Specialization

Optimization, Energy Efficiency and Solar PV Systems.

Email

pawan.kumar@thapar.edu

Biography

Dr Kumar is a Certified Energy Manager cum Auditor (Bureau of Energy Efficiency). He is a fellow and chartered engineer of the Institute of Engineers (India). He had developed an independent research center while working as the Coordinator of the Energy Elite Club. He has worked as a Principal Investigator on university- and BIS-funded research projects.

Dr Kumar has served as the Managing Guest Editor for the Special Issue on “Innovative Technologies for Micro-grid and Smart-grid Systems” in Computers and Electrical Engineering, an Elsevier Journal. Dr Kumar has also served as a reviewer for reputed journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Elsevier Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Springer Electrical Engineering, IJITWE (IGI Global, USA), JCIT (IGI Global, USA), 12th IEEE INDICON-2015, and 12th IEEE INDICON-2018. He has published several papers/books/ book chapters in various journals/conferences of repute, including IEEE, IET, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, etc. He has served as a Session Chair for DELCON-2025. He has also received the Best Paper Award during the ICICS-2016 International Conference.

Dr Kumar is the editor of the book “Handbook of Research on Power and Energy System Optimization” with IGI Global, USA, and “Internet of Energy Handbook” with CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. He has delivered expert lectures on Energy Efficiency in Electrical Utilities at various institutions. His current areas of interest include: energy efficiency in electrical utilities, optimization in power system operation and planning, distributed generation, load management and energy auditing, computational intelligence, Micro-grid and smart-grid systems, Solar PV systems, Machine learning, and the Internet of Energy (IoE).  

Academic Qualifications:

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Interests:

• Power systems operation and control
• Power system planning and restructuring
• Power system dynamics and stability
• Power system analysis
• Power generation, transmission, distribution and economics
• Energy auditing and management
• Solar PV and Smart grid systems

Research Interest:

Internet of Energy (IoE), Energy efficiency in power delivery, Distribution generation, Computational Intelligence, Optimization in power system’s operation and planning, Load management and energy auditing, Micro-grid and smart-grid systems, Solar PV modelling, estimation and generation, Machine learning, Building energy efficiency

Projects/Grants:

Research Publications:

SCI Publications:

1. Cao, Bin, Weinan Dong, Zhihan Lv, Yu Gu, Surjit Singh, and Pawan Kumar. "Hybrid microgrid many-objective sizing optimization with fuzzy decision."IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems 28, no. 11 (2020): 2702-2710.
2. Kumar, Pawan, Dip Vinod Thanki, Surjit Singh, and Srete Nikolovski. "A new framework for intensification of energy efficiency in commercial and residential use by imposing social, technical and environmental constraints."Sustainable cities and society 62 (2020): 102400.
3. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali, M. S. Thomas and S. Singh, “Imposing voltage security and network radiality for reconfiguration of distribution system using efficient heuristic and meta-heuristic approaches”, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, 11, no. 10, pp 2457-2467, March 2017.
4. Ali, M. S. Thomas and Pawan Kumar, “Energy efficient reconfiguration for practical load combination in distribution system”, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, vol. 9, no.11, pp. 1051-1060. August 2015.
5. Kumar, Pawan, Ikbal Ali, Mini Shaji Thomas, and Surjit Singh. "A coordinated framework of DG allocation and operating strategy in distribution system for configuration management under varying loading patterns."Electric Power Components and Systems 48, no. 1-2 (2020): 12-29.
6. Pawan Kumar, Gagandeep S Brar, Surjit Singh, Srete Nikolovski, Hamid Reza Baghaee, and Zoran Balkic, “Perspectives and Intensification of Energy Efficiency in Commercial and Residential Buildings Using Strategic Auditing and Demand-Side Management”, Energies, Vol. 12, no. 23, pp. 4539, 2019.
7. Kumar, Pawan, Srete Nikolovski, Ikbal Ali, Mini S. Thomas, and Hemant Ahuja. "Impact of Electric Vehicles on Energy Efficiency with Energy Boosters in Coordination for Sustainable Energy in Smart Cities."Processes 10, no. 8 (2022): 1593.
8. Kumar, Pawan, Srete Nikolovski, and Ikbal Ali. "Introduction to the Special Section on Innovative Technologies for Microgrid and Smart-grid Systems." Electr. Eng. 77 (2019): 414-415.
9. Ahuja and Pawan Kumar, “A novel approach for coordinated operation of variable speed wind energy conversion in smart grid applications”, Elsevier, Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering, vol. 77, pages: 72-84, 2019.
10. Singh, Surjit, and Pawan Kumar. "MH-CACA: multi-objective harmony search-based coverage aware clustering algorithm in WSNs."Enterprise Information Systems 14, no. 9-10 (2020): 1325-1353.
11. Kumar, Pawan Kumar, S. Singh and R. Vijay, “Fast and Accurate synthesis of frequency reconfigurable slot antenna using back propagation network”, International Journal of Electronics and Communication, Elsevier, Vol 112, pp. 152962, 2019.
12. Shukla, Hiramani, Srete Nikolovski, More Raju, Ankur Singh Rana, and Pawan Kumar. "A particle swarm optimization technique tuned TID controller for frequency and voltage regulation with penetration of electric vehicles and distributed generations."Energies 15, no. 21 (2022): 8225.
13. Vishnoi, Shreya, Srete Nikolovski, More Raju, Mukesh Kumar Kirar, Ankur Singh Rana, and Pawan Kumar. "Frequency stabilization in an interconnected micro-grid using smell agent optimization algorithm-tuned classical controllers considering electric vehicles and wind turbines."Energies 16, no. 6 (2023): 2913.
14. Shukla, Hiramani, Srete Nikolovski, More Raju, Ankur Singh Rana, and Pawan Kumar. "SMES-GCSC coordination for frequency and voltage regulation in a multi-area and multi-source power system with penetration of electric vehicles and renewable energy sources."Energies 16, no. 1 (2022): 251.

Non-SCI, International and National Conferences:

Non-SCI:

1. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and M. S. Thomas, “Energy efficiency analysis of reconfigured distribution system for practical loads”, Elsevier, Journal Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 498-501, 2016. Directory of Open Access Journals.
2. Ali, Ikbal, Mini S. Thomas, and Pawan Kumar. "Optimal capacitor placement in smart distribution systems to improve its maximum loadability and energy efficiency."International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology 3, no. 8 (2011): 271-284.
3. Kumar, Rajeev, Pawan Kumar, and Ritu Vijay. "Hexagonal shaped slot antenna resonant frequency determination using ANN approach."Mikrotalasna revija (2019).
4. Singh, S., R. M. Sharma, and P. Kumar. "WSNs and PDNs: similarities, challenges and application of computational intelligence."International Journal of Control Theory and Applications 9, no. 41 (2016): 489-497.
5. Ali, Ikbal, Mini S. Thomas, and Pawan Kumar. "Distributed resource planning for improved voltage stability of radial distribution system."International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering 2, no. 1 (2013): 95-101.
6. Seema Arora and Pawan Kumar, “Infrastructural development of energy planning and energy management for smart grid implementation”, Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 26-31, July-Aug. 2012

International conferences:

IEEE Conferences:

1. Meenu, Kumar, Pawan, and Smarajit Ghosh. "Transposition Model-Aided Network Reconfiguration for Energy Efficiency in DER Integrated Hybrid Microgrids." In2025 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation & Intelligent Computing (MoSICom), pp. 157-162. IEEE, 2025. Web of Science & Scopus.
2. Meenu, Kumar, Pawan, and Smarajit Ghosh. "Machine Learning Based PV Estimation and Generation Across Diverse Locations for Hybrid Microgrid Applications." In2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Power, Energy, Renewables, and Transportation (SPERT), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2025. Web of Science & Scopus.
3. Kumar, Pawan, Gagandeep Singh Brar, and Lovepreet Singh. "Energy efficiency evaluation in commercial and residential buildings with demand side management: A review." In2019 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2019. Web of Science & Scopus.
4. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and M.S. Thomas, “Synchronizing solar cell, battery and grid supply for development of smart power system for home”, INDICON-2015 (IEEE) at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Dec. 17-20, 2015. Web of Science & Scopus.
5. Pawan Kumar and Surjit Singh, “Reconfiguration of radial distribution system with static load models for loss minimization”, PEDES-2014 (IEEE) at IIT, Bombay, Dec. 16-19, 2014, Web of Science & Scopus.
6. Pawan Kumar and Surjit Singh, “Comprehensive stability analysis of radial distribution system with load growth”, IICPE-2014 (IEEE) at NIT, Kurukshetra, Dec. 8-10, 2014, Web of Science & Scopus.
7. Pawan Kumar and Surjit Singh, “Energy efficiency performance of radial distribution system with reactive power injection”, IICPE-2014 (IEEE) at NIT, Kurukshetra, Dec. 8-10, 2014, Web of Science & Scopus.
8. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and M.S. Thomas, “Effect of loading pattern on the performance of reconfigured medium size distribution system”, PICONF-2012 (IEEE) at Murthal Haryana, Dec. 2012, Scopus & Web of Science.

Non-IEEE conferences:

1. Pawan Kumar and Surjit Singh, “WSNs and PDNs: Similarity, challenges and application of computational intelligence”, ICICS-2016 at LPU Phagwara, Nov. 18-19^th, 2016. Best Paper award.
2. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and M.S. Thomas, “Distributed resource planning for improved voltage stability of radial distribution system”, ICETES-2013 at Kothamangalam, Kerala, 12-13^th 2013.
3. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and M.S. Thomas, “Energy efficiency analysis of reconfigured distribution system for practical loads”, ICEMS-2016 at JNU Jaipur, March 17-19, 2016,
4. Pawan Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, Amit Kumar, Atul Kumar, Anant Garg, “Economics of power factor correction in radial distribution systems”, ET & MSD-2013 at JNU New Delhi, 16-17^th March 2013.

National conferences:

1. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and M.S. Thomas, “Load models effect on energy efficiency in smart distribution systems”, Proc. of NEEC-2011 at DTU, New Delhi, 16-17 Dec. 2011.
2. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and Surjit Singh, “Computer based approach: New algorithm for energy efficiency in power distribution systems”, Proc. of EICC-2012 at GCET, Greater Noida, 13-14 April 2012.
3. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and M.S. Thomas, “Enhancement of energy efficiency of smart distribution system by demand side management and maximum demand control”, Proc. of RTEE-2012 at NIET, Greater Noida, 21-22 April 2012.
4. Pawan Kumar et al., “Energy auditing and management: A case study to improve energy efficiency and setting benchmarking”, Proc. of RTEE-2012 at NIET, Greater Noida, 21-22 April 2012.
5. Pawan Kumar, Shivam Agarwal, Shashank Kaushik, Yogesh N. Gaur, “Power system stability analysis using runge-kutta and modified euler’s method”, Proc. of RDCAPE-2013 at Amity University, Noida, 21-22 Feb. 2013.
6. Pawan Kumar, I. Ali and M.S. Thomas, “Evaluation of energy efficiency of reconfigured radial distribution system”, Proc. of ETEEE-2015 at JMI, New Delhi, 2-3^rd Feb 2015.

FDP, Workshops and Seminars:

1. AICTE sponsored Staff Development Program on, “Recent Advances in Electrical Power & Energy Systems”, at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 9-22 Dec. 2011.
2. IEEE workshop on Smart Grid at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Jan. 2011.
3. Workshop on Energy Security and Indian Energy Scenario at Centre for Energy Studies IIT, Delhi, Feb. 2008.
4. National Seminar on Future of Electric Power Sector: Issues and Challenges, at GCET, Greater Noida, 16 March 2013.
5. Presented seminar on Production of Electrical Power using Underground Gasification of Coal at IIT, Delhi, Nov. 2007.
6. Workshop on Demand side management and energy efficiency, IIT Bombay, 2016.
7. Faculty Development Program, Real Time Simulation Applications in Cyber Security, NITTTR 2022.

Patents:

202411097067

Books and Book Chapters:

Achievement, Awards and Recognitions:

1. Best paper award in ICICS-2016 at LPU Jalandhar, Punjab.
2. Scholarship during diploma course.
3. First prize in athletic meets at college level in 3000mtr, 1500mtr and 800mtr race.
4. First prize in group song competition at college level.
5. Three times gate qualified.

MOOC certification

1.     National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL): Artificial Intelligent: Search methods for problem solving, by Prof. Deepak Khemani, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Research guidance:

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UG Guidance:

Expert lecture delivered:

Other outreach activities:

1. Served as Managing Guest Editor with International Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering, Elsevier.
2. Session chair at DELCON-2025, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
3. Reviewer/Editorial board member of various publishing house like IEEE, IET, Elsevier, Springer and Taylor & Francis etc.

Member/certification of professional bodies/societies:

1. Senior Membership, IEEE.
2. Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India).
3. Chartered Engineer, Institution of Engineers (India).
4. Energy Manager cum Auditor, Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

Web page Link:

Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=A4lAMbUAAAAJ&hl=en

Research gate ID: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr_Pawan_Kumar2

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