Department of Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering Trivandrum


Faculty Profile

Dr. Vivek R. S.

Assistant Professor

Phone: 9947500011(M)
Email: iamvivekrs@gmail.com

Qualifications

 

B.Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam

MBA, BIM Trichy

M.Tech - Electronic Systems Engineering, IISc Bangalore

Ph.D - Electronic System Design- Power Electronics and drives, IISc Bangalore

Area of Interest

 

Power Electronics and Drives

Professional Experience

 

10 years of teaching experience

3 Years of Corporate experience in L&T and Tata Motors

Recently taught courses

 

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Solar and Energy storage systems

Important Publications

 

Publications in Refereed International Journals:

  1. V. R. S, T. Debnath, K. Gopakumar, U. Loganathan and D. Zielinski, "A Five-Level Inverter Topology With Extended Linear Modulation Range Till Full Base Speed Irrespective of Load Power Factor," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2023.3323740.
  2. R. S. Vivek, T. Debnath, K. Gopakumar, U. Loganathan and D. Zielinski, "A Reduced Switch Count Five Level Inverter with Extended Linear Modulation Range up to Full Base Speed," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2023.3333031.
  3. N. S. Sundar S., V. R. S., V. Jain, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand and D. Zielinski, "Modulating and Level-Shifted Carrier-Based DSV-PWM Technique With Fifth and Seventh Order Harmonic Elimination for Multilevel Split-Phase OEIM Drive," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 72, no. 11, pp. 11172-11180, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2025.3563707.
  4. V. T. Pardhi, R. Pottekkat, V. R. S., K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand and D. Zielinski, "A Single DC Source Multilevel Inverter for Drives With Increasing Linear Modulation Range and Fault Tolerant Capability," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 7816-7825, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2025.3532615.
  5. S. S. Nair, P. Surana, R. Pottekkat, V. R.S, K. Gopakumar and L. Umanand, "Modulating and Carrier-Based Dodecagonal Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Technique With Fifth and Seventh Order Harmonic Elimination for Split-Phase OEIM," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 1787-1796, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2024.3467330.
  6. A. S. Thakur, V. R. S, K. Gopakumar, U. Loganathan, B. S. R. B and D. Zielinski, "Extending the Linear Modulation Range of a Five-Level Inverter Up To the Full Base Speed for Variable Speed Drive Applications," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 633-642, April 2025, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2024.3465569
  7. R. Pottekkat, V. R. S, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand, B. Subba Reddy and L. Garcia Franquelo, "A Multilevel Inverter With Increased Linear Modulation Range for Electric Transportation Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 814-822, Feb. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2024.3396576.
  8. R. Pottekkat, V. R. S., R. Resalayyan, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand and B. S. Reddy, "A Single DC Source Multilevel Inverter With Extended Linear Modulation Range to the Full Base Speed and Predictive Capacitor Control for Induction Machine Drives," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 126-134, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2024.3384920.
  9. N. S. Sundar S., P. Surana, V. R. S., V. T. P., K. Gopakumar and L. Umanand, "Synthesis of a Modulating Waveform for a Carrier-Based Dodecagonal Space Vector PWM Signal Generation for a Split-Phase Induction Motor Drive," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 71, no. 12, pp. 15415-15423, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2024.3390720.

Publications in Refereed International Conferences:

  1. J. V. R S, T. Debnath, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand and D. Zielinski, "A 5 Level Inverter Using a 3 Level Inverter and a Capacitor Fed 2 Level Inverter Feeding an IM Drive from Both Sides with Extended Linear Modulation Range Till Full Base Speed," IECON 2023- 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10311804.
  2. N. K. S, V. R. S, K. M and A. Purushothaman, "Commutation Torque Ripple Comparison in Cuk Converter Fed Brushless DC Motor Drives with Mode Switching Selection Circuit," 2020 International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Applications (PEREA), Kannur, India, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PEREA51218.2020.9339770.
  3. P. N. K. A.M, M. M and V. R. S., "Direct Torque Control Based on Inductance Profile for Four Phase Switched Reluctance Motor," 2020 International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Applications (PEREA), Kannur, India, 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PEREA51218.2020.9339789.
  4. P. N. A. Mathew, R. S. Vivek and P. R. Anurenjan, "Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease from MRI Images Using PNN," 2018 International CET Conference on Control, Communication, and Computing (IC4), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2018, pp. 161-164, doi: 10.1109/CETIC4.2018.8530910.
  5. S. Thakur, V. RS, Rohith, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand and S. Reddy, "Increasing the Linear Modulation Range of a Five-Level Inverter to the Full base Speed with the Elimination of Lower-Order Harmonics for Variable-Speed Drive Applications," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Bristol, United Kingdom, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICIT58233.2024.10540978.
  6. R. S. Vivek, T. Debnath, K. Gopakumar, U. Loganathan and D. Zielinski, "A Reduced Switch Count Five Level Inverter With Extended Linear Modulation Range Up to Full Base Speed," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 876-885, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2023.3333031.
  7. V. T. Pardhi, R. Pottekkat, N. S. Sundar, V. R S, K. Gopakumar and L. Umanand, "Single DC-Source Seven-Level Inverter with Extended Linear Modulation for Induction Motor Drives," IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905215.
  8. R. Pottekkat, V. R S, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand, B. S. Reddy and L. G. Franquelo, "A Single DC Link Four Level Multilevel Inverter with Increased DC Bus Utilization for Drives," IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905199.
  9. V. Pardhi, V. Jain, R. S. Vivek, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand and D. Zielinski, "Switched Capacitor Cascaded Multilevel Inverter with Extended Sinusoidal Modulation Range for Drives," PCIM Conference 2025; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management, Nurnberg, Germany, 2025, pp. 2838-2843, doi: 10.30420/566541380.