Ms Bharathi A Rao

About

 Academecian with 20+ years of teaching experience.  I have been committed to blending theoretical knowledge with practical application, equipping students with the skills and insights needed to thrive in today's competitive engineering landscape.

 I am privileged to engage with students in dynamic learning environments, fostering a culture of inquiry, collaboration, and hands-on exploration. Beyond the classroom, I am passionate about research that pushes the boundaries of knowledge and industry partnerships that enrich our curriculum with real-world relevance.

I look forward to guiding and empowering our students as they pursue their academic and professional aspirations.

 

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Education Qualifications

Sl.No	Qualification Level	University	Area of Specialization	Year of Compeltion	Awards
1	MTech	NITK, Surathkal	Power and Energy Systems	2004
2	BE	Mangalore University	Electrical and Electronics	1998

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Responsibilities At SJEC

2023-2024:  Coordinator for Discipline and Equity committee.

                   Project Work Coordinator for the department.

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Work Experience

Assistant Professor       SJEC                  2005-till date

Lecturer                       NMAMIT,Nitte         1998-2002

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Research Areas

Power Electronics,Renewable Energy Sources.

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Journal Publications

1. Bharathi Rao,M S Shet "Study for Reliability of Quasi Z Source Inverter in stand alone PV system with battery" Proceedings - 2024 2nd IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power and Renewable Energy, SPECon 2024.

2. Bharathi Rao,M S Shet "Relibility analysis of Single phase quazi Z source inverter for stand alone photovoltaic system" Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 2022, 11(6), pp. 3023–3032

3.  Bharathi Rao,M S Shet,Pius Pinto "Comparison of Efficiency and Failure Rate of SEPIC, Cuk and Zeta Converter for Application to Stand Alone PV System" Proceedings of the 2021 2nd IEEE International Conference on Communication, Computing and Industry 4.0, C2I4 2021

4. Bharathi Rao,Pius Pinto "A review on methods used for reliability assessment of power electronic systems" IJERT,2018

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Membership in professional Bodies

ISTE Member

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Workshop/FDPs Attended

1. 5-day Online UHV FDP conducted from 20th  February  - 24th February 2023 Conducted by AICTE.
2.  User Awareness Programme on Plagiarism and best practices on 2nd feb 2023 at SJEC in association with VTU consortium.
3. Dept of EEE,ECE in association with SJEC MATLAB,COReal Technologies on application of communication and AI using MATLAB on 16-17 march 2023 

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Conferences attended

1. Joseph Brian D’Souza, Bharathi A Rao "MPPT in Battery Charging for PV Applications",Nitte Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering NCAEE-2016,IJIREEICE
2. Renita Pinto, Bharathi A Rao "Reliability Analysis of Converters" Nitte Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering NCAEE-2016,IJIREEICE

3. Jithin Baby, and Bharathi A Rao"Simplified 7 Level Multilevel Inverter "National Level Technical Conference P&E- BiDD-2015,IJEETC

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