Academic Positions and other Responsibilities (University Level):

• Practical exam co-ordinator. co-opted member year odd semester 2019-20
• External DCS for SJB School of Architecture and Planning, odd semester 2019-20.
• Member BOE, VTU, Academic year 2014-2015.
• Practical exam co-ordinator. co-opted member year 2016-17.
• Video recording for VTU e-learning in the subject Electronics lab.(11/08/2016 –  22/08/2016)

Academic Positions and other Responsibilities (Institution Level):

• Member, Governing Body, BNMIT, from 2022 till date.
• Faculty co-ordinator for Skill development program – High frequency Transformer design and rotating machine design.
• Member, BOS, of EEE, BNMIT (2021 – till date)
• NBA Co-ordinator, Dept. of EEE, BNMIT (2017-18, 2018-19)
• NAAC CO-ordinator, BNMIT (2016-17, 2017-18)
• Personality development program (T5 / TW5) mentor (2017 – 2021).
• Personality development program (T5 / TW5) core committee member (2017- 2021).
• Engineering Exploration Lab (EEL) core committee member (2019 – 2020)
• Member, IQAC, BNMIT (2017-18).
• Op-AMP and LIC lab incharge (2016 – 2017)
• Electronic lab incharge (2016-17)
• Member, Library Advisory Committee, BNMIT (2014 – 2021).
• Institute level test co-ordinator for year 2014-2015.
• AMR for ISO certification.(2010-2014)
• Microcontroller lab incharge (2007 – Till date).

Department Level

• Faculty coordinator for Skill development program – High frequency Transformer design and rotating machine design.

Awards and Achievements

• Guided students for project, “Smart Spark” which won in Smart India Hardware Hackathon SIH 2024 under Smart Education theme held during 11 to 15 December 2024 at GITAM, Vizag
• Practical exam co-ordinator. co-opted member year  odd semester 2019-20
• External DCS for SJB School of Architecture and Planning, odd semester 2019-20.
• Member BOE, VTU, Academic year 2014-2015.
• Practical exam co-ordinator. co-opted member year 2016-17.
• Video recording for VTU e-learning in the subject Electronics lab.(11/08/2016 –  22/08/2016)
• Awarded as Best Faculty of the year 2018-19 by M/s Cognizant
• Letter of appreciation from Management of BNMIT for securing faculty appraisal greater than 90%  during academic year 2016-17 and 2017-18, 2018-19
• Awarded Best Paper of the conference for the paper titled, “Implementation of digital PID for speed control of DC motor”, at the National conference on Advanced Techniques in Electrical Engineering (NCATEE – 2008), SJBIT, Bangalore on 26^thMarch 2008.
• Invited talk on “Analog Electronics and applications“at Sairam College, Anekal on 05^th Dec 2019
• Invited talk on “Analog Electronics and applications“at Sairam College, Anekal on 09^th Nov 2017.
• Invited talk on “Analog Electronics and applications“at Sairam College, Anekal on 20^th Oct 2016.
• Invited talk on “Analog Electronics” at SSEC, Anekal on 15^th Sept 2015.
• Invited talk on “DSM customer perspective” at AMCCE, Bengaluru on 11/02/2015.
• Invited talk on “Control Engineering applications in Electrical Engineering”at SJBIT, Bangalore on 12/04/2014.
• Invited talk on “Energy Auditing and Demand side management” at DSCE, Bangalore on 28/09/2011.
• Auditor for Mock NBA at BIT, Bengaluru on 18^thJuly 2019.
• Jury member for the project exhibition “Pradarshana 2019” held at MSRIT, Bengaluru on 25^thMay 2019.
• Chair person for the National conference on Power control and signal processing at GCE, Ramanagaram on 8^th April 2015
• Jury member judge for the Final Project Exhibition held at BMSCE, Bangalore on 21^st May 2014.
• Jury member for the project and paper contest at CIT Gubbi in the National level symposium “KNEW 2011” on 30^th March 2011
• Jury member for the project and paper contest at CIT Gubbi in the National level symposium “KNEW 2008” on 7^th November 2008.

