PROFILE



Department of Electrical Engineering


Dr. Sudha Arora


DESIGNATION:Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D.
SPECIALISATION:Power Electronics, Renewable Energy
EMAIL:arora[dot]sudha[at]gmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-7500061033

Research Interest

  • Renewable Energy, Power Electronics applications in renewable energy

  • Research Projects

  • Coordinator of Center of Excellence (CoE), a 5 Crore project, in “Energy Studies in Industries and Agro Systems of Uttarakhand (Energy Management)”
  • PI of AICTE R&D Project of 4.5 Lacs on “Hybrid Control in Automated Guided Vehicle Systems“
  • AICTE MODROBS project of 13.6 Lacs on “Development of Advanced Microprocessor Laboratory”
  • AICTE MODROBS project of 14 Lacs on “Modernisation of Personal Computer Laboratory”

  • Research Publications

    Papers in International Journals:

    1. Ritika Sondhi, Sudha Arora. 2023, “Battery Management of Photovoltaic-Based Standalone DC Microgrid for Houses in Rural Areas”, Journal of Engineering Research and Reports, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 10-19, DOI: 10.9734/jerr/2023/v24i3804, Published: 7 February 2023

    2. Neha Bhatt and Sudha Arora. 2022 “Droop Control of Inverter Interfaced Distributed Generation”, “Journal of Scientific Research & Reports” March 2022 DOI: 10.9734/JSRR/2022/v28i230495

    3. Himani Pant, Sudha Arora. 2022. “Control Strategies on Grid-Tied PV Inverters”, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET). e-ISSN: 2395-0056, p-ISSN: 2395-0072. Volume: 09, Issue: 03, Mar 2022, www.irjet.net

    4. V. Jately, S. Bhattacharya, B. Azzopardi, AG de Montgareuil, J Joshi, S Arora, 2021. “Voltage and Current reference based MPPT under rapidly changing irradiance and load resistance”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion.

    5. V. Jately, B. Azzopardi, J. Joshi, A. Sharma, S. Arora. 2021. “Experimental Analysis of hill-climbing MPPT algorithms under low irradiance levels” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 150

    6. Peeyush Kala and Sudha Arora. 2019. “Implementation of Hybrid GSA SHE Technique in Hybrid Nine-level Inverter Topology” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (Early Access ) DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2963239

    7. Indrima Upadhyay and Sudha Arora. 2018. “Future Energy Systems: Microgrids and Integration of Photovoltaics into Microgrids”. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology. Volume 5, Issue 9. pp. 88-95.

    8. Indrima Upadhyaya, Sudha Arora. 2018 “Characteristics, Challenges and Initiatives in Optimum Utilization of Smart Grids” International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 7, Issue 7, July 2018.

    9. Indrima Upadhyaya, Sudha Arora. 2018 “Data Communication And Communication Technologies For Smart Grids” International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology (IJEET) Volume 9, Issue 4, July-Aug 2018, pp. 154–162

    10. Indrima Upadhyaya, Sudha Arora. 2018 “Smart Grids, Deployment Efforts and Challenges” International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), Vol 5, Issue7, July 2018, ISSN 2321-2705.

    11. Puneet Joshi and Sudha Arora. 2017. “Evaluation of the Performance of the State-of-the-art Meta-Heuristics Techniques for Varying Insolation”. Indo-Iranian Journal of Scientific Research (IIJSR) Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 114-122.

