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Account Details

Email ID : gtchsekhar@gmail.com

1. Personal Details
TULASICHANDRA SEKHAR
Full Name : GORRIPOTU
Date of Birth : 01-Aug-1987
Place of Birth (City,Coutry) : VIZIANAGARAM
Gender : Male
Nationality : Indian
If you are a foreign national, are you a PIO, OCI? : None of these
Father's name : VENKATA RAMANA
Your Marital status : Married
If Married Profession of your Spouse : HOUSE WIFE

2. Current Contact Information

Mobile Number : 9440376522

Phone Number :
Primary Email address : gtchsekhar@gmail.com
Secondary Email address : gtchsekhar.vssut@gmail.com
Santhosh Nagar S.Kota
Current address : Vizianagaram Andhra
Pradesh

3. Application Details

How did you come to know about BITS Pilani faculty program : BITS Pilani Website
BITS campuses you wish to apply to : Hyderabad
Position Applied for : Assistant Professor
Electrical, Electonics Engg. &
Department Applied to : Instrumentation
Electrical, Electronic Engg.
Your Research Specialization : and Instrumentation: Power
Systems & Electrical Energy
Interview in person
How would you appear for interview? : (preferred)
When could you join BITS if offered : within 6 months
Applications of Optimization
Statement of your "Research agenda" for the next 3 to 5 yrs : Techniques to Power System
Control FACTS
Electrical Circuits Analysis,
Control Systems, Power
System Analysis, Power
Brief Statement of your "Teaching interest" for the next 3 to 5 yrs : Electronics, Power Electric
Drives, Digital Control
Systems

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I am interest to take part in

Academic Activities such as
Examination In-charge,
Brief statement of your interests, particularly aimed at on-campus or off-campus community
development
: National Board of
Accreditation (NBA) and
National Assessment and
Accreditation Council

Education & Employment

4. Education Details (Please ensure to provide all necessary details of the degrees mentioned below)
A. PhD / MD
Degree Name : Ph.D. Others :
Application of
Optimization
Title of Thesis : Name of Supervisor : Dr. Rabindra Kumar Sahu
Techniques to Power
System Control
Veer Surendra Sai
Affiliation of Supervisor : University of Technology Discipline : Electrical Engineering
Veer Surendra Sai Veer Surendra Sai University of
University : University of Technology College : Technology
Completed (thesis defended
Start Date : 6 - 2013 Status of Phd/MD : successfully)
Date of Phd Thesis Date of Phd Thesis
(Submitted for Evaluation)
: 06-2016 (Defended Successfully)
: 02-2017
Division Awarded : Division not Awarded System Of Awarding Marks : Grade out of 10
% Marks / Grade : 9.00

B. ME / MPhil / MPharm / MBA / PGDM details

Degree Name : M.E. Others :
Power Electronics & Electric
Discipline : Drives University : JNTU, Kakinada
Start Date : 8 - 2009 End Date : 12 - 2011
Division Awarded : First Class with Distinction System Of Awarding Marks : %age Marks
% Marks / Grade : 75.57 College : St. Theressa Institute of Technology

C. BE / BTech / BPharm / MA / MSc / MCom / MCA / MBBS (It is mandatory to fill the relevant degree from the list below to apply
for any of the positions)
Degree Name : B.Tech. Others :
Electrical & Electronics
Discipline : Engineering University : JNTU, Hyderabad
Start Date : 7 - 2004 End Date : 5 - 2008
Division Awarded : First Class with Distinction System Of Awarding Marks : %age Marks
% Marks / Grade : 71.86 College : St. Theressa Institute of Technology

D. BSc / BA / BCom / BCA / BBA details

Degree Name : Others :
Discipline : University :
Start Date : End Date :
Division Awarded : System Of Awarding Marks :
% Marks / Grade : College :

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E. Any other degree (if relevant and not covered above)

