijing, China 2017.
26	V. Ravikiran, R.K. Keshri, and M.M. Santos, “Inductive Characteristics of Asymmetrical Coils for Wireless Power Transfer”, in Proceedings of IEEE ICIT 2017, pp. 538-542, Ontario, Canada.
25	S. Kadwane, A. Kadu, R. Keshri, and M. Santos, “Z-source Based Multilevel Inverter for Reducing Partial Shading Effect in Solar System,” in Proceedings of IEEE ICIT 2017, Ontario, Canada.
24	R.K. Keshri, S.G. Kadwane, J. Kumbhare, and S.P. Gawande, “Ripple free deadbeat control of DC-DC buck converter for distributed generators,” in Proceedings of IEEE IECON 2016, pp. 6572-6577, Florence, Italy.
23	B.A. Arruda, M.M. Santos, and R.K. Keshri, “A comparative study of performance for Electric Vehicles for wheel traction configurations,” in Proceedings of IEEE ISIE 2016, pp. 786-792, Santa Clara, Canada.
22	M. Trivedi, and R.Keshri, “Trajectory based Predictive control of Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drive”, in Proceedings of PEDES 2016, Kerala, India
21	U.K. Sinde, S.G. Kadwane, S.P. Gawande, and R.K. Keshri, “Solar PV Emulator for Realizing PV Characteristics under Rapidly Varying Environmental Conditions”, in Proceedings of IEEE PEDES 2016, Kerala, India.
20	S.G. Kadwane, S. Venkatesan, U.K. Sinde, S.P. Gawande, and R.K. Keshri, “Investigation of Dynamic Performance of Grid Connected Z-Source Inverter Based Distributed Generation”, in Proceedings of IEEE PEDES 2016, Kerala, India.
19	S. Kadwane, A. Kadu, R. Keshri, and M. Santos, “Z-source Based Multilevel Inverter for Reducing Partial Shading Effect in Solar System,” accepted for publication in proceedings of IAS Annual Meeting 2016 and referred to further review for IEEE trans. on Industry Applications, 2016.
18	B. Arruda, M. Santos and R. Keshri, “A Comparative Study of Performance for Electric Vehicles for Wheel Traction Configurations,” in proceedings of IEEE ISIE 2016, 8-10th June, 2016, Santa Clara, USA.
17	J. Patil and R.K. Keshri, “Overview of Electromechanical Actuators used in More Electric Aircraft,” in Proceedings of Global Energy Technology Summit 2016, GETS2016, November 7-9, 2016, New Delhi.
16	R.K. Keshri and P.R. Tripathi, “Torque Estimator for Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drive,” in Proceedings of IEEE iTEC-India 2015, Aug 27-29, Chennai, India.
15	R.K. Jha, S. Garlapati, R.K. Keshri, and G. Buja, “Remedial control strategies for a three-phase PM BLDC drive under VSI faults,”, in Proceedings of PEDES 2014, Dec 16-19, Mumbai, India.
14	R. Keshri, S. Garlapati, and A. Tessarollo, and G. Buja, “Torque Capabilities of a Five-Phase PM BLDC Drive vs. a Three-Phase One and Various Supply Modes,” in Proceedings of IEVC 2014, Dec 16-19 Florence, Italy.
13	S. Garlapati, G. Buja, M. Beroluzzo, and R.K. Keshri, “Commutation effects on motor current and torque in five-phase PM BLDC drives,” Proceedings of IECON 2014, pp. 3204-3209, Oct. 29 – 1 Nov. 2014, Dallas Texas USA.
12	M. Bertoluzzo, G. Buja, R.K. Keshri, and R. Manis, “Stationary Plane-based Investigation of the Behaviour of PM BLDC Drives”. Proceedings of IECON 2013, pp. 6630-6635, November 10-13, Vienna, Austria.
11	M. Bertoluzzo, G. Buja, R.K. Keshri and R. Manis, “Analytical Study of Torque vs. Speed Characteristics of PM Brushless DC Drives”, Proceedings of IECON 2012, pp. 1684-1689, October 25-28, 2012, Montreal Canada.
