Curriculum - Vitae: Dr. K. Uma Rao, PH.D, MBA
Curriculum - Vitae: Dr. K. Uma Rao, PH.D, MBA
Curriculum - Vitae: Dr. K. Uma Rao, PH.D, MBA
Profile in brief :
• Doctorate in Power Engineering from Indian Institute of Science.
• 24 years of UG and PG teaching in Electrical, Electronics and
Management.
• 6 Awards of excellence
• 40 Technical publications; Guiding 5 Ph.D students and 1 MS
• 8 technical books published by TMH, IK International and Pearson
• 2 e-books for VTU’s pilot project on animated learning material for
electrical machines, via Moodle.
• Well acquainted with accreditation norms of technical institutions.
• Acted as BOE member for VTU in Electrical Engineering. Currently
on ECE board. BOS member of MSRIT, BVB and BMS.
• Resource person for Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education
programs.
• Certified energy auditor, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Central Govt.
of India
• Extensively involved in teachers training, soft skill for students and
teachers, conducting workshops in self development .
Academic Profile :
Educational Qualifications:
1985 1987 University Visvesvaraya College M.E. (Power First Class Distinction
of Engineering, Bangalore Systems) University First Rank
Previous Appointments
Subjects Handled
Management
• Operations Research
• Management Information Systems (MIS)
• Project Management
• Research Methodology
Laboratories established
Projects Guided
Guided over 20 M.Tech projects in the area of Power Engineering.
Guided one Ph.D. Student for thesis titled, ‘ Power quality improvement using
UPQC” at JNTU Hyderabad.
Currently guiding five Ph.D students working in the area of power quality and
condition monitoring.
Books Published
Personal Profile
Gender : Female
Awards Won:
• Secured ‘First Rank’ among all Engineering Post Graduate students of M.E.
• Smt. Sanjeevamma Krishna Setty Memorial Prize for securing highest marks in
Power Plant Engineering (1985).
• The U.V.C.E. Golden Jubilee Celebration Commendation for being the best
candidate among B. E. Electrical Graduates (1985).
• Sir E. Hanumaiah prize for securing highest marks in B.E. (Electrical) (1985).
Journals
Conferences
International
4. “Design and Control strategy for Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC),
A. Jayalaxmi, G. Tulasi Ram Das and K. Uma Rao, International conference
on Controls Automation and Communication systems, Bhubaneshwar, 22nd
– 24th December 2004
7. “Design of New Hybrid Fuzzy Controller for Direct Torque Control Based
Induction Motor Drives” , A. Jaya Laxmi , G. Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao,
International Conference on PEITSICON 2005, during 28th -29th January,
2005, Calcutta.
9. A. Jaya Laxmi , G. Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao, “High Speed Fault
Identification in a HVDC system using Wavelet Modulus Maxima”, Second
International conference on Industrial & Information Systems (ICIIS-2007),
University of Peredinya, Sri Lanka during 8th-11th August 2007.
10. A. Jaya Laxmi , G. Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao, “Power Quality
Improvement using UPQC through Wavelet Transforms” International
conference on Power Systems (ICPS-2007), CPRI, Bangalore & IEEE(PES)
during 12th -14th December 2007.
11. “A Modified simple algorithm for detection of voltage sags and swells in
practical loads”, P. Meena, K. Uma Rao, Ravishankar Dikshit, Third
International Conference on Power Systems, Kharagpur, IIT, India, Dec 27 -
29, 2009.
12. “ Real time detection and analysis of PQ disturbances with DSP using Matlab
embedded link to Code Composer Studio”, P. Meena, K. Uma Rao,
Ravishankar Dikshit Third International Conference on Power Systems,
Kharagpur, IIT, India, Dec 27 -29, 2009.
13. “ Wireless RF smart glove control for Hexapod”, D.R. Akshay, K. Uma Rao,
S. Sridhar, 2nd International conference on RF and Signal Processing
Systems, KL University, Vijaywada. Dec 2009.
14. “DSP application for detection of voltage sags and swells in real time loads.
“,P. Meena, K. Uma Rao, Ravishankar Dikshit , International conference on
DSP, ICEDSP, Manipal, Dec 2009.
15. Comparative study of a single phase PWM based current source inverter”, S.
Pradeepa, K. Uma Rao, Ravi Shankar Dixit, Int conference on Science and
Engineering, Dayananda college of Engineering, Bangalore, April 2010.
National
11. “ Discrete Control of SVC for improvement of Damping ”, K.Uma Rao, Sam
Prakash & P. K. Das, National Conference on FACTS, Kumaraguru College
of Engineering, Coimbatore, August 2003
12. “Expert System Development for fault diagnosis to improve Power System
Reliability”, K. Uma Rao & Babita Jain, National Conference on Recent
Trends in Reliability & Power Systems, RGM College of Engineering,
Nandyal, October 2003.
13. “ Microprocessor based Static Var Compensator Control”, P. Paul Clee & K.
Uma Rao, National Conference on Recent Trends in Reliability & Power
System, RGM College of Engineering, Nandyal, October 2003.
14. “Design, Control and Simulation of Unified Power Flow Controller” , A. Jaya
Laxmi, G. Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao, National Conference on Emerging
Trends in Power System Operation and Control at Gayathri Vidhya Parishad
College of Engineering, VIZAG during December 2003.
15. “Control Strategy of Unified Power Flow Controller”, A. Jaya Laxmi, G.
Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao, National Conference on Digital Convergence
for Quality Education conducted by Computer Society of India at Guru
Nanak Engineering College, Hyderabad during December 2003.
16. “Design & Control of Power Quality using Active Power Quality
Conditioner”, A. Jaya Laxmi, G. Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao, Recent
Advances in Electrical Engineering (EAR-2004), Department of Electrical
Engineering, JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur on 4th December
2004.
18. A. Jaya Laxmi , G. Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao, “Comparison of PI &
Fuzzy control strategies of Unified Power Quality Conditioner”, International
Conference Recent Advances of Computer Applications to Electrical
Engineering, 28-31 September 2005, IIT Rourkee, Uttar Pradesh, India.
19. A. Jaya Laxmi , G. Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao, “Analysis & Simulation of
Unified Power Quality Conditioner with various control strategies”, 68th
Annual Meeting of Institution of Engineers ( Khairatabad) on 29th October
2005.
21. “Design of PI & Fuzzy control strategies for Unified Power Quality
Conditioner at load side”, A. Jaya Laxmi , G. Tulasi Ram Das, K. Uma Rao,
International Seminar and tutorials at Central Power Research Institute,
Bangalore on 20-22nd December, 2005