Dr. Amit Kumar Jain
Sponsored Projects
Current Projects
- MEMS for Electric Machines and Drives (PI) [MEITY]
- Indigenous design of Light Weight and Efficient Actuators for Robotics Applications (PI)
- Critical Evaluation of functionality of Electronic Systems in IGBT based 3-phase electric locomotives (PI)
- Development of Virtual Laboratory for Power Electronics (PI)
Industrial Projects
Current Projects
- Joint development of Traction Drives Control for Electric Locomotives for Indian Railways
- Development of Converter and Drive Control for Electric Vehicles
- Design and Development of Motor Control Solutions using SIMULINK
- Analysis followed by laboratory & field trials in DeepStorage Technologies
Completed Sponsored and Industrial Projects
- Energy Efficiency and Occupant Comfort Management in the Built Environment (Co-PI) [DST]
- Electric Drives Product Development (Integrated Electric Company Ltd, Bangalore)
- Automotive Related Motor Drives (Lucas-TVS Pvt. Ltd, Chennai)
- Three phase motor design and control - Phase-1 (Usha International Ltd., Gurgaon) (Co-PI)
- Home Appliances (LG Electronics, Greater Noida)
Mentoring Start-Ups
Mentoring Students Teams
External Teaching/Workshop
- NPTEL course on "EV - Vehicle Dynamics and Electric Motor Drives" (Jointly with Prof. Avanish Tripathi, DESE, IIT Delhi)
- Coordinator for 5 day workshop on "Electrical Vehicle Technologies Based on Power Electronics and Drives" under TEQIP-III at IIT Delhi, Nov. 2019
- Coordinator for 3 day workshop on "Embedded-C programming for Digital Signal Processor (TMS320F28379D)" using Code Composer Studio for an Industry, Mar 2020.
Past Experience in IISc under Late Prof V. T. Ranganthan
- Diesel engine driven slip-ring induction machine based
generator for stand-alone and grid connected applications
Feb 2007 - April 2008
Industry: Integrated Electric Company Ltd, Bangalore
- Integrated Starter Generator for 42-Volt powerNet for
automotive applications using induction machine (coupled to diesel
engine) and direct torque control technique.
Jan 2001 - Mar 2005
Industry: Lucas TVS Pvt Ltd, Chennai
- Self-Commissioning of an induction motor drive
Jan 2004 - May 2004
Project Sponsors: Aureole Technologies, Bangalore
- Development of sensor based permanent magnet synchronous motor
drive with resolver feedback
Oct 2000 - March 2002
Project Sponsors: Bharat Electronics Limited, Chennai
- Development of sensor based permanent magnet synchronous motor
drive with encoder feedback
Feb 2000 - Sept 2000
Project Sponsors: Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai
- Development of DSP (TMS320C50) based educational kit for power
electronics and drives applications
May 1999 - Jan 2000
Project Sponsors: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of
India.