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Naran M. Pindoriya

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  3. Naran M. Pindoriya

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Naran M. Pindoriya

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering

  • BE: L.D. College of Engineering, Gujarat Univ., Ahmedabad, 2001
  • ME: M.S. Univ. of Baroda, Gujarat, 2003
  • PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2009

Email: naran -AT- iitgn.ac.in

Website : https://naran.people.iitgn.ac.in/

Office: 13/306
VOIP: 2414


  • Selected Publications

    1. P.B.S. Kiran and Naran M. Pindoriya, “DLMP Calculation and Congestion Minimization with EV Aggregator Loading in a Distribution Network Using Bi-Level Program”, IEEE Systems Journal (Early Access Article), June 2020.

    2. Batchu Rajasekhar, Wayes Tushar, Clement Lork, Yuren Zhou, Chau Yuen, Naran Pindoriya, and Kristin L Wood, “A Survey of Computational Intelligence Techniques for Air-conditioners Energy Management”, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, vol.4, no.4, pp. 555 – 570, Aug 2020.

    3. Batchu Rajasekhar and Naran M. Pindoriya, “Heuristic Approach for Transactive Energy Management in Active Distribution Systems”, IET Smart Grid, vol. 3 no. 3, pp. 406 – 418, June 2020.

    4. Kushan A. Choksi, Sonal Jain, and Naran M. Pindoriya, “Feature Based Clustering Technique for Investigation of Domestic Load Profiles and Probabilistic Variation Assessment: Smart Meter Dataset“, Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, vol. 22, June 2020.

    5. Dhanapala Prudhviraj, P.B.S. Kiran, and Naran M. Pindoriya, ” Stochastic Energy Management of a Mircrogrid with Nodal Pricing”, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2020.

  • Work Experience

    • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Apr 2018 to present)
    • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Nov 2010 to Apr 2018)
    • Research Fellow, Dep. of Elec. & Comp. Engineering,National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore (Jan 2010 to Nov 2010)
    • Sr. Project Engineer, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur (Oct 2009 to Dec 2009)
    • Tutor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur (July 2007 to May 2009)
    • Lecturer, Dept. Electrical Engg., Charotar Institute of Technology-Changa, Gujarat University (May 2003 to Dec 2005)

Research Interests

  • ● Restructured power systems - operation and management
  • ● Smart distribution grid and microgrids
  • ● Grid integration of decentralized energy resources and energy management
  • ● Load demand and electricity price forecasting