विद्यया अमृतम् अश्नुते
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता 13. 8
॥ अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् ।
आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः ॥
Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, forgiveness, uprightness, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastness, self-control . . .
Krishna Raj is Assistant Professor at Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Professional Experience:
[1] University of Houston USA - Visiting Assistant Professor - December 2025 - Present
[2] IIT Delhi - Assistant Professor - December 2020 - Present
[3] University of Houston - Post Doctoral Fellow - September 2018- December 2020 (Associated with research and industry projects of GE Aviation Research, USA, Black and Decker, USA, Grid Energy Storage Systems with Sandia National Laboratories). Advisor - Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara
Academic Profile:
[1] IISc Bangalore - Ph. D - July 2015- January 2019 - Power Electronics and Drives, Supervisor: Prof. K Gopakumar
[2] IISc Bangalore - M. Tech. - August 2013 - June 2015 - Electronic Systems Engineering, Supervisor: Prof. L Umanand
[3] College of Engineering Trivandrum - B. Tech - August 2009 - June 2013 - Electrical and Electronics, Advisor - Prof. Dinesh Gopinath
Courses Taught
August 2021- December 2021: Introduction to Electric Vehicles
January 2021 - April 2022: Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles
August 2022 - December 2022: Introduction to Electric Vehicles
January 2023 - April 2023: Power Electronics and Drives for Electric Vehicles
August 2023 - December 2023: Introduction to Electric Vehicles
August 2023 - December 2023: Electric Vehicles Laboratory
January 2024 - April 2024: Power Electronics and Drives for Electric Vehicles
August 2024 - December 2024: Electric Vehicles Laboratory
January 2025 - April 2025: Power Electronics and Drives for Electric Vehicles
July 2025 - November 2025: Electric Vehicle Laboratory
July 2025 - November 2025: High Power Conversion for Electric Vehicles
August 2025 - November 2025: Life Skills Course (UG)
Present EV Research at CART:
Power Electronics and Drives:
(1) A Novel Electrical Parametric Design Methodology of Electrical Machines used for Electric Vehicles
(2) A Simple Low Computational Effort for Real-Time controllers for Efficient Operation of Interior PMSM Drive
(3) Indigenous Design and Development of PM based Motor Controllers for high power Urban EVs for Indian Driving Conditions
(4) A Synchronized Drive Control Algorithm for the Full speed Range of Sunchronous PM/Reluctance base Machines under Various Operational Modes of EV
(5) EMI Filter Design for Variable Speed High Power Segment Drive for EVs
(6) Sensorless Position Identification and Start for IPMSM drive
(7) Power Applications for reuse of second life of EV Batteries - Energy Industry
(8) Linear Machine Drives for High Speed Rail Applications - Hyperloop IITD
Students:
[1] Vinit Vivekand Kavalekar: M.Tech- 2022-24
Thesis: Design and Development of IPMSM Control unit and Implementation of Efficient Drive Strategies for EVs
EV DRIVES LABORATORY:
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उत्साहो बलवानार्य नास्त्युत्साहात्परं बलम् ।
सोत्साहस्य लोकेषु न किञ्चिदपि दुर्लभम् ॥
O Noble One (Rama), Enthusiasm is very powerful. There is nothing more powerful than enthusiasm.