Degree Name : Others :
Discipline : University :
Start Date : End Date :
Division Awarded : System Of Awarding Marks :
% Marks / Grade : College :
5. Employment Details
(i) Post-PhD employment details (from date thesis is approved till today in chronological order)
Sum-total of post-PhD work experience from time thesis is approved (YY.MM)
(If your experience is 20 years 11 months, please enter 20.11)
: 1.04

Employer : Sri Sivani College of Engineering

Department/Division : Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Postion held : Assocaite Professor
Nature of work : Teaching
Start Date : 6 - 2016
End Date : 2 - 2018
(ii) Pre-PhD employment details (Post-BTech / MSc / MCA, till date of joining PhD Programme)
Sum-total of pre-PhD experience post-Btech/MSc/ MCA till date of joining PhD programmer (YY.MM)
(If your experience is 4 years 3 months, please enter 4.03)
: 01.09

Employer : Sri Sivani College of Engineering

Department/Division : Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Postion held : Assistant Professor
Nature of work : Teaching
Start Date : 6 - 2009
End Date : 9 - 2009
Employer : Sri Sivani College of Engineering
Department/Division : Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Postion held : Assistant Professor
Nature of work : Teaching
Start Date : 12 - 2011
End Date : 6 - 2013

Awards, Thesis & R&D

6. Honours, Awards etc (Please provide these details if it is relevant to you )

Award Title Organization Year of Award

Young leader award in Engineering Venus International Foundation 2018
Best Young Researcher award ITSR Foundation 2017

7. Details of PhD / MTech / MPhil thesis supervised (Please provide these details if it is relevant to you )

A. Details of PhD thesis supervised (completed only)

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No. of PhD thesis supervised singly (defended successfully) :

No. of PhD thesis supervised Jointly (defended successfully) :

Student Name Thesis Title Supervisor Year Successfully Defended

B. M Phil, M Tech thesis supervised (completed only)

No. of MTech/MPhil thesis supervised (completed and defended successfully) :1

8. Details of Industry or Government Sponsored R&D / Consulting projects ( Please provide these details if it is relevant to you )

A. Details of sponsored R&D projects (completed, and as Principal Investigator)

No. of sponsored R&D projects (completed), with you as "Principal Investigator" (where each project is
over Rs. 2 lakhs)
:

Title Sponsor Duration (Years) Grant Amount in RS

B. Details of sponsored R&D projects (in-progress and as Principal Investigator)

No. of sponsored R&D projects (in-progress), with you as "Principal Investigator" (where each project
is over Rs. 2 lakhs)
:

Title Sponsor Duration (Years) Grant Amount in RS

C. Details of sponsored R&D projects (Completed and as Co-Principal Investigator)

No. of sponsored R&D projects (completed), with you as "Co-Principal Investigator" (where each
project is over Rs. 2 lakhs)
:

Title Sponsor Duration (Years) Grant Amount in RS

D. Details of sponsored R&D projects (in-progress and as Co-Principal Investigator)

No. of sponsored R&D projects (in-progress), with you as "Co-Principal Investigator" (where each
project is over Rs. 2 lakhs)
:

Title Sponsor Duration (Years) Grant Amount in RS

E. Details of industry- or government-sponsored consulting assignments completed

No. of sponsored consulting projects completed, with you as "Chief Investigator" (where each project
is over Rs. 0.50 lakhs)
:

Title Sponsor Duration (Years) Grant Amount in RS

Books and Publications

9. Publications

A. Books
No. of books published as an author or co-author :0

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Provide details of up to 4 most significant & recent books. Provide co-authors, title, its edition, publisher, date published

