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AKHIL A. BALAKRISHNAN

Assistant Professor

Areas of Specialization

Instrumentation & Control Systems
Areas of Interest

Electronics
Embedded Systems & IoT
Electrical Machines
Renewable Energy
Control Systems

Educational Summary


Course University Year
BTech - Electrical & Electronics Enginereing GEC Thrissur - University of Calicut 2011
MTech - Instrumentation & Control Systems NIT Calicut 2013
PhD(Pursuing) APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala

Experience


From Date To Date Institution Name Designation
2012-04-01 2013-03-31 Advance Motor Design Technology Centre (AMDTC), Crompton Greaves - Global R & D Centre, Kanjurmarg, Mumbai Project Intern
2013-08-12 0000-00-00 Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur Assistant Professor

Achievements


Achievement Year
Resource Person for an expert lecture on, “Programming using m-file & Introduction to Simulink” in the ISTE JECC Chapter sponsored Two Day Workshop on, “MATLAB/SIMULINK: Application to Electrical Engineering” organized by the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy. 2014
Department Coordinator for ISTE - SRM Sponsored National Level One Week Short Term Training Programme(STTP) on Power System Control using Power Electronics (PSCoPE) : 16-21 June 2014 2014
Developed a "Template in LaTeX" for various types of Technical Reports for the Students of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department in Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy. 2015
Resource Person for One Day Workshop on “Technical Documentation using LaTeX & Beamer” organized by the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy. 2015
Trainer for the ASAP Summer Skill Skool(SSS)-16 course "Assistant Electrician" in Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy. 2016
Resource Person for One Day Workshop on, “Technical Document Preparation with LaTeX” for M.Tech Students of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department in Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy in association with Institution of Engineers (India) on 1st March 2017. 2017
Organization Committee Member of Short Term Training Programme on “Research Methodology” conducted by Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department of Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 11-15 January 2017 2017
Trainer for Add-On Course on "Introduction to Arduino" to S3 and S5 students of Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy in the Academic Year 2021-22. 2022

Papers Published


Nithya K., Akhil A. Balakrishnan, Dr. Praveen R. P., “Sensorless Control of Brushless DC Motor for Low Speed Aerospace Applications”, National Conference on Renewable Energy (NCRE-2013),November 2013, pp.109-112
Nithya K., Akhil A. Balakrishnan, Dr. Praveen R. P.,“Sensorless Control of Brushless DC Motor for Low Speed Aerospace Applications”, Proceedings of 26th Kerala Science Congress, Wayanad, January 2014, pp.167
Nithya K., Akhil A. Balakrishnan, Dr. Praveen R. P., “Sensorless Control of Brushless DC Motor for Low Speed Aerospace Applications”, IEEE International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT-2014),March 2014, pp.23
Teresa Babu & Akhil A. Balakrishnan "Closed Loop Control of Transformer less Interleaved Converter for Renewable Energy Applications", IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Collaboration in Engineering (ICKCE-2015)
Teresa Babu & Akhil A. Balakrishnan "Transformer less DC Converter for High Intensity Discharge Lamp Applications", IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication & Optimization (EESCO-15)
Teresa Babu & Akhil A. Balakrishnan "Transformer less DC Converter for High Intensity Discharge Lamp Applications", IEEE International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT-15)
Teresa Babu & Akhil A. Balakrishnan "Transformer less Interleaved Quadrupler DC Converter with Automatic Current Sharing Capability", IEEE International Conference on Power, Energy and Control Systems - ROCKS-15
Teresa Babu & Akhil A. Balakrishnan "Transformer less DC Converter with High Voltage Transfer Gain Achieving Voltage Regulation", National Conference on Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronics Engineering - NCREEE 2015
Sangeetha K. & Akhil A. Balakrishnan, “The Derivative of A Switched Coupled Inductor DC–DC Step-Up Converter By Using A Voltage Lift Network For Micro Source Applications”, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), volume.5, issue.1, January 2016.
Sangeetha K. & Akhil A. Balakrishnan, “Review On Analysis Of A Switched Coupled Inductor Dc–dc Step-up Converter For Micro Source Applications”, Conference on 28th Kerala Science Congress in Engineering and Technology, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), January 2016.
Sangeetha K. & Akhil A. Balakrishnan, “The closed loop Control of a Switched Coupled Inductor DC–DC Step-Up Converter by Using a Voltage Lift Network for Micro Source Applications”, International Conference on Electrical Electronics and Optimization Technologies (IEEE-ICEEOT), March 2016.
Sangeetha K. & Akhil A. Balakrishnan, “The closed loop Control of a Switched Coupled Inductor DC–DC Step-Up Converter For Micro Source Applications”, International Conference On Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICRAEE), April 2016.
Akhil A. Balakrishnan, Dr. Shijoh. V. & Dr. Jarin T., "Phase Shift Controlled Full Bridge DC-DC Converter with Less Circulating Loss", Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 25 (1): 65-73, 2017
Anitta Savy, Akhil A. Balakrishnan, & Dr. Shijoh V., "Automatic Solar Tracker", Second International Conference on Computing, Communication and Energy Systems (ICCCES2020), 26-27 February 2020

