IEEE Power & Energy Society (IEEE PES), Bangalore Chapter

2017 Young Researcher’s Meet (YRM), 7, October 2017, Manipal University, India

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University, India, organized the “2017 Young Researcher’s meet (YRM)”, an annual event of IEEE Power and Energy Society, Bangalore Chapter. The event was organized by Dr. Vidya H.A, Professor and Head, Dept. of E&EE, Global Academy of Technology, Bangalore also the Joint Treasurer of IEEE PES Bangalore Chapter, Dr. Ciji Pearl Kurian, Professor Dept. of E&E, MIT and Dr. Jayalakshmi N.S, Professor, Dept. of E&E, MIT. This event was conducted as a part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations of MIT, Manipal. The event was inaugurated by the chief guest of the function, Dr. B.H.V Pai, Joint Director MIT. Dr. Savitha G. Kini, HOD department of E&E, Dr. Vidya H.A, Dr. Ramesh, Chairman, Diamond Jubilee Celebrations and Dr. M.M. Pai, Associate Director, Research & Consultancy, MIT graced the inaugural function.  

Forenoon session had several invited talks by experts from prestigious organizations like POSOCO, PRDC, ABB, and reputed academic institutes. Experts spoke about ongoing research as well as proposed research work in the area of Power and Energy Systems. The afternoon session focused on mentoring of young researchers. A mentor worked with a group of researchers in a particular area on ways to tackle various challenges encountered in research. Mentors were devoted to active research in the field of Power and Energy Systems such as Smart Grids, Micro Grids, Power Quality and Reliability, Power System Planning & Operation, Power System Dynamics, FACTS, Renewable Energy Integration, Solid State Lighting and Controls, Energy Management etc.

The keynote speech on ‘Research Methodology’ was delivered by Dr. Suresh Jangamshetti, Senior Member IEEE & Fulbright Alumni, Professor, BEC Bagalkot. The experts had addressed future challenges in Power and Energy research; various topics for discussion were PMUs, Emerging Trends in Power System Planning/ Operation with Renewable Energy Sources and Micro Grids as fundamental Building blocks and enablers of natural energy. The mentoring session was chaired by Senior IEEE PES Members from Bangalore and South Canara region. Dr. K.P. Vittal, (NITK), Dr. D.N. Gaonkar (NITK), Dr. Nagesh Prabhu (NMAMIT), Dr. Vidya H.A (Global Academy of Technology), Dr.  Suresh Jangamshetti (BEC), Dr. Ciji Pearl Kurian (MIT), Dr. Jayalakshmi (MIT), Mr. Muthukumar (POSOCO), Mr. Abhilash ET Nair (ABB) and Dr. Chandrashekhar Atla (PRDC) were the participated  mentors. Finally, there was an open house presentation session for the participant mentors and researchers in which Mr Shailesh K.R, research scholar of MIT Manipal highlighted his research. The event was sponsored by IEEE PES Bangalore chapter and Manipal University.

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