B. Publications (chapters in books)

No. of papers published as a chapter in a book :4

Provide details of up to 4 most significant & recent papers published as a book chapter. Provide co-authors, title, its edition, publisher, date
published
1 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, R.K.Sahu and S. Panda, “Application of Firefly Algorithm for AGC Under Deregulated Power System”,
Computational Intelligence in Data Mining, Smart Innovation Systems & Technologies, Springer India, Vol.1, pp.677-687, 2015.
ISSN No. 2190-3018, UGC list No: 36130
2 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, R.K.Sahu and S. Panda, “DE Optimized PID Controller with Derivative Filter for AGC of Interconnected
Restructured Power System”, Computational Intelligence in Data Mining, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing,
Springer India, Vol.2, pp.395-403, 2016. ISSN No. 2194-5357, UGC list No: 49365
3 : G.T. Chandra Sekhar, Budi Srinivasa Rao, Krishna Mohan Tatikonda, “SVPWM Based DTC Controller for Brushless DC Motor”,
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer India, Vol. 1, pp. 759-769, 2017. ISSN No. 2194-5357, UGC list No:
49365.
4 : B Seshasai, A Santhi, Ch Jagan Mohan Rao, B Manmadha Rao, G.T.Chandra Sekhar, “Analysis of Static Power System
Security with Support Vector Machine”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer India, Vol. 1, pp. 825-834, 2017.
ISSN No. 2194-5357, UGC list No: 49365.

C. Publications (in international journals)

No. of papers published or accepted for publication in international journals : 10

Provide details of up to 10 most significant & recent papers. Provide co-authors, title, journal name, publisher, volume no., pages, date
published
1 : R.K.Sahu, S. Panda and G.T.Chandra Sekhar, “A novel hybrid PSO-PS optimized fuzzy PI controller for AGC in multi area
interconnected power systems,” Int. J. Electrical Power and Energy Systems, ELSEVIER, Vol. 64, pp. 880-893, 2015.
2 : R.K.Sahu, G.T.Chandra Sekhar and S.Panda, “DE optimized fuzzy PID controller with derivative filter for LFC of multi source
power system in deregulated environment,” Ain Shams Engineering Journal, ELSEVIER, Vol. 6, pp. 511-530, 2015.
3 : R.K.Sahu, G.T.Chandra Sekhar and S.Panda, “A hybrid DE–PS algorithm for load frequency control under deregulated power
system with UPFC and RFB,” Ain Shams Engineering Journal, ELSEVIER, Vol. 6, pp. 893-911, 2015.
4 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, R.K.Sahu and S. Panda, “AGC of a multi-area power system under deregulated environment using redox
flow batteries and interline power flow controller,” Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, ELSEVIER, Vol.
18, pp. 555-578, 2015.
5 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, R.K.Sahu and S.Panda, “Load frequency control of power system under deregulated environment using
optimal firefly algorithm,” Int. J. Electrical Power and Energy Systems, ELSEVIER, Vol. 74, pp. 195-211, 2016.
6 : R.K.Sahu, G.T.Chandra Sekhar and S.Panda, “Automatic generation control of multi-area power systems with diverse energy
sources using Teaching Learning Based Optimization algorithm,” Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal,
ELSEVIER, Vol. 19, pp. 113-134, 2016.
7 : R.K.Sahu, S. Panda, Ashutosh Biswal, and G.T.Chandra Sekhar. “Design and analysis of tilt integral derivative controller with
filter for load frequency control of multi-area interconnected power systems,” ISA Transactions, ELSEVIER, Vol. 61, pp. 251-2644,
2016.
8 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, R.K.Sahu and S.Panda, “Firefly algorithm optimised PID controller for automatic generation control with
redox flow battery,” Int. J. Computational Systems Engineering, INDERSCIENCE, Vol. 3, Nos. 1/2, pp. 48-57, 2017.
9 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, D. Vijaya Kumar, B. Manamadha Kumar and P. Ramana, “Design and Analysis of BFOA optimized PID
controller with derivative filter for frequency regulation in Distributed Generation System,” Int. J. Automation and Control,
INDERSCIENCE, Vol. 12, Nos. 2, pp. 291-323, 2018.
10 : [10] D.K. Sahoo, R.K.Sahu, G.T.Chandra Sekhar, S. Panda, “A novel modified differential evolution algorithm optimized fuzzy
proportional integral derivative controller for load frequency control with thyristor controlled series compensator,” Int. Journal of
Electrical Systems and Information Technology, ELSEVIER (Article in Press).