    12. Puneet Joshi and Sudha Arora. 2017. “Maximum Power Point Tracking Methodologies for Solar PV Systems–A Review”. International Journal of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Published by Elsevier Ltd.). Volume 70, April 2017, pp. 1154-1177. ISSN: 1364-0321. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.12.019. Web: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032116310826

    13. Vibhu Jately and Sudha Arora. 2017. “Development of a Dual-Tracking Technique for Extracting Maximum Power from PV Systems under Rapidly Changing Environmental Conditions”. International Journal of Energy (Published by Elsevier Ltd.). Volume 133, pp. 557-571, 15 August, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.05.049. Web: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036054421730806X

    14. Peeyush Kala and Sudha Arora. 2017. “A Comprehensive Study of Classical and Hybrid Multilevel Inverter Topologies for Renewable Energy Applications”. International Journal of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Published by Elsevier Ltd.). Volume 76, September, 2017, pp. 905–932. ISSN: 1364-0321. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.02.008. Web: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032117302125

    15. Puneet Joshi and Sudha Arora. 2017. “Evaluation of the Performance of the State-of-the-art Meta-Heuristics Techniques for Varying Insolation”. Indo-Iranian Journal of Scientific Research (IIJSR) Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 114-122.

    16. Rohit Kumar, Sudha Arora, Sunil Singh, and Abhishek Tomar. 2017. “Design of Intelligent Electricity-Theft Monitoring System Using MATLAB”. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research. Volume 8, Issue 12, December, 2017, pp. 139-142. ISSN: 2229-5518.

    17. Vibhu Jately and Sudha Arora. 2016. “A Comparative Study of Hill-Climbing Based Peak Power Point Tracking Techniques”. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), Volume 03, Issue 11, November 2016, e-ISSN: 2395 -0056, p-ISSN: 2395-0072.

    18. Vibhu Jately, Puneet Joshi, and Sudha Arora. 2015. “An Efficient Microprocessor Based Firing Scheme for Three-Phase Converter”. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER). Volume 6, Issue 5. May, 2015. ISSN: 2229-5518. Web:https://www.ijser.org/researchpaper/An-Efficient-Microprocessor-Based-Firing-Scheme-for-Three-Phase-Converter.pdf

    19. Pooja Singh and Sudha Arora. 2015. “Adaptive Perturb and Observe-Fuzzy Control Maximum Power Point Tracking for Photovoltaic Boost DC-DC Converter”. International Journal for Research in Emerging Science and Technology (IJREST). Volume 2, Issue 6. June, 2015, pp. 32-38. e-ISSN: 2349-7610. Web: https://ijrest.net/downloads/volume-2/issue-6/pid-ijrest-26201512.pdf

    Papers in Proceedings of International Conferences:

    1. Shubham Shah and Sudha Arora. 2020 “A Real-Time Environment Modelling and Power Quality Analysis of Grid-Connected PV System Using Typhoon HIL” published in 2020 FORTEI-International Conference on Electrical Engineering (FORTEI-ICEE) for FORTEI-ICEE 2020 to be held 23-24 Sept 2020, Bandung, Indonesia

    2. N Bhatt, R Sondhi, S Arora. 2020. “Droop Control Strategies for Microgrid: A Review” Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles, pp 149-162

    3. Ritika Sondhi, Neha Bhatt, Sudha Arora. 2021. “Primary control in DC microgrids: a review” 2021 International Conference on Advance Computing and Innovative Technologies in Engineering (ICACITE) pp 293-298

    4. S Misra, S Arora. 2021. “Modelling and Simulation of Matrix Converter Using Space Vector Modulation Techniques” Proceedings of Integrated Intelligence Enable Networks and Computing, pp 949-965

    5. Sudha Arora and Peeyush Kala. 2018. “Implementation of PSO based Selective Harmonic Elimination Technique in Multilevel Inverters”. Proceedings of 2nd IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES-2018), held at DTU, Delhi, during October 22-24, 2018.

    6. Peeyush Kala and Sudha Arora. 2017. “Selective Harmonic Elimination in Multilevel Inverters Using Gravitational Search algorithm”. Proceedings of 6thIEEE International Conference on Computer Applications in Electrical Engineering, held at Roorkee, India, during October 5-7, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/CERA.2017.8343388, e-ISBN: 978-1-5090-4874-8, USB ISBN: 978-1-5090-4873-1, Print on Demand (PoD), ISBN: 978-1-5090-4875-5. Web: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8343388.

