Dharavath Kishan

Designation: 

Assistant Professor (Grade-I)

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Professional Experience: 

7.8 years (As on August 2025)

Contact Details

E-mail: 

kishand@nitk.edu.in

Alternate E-mail: 

kishand@ieee.org

Telephone: 

+918242473584

Google Scholar: 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=y1czyLIAAAAJ&hl=en

LinkedIn: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-dharavath-kishan-smieee-53331193
Faculty (author) Identifiers

ORCID iD: 

0000-0002-2140-4181

Scopus Author ID: 

57195071011
Academic Background

• Ph.D., National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 2018.

• M.Tech., Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, 2013.

• B.Tech., Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, 2011.

Areas of Interest

  • Wireless Power transfer

  • Power Electronic Applications in Electric Vehicles

Significant Projects

Research Grants:

Sl. No.

Title

Sponsoring Agency

Amount (Lakhs)

Duration

 Role

1

Reliability-Oriented Design and Development of Reconfigurable Off-board EV Charging Systems 

PECFAR-Indo German Science and Technology Centre(IGSTC)

4600(EUROS)

Dec 2025

 Principal Investigator

2

Design of Inductive Coil Structure and Controller for Three Phase Wireless EV Charger

L & T Technology Services, Bangalore

8.05

Sept 2023 – Aug 2024

 Principal Investigator

3

Hands-on Training on DSP TMS 320F Microcontroller for Power Electronic Converter Systems

Accelerate Vigyan –Karyashala, DST-SERB

5.00

Dec 2022

 Event Organiser
4 Power Electronic Applications in Electric Vehicles and Wireless Power Transfer System Accelerate Vigyan – Vritika Internship, DST-SERB 1.50 August – Sept 2021 Event Organiser

Testing & Consultancy:

Sl. No.

Title

Sponsoring Agency

Amount (Lakhs)

Duration

 Role

1

Design of Wireless Charger for E –Two-Wheeler

Lapa Electric Pvt. Ltd.

1.022 Lakhs

 Feb 2023 Principal Investigator
Supervision of Ph.D

Ph D Degree Awarded-03

1. Dr. Murupuru Vinod, "Design and Development of Wireless Power Transfer System For Wide Range Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Applications", Research Supervisor: Dr. Dharavath Kishan

2. Dr. Batchu Veena Vani, "Investigation into Heuristic Optimization for Enhanced Electric Vehicle Routing and Battery Swapping Strategy", Research Supervisor: Dr. Dharavath Kishan(Guide), Dr. Md Waseem Ahmad(Co-Guide)

3. Dr. Chiliveri Vinod Rajeswar, "Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for Lateral Motion Stability and Speed Regulation in Independent Drive Electric Vehicle", Research Supervisor:Dr. R Kalpana (Guide), Dr. Dharavath Kishan(Co-Guide)

On-going – 05

1. Bussa Vinusha, "AC-DC Converter for EV Battery Charging", Research Supervisor: Dr. Dharavath Kishan(Guide), Dr. R Kalpana(Co-Guide)

2. P Rajasekhar Reddy, "DC-DC Converter for LED Lighting Applications", Research Supervisor: Dr. Md Waseem Ahmad(Guide), Dr. Dharavath Kishan(Co-Guide)

3. Lalitha Pai B, "Wireless Power Transfer for EV", Research Supervisor: Dr. Dharavath Kishan(Guide), Dr. R Kalpana(Co-Guide)

4. Bhukya Hari Krishna, "Multi level Inverter for EV applications", Research Supervisor: Dr. Udayakumar R Yearagatti (Guide), Dr.Dharavath Kishan(Co-Guide)

5. V Swathi G, "DC-DC Converter for EV Battery Charging Applications", Research Supervisor: Dr. Dharavath Kishan(Guide)

Significant Publications

Patents:

  1. Dharavath Kishanand B Dastagiri Reddy “Method, System and Apparatus for Charging an Electric Vehicle” Application No.202141056309, Granted, Patent No: 467320.
  2. Rama Narayana Reddy, Dastagiri Reddy, Prajof P, Dharavath Kishan “Multiport High Gain Power Converter with Active Power Decoupling and its Operating Method Thereof” Application No: 202241062462, Patent Granted, Patent No: 431927.
  3. Dharavath Kishan,Nitish Kumar, Marupuru Vinod, Md Waseem Ahmad, Bonthapalle Dastagiri Reddy “Wireless Electric Vehicle Battery Charger with Wide Output Voltage Range” Application No. 202341045189, Patent Granted, Patent No: 519763
  4. Marupuru Vinod, Dharavath Kishan, Bonthapalle Dastagiri Reddy “Universal Wireless Battery Charger to Charge Different Voltage Range Batteries” Application No. 202341090176, Patent Granted, Patent No: 562398.