D. Publications (in Indian journals)

No. of papers published or accepted for publication in Indian journals :0

Provide details of up to 5 most significant & recent papers. Provide co-authors, title, journal name, publisher, volume no., pages, date
published

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E. Publications (in peer-reviewed conferences held abroad)

No. of papers published or accepted for publication in refereed conferences held abroad :0

Provide details of up to 5 most significant & recent papers. Provide co-authors, title, conference name, location, pages, month, year held

F. Publications /Presentation(in peer-reviewed conferences held in India)

No. of papers published or accepted for publication or presented in refereed conferences :5

Provide details of up to 5 most significant & recent papers. Provide co-authors, title, conference name, location, pages, month, year held
1 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, R.K.Sahu and S. Panda, “Load Frequency Control with Fuzzy-PID controller under Restructured
Environment” IEEE International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Communication and Computational Technologies
(ICCICCT), pp. 112-117, 2014.
2 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, R.K.Sahu and S. Panda, “Application of Redox Flow Battery for Load Frequency Control”, International
Conference on Innovations in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, (ICIEEE-2014), Guru Nanak Institute of Technology,
Hyderabad, September 5th-6th, 2014.
3 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, R.K.Sahu and S. Panda, “Comparative performance analysis of classical controllers in LFC using FA
technique”, IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication and Optimization (EESCO) - 2015.
4 : G.T.Chandra Sekhar, Sonali Priyadarshini and R.K. Sahu, “DE optimized TIDF Controller for LFC of Interconnected Power
System”, IET International Conference on Soft Computing Techniques in Engineering and Technology (ASCTET)-2016, held during
25th-27th October, 2016 at St. Peter's Engineering College, Hyderabad.
5 : Indranil S., G.T.Chandra Sekhar, Salma U., Prasad., “Multi converter Unified Power Quality Conditioning System Using Artificial
Neural Network Technique”, IEEE International Conference, INDICON 2011, Hyderabad, pp. 1-7, 2011.

Patents

10. Patents

A. Patents(Awarded)
No. of international/Indian patents issued :0

Provide details of up to 4 most significant & recent patents. Provide co-inventors, title, patent authority, patent no., date published, organization
assigned to

B. Patents(Filed)
No. of international/Indian patents filed :0

Provide details of up to 4 most significant & recent patents. Provide co-inventors, title, patent authority, patent no., date published, organization
assigned to

11. Referees

Name of referee #1:

Name
Organization
His/her Postal Address
In what Context you have
Interacted with him/her
: Dr. SidharthaPanda Designation : Professor
Veer Surendra Sai
: Email Address : panda_sidhartha@rediffmail.com
University of Technology
Department of Electrical
: Engineering; VSSUT, Burla, His/Her Phone No : 9438251162.
Sambalpur, Odisha, 768018
: During Research Work

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Name of referee #2:

Associate Professor & Head of the
Name : Dr. Rabindra Kumar Sahu Designation :
Department
Veer Surendra Sai
Organization : Email Address : rksahu123@gmail.com
University of Technology
Department of Electrical
His/her Postal Address : Engineering; VSSUT, Burla, His/Her Phone No : 9439702316
Sambalpur, Odisha, 768018
In what Context you have
: Ph.D Supervisor
Interacted with him/her
Name of referee #3:
Name : Dr. B. Murali Krishna Designation : Principal
Sri Sivani College of
Organization : Email Address : murali2kindia@gmail.com
Engineering
Sri Sivani College of
Engineering; Chilakapalem;
His/her Postal Address : His/Her Phone No : 9493290527
Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh
532402
In what Context you have
: Employer
Interacted with him/her

Declaration

I confirm that the information provided by me in this application form is complete and accurate.

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