    7. Vikas Deep Juyal and Sudha Arora. 2016. “Power Quality Improvement of a System Using Three Phase Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverters (A Comparison)”. Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering (ICRAIE), held at Jaipur, India, during December 23-25, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/ICRAIE.2016.7939493, ISSN: 5090-2806.

    8. Vibhu Jately and Sudha Arora. 2016. “An Efficient Hill-Climbing Technique for Peak Power Tracking of Photovoltaic Systems”. Proceedings of 2016 IEEE 7th Power India International Conference (PIICON), held at Bikaner, India, during November 25-27, 2016. INSPEC Accession Number: 17289544, DOI: 10.1109/POWERI.2016.8077327.

    9. Puneet Joshi and Sudha Arora. 2016. “Comparative study of meta-heuristics based approaches for maximum power point tracking for PV systems”. Proceedings of 2016 IEEE 7th Power India International Conference (PIICON), held at Bikaner, India, during November 25-27, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/POWERI.2016.8077318, INSPEC Accession Number: 17289431.

    10. Peeyush Kala and Sudha Arora. 2016. “A variable DC link based novel multilevel inverter topology for low voltage applications”. Proceedings of 2016 IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), held at Delhi, India, during July 4-6, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/ICPEICES.2016.7853399, INSPEC, Accession Number: 16673103.

    11. Vibhuti Dhyani and Sudha Arora. 2013. “Application of Fuzzy Logic Control for Reactive Power and D.C. Capacitor Voltage Control of Doubly Fed Induction Generator during External Faults. '' Proceedings of IEEE Annual India Conference (INDICON-2013), held at IIT Mumbai, during December 13-15, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/INDCON.2013.6725911, e-ISBN: 978-1-4799-2275-8, CD-ROM ISBN: 978-1-4799-2274-1, p-ISSN: 2325-940X, e-ISSN: 2325-9418. Web: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6725911

    12. Neeti Sharma and Sudha Arora. 2008. “A Novel Approach to Identification of Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System with Reduced Rule Set”. Proceedings of International Conference on Power System Analysis, Control & Optimization (PASCO-2008), held at Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, during March 13-15, 2008.

    13. Neeti Sharma and Sudha Arora. 2008. “Analysis of Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Using Subtractive Clustering”. Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Advances & Trends in Electrical Engineering, held at NITTTR, Chandigarh, during February 13-14, 2008.

    14. Sudha Arora and A.K Mittal. 2006. “A priority Based Conflict Resolution Approach for Automated Guided Vehicles”. Proceedings of American Control Conference – 2006, held at Minneapolis, USA, during June 14-16, 2006, pp. 5843-5848. p-ISBN: 1-4244-0209-3, e-ISBN: 1-4244-0210-7, DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2006.1657657.p-ISSN: 0743-1619, e-ISSN: 2378-5861. Web: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=1657657

    15. S.D. Samantaray and Sudha Arora. 2003. “Role of Information Technology in Agricultural Research Management”. Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Research & Development (ICMARD-2003), held at New Delhi, during Jan 10-11, 2003.

    16. Sudha Arora, A.K. Raina and A.K Mittal. 2001. “Hybrid Control in Automated Guided Vehicle Systems”. Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, held at Oakland, CA, USA, during August 25-29, 2001. (Cat. No. 01TH8585) DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2001.948687ISBN: 0-7803-7194-1.

    17. Sudha Arora, A.K. Raina and A.K Mittal. 2000. “Collision Avoidance among AGVs at Junctions”. Proceedings of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2000, held at Dearborn, MI, USA, during October 3-5, 2000. DOI: 10.1109/IVS.2000.898411, ISBN: 0-7803-6363-9.

    Papers in Proceedings of National Conferences:

    1. Neeti Sharma and Sudha Arora. 2008. “Analysis of Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System using Subtractive Clustering”. Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Advances & Trends in Electrical Engineering, held at NITTTR, Chandigarh, during February 13-14, 2008.

