Personal Statement

I have always believed that engineering is at the foundry of technological advances, making new
things that make life increasingly more productive with the least effort for a rewarding human
experience. This belief anchors my ambition to become a successful professional engineer who
can leave a legacy of practical innovation for future generations. The depletion of oil and coal
resources and augmentation of pollution question the guarantee of the Electrical Energy and
Transportation sector day by day. The adoption of Renewable Energy is a viable solution and has
been a trend for the last two decades. In most cases, energy is converted from one form to another.
The small improvements in its efficiency do a lot more in savings of energy. This idea inspired me
to go further deepen my knowledge which I have acquired in three years of experience as a
Research Fellow. I strongly believe Doctoral Research will help me to achieve my goal.
Hailing from a country like India where Electricity is not available to many remote areas which
led me to opt for Electrical Engineering during my baccalaureate. I have long been interested in
Electrical Engineering from the day when I noticed inverters at one of my relative's house which
left me mesmerized. When the power supply from the grid turns off, due to the inverter setup the
light always turns on, this made me to think about Electrical Engineering. My bachelor’s degree
at Andhra University is a diverse program because it not only equipped me to build a strong
foundation of electrical and electronics engineering concepts but also supported me to set a
direction for my future career in the field of electrical engineering. At the end of my bachelor’s, I
also developed a niche interest in the area of power electronics and electrical drives. My passion
for the subject led me to further pursue a Master’s degree specializing in Power Electronics and
Drives. Taking the advantage of a flexible structure of the course, I have had the opportunity to
choose certain electives on power electronic devices and circuits, Power Quality, Power electronic
control of AC and DC Drives, Modeling and analysis of Electric Motor drive systems, Digital
signal processing and applications. I have accrued knowledge through not only formal lectures but
also through projects, seminars, and papers I had worked on as a part of my academics. I had
attended conferences and workshops dealing with power quality and it’s impacted by incorporating
power electronic devices. As part of paper presentations, I had published a paper in an international
conference held collaboratively by Chitkara University (Chandigarh) and the University of
Glasgow (Scotland) in “Power Electronics and Energy Systems''. Attending conferences was an
important source of information, one of which proved to be extremely informative was the FICCI
conference held in September 2012 on Power Quality Improvement and its impact. During My
Master’s, the area in which I worked was on “Design of IGBT Based Multilevel converter in a
Traction Drive”. I have used MATLAB as my major software tool. I was very captivated in the
modeling of the Electrical Drives, particularly modeling of Induction motor drive in traction
applications using multilevel converters. All the above were experience by themselves. On one
hand, I was gaining technical knowledge and on the other it was preparing me for the future by
helping me gain skills like effective communication, ability to solve problems, working on time-
bound projects, and analyzing data.
From the past three years, I have been working in the Electrical Engineering department as a
Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. I initially worked on Power
converters for Grid applications. Some parts of this research work yielded a Transaction
publication titled “ISMC for Boost-Derived DC–DC–AC Converter: Mitigation of 2ω Ripple and
Uncertainty, and Improvement in Dynamic Performance” in IEEE Transactions on Power
Electronics. Later on, I switched my work from Grid applications to e2W and e3W application,
where I am working on the design and development of induction motor drive control for electric
two-wheeler and three-wheeler applications. While working on this I have gained a lot of
experience on the Delfino 28335 microcontrollers. The controlling part of the induction motor
drive was designed on this digital signal controller only. Recently One of my work got published
in the "IEEE Access" paper entitled " Control Strategies and Power Decoupling Topologies to
Mitigate 2ω-Ripple in Single-phase Inverters: A Review and Open Challenges". The kind of
research that is going on in our lab at IIT Jodhpur made me pursue further research in power
electronics. I think that a Ph.D. from a good University will provide the platform for that.
My professional tenure of more than three years as a Researcher at the Indian Institute of
Technology Jodhpur has not only left me a competent professional but also as a passionate aspirant
in the field of power electronic converters and drives. So far, I have already done some of the
theoretical and applied research in the aforementioned area. But to lead it to a meaningful
conclusion, I prefer to do further research in the area of power converters and their applications to
motor drives. My interest in this field has been nurtured for quite a while. It has been developed
by going through different articles and research papers on related topics and doing relevant
simulation and prototyping work.
After doing enough research, I found that your university fulfills my entire requirement with the
right mix of an extremely distinguished faculty, broad course curriculum, adequate facilities, and
a wide range of practical exposure. These are the factors that have made me choose your university.
If I am chosen for the program, I would be really great to take the advantage of the research
resources to their fullest extent and achieve major breakthroughs in research based on what I have
so far accomplished. I hope that my perspective studies at your prestigious university can solidify
my knowledge and bring into full play of my untapped intellectual capacities. I am looking for
some innovative research work that can lead to new breakthroughs. I expect that this program may
help me in building a solid foundation to undertake lifelong research in academia or industry. My
ultimate career goal is to head a research laboratory developing power electronic converters in a
wide area of applications. I seek to become a professor at a research-intensive university such that
I will have adequate resources to conduct my desired research. In addition to research, I am
interested in the pedagogical side of the professorship, which will allow me to serve as a mentor
and train the next generation of research scientists.
 Rammohan Rao Makineni