Workshops /Seminars Organized

1. Convener for 1 week FDP on “AI application in Electric Power systems and locomotives”, from 20^th to 24^th Jan 2020.
2. Convener for 1 week workshop on “Modern power electronics drives: Design and future trends”, from 16^th to 20^th Jan 2018
3. Convener for 1 week workshop on “Role of IT in Power sector” from 9^th – 13^th Jan 2017.
4. Convener for 1 week workshop on “Integration of Green Energy to smart grids – opportunities and challenges”, from 11^th to 16^th July 2016.
5. Member of Organizing committee for 1 week workshop on “Recent Trends in Power Quality Issues and mitigation”, from 18^th – 23^rd Jan 2016.
6. Member of organizing team for ICPACE 2015 held between 12^th – 14^th Aug 2015 at BNMIT.
7. Convener for 1 week workshop on “PLC and SCADA systems” from 19^th to 23^rd January 2015

Chairmanships at National/ International Conference / Seminars / Project exhibitions

• Jury member for the project exhibition “Project Open House-2021” held at RNSIT, Bengaluru on 10^th July 2021.
• Auditor for Mock NBA at BIT, Bengaluru on 18^th July 2019.
• Jury member for the project exhibition “Pradarshana 2019” held at MSRIT, Bengaluru on 25^th May 2019.
• Chairperson for the National conference on Power control and signal processing at GCE, Ramanagaram on 8^th April 2015
• Jury member judge for the Final Project Exhibition held at BMSCE, Bangalore on 21^st May 2014.
• Jury member for the project and paper contest at CIT Gubbi in the National level symposium “KNEW 2011” on 30^th March 2011
• Jury member for the project and paper contest at CIT Gubbi in the National level symposium “KNEW 2008” on 7^th November 2008.

Session Chair/ Judge:

• Session chair for the 2nd International conference on Intelligent and Sustainable Power and Energy systems (ICISPES – 2024), organized by Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering on 14/12/2024.
• Session chair for the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Technology in Computing, Electrical and Electronics, organized by BNMIT, Bangalore on 16th and 17th January2025.

Expertise/Subjects handled

Under Graduate:

• Basic Electrical Engineering
• Analog Electronics Circuits
• Basic Electronics
• Microprocessor
• Microcontroller
• OpAmp and Linear IC applications
• Control Systems
• Electrical Machine Design
• Management & Entrepreneurship
• Embedded System
• Electrical power utilization
• Energy Auditing & DSM
• Peripherals and Microcontrollers
• Unix and C
• Computer organization

Post Graduate:

• Modeling and Analysis of Electrical machines
• Microcontroller and application

Research Interest:

• Machine learning
• Energy management

Patents / Copyright:

Filed a design patent for the work “Sensor based multifunctional electric wheel chair for safety”.

Journals

International Journals

• Kumar, Vidya H A, Thejaswi A H, “Transformer incipient fault prediction using Naïve Bayes (NB) algorithm”, at JETIR, ISSN: 2349-5162, Vol 9, Issue 5, May 2022, PP 518 – 523.
• Kumar, Vidya H A, “Transformer incipient fault prediction using Support Vector Machine (SVM) ”, at JUSST(Scopus indexed), ISSN: 1007- 6735, Vol. 23, No. 5, May 2021 PP 737 – 744
• Kumar, Vidya H A, “Application of k-Nearesty Neibhour(kNN) machine learning algorithm for Transformer fault classification”, at IJAST(Scopus indexed), ISSN: 2005 – 4238,  Vol. 29, No. 6, 2020 PP8441 – 8448
• Kumar,” Demand side management: case study at educational institute”, at IJAERD, ISSN(online):2348-4470, ISSN(print):2348-6406, Volume 06, Isuue 03, March-2019, pp 27- 30. [Impact factor: SJF:5.71]
• Chetan. S. A.Kumar,”  Mathematical modeling of three phase Induction motor and its speed control by SPWM and SVPWM techniques”, at IJAERD, ISSN(online):2348-4470, ISSN(print):2348-6406, Volume 04, Isuue 05, May -2017, pp 393-401. [Impact factor: 4.72]
• Ashitha S Kumar, Dinari Kiran kumar, Kumar, Shruthi Vaidya, ” Reduction Of Harmonics In Power Distribution Systems Using Hybrid Active Filter”, at IJAERD, ISSN(online):2348-4470, ISSN(print):2348-6406, Volume 04, Isuue 05, May-2017, pp 48-55. [Impact factor: 4.72]
• Kumar,” Energy conservation: a case study on energy conservation in residential apartment complex”, at IJAERD, ISSN(online):2348-4470, ISSN(print):2348-6406, Volume 04, Isuue 04, April-2017, pp 1056 – 1059. [Impact factor: 4.72]
• Shishir Chandra, P Vivek, Kumar, “ A smart system of a AC motor speed control based on room temperature”, at IJRET, eISSN:2319-1163, pISSN:2321-7308, Vol 5, issue 9, Sept 2016, pp 212-216.
• Chaitanya, Kumar, “ A Novel High efficiency converter for renewable energy generation application”, at IJRET, eISSN:2319-1163, pISSN:2321-7308, Vol 5, issue 5, May 2016, pp 290-294.
• Champa P N, Kumar A, “Implementation of interleaved soft switching boost converter with PV source” at International Journal of Science and Technoledge, ISSN : 2321-919x, Vol 11, issue VI, June 2014.
• Shravanthi, Kumar A, “Implementation of synchronous buck converter with PV source”, at International Journal of Science and Technoledge, ISSN : 2321-919x, Vol 11, issue VI, June 2014.
• Kumar,Dr. G R Gurumurthy, “Influence of Switching Elements on Harmonics and Power Factor Improvement”, at International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, p-ISSN:2278-800x, vol 7, issue 12, July 2013, pp 18-24.