10	G. Buja, R. Keshri, and R. Menis, “Comparison of DBI and ZSI Supply for PM Brushless DC Drives Powered by Fuel Cell”, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium of Industrial Electronics, pp. 165-170, June 27-30, 2011, Gdansk, Poland,
9	S. Umamaheswari, P. R. Thakura and R. K. Keshri, “Hardware development of Voltage Source Inverter for Hybrid Electric Vehicle”, Proceedings of the 1st International conference on Electrical Energy Systems, 2011, pp. 67-71, January 3-5, 2011, Chennai, India.
8	R. Keshri, M. Bertoluzzo, A. Kumar, P. Thakura and G. Buja, “Generation of Possible Switching Patterns for VSI Using Micro-controller for the Control of PM BLDC Motor”, Proceedings of the Indian International Conference on Power Electronics, 2010, January 28-30, 2011, New Delhi, India.
7	G. Buja, R. Keshri, and R. Manis, “Characteristics of Z-source Inverter Feeding PM Brushless Motor”, Proceeding of IECON ’09, pp. 1230-1235, 3-5 November 2009, Alfandega Congress Center, Porto, Portugal.
6	M. Bertoluzzo, G. Buja, and R. Keshri, “Brushless DC Drive Operation during Phase Commutation under Various Switching Patterns”, The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, 2009, SEDEMPED ’09, pp 1-7, August 31-September 3,2009.
5	R. K. Keshri, S. G. Kadwane, and B. M. Karan, “Power Factor Correction With Neural Network Based Zeta Converter”, Proceedings of The IEEE Region 10 Colloquium and Third IEEE Conference on Industrial and Information System 2008, 8th– 10th December, IIT Kharagpur, Paper ID 399.
4	A. Bhale R.K. Keshri, and B.P. Gupta, “Hybrid Energy Storage System for Combat Electric Vehicles,” in Proceedings of National Technical Seminar on future Technologies for Combat Vehicles, March 24-25, 2017, CDVRDE Chennai.
3	R. K. Keshri, U N Singh, A B Chattopadhyay, B M Karan, “Modeling of a series resonant inverter feeding RL load considering transformer parameters”, All India Seminar of Institution of Engineers, India, January, 20- 21 January, 2007.
2	Ritesh Kr Keshri, “A new approach to Modified Schur – Cohn Criterion for stability analysis of Discrete Time Invariant System”, National conference on Soft Computing for Machine Learning in Power, Control, and Communication, pp 255-259, NCSC, March, 24 -26, 2006, Bhubneswar, India.
1	R. K. Keshri, “Generalized algorithm for Inverse Z-Transform based on Long division Method” (Seminar presented at N.I.T Jamshedpur Year 2006). This method can also be used for the solution of higher order differential equations, resulting in both proper and improper transfer function.

S.No.	Paper Citation
35	S. Saurav, R.K. Keshri, Y. Likhar, A. Mitra, and M.R. Ramteke, “Constant Current, Constant Temperature, and Constant Voltage Charging of EV Battery,” in Int. Jour. of Circuit Theory and Appl., [early access] pp. 1-8, Mar 2026, https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.70397
34	A Karnik, V Gaurav, A Mitra, R Keshri, and P Kotsampopoulos, “A Hybrid LSTM-Attention Residual Network for Photovoltaic Forecasting in Isolated Microgrid Environments,” in Smart Grid and Sustainable Energy, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-27, Oct 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40866-025-00298-6.