 

Journals:20 (Latest 5 Journal Publications)

  1. B. Vinusha, R. Kalpana and D. Kishan, “An Integrated EV Battery Charger with Three-Level Boost PFC Converter and H5-Bridge Based Bidirectional DO-CLL Series Resonant Converter for Wide Battery Voltage Range” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2025, pp 1-12, doi:10.1109/TIE.2025.3584981
  2. B. Vinusha, R. Kalpana and D. Kishan, "A Three-Phase Isolated Multilevel AC-DC Converter for Dual Electric Vehicle Battery Charging," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 3246-3258, March-April 2025
  3. Vinod, M., Kishan, D. “A dual full-bridge series-series resonant IPT system for ultra-wide-range electric vehicle battery applications” in Electrical Engineering (2024). doi: 10.1007/s00202-024-02542-1[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00202-024-02542-1]
  4. M. Ramanarayana Reddy, B. Dastagiri Reddy, P. Prabhakaran and D. Kishan, "Single-Phase Six-Switch Four-Port Boost Inverter With Active Power Decoupling," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 14155-14160, Nov. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2024.3435771, [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10621641]
  5. Marupuru Vinod, Dharavath Kishan, B. Dastagiri Reddy, Nagendrappa Harischandrappa “Efficient and cost-effective wireless CC/CV charging for electric vehicles: A bipolar duty cycle approach” in Computers and Electrical Engineering, Volume 118, Part A, August 2024, 109470, doi: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2024.109470, [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045790624003975].

 

Conferences:32(Latest 5 Conference Proceedings)

  1. Bussa Vinusha, R Kalpana, Dharavath Kishan, Andrii Chub, "Design and Implementation of Dual-Mode LLC Resonant Converter for Charging 400 V and 800 V Onboard Plug-in Electric Vehicles", "2025 IEEE 19th International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG)", 2025, pp 1-6, doi:10.1109/CPE-POWERENG63314.2025.11027270.
  2. Bhukya Nageswar Rao, Yellasiri Suresh, Dharavath Kishan, E Karunakaran, "Design of a Single Phase Twenty Five Level Grid Connected Inverter for Photovoltaic System", "2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES)", 2024, pp1-6, doi:10.1109/PEDES61459.2024.10960885.
  3. Bussa Vinusha, Marupuru Vinod, Dharavath Kishan, R Kalpana, "Analysis of Integrated on-Board Charger for 400 V and 800 V EV Battery Using Dual-Mode Three-Leg LLC Resonant Converter", "2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES)", 2024, pp 1-5, doi:10.1109/PEDES61459.2024.10961344.
  4. D. Kishan,B. Mallikarjuna, M. W. Ahmad and A. Chub, "Design of a Multi-Mode DC-DC Converter for High-Power Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Mangalore, India, 2024, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/PEDES61459.2024.10961040.
  5. D. Kishan, A. Chub and M. Vinod, "Bipolar Duty Cycle Control for Dual Side LCC Compensated Inductive Power Transfer System for Wide Output Voltage Range," IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905524.

Book Chapters :

  1. Vinukumar Luckose, Ramani Kannan and Dharavath Kishan “Introduction to Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems” Book Title: Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage: Emerging Technologies and Developments” - Publisher: CRC Press, ISBN: 9781032164199.
  2. Dharavath Kishan, Marupuru Vinod, M Naga Babu, B Dastagiri Reddy and Ramani Kannan, “Asymmetric Clamped Mode Control for Output Voltage Regulation in Wireless Battery Charging System for EV” Book Title: Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage: Emerging Technologies and Developments” - Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis group, ISBN: 9781032164199.
Achievements

  • Best Paper Award-01 IEEE 4th International Conference on "Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation" (SEFET-2024)

  • Paired Early Career Fellowship in Applied Research Award 2025-Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC)

  • Senior Member, I.E.E.E.(U.S.A). [M 2017, SM 2020]

  • Member, Industry Application Society. IEEE [M 2017]

  • Member, Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE [M 2017]

  • Life Member, Solar Energy Society India. [No. LM/2447/2020]

  • Member, Institution of Engineers India. [MIEI -1707935]