Conference 

International

• K.Venkatesha, A.Kumar, Priyashree S, Sujith T, Sanjeev ,” Design of Low Cost & Compact Ventilator using Proportional Solenoid Valves and DC drive”, at IEEEInterntional conference on IITCEE organized by BNMIT, Bangalore on 16th and 17th January, 2025.
• K.Venkatesha, S.Sudalai Shunmugam, A.Kumar,” Design & Development of an automated wheelchair for differently abled person using keypad and Bluetooth technology”, at IEEE-Interntional conference on IITCEE organized by BNMIT, Bangalore on 24th and 25th January, 2024.
• Kumar, Dr. Vidya H A, Bala Gopal Reddy G, “Modified Fuzzy logic technique for Power Transformer fault prediction” at IEEE-ICSPACE-2017 held at GAT, Bangalore between 17-19^th August 2017. The paper was published in IEEE Xplore.
• Shashidhar, Kumar, “Smart DC micro-grid for effective utilization of solar energy” at IC on RTPES-2016 held at AMC Engineering college, Bengaluru on 4th April 2016
• Archana, Kumar, “Modelling of Industrial Drives for Simulation and PQ considerations”, at ICICE-2013 held at Bangalore on 28^thJune 2013.
• Kruthi Jayaram, A.Kumar, “Design and implementation of Drive control for electric vehicle”, at ICICE-2013 held at Bangalore on 28^thJune 2013

National

• Nivedhita, Shobitha, Sushme, A.Kumar,”Energy efficient lighting system”, at National conference on Advanced Techniques in EEE-15 held on 9th May 2018 at SJBIT, Bengaluru
• Chaitanya, Kumar, “High Efficency wide input range LLC resonanat converter for  Renewable energy generation system with fixed frequency PWM control method” at NCESM – 2016 held on 23rd and 24th March 2016 organized by SIET, Tumukuru
• Meghana, Kumar“ Simulation of dynamic voltage restorer during 3-phase fault” at National conference on Advanced Techniques in EEE-15 held on 9^th May 2015 at SJBIT, Bengaluru
• Champa, Kumar,“Simulation study of single and Interleaved soft switching boost converter with PV source”, National Conference on Advanced techniques in EEE (NCATEEE – 14), SJBIT, Bangalore on 10^thMay 2014.
• Shravanthi, Kumar, “Soft switching synchronous buck converter with PV source” , National Conference on Advanced techniques in EEE (NCATEEE – 14), SJBIT, Bangalore on 10^thMay 2014.
• Deepak K Srivatsa, Preethi B, Parinitha R, Sumana G, Kumar,  “Smart Street Lights”, India Educators Conference (TIIEC) – 2013, Texas Instruments, between 4^th– 6^th April 2013,Published in IEEE Explore
• Manjunath H P, A,Kumar, “PF improvement and its effects on harmonic distortion for a 1-phase fully controlled rectifier with RL-load”, at NCRE³CT-2011 held at BNMIT on 14^thOctober 2011.
• Kumar,Dr. G.R.Gurumurthy, “Power factor improvement and its effect on Harmonic Distortion”, at National Conference on Energy Systems and Energy Issues (ESEI – 2011) at BMSCE, Bangalore held on 18^th and 19^th February 2011.
• Kumar,K.Venkatesha, “Implementation of Digital PID for speed control of DC motor” at National conference on Advanced Techniques in Electrical Engineering (NCATEE – 2008), SJBIT, Bangalore on 26^th March 2008.
• Venkatesha, A.Kumar, “Fuzzy logic based closed loop speed control of separately excited DC motor” at National symposium on “Scenario of scientific and information technology in power and electronic systems( SSITPES-2008)” at DSCE, Bangalore held on 3^rdand 4^th April 2008.

Music

• Listening to melodies

Any other things

• Secured Top 1% ranking in NPTEL course “Microprocessor and Microcontroller” with 88%
• Completed certificate course on “Programming for everybody(Getting started with python)” from University of Michigan, through Courseera
• Completed a NPTEL course on “Operating system fundamentals”