    2. Neeti Sharma and Sudha Arora. 2006. “Use of ZnO in Electrical Power Protection”. Proceedings of National Conference on ZnO Materials & Devices, conducted by DST (India)-JSPS (Japan), held at University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi, during December 18-20, 2006.

    3. S.D. Samantaray and Sudha Arora. 2005. “Applying Data Mining Techniques for Better Irrigation Scheduling Decisions in Water Balance Approach”. Proceedings ofNational Conference on Micro Irrigation- 2005, held at GBPUA&T, Pantnagar.

    4. Sudha Arora and S.D. Samantaray. 1999. “Fabrication Techniques for Superconducting Wires and Tapes”. Proceedings of National Conference on Semiconductor Materials, and Recent Technologies (SMART-1999), held at Pantnagar, during November, 1999.

    5. S.D. Samantaray and Sudha Arora. 1995. “FM-SIM: A Knowledge Based Simulator for On-Line Real Time Flexible Manufacturing System”. Proceedings of National Systems Conference – 1995 (NSC-1995), held at Coimbatore, during December 14-16, 1995, pp-442-446, ISBN: 81-7023-513-8.

    6. Sudha Arora, Mukul Gupta, Salma Rizvi, and Subir Ray. 1995. “A Simple Artificial Neural-Network for Pattern Recognition”. Proceedings of National Systems Conference – 1995 (NSC-1995), held at Coimbatore, during December 14-16, 1995, pp. 410-405. Web: http://www.gbv.de/dms/tib-ub-hannover/240852257.pdf

    Patent Filed

  • Patent application Publication in The Patent Office Journal No. 08/2019 Dated 22/02/2019 Titled “A Novel Mutilevel (Nine-Level) Inverter Topology with Modularity Features” by Mr. Peeyush Kala and Dr. Sudha Arora, Application No.: 201711028998 A dated: 16/08/2017

  • Books/ Book Chapters

  • Vibhu Jately and Sudha Arora. 2018. “Performance Investigation of Hill-Climbing MPPT Techniques for PV Systems under Rapidly Changing Environment”. In book: Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices (Proceedings of ICICCD 2017, Published by Springer, Singapore). 2018, pp. 1145-1157. ISSN: 2194-5365. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5903-2_120. Web: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-5903-2_120

  • Seminars/Trainings/Conferences

    Attended Recently

    Sl. No. Name of Training Seminars, Symposium etc. Duration Place & Other Details
    Training on “Active Learning, Autonomy, Academic Governance & R&D” 18-22 June, 2018 IIT Roorkee
    (Under TEQIP-III)
    Two-day NPIU-NBA Workshop on “Outcome-Based Education (OBE)” 28-29 March, 2018 College of Technology, G.B.P.U.A.&T., Pantnagar
    (Under TEQIP-III)
    Second ‘Nobel Prize Series, India 2018’ February 5, 2018 Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi
    Training on “Electric- Vehicles-Design, Modelling and Simulation” 29 January – 2 February, 2018 Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Technology, G.B.P.U.A.&T., Pantnagar
    (Under GIAN)
    Stakeholders Training Programme on Energy Conservation Building Code 201 15-16 March, 2018 UREDA, Uttarakhand
    NBA Orientation Workshop-Movement for Quality Education 30-31 October, 2017 Zeal Education Society, Pune
    TEQIP-III Orientation workshop 18 January, 2017 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
    Industry Academia Synergy for Bridging Technical Skill Gap 15 November, 2016 GBPUAT Pantnagar
    2nd International Conference on Next Generation Computing Technologies NGCT-2016 14-16 October, 2016 Centre for Information Technology, UPES, Dehradun
    Twenty-seventh Appreciation Course in Parliamentary Processes and Procedures for Professors/Associate Professors /Assistant Professors of Universities /Colleges 02-06 May, 2016 Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training (BPST), Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament of India
    National Conference on “Sharing of Innovative Ideas and Achievements of Centre of Excellence” 21-23 April, 2016 Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkuru