Dr. Rajesh M. Pindoriya

Assistant Professor

Specialization

Power Electronics and Electrical Drives

Email

pindoriya.rajesh@thapar.edu

Specialization

Power Electronics and Electrical Drives

Email

pindoriya.rajesh@thapar.edu

Biography

Dr. Rajesh M. Pindoriya (GM’14 - M’20) received a B. Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University Kota, Rajasthan, India in 2012 and M. E. in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives from Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India in 2014. He received a Ph.D. degree in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives from Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), Himachal Pradesh, India, in 2020. He worked as a Project Engineer at IIT Mandi, India from Aug. 2020 to Jun. 2022. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET), Patiala, Punjab, India. 

His present interests and expertise are being inclined (but not limited) to, controlling special electrical motors such as Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) and Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motor and Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drives for the application in Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs). He is also working on the design of novel power electronics modulation techniques for the reduction of acoustic noise and vibration of special electrical motors.

Dr. Pindoriya is a founding chairperson of IEEE PELS, SIGHT Student Branch chapter IIT Mandi.  He is a currently mentor of IEEE Student Branch IIT Mandi. He is a member and executive at large member of the PELS Student Subcommittee and PELS YP, respectively. Dr. Pindoriya is a Member of IEEE, a Member of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) (AM’17-M’21), and a Member of the Institution of Engineering (IE) (AM’17-M’21).

Education

  1. Ph.D. in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives from /Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India / in 2020
  2. M. Tech in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives from /Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India / in 2014
  3. B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from /Rajasthan Technical University Kota, Rajasthan, India / in 2012

Experience: Total Teaching Experience 04 months

  1. From September 2021- December 2021: Guest Faculty Member, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Teaching Interests:

  1. Electrical Machines
  2. Electrical Drives
  3. Design of Electrical Machines
  4. Modern Electric Vehicles Technology
  5. Special Electrical Machines
  6. Power Electronics

Research Interest:

  1. Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  2. Power Electronics and Electrical Drives
  3. Analysis of Acoustic Noise and Vibration of Permanent Magnet Motors, Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM), Synchronous Reluctance Motor (SynRM) Drives
  4. Control of Electric Motors
  5. Condition Monitoring and Faults Diagnosis of PMSM, BLDC Motor, SRM and SynRM Drives
  6. Electromagnetic Design of Electric Motors
  7. Power Electronics Converters for Renewable Energy Generation (Solar PV and Wind)

Publications:

Patent

  1. J. H. Viramgama, M. Hasaliya, K. Gohil and R. M. Pindoriya, “Shaftless Motor”, Indian Patent, (Published online, Under examination, Patent No. 202021036001).

 

Publications in Book Chapters

  1. R. K. Thakur, R. M. Pindoriya, R. Kumar, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Effectiveness Analysis of Control Strategies in Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction of PMSM Driven Coupled System for EV and HEV Applications”, book entitled “Transportation Electrification: Breakthroughs in Electrified Vehicles, Aircraft, Rolling Stock, and Watercraft”, will be published by the IEEE-Wiley, 2021 (Accepted)
  2. R. M. Pindoriya, R. K. Thakur, B. S. Rajpurohit, and R. Kumar, “Analysis of Acoustic Noise and Vibration of PMSM Coupled with DC Generator for Applications to Electric Vehicles”, book entitled “Planning of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Electric Vehicles and Microgrid: Modeling, Control and Optimization”, published by the Springer, ISBN: 978-981-19-0979-5, pp. 717-757, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0979-5

Journals (In IEEE Format)

  1. R. M. Pindoriya, R. K. Thakur, B. S. Rajpurohit, and R. Kumar, “Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Torsional Vibration and Acoustic Noise of PMSM Coupled with DC Generator”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 3345-3356, April 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3076715 (Impact Factor: 9.59)    
  2. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Yadav, B. S. Rajpurohit and R. Kumar, “A Novel Application of Random Hysteresis Current Control Technique for Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction of PMSM Drive”, IEEE Magazine on Industry Applications, (Accepted) (Impact Factor: 2.38) 
  3. R. M. Pindoriya, S. Chauhan, B. S. Rajpurohit and R. Arora, “A Critical Evaluation of Safety, Economic and Power Quality Considerations for Single-Phase Power Consumption and Distribution Systems at 120 and 230 V”, The Journal of IEEMA, vol. 13, issue no. 9, pp. 58-68, May 2022
  4. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Mishra, B. S. Rajpurohit, and R. Kumar, “An Experimental Investigation of Acoustic Noise and Vibration of PMSM due to Power Electronics Converters”, Electric Power Components & Systems, Taylor & Francis Journal, vol. 48 (19-20), pp. 2005–2018, 2020, DOI: 10.1080/15325008.2021.1921885 (Impact Factor: 1.38)           
  5. R. M. Pindoriya, G. Gautam and B. S. Rajpurohit, “A Novel Application of Pseudorandom Based Technique for Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction of PMSM Drive,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 56, issue. 5, pp. 5511-5522, Sept.-Oct. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2020.2997904  (Impact Factor: 4.38)       
  6. R. M. Pindoriya, B. S. Rajpurohit, and R. Kumar, “A Novel Application of Harmonics Spread Spectrum Technique for Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction of PMSM Drive,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 103273-103284, 2020, DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2999336 (Impact Factor: 4.098)
  7. R. M. Pindoriya, Kumar V. Tejan, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Speed Control of Sensorless PMSM Drive using Adaptive Current Control Prediction Method”, IET Energy Conversion and Economics, (submitted on 15th Jul. 2022, status: under review) (Impact Factor: 3.12)
  8. R. M. Pindoriya, K. V. Tejan, and B. S. Rajpurohit and R. Kumar, “Stator Feed-forward Voltage Estimation with MRAS Technique for Position Sensorless PMSM Drive”, IET Energy Systems Integration, (submitted on 16th Jul. 2022, status: under review) (Impact Factor: 3.5)
  9. Kumar V. Tejan, R. M. Pindoriya, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Error Reduction in Sensorless Speed Control Technique for PMSM Drive using Non-Linear Sliding Mode Observer”, Electric Power Components & Systems, Taylor & Francis Journal, (submitted on 13th Jul. 2022, status: under review) (Impact Factor: 1.38)

International Conferences:

  1. Kumar V. Tejan, R. M. Pindoriya, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Error Reduction in Sensorless Speed Control Technique for PMSM Drive using New Sliding Mode Reaching Law”, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2022, 09-13 Oct. 2022, USA
  2. Kumar V. Tejan, R. M. Pindoriya, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Rotor Position Sensorless Technique using High-Speed Sliding Mode Observer for PMSM Drive”, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2021, 10-14 Oct. 2021, Canada
  3. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Yadav, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Current Slope Detection Technique for Estimation of Rotor Position of PMSM Drive”, IEEE 21st National Power Systems Conference (NPSC 2020), Dec. 17-19, 2020, IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, DOI: 10.1109/NPSC49263.2020.9331842
  4. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Yadav, B. S. Rajpurohit, and R. Kumar “A Novel Application of Random Hysteresis Current Control Technique for Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction of PMSM Drive”, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2020, 11-15 Oct. 2020, USA, DOI:10.1109/IAS44978.2020.9334818
  5. A. K. Yadav, R. M. Pindoriya, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “Design and Implementation of Rotor Position Estimation Scheme for PMSM Drive”, IEEE PIICON 2020, 28th Feb.- 1st Mar. 2020, Sonepat, Haryana, India
  6. Gom Dorji, Jigme Zangpo, R. M. Pindoriya, and B. S. Rajpurohit, “A Case Study on Power Quality Analysis for 600 kW Grid Connected Wind Turbine”, IEEE PIICON 2020, 28th Feb- 1st Mar. 2020, Sonepat, Haryana, India
  7. R. M. Pindoriya, B. S. Rajpurohit, and A. Monti, “An Investigative Study of the PMSG Based Wind Turbine Using Real-Time Simulation”, IEEE ICPS 2019, 20-22 Dec. 2019, MNIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, DOI: 10.1109/ICPS48983.2019.9067370
  8. R. M. Pindoriya, G. Gautam and B. S. Rajpurohit, “A Novel Application of Pseudorandom Based Technique for Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction of PMSM Drive”, IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2019, Baltimore, USA, 29 Sep. 2019- 03 Oct. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2019.8912467
  9. R. M. Pindoriya, B. S. Rajpurohit, and R. Kumar, “Design and Performance Analysis of Low-Cost Acoustic Chamber for Electric Machines”, IEEE Power India International Conference (PIICON-2018), National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, India, Dec. 10-12, 2018,  DOI: 10.1109/POWERI.2018.8704442 
  10. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Mishra, B. S. Rajpuronit, R. Kumar, “An Analysis of Vibration and Acoustic Noise for BLDC Motor Drive”, IEEE PES GM-2018, Portland, USA, 05-10 Aug. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585750
  11. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Mishra, B. S. Rajpuronit, R. Kumar, “FPGA Based Digital Control Technique for BLDC Motor Drive”, IEEE PES General Meeting 2018, Portland, USA, 05-10 Aug. 2018
  12. R.M. Pindoriya, B. S. Rajpurohit, R. Kumar and K. N. Srivastava, “Comparative Analysis of Permanent Magnet Motors and Switched Reluctance Motors Capabilities for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles”, IEEE Engineer Infinite International Conference, 13-14 Mar. 2018, Greater Noida, Delhi, India
  13. R. M. Pindoriya, A. Usman, B. S. Rajpuronit, K. N Srivastava, “Power Maximization of a PMSG Based Wind Energy Generation System and its Control”, IEEE ICPS, 21-23 Dec. 2017, Pune, India, pp. 1-6, Dec. 2017
  14. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Mishra, B. S. Rajpuronit, R. Kumar, “Performance Analysis of Control Strategies of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor”, IEEE TENCON-2016, 22-25 Nov. 2016, Singapore, pp. 1-6, Nov. 2016
  15. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Mishra, B. S. Rajpuronit, R. Kumar, “Analysis of Position and Speed Control of Sensorless BLDC motor using Zero Crossing Back EMF Technique”, IEEE ICPEICES-2016, 3rd -6th Jul. 2016, Delhi, India, pp. 1-6, Jul. 2016
  16. R. M. Pindoriya, S. Rajendran, and P. J. Chauhan, “Field Programmable Gate Array Based Speed Control of BLDC Motor”, IEEE ISGT ASIA 2015, Bangkok, Thailand, 3rd-6th Nov. 2015, pp. 1-6
  17. R. M. Pindoriya, N. M. Pindoriya, and S. Rajendran, “Simulation of DC/DC Converter for DC Nano Grid Integrated with Solar PV Generation”, IEEE ISGT ASIA 2015, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 1-6, 3rd- 6th Nov. 2015
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National Conferences:

  1. R. M. Pindoriya, A. K. Mishra, B. S. Rajpurohit, R. Kumar, “Advance power Electronics Technology for Renewable Energy System in 21st Century”, NCPS 2015, September 2015, Visakhapatnam, A.P., India, pp. 43-47, Dec. 2015
  2. R. M. Pindoriya, S. Rajendran, and P. J. Chauhan, “Speed Control of Brushless Direct Current Motor using PWM method”, ETCEE-2014, Rajkot, Gujarat, India, pp.1-6, Mar. 2014 (Best paper award)

 

Achievement, Awards and Recognitions

  1. 1st Rank in IEEE Humanitarian Contest Award in 2022 (from IEEE IAS Chapters and Membership Department (CMD), USA)
  2. 1st Rank in IEEE Day Photo Contest 2021 (From IEEE, USA)
  3. 2nd Rank in IEEE Humanitarian Contest Award in 2021 (from IEEE IAS Chapters and Membership Department (CMD), USA)
  4. 2nd Rank in IEEE IAS Global Mentorship Program (GMP) Award in 2021 (from IEEE IAS CMD, USA)
  5. Outstanding IEEE Volunteer Award in 2021 (from IIT Mandi, India)
  6. Best Abstract Award in 2021 (from IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop, 2021, USA)
  7. Darrel Chong Student Activity Award in 2020 (from IEEE MGA Student Activity Committee, USA)
  8. 2nd Rank in Chapter Web Contest Award in 2019 and 2020 (from IEEE IAS CMD, USA)
  9. Institute of Scholars (InSc) Research Excellence Award in 2020
  10. Continued Outstanding Performance Student Branch Chapter in 2019 (from IEEE IAS CMD, USA)
  11. Outstanding IEEE Student Volunteer Award in 2019 (from IEEE Delhi Section, India)
  12. MHRD Fellowship during Ph.D., 2018-2020
  13. Housing Support Award in 2018 (from IEEE PES General Meeting 2018, USA)
  14. Travel Award in 2018 (from IIT Mandi to attend the IEEE PES General Meeting 2018, USA)
  15. Travel Award from IIT Mandi to attend the IEEE National/International Conferences (2015-2020), India
  16. Travel Award in 2019 (from IEEE IAS CMD to attend the IEEE IAS Annual Meeting 2019, USA)
  17. Best Paper Award in  National conference on “Emerging Trends in Computer and Electrical Engineering” (ETCEE - 2014) at AITS, Rajkot, March 2014
  18. Awarded scholarship for securing a position of 3rd rank in the 2nd and 3rd year of B. Tech program

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