Ankit Kumar Soni

Assistant Professor

Ankit Kumar Soni, born in Bilaspur, C.G., India, is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering at KIIT DU. He earned his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from NIT Raipur in 2013 and began his career as an Assistant Engineer at BAJAJ Thermal Power Plant, Lalitpur. He completed his M.Tech in Power Systems Engineering at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, where he is also pursuing a part-time Ph.D.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

M.Tech form IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

COURSE EXPERTISE

Power Electronics, Solar Power Technology, IOT, Electric Machine

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Renewable Energy, Solar PV system, Multilevel inverter, DC-DC converters, solar MPPT controllers under partial shading conditions

Administrative Responsibilities

T&P member

Awards and Achievements

“NATIONAL BUDDING INNOVATOR AWARD – 2010”: Won 1st Prize with award money of Rs. 1,00,000/-for designing a “Self-Automated Solar Tracking Device” based on thermal gas expansion pertaining to green technology from National Research Development Corporation through the Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

Outreach Activity

AOG

Professional Membership

IEEE member

Patents and Innovations

  • Developed “A Self Automated Solar Tracking Device based on Thermal Gas Expansion” (Patent No. 399254, Patent application no. 1158/MUM/2012).
  • Developed “An intelligent hybrid optimization technique for frequency control of deregulated power system” Patent no. 202331025171