Electrical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Sanjoy Debbarma
PhD (NIT Silchar)

E-mail:
hod.ee@nitm.ac.in

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Dr. Pemendra Kumar Pardhi Assistant Professor

Ph.D, SGSITS Indore

pemendra.pardhi@nitm.ac.in
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https://sites.google.com/nitm.ac.in/pkpardhi/home

Research Interest

Power Electronics and Their Control for Renewable Energy Integrated Systems, DC-DC Converters, and LED Drivers.

Education Qualification

Ph.D, SGSITS Indore

Publication


Book Chapters

  1. S. K. Sharma and P. K. Pardhi, Control for Grid Synchronization of Single-Phase Voltage Source Converter, In Power Quality: Infrastructures and Control. Studies in Infrastructure and Control. Springer International Publishing, Singapore 2023. 


International Journal/Transaction

  1. P. K. Pardhi and S. K. Sharma, “Isolated Interleaved Boost Converter Based Single Phase Grid- Interfaced Photovoltaic System,” Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 00, no. 00, pp 1-16, Aug 2023. (SCIE).

  2. P. K. Pardhi, S. K. Sharma and A. Chandra, “Grid-integrated Single Phase Solar PV System Employed with Single Switch High Gain Boost Converter," Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 213, pp. 1-13, Nov.-Dec. 2022. (SCIE).

  3. S. K. Sharma, P. K. Pardhi and R. K. Saxena, “ Fifth Order Generalized Integrator for Double- Stage Single Phase Grid Interfaced Photovoltaic Supply SystemIETE Journal of Research Jun 2022 (SCIE)

  4. S. K. Sharma, P. K. Pardhi and R. K. Saxena, “ SEPIC For Solar Energy Based Sensorless Speed Control of Induction Motor DriveInternational Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems (Wiley publication), vol.31 no.12 pp.1-19 ,Dec. 2021 (SCIE)

  5. P. K. Pardhi and S. K. Sharma, “High Gain Non-Isolated DC Converter Employed In Single Phase Grid-Tied Solar Photovoltaic Supply System”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 5170-5182, Sept.-Oct. 2021. (SCI)

  6. P. K. Pardhi, S. K. Sharma and A. Chandra, “Control of Single-Phase Solar Photovoltaic Supply System,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 7132-7144, Nov.-Dec. 2020. (SCI).

 

 International Conference

  1.  D. S. Ritchil, E. Kharwar, P. K. Pardhi, and S. K. Sharma, “A Modified Isolated SEPIC Employed PV-Fed Electric Vehicle Charger,” Accepted to present in IEEE International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE) will be held in NIT Meghalaya India on 9 – 11 June 2025.

  2. H. Choubey, S. K. Sharma and P. K. Pardhi, “Deep Neural Network MPPT-based PV Water Pumping With PMSM Drive,” Accepted to present in IEEE International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE) will be held in NIT Meghalaya India on 9 – 11 June 2025.

  3. P. K. Pardhi and S. K. Sharma, “PV-fed Flyback-type Single-stage Single-phase Grid-tied System,” IEEE International Conference on Power India International Conference (PIICON), MNIT Jaipur, 2024, pp. 1-6

  4. P. K. Pardhi, S. Kumar Sharma and A. Chandra, “Modeling and Control of VIENNA Circuit Employed Single-Phase Single-Stage Solar PV System,” International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-6.

  5. P. K. Pardhi and S. K. Sharma, “Control of Single Phase Grid-Integrated Isolated Converter Based PV Supply,” IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), 2022, pp. 1-6

  6. P. K. Pardhi, S. K. Sharma and R. K. Saxena, “Integrated DC Converter For Stand-alone Single Phase Photovoltaic Supply System” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), 2022, pp.1-6.

  7. P. K. Pardhi and S. K. Sharma, “Energy Storage-less Single Phase Photovoltaic Supply System Operating in Grid and Autonomous Modes” IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC) 2021, pp.1-6.

  8. P. K. Pardhi, S. K. Sharma and R. Saxena, “Enhanced TOGI Controller for Single-stage Single Phase Grid-tied Solar PV Supply System,” IEEE International Power and Renewable Energy Conference (IPRECON), 2021, pp. 1-5

  9. P. K. Pardhi, S. K. Sharma and A. Chandra, “Solar Photovoltaic Roof-Top System Design and Control Employing High Gain DC Converter,” IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2020, pp. 1-6

  10. P. K. Pardhi and S. K. Sharma, “Design and Control of Isolated Boost Converter in Photovoltaic Supply System Integrated With Grid,” IEEE International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (GUCON), 2020, pp. 540-545.

  11. P. K. Pardhi and S. K. Sharma, “Power Optimized Architecture based Converter and Its Control for Single Phase Grid-Tied Solar Photovoltaic System,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), 2020, pp. 1-6.

  12. P. K. Pardhi, S. K. Sharma and A. Chandra, “Control of Single-Phase Solar Photovoltaic Supply System,” IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2019, pp. 1-14.

  13.  P. K. Pardhi and S. Sharma, “Implementation of Robust Controller for VSI Feeding Stand-alone Loads,” IEEE International Conference on Energy, Systems and Information Processing (ICESIP), 2019, pp. 1-5.