33	Kotsampopoulos P.; Hatziargyriou N.; Maiti S.; Karanki S.B.; Sorensen C.N.; Vasilakis A.; Giri S.K.; Yang G.; Pal B.; Milionis G, “Renewable Energy Empowering Remote Communities Through Microgrids: Control and management strategies to provide sustainable and cost-effective electricity,” in IEEE Electrification Magazine, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 37-48, Jun 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/MELE.2025.3558680
32	Kadwane S.G.; Ashtankar S.P.; Funde N.Y.; Keshri R.K, “Design and Implementation of a Quadratic Converter for the Grid-Tied System Using Symmetrical Shoot-Through PWM,” in IETE Journal of Research, vol. 70, pp. 904-913, Nov 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/03772063.2022.2138576
31	Rao S.M.; Satputaley R.J.; Keshri R.K.; Borghate V.B.; Khergade A., “DC-Bus Voltage Regulation in Grid Fed EV Fast Charging Station Using MLI Based DVR,” in IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 2530-2540, Jun 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2024.3417483
30	Umredkar S.V.; Keshri R.; Borghate V.B.; Renge M.M., “Pole-Phase Modulation of Symmetrical 6-Phase Induction Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle With 1:2 Speed Control,” in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 172162 – 172171, Nov 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3498915
29	Umredkar S.V.; Keshri R.; Borghate V.B.; Renge M.M, “Performance improvement of 36-slot 6-terminal induction motor drive using pole phase modulation with higher slot per pole per phase,” in International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vo. 51, no. 10, pp. 4774-4789, Nov 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.366
28	S.M. Rao, R.J. Satputaley, R.K. Keshri, and G. Buja, “Performance Evaluation of MLI based DVR in Grid fed EV Fast Charging Station”, in in IEEE Trans. on Energy Conv. [early access], Nov 2023
27	K Shahare, A Mitra, D Naware, R Keshri, HM Suryawanshi, “Performance analysis and comparison of various techniques for short-term load forecasting,” in Elsevier Energy Reports, vol. 9, pp. 799-808, Mar 2023.
26	K.D. Rao, S. Ghosh and R.K. Keshri, “A Resilient Temperature Suppressed Optimal Charging Strategy for Ultracapacitors to Attain Desired State of Charge,” in IEEE Trans. on Energy Conv., vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 1600-1610, Sep 2022.
25	S.G. Kadwane, S.P. Ashtankar, N.Y. Funde, R.K. Keshri, “Design and Implementation of a Quadratic Converter for the Grid-Tied System Using Symmetrical Shoot-Through PWM,” in IETE Journal of Research, 1-10, Nov 2022.
24	S. Lavety, R.K. Keshri, and M.A. Chaudhari, “Multi-Step Constant Current-Constant Voltage Charging Strategy for a Valve Regulated Lead-Acid Battery,” in IEEE Trans. on Indus. Applications, vol. 57, no. 6, pp.6494-6503, Dec. 2021.
23	S. Lavety, R.K. Keshri, and M.A. Chaudhari, “Non-Linear Model and Parameter Extraction for Charge/discharge Behavior of Valve Regulated Lead-Acid Battery”, in IEEE Trans. on Energy Conv., vol. 36, no.4, pp.2600-2611, Feb. 2021.
22	P. Tripathy, P.R. Thakura, V. Laxmi, and R.K. Keshri, Stand‐alone PV water pumping system based on high‐gain resonant inverter fed induction motor serving two‐head for permanent water supply,” International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications (2021).
21	P. Tripathy, P.R. Thakura, R.K. Keshri, S. Ghosh, and J.M. Guerrero, “25 Years of Single-Stage Buck-Boost Inverters: Development and Challenges”, in IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine
20	C. Ma, R. Bojoi, A. Damiano, S. Bayhan, G. Buttichi, T.I. Strasser, and R. Keshri, “The IEEE IES Technical Committee Cluster of Energy”, in IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol. 15, no.1, pp.89-103, March 2021.
19	P.R. Tripathi, V. Laxmi, R.K. Keshri, A. Bhargav, and T.S. Ustun, “A Novel Fundamental Frequency Switching Operation for Conventional VSI to Enable Single-Stage High-Gain Boost Inversion with ANN Tuned QWS Controller,” in Electronics vol. 10, no. 20 (2021): 2499.
