The inaugural function of one-week High-End Workshop (KARYASHALA) supported by SERB govt. of India under accelerate Vigyan schemeentitled “Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Inverter Design and MPPT Implementation”is conducted today (06.05.2024) by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry.
Dr. Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar, Director of NIT Puducherry has presided over the inaugural function of the workshop on 06-05-2024. Dr. Usha Natesan, Director NITTTR Chennai was the guest of honor. The chief guest of the event Mr. Aby Joseph, Senior Director/Scientist-G, Power Electronics Division, CDAC- Trivandrum inaugurated the function.
The coordinator of the workshop Dr. Bijukumar B, explaining about the workshop said that “This workshop outlines the understanding of the operation and design of grid-connected photovoltaic inverters and their potential application areas.”
He also added that, a total of twenty five participants including Ph.D, PG and UG students belongs to different academic institutes from various places such as Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh have registered for the course. A total of 27 sessions by Eleven resource persons from various reputed organizations, including C-DAC Trivandrum, NIT Silchar, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, JaisAmethi, NIT Puducherry, Government College of Engineering Kannur, Kerala, LBS college of engineering, Kerala. will deliver their lectures during different sessions of the workshop.
Dr. S. Sundaravarathan, Registrar, NIT Puducherry, Dr. Koperundevi G, HoD, Department of EEE, and other faculty members, staff and students of the department, attended the inaugural function of the workshop.