Date of birth: 10/07/1988 Nationality: Indian Gender: Male

(+91) 7014291041 rammohan.makineni@hotmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rammohan-rao-makineni-b950545b/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rammohan-rao-makineni-b950545b/
Skype: rammohan.makineni@hotmail.com
Room No. 230, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur, 3
42037, Jodhpur, India

WORK EXPERIENCE

07/01/2019 – CURRENT
RESEARCH FELLOW – Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur

◦ Design and control of low voltage and high current induction motor for Electric Vehicle
applications
◦ Designed a 2kW AC/DC/AC converter circuit for induction motor drive
◦ Designing and implementation of a multipurpose generic hardware module including
DC/AC converter, DC/DC converter for drive applications.
Jodhpur, India

01/03/2017 – 30/09/2018
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE – Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur

◦ Designing and developing power electronics systems and subsystems

◦ Designing the schematic for DC Microgrids project
◦ Designed and implemented a Si-based grid-tied 1 kW PV inverter operating at 25 kHz
◦ Designing and implementation of an interface board to communicate RTDS to Typhoon
HIL emulator
◦ Designing of power circuits and feedback control system for inverters using analog and
digital circuit.
◦ Designing and prototyping of IGBT and MOSFET based converter circuits
Jodhpur, India

21/01/2014 – 28/02/2017
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – Vivekananda Institute of Technology

◦ Taught two undergraduate engineering courses per semester

◦ Assisted in updating engineering program curriculum as per industry requirements
◦ Provided individual mentoring and assistance to students
◦ Encouraged students to participate in conferences and seminars to improve their
technical as well as presentation skills
Jaipur, India
01/08/2013 – 31/12/2013
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – Pratap University

◦ Researched study materials per syllabus requirement

◦ Performed experimentation activities and drew out conclusions
◦ Evaluated the students individually to identify areas of difficulties
◦ Ensured completion of assigned syllabus within the time-frame given
◦ Guided and helped graduating students choose their college course by administering
exams
Jaipur, India

05/07/2011 – 08/05/2013
TEACHING ASSISTANT – PEC University of Technology

◦ Assisted faculty with administrative tasks and curriculum development

◦ Worked with professors to revise course syllabus, create midterm and final exams, and
writing assignments
◦ Taught weekly discussion sections and lab course for 40 undergraduate and graduate
students
◦ Graded assigned homework and held weekly office hours for a class of 40 students
Chandigarh, India

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

01/07/2011 – 20/06/2013 – Chandigarh, India

Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering – PEC University of Technology

◦ Machine modeling and analysis, Power Electronic Control of AC & DC Drives, Power
electronic devices and circuits, Digital signal processing and applications, PLC and
Microcontrollers

10/07/2007 – 05/06/2011 – Visakhapatnam, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering – Andhra University

◦ Electrical Machines, Power Systems, Power Electronics, Control systems, Digital

Electronics, Analog Electronics, Signals and Systems, Electrical Drives
LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mother tongue(s): TELUGU

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction

ENGLISH C2 C2 C1 C1 C2

HINDI C2 C2 C2 C2 C2

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

◦ A. R. Gautam, D. M. Fulwani, Rammohan R Makineni, A. K. Rathore and D. Singh,

"Control Strategies and Power Decoupling Topologies to Mitigate 2ω-Ripple in Single-
Phase Inverters: A Review and Open Challenges," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp.
147533-147559, 2020,
◦ A. R. Gautam, D. Fulwani, Rammohan R Makineni, N. Rathore, "ISMC for Boost-Derived
DC–DC–AC Converter: Mitigation of 2ω Ripple and Uncertainty, and Improvement in
Dynamic Performance," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 4, pp.
4353-4364, April 2020.
◦  Rammohan Rao Makineni, C N Bhaskar, Yusuf Sharif, “Simulation of Cascaded H-
Bridge Multilevel Inverter Based DSTATCOM” International Journal of Scientific &
Engineering Research, Volume 5, Issue 4, April-2014 956 ISSN 2229-5518

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

Conferences

◦ Rammohan Rao Makineni, C N Bhaskar, T Karthik Chandra, “Electrical Power System

For Marine Application” International Conference on power electronics and energy
systems October 2012, Chitkara University
◦ Rammohan Rao Makineni, VVSNL Surendra, “Performance and Stability Analysis of a
Wind/Diesel Hybrid power system” International Conference on Electrical, Electronics,
and computer science Engineering (EECS) held at NEW DELHI on 26th May 2013
◦ Anchal Wadhwa, Vyoma Singh, Rammohan Rao, Gulshan Dubey, “Health index
calculation of power transformer using Fuzzy logic” International Interdisciplinary
Conference on Science Technology Engineering Management Pharmacy and
Humanities Held on 22nd – 23rd April 2017, in Singapore ISBN: 9780998900001
HONOURS AND AWARDS

Honours and awards

◦ MHRD Scholarship during my Master’s program (2011-2013)

◦ Teaching Fellow of the year 2012
◦ “Certificate of Achievement” for my outstanding contribution towards Teaching-
learning process for the consecutive two years (2015, 2016)
◦ Reviewer for ELSEVIER, IEEE and IET journals

OTHER SKILLS

Other skills

Software Tools: Matlab/Simulink, LabVIEW, AutoCAD (Electrical), Coral Draw

Hardware platforms: dSPACE1104, Delfino28335, Arduino Uno, Opal-RT (5142).
Programming Languages: C ( Intermediate), Python (Intermediate)
Scanned by CamScanner