Faculty Details
Dr.(ing.) Amit Kumar Singh
Professor & HOD Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- PhD - Reference Flux Linkage Selection and its Impact on Direct Torque Control Based Induction Motor Drive Performance, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2021)
- M.Tech - Power Electronics, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim Manipal University (2009)
- B.Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim Manipal University (2005)
- Professor - Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology / Sikkim Manipal University - Teaching (April 2024 to Present)
- Associate Professor - Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology / Sikkim Manipal University - Teaching (Feb 2011 to March 2024)
- Assistant Professor - Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology / Sikkim Manipal University - Teaching (January 2006 to January 2011)
- Awarded as "Excellence in Teaching Award" to acknowledge commendable contribution to Sikkim Manipal University in January 2021
- Selected for pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Guwahati under QIP category wef July 2012 to June 2015 (3 years)
- Awarded as "Excellence in Teaching Award" to acknowledge commendable contribution to Sikkim Manipal University in January 2021.
- Awarded as "Bronze Category" in year 2020, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
- Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on IAS Publications.
- Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Publications.
- Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification Publications.
- Reviewer of Elsevier Journal, ISA Transactions, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Reviewer of IET Electric Power Applications, IET Journals.
- Reviewer of IET Power Electronics, IET Journals.
- Session chair of ICCDN: International Conference on Communication, Devices and Networking, held annually since 2017, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology.
- Session Chair of Springer International Conference on Emerging Trends and Advances in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, 17th to 18th Dec 2016.
- Session Chair of Manipal Student Research Colloquium (MSRC-2018), organised by Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim, 15th to 16th March 2018.
- Area of Interest - Electrical Machines, Drives and Power Electronics; Control of Electric Motors for Electric Vehicle Applications; Direct Torque Control of Induction Motors
- Area of Expertise - Modeling, analysis, and control of electrical machines and drives; design and implementation of power electronic converters; application of soft computing techniques for intelligent control and optimization in electrical systems
- Professor & Head - Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- Chairman - Department Research Committee (DRC)
- Chairman - Board of Studies (BoS)
- Chairman - Department Academic Cell (DAC)
- Chairman - Department Admission Committee
- Faculty In-charge - Electrical Drives Lab
- Institute QC Core Member
- Institute NEP Coordinator
- Member - Board of Studies (BoS) for Engineering at MAHE, Manipal
- Coordinator Board of Studies (BoS) and NEP related activities
- Senior Member IEEE
- Member of Institute of Engineers(India)
- Life member of System society of India
- Sensor for Waste Cooking Oil Detection, IoT-Enabled Communication for Collection, and Biodiesel Production for Diesel Generators: A Sustainable Approach - iHUB Divyasampark, IIT Roorkee (DST, Govt. of India) - PI - 2023-2025 - Rs. 20,00,000
- Design and Development of AC-DC Buck-Boost PF Corrected Converter using Wide Bandgap Devices - TMA PAI University Research Fund (Major Grant, SMU) - Co-PI - 2023-2026 - Rs. 10,00,000
- Production of Biodiesel with Optimised Machine Learning Prediction Model to Minimize Production Time, Cost, and Environmental Concerns - Manipal Research Board, University Research Fund - Co-PI - 2023-2026 - Rs. 4,54,000
- Development of Ultra-Small Power Generator for Electricity Generation - Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (Technology Development, Govt. of India) - Co-PI - 2023-2024 - Rs. 1,00,000
- Anganwadi Operations in Villages of Sikkim - Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (Technology Development, Govt. of India) - Co-PI - 2024-2025 - Rs. 1,00,000
- The Infinite Imperium Box Next Generation (A Solar-Based Wireless Power Bank) - Endowment Fund / TMA Pai Project (SMU) - Faculty Mentor - 2019-2020 - Rs. 18,000
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A Lookup Table-Based Reference Flux Linkage Selection of Direct Torque Control Induction Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle Applications: An Offline Strategy
2020 | SAE | Amit Kumar Singh, Kashyap Kumar Prabhakar, C. Upendra Reddy, Praveen Kumar
SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains, Volume 9
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A New Reference Flux Linkage Selection Technique for Efficiency Improvement of Direct Torque Controlled IM Drive
2020 | IEEE | Prabhakar K.K., Upendra Reddy C., Kumar P., Singh A.K.
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Volume 8, Pages 3751-3762
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Selection of Reference Flux Linkage for Direct Torque Control Based Induction Motor Drive in Electric Vehicle Applications
2019 | SAE | Singh A.K., Reddy U., Prabhakar K.K., Kumar P.
SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains, Volume 8
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Speed Estimation Technique Using Modified Stator Current Error Based MRAS for Direct Torque Controlled Induction Motor Drives
2019 | IEEE | C. Upendra Reddy, Kashyap K. Prabhakar, Amit Kumar Singh, Praveen Kumar
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
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Efficiency and performance analysis of DTC based IM drivetrain using variable dc-link voltage for electric vehicle applications
2018 | IET | Prabhakar K.K., Chinthakunta U.R., Singh A.K., Kumar P.
IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, Volume 8, Pages 205-214
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Resource Person - Webinar on "Electric Vehicle Technology Overview and Architecture"
19 March 2021 | Department of EE, NIT Jamshedpur
Online webinar session delivered to students and faculty.
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Resource Person - Invited Speaker on Motor Drive Systems for EV
Oct 2020 | ISLE Student Chapter
Session on modern drive technologies.
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FDP - "Electric Vehicle Technologies and Applications" (Coordinator)
5-9 July 2021 | SMIT
Organized 5-day faculty development programme.
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FDP - "Renewable Energy Systems & Electric Drives"
Sept 2020 | AICTE Sponsored
Conducted hands-on training sessions.
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Workshop Facilitator - Electric Vehicle Architecture & Battery Systems
Feb 2021 | SMIT
Delivered technical training to students.
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Hands-on Training - MATLAB/Simulink for Motor Drive Engineering
2020 | Internal Training
Conducted sessions on simulation modelling.
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Member - IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Since 2018
Active membership in Power Electronics and Electric Drives societies.
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Member - SAE India
Since 2019
Contributed to EV-related technical discussions.
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Recipient - Best Research Paper Award
2020 | IEEE Conference
For work on MRAS-based speed estimation in DTC drives.
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Grant Award - Research Project on Electric Mobility
2019 | AICTE
Received funding for EV drivetrain design research.
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Student Project - BLDC Motor Drive Design for Electric Scooter
2021
Final-year engineering project under guidance.
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Student Project - Battery Management System using IoT
2020
Supervised design & development.
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Student Project - Solar-Powered EV Charging Station
2019
Designed complete hardware setup.
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Course - Power Electronics
UG Level | SMIT
Delivered lectures, labs, and evaluations.
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Course - Electric Vehicle Technology
PG Level | SMIT
Core course covering EV architecture.
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Course - Electrical Machines
UG Level | SMIT
Taught 3rd-semester students.