Conferences / Workshop / FDPs Attended


Five Day “Early Career Faculty Development Program (ECFDP)” jointly organized by IEEE GOLD Kerala Section & Vidya Academy of Science & Technology with the support of IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) : 4-8 November 2013
Five Day Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on “LabVIEW Programming for Engineering Research” sponsored by Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Government of Kerala and organized by the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering at Government College of Engineering, Kannur : 19-23 May 2014
Three Day Faculty Development Program in “Concepts Coaching” conducted by ICT Academy of Kerala at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 12-14 November 2014
Two Day National Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights & Research Funding Possibilities” jointly organized by the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy & Patent Information Centre-Kerala/KSCSTE held at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 16,17 January 2015
One Week Faculty Development Program on “Empowering Through Team Work” held at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 1-7 June 2015
Two Day Faculty Development Programme on “Robotics & Industrial Automation” conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering held at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 10,11 February 2016
Two Day Faculty Development Programme on “Internet of Things (IoT)” organized by i-EDC JECC in association with ISTE Chapter JECC held at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy. : 22,23 April 2016
One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Performance Based Work Ethic” organized by Placement & Training (PAT) Development Cell JECC, held at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 13-19 June 2016
Two Day Faculty Development Programme on “An Overview of Mathematics in Research” held at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 13-14 December 2016
Five Day Short Term Training Programme on “Research Methodology” held at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 11-15 January 2017
Five Day Faculty Development Programme on “Control Systems: Theory & Application” organized by Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department, held at Government Engineering College, Thrissur : 4-8 December 2017
Three Day Faculty Development Programme on “Signal Processing and Embedded System Design using EDA Tools” organized by Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, held at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy : 19-21 December 2017
Five Day Faculty Development Programme on “Rapid Prototyping of Embedded Systems through Code Generation” organized by Department of Electronics, held at Cochin University of Science & Technology : 7-11 May 2018

Projects Guided


Projects Name Details Year
Table-Top Wireless Charging Station B.Tech Mini Project - Students: Arun Raj, Jithin Jain, Nicky Jose, Swathi Krishna P. 2014
Analysis of SVPWM Inverter fed PMBLDC Motor B.Tech Main Project - Students: Blesson Varghese, Cyril Davis, Febin Jacob, Jibin Shaju, P. L. Leo 2014
Sensorless Control of Brushless DC Motor in the Low Speed Region M.Tech Thesis - Student: Nithya K. 2014
Automatic Room Light and Security Room Lock System B.Tech Mini Project - Students: A. Revathy Ganesh, Hridya P., Jinto Joy, Nimisha Muraleedharan, Rosmi James 2015
Electric Propulsion System for Interplanetary Mission and Satellite Manuever with Chemical Interface B.Tech Main Project - Students: Arun Paul, Arun Raj, Helna Joseph, Rintu Francis, Sandeep M. 2015
Closed Loop Control of Transformerless Voltage Quadrupler DC Converter M.Tech Thesis - Student: Teresa Babu 2015