Experience

 February 2025 to Till Now 

Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Meghalaya.


November 2022 to February 2025 (2 Years 4 Months)

Worked as Sr. Design Engineer at CastNX Pvt Ltd, Indore, Project Supervised

  • Constant current LED driver (50W & 100W)

  • Logic power supply for various projects (30W to 105W)

  • 1HP DC drive for garage application.

  • 25kW AC-DC-DC converter for EV charger/Electrolysis (Premature stage)

  • 3.6kW, Single-phase grid-tied solar inverter (Premature stage)


July 2018 to July 2020 (2 Years)

Worked as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at Shri G. S. Institute of Technology and Science, Indore, under this project (Funded by MPCST Bhopal), the following work has been carried out, 

  • Non-isolated topologies development for grid-tied single-phase solar inverter and its control implementation.

  • Isolated topologies development for grid-tied single-phase solar inverter and its control implementation.

Professional Membership

  • IEEE Membership

  •  IEEE Power Electronics Society Membership

  • IEEE Industrial Application Society Membership

  • EEE Power and Energy Society Membership

  • Association of Engineers (AOE) Membership

Extracurricular

  • Delivered an expert lecture on the topic “Discussion on PV-Based Grid-Tied Inverter" on 16th Sept. 2025, organized by the IEEE Student branch and PELS chapter SGSITS Indore.
  • Attended a five-day professional development program on “Modern Approaches to Teaching and Learning” held on 18th – 22nd Aug. 2025, conducted by NIT Meghalaya.
  • Attended two-day CBDE pedagogy workshop under the Malviya mission teacher training program held on 7th – 8th Aug. 2025, organized by NIT Manipur.   
  • Attended a one-day National Workshop on “Future Ready Energy Education: Opportunities and Challenges”, held on 09th July, 2025. Organized by IIT Delhi.   
  • Delivered a talk on the topic “Modern Power Electronics & Smart Control
     for Grid-connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems” on Faculty Development Program titled "AI-Powered Smart Grids: Advancing Resilient and Equitable Energy Systems" held on 16-20 June 2025, organized by OP Jindal University, Raigarh.
  • Delivered a talk on the topic “Control & Optimization of Electric Vehicles EVs” at the All India Seminar (One Day), Dec 2024. organized by The Institution of Engineers (India) In Association with the Electrical Engineering Department, Medi-Caps University, Indore.
  •  Delivered an Expert talk in the one-day workshop on “Fundamentals of MATLAB and its Applications” held on 7th Oct. 2023, organized by the IEEE Student Branch SGSITS Indore.
  • Delivered an Expert Lecture in the one-week training program on “Advanced Approaches in the Modeling and Cutting-Edge Electronics system” held on 12th – 18th June 2023, organized by SGSITS Indore.
  • Student Coordinator in Power Electronics Society (PELS) Madhya Pradesh chapter from 2022 to 2023.
  • Secretary of the IEEE student branch SGSITS (STB88701) Indore from 3rd Oct 2021 to 31st Dec. 2023.
  • Delivered a lecture on the topic “Design and development of solar photovoltaic supply system” at the Research Scholar’s Conclave 2020 jointly organized by SGSITS Indore, Manipur Technical University, and COEP Pune.
  • Completed online courses (SSA101x) “Hands-on Training on Solar Study Lamp Assembly” conducted from 01st May 2019 to 31st Dec. 2019, offered by IIT Bombay  
  • Attended a one-week faculty development program on “Power Electronics for Renewable and Electric Vehicle”, held on 19th – 23rd Aug., 2019, organized by Electronics & ICT Academy, NIT Jaipur.
  •  Attended two-day Workshop on “Design of Medium Frequency Transformer and Inductors”, held on 6th – 7th March, 2017, organized by SGSITS Indore, funded by TEQIP-II.
  • Volunteer in a two-day workshop on “Advanced in Power Electronics for Sustainable Development” held on 25th – 26th March 2017, organized by SGSITS Indore, funded by TEQIP-II.
  • Volunteer GIAN (Global Initiative Academic Network) short-term course on “Wind Energy Conversion System” held on 19th – 23rd Dec. 2016, organized by SGSITS Indore, funded by MHRD.

Achievements

  • Secured AIR 12636 in GATE 2020, Secured AIR 13667 in GATE 2016 & AIR 11466 in GATE 2015 in the Electrical Engineering stream.
  • Awarded Fellowship for Training of Young Scientists from Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, Bhopal.

Professional Responsibilities

  • Member of the industry relations committee for the industry, Academia, and Research Conclave 2025. 
  • Internal mentor (In the Electrical Engineering Department), Capacity Building program on design and entrepreneurship (CBDE) at NIT Meghalaya.   
  • Innovation Activity Co-ordinator in the Institute's Innovation Council (IIC) at NIT Meghalaya from 5 Aug. 2025.  
  • Faculty In-Charge of Alumni & Industry Relations at NIT Meghalaya from 16th May 2025 to till date.
  • Convener of Hindi Cell at NIT Meghalaya from 18th March 2025 to till date. 

Courses Taught (UG)

  • Measurement & Instrumentation/Electrical and Electronic Measurements   

  • Digital Logic Design 

  • Electrical Safety and Standards 

  • Power Electronics 

  • Advanced Power Electronics