18	P.R. Tripathi, V. Laxmi, R.K. Keshri, A.V. Jha, A. Bhargav, N. Bizon, and P. Thounthong, “A Three-Phase Resonant Boost Inverter Fed Brushless DC Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles,” in Electronics vol. 10, no. 15 (2021): 1799.
17	S. Lavety, R.K. Keshri, and M.A. Chaudhari, “A dynamic battery model and parameter extraction for discharge behavior of a valve regulated lead-acid battery,” in Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 33, no. 102031, pp. 1-9, January – 2021.
16	S. Panda, R.K. Keshri, A. Tessarolo, G. Tiwari, and M. Mezzarobba, “Design refinements of synchronous reluctance motor utilising non-magnetic radial ribs for traction applications,” in IET Electric Power Applications, Vol. 14 no. 12, pp. 2480 – 2489, November- 2020.
15	S. Lavety, R.K. Keshri, and M.A. Chaudhari, “Evaluation of Charging Strategies for Valve Regulated Lead-Acid Battery,” in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 164747 – 164761, September-2020.
14	R. Vaka and R.K. Keshri, “A Reconfigurable WPT System for Load Independent Constant Current and Voltage Output with Transmitting Side Control,” in IET Electric Power Applications, Vol. 14 no. 4, pp. 685-694, Feb- 2020.
13	M.S. Trivedi and R.K. Keshri, “Evaluation of Predictive Current Control Techniques for PM BLDC Motor in Stationary Plane”, in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 46217-46228, January- 2020.
12	R. Vaka, R. K. Keshri, “Evaluation and Selection of Shielding Methods for Wireless Charging of e-Rickshaw,” in Electrical Engineering, vol 102, pp. 1005-1019, January- 2020
11	S. Panda and R. K. Keshri, “Reduced Rib Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Traction Applications,” in Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 19, no. 4. pp 83-90, December- 2019.
10	M.S. Trivedi and R.K. Keshri, “Comparative Evaluation of a-b-c and Stationary Frame of Reference for Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drive Applied for Generation of Switching Pattern,” in Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, vol. 27, pp. 4715-4730, December- 2019.
9	V. Ravikiran and R.K. Keshri, “Design Considerations for Enhanced Coupling Coefficient and Misalignment tolerance Using Asymmetrical Circular Coils for WPT System”, in Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering (Springer), vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 1949-1959, Mar 2019.2017
8	S.G. Kadwane, U.K. Shinde, S.P. Gawande, and R.K. Keshri, “Symmetrical Shoot-Through Based Decoupled Control of Z-Source Inverter,” IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 11298 – 11306, 2017
7	V. Ravikiran and R.K. Keshri, “Review on Contactless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle Charging,” in Energies Journal, vol.10, 636, pp. 2-20, 2017.
6	U.K. Shinde, S.G. Kadwane, R.K. Keshri, and S.P. Gawande, “Dual Mode Controller-Based Solar Photovoltaic Simulator for True PV Characteristics,” in Candian Jour. of Electrical and Computer Engg., vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 237-245, 2017.
5	G. Buja, R. Keshri, and M. Bertoluzzo, “Torque Ripple-Free Operation of PM BLDC Drives With Petal-Wave Current Supply”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Technology News, Extended Abstract, March 2016. http://ies-iten.com/index.php
4	G. Buja, R. Keshri, and M. Bertoluzzo, “Sinusoidal vs. Square-Wave Current Supply of PM Brushless DC Drives: a Convenience Analysis”, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 12, pp. 7339-7349, November 2015.
3	G. Buja, R. Keshri, and M. Bertoluzzo, “Torque Ripple-Free Operation of PM BLDC Drives with Petal-Wave Current Supply”, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 4034-4043, July 2015.
2	R. Keshri, M. Bertoluzzo, and G. Buja, “Integration of a Photovoltaic Panel with an Electric City Car,” Jour. of Electric Power Comp. and Sys. Taylor & Francis, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 481-495, 2014.
1	G. Buja, R. Menis, and R. Keshri, “Vector analysis of the current commutation in PM BLDC drives,” Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Tech Sciences, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 829-836, 2013.