Faculty Profile

About

Dr. Soniya Agrawal received her B.E. degree in electrical engineering from Government Engineering College Raipur (C.G.), India, now known as NIT Raipur; an M.Tech. from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore; and a PhD through the Quality Improvement Program at NIT Tiruchirappalli. Since September 2013, she has been serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. She is a senior member of IEEE and an active member of IEEE PELS and IES Bangalore chapter. Her research focuses on cutting-edge areas, including multilevel inverters and power converters for renewable energy and electric vehicle applications.

Education

• PhD - Power Electronics
  National Institute of technology Tiruchirappalli
  Passed Year: 2021 | Program Type: FullTime
• Mtech - Power Electronics
  BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka
  Passed Year: 2013 | Program Type: FullTime
• B.E. - Electrical Engineering
  Govt. Engineering college Raipur, (C. G.)
  Passed Year: 2004 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Conference | Published On : 13-08-2025
  Soniya Agrawal; V Prema; R S Geetha; Sateesh Kumar Kuncham
  "Dual-Point Grounded Five-Level T-type Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications"
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• Journal | Published On : 15-03-2025
  Agrawal S, Rage R, Sahoo M, Kuncham SK.
  A Five-Level Switched Capacitor-Based Common-Ground Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications
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• Patents | Published On : 21-02-2025
  Sateesh Kumar Kuncham; oniya Agrawal; Manoranjan Sahoo;
  “A TRANSFORMER-LESS INVERTER FOR A PHOTOVOLTAIC SOURCE”
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• Journal | Published On : 20-01-2025
  Soniya Agrawal; Manoranjan Sahoo; Sateesh Kumar Kuncham; Yam P. Siwakoti
  A generalized partial fault-tolerant single-phase common-ground multilevel inverter for PV system
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• Journal | Published On : 20-11-2024
  Soniya Agrawal; Sateesh Kumar Kuncham; Manoranjan Sahoo
  A Fault-Tolerant Common-Ground based Five-Level Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications
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• Conference | Published On : 28-10-2024
  Kuncham Sateesh Kumar, Soniya Agrawal, and Kumaresan N
  “Review on the selection of DC -Link Capacitors for Grid-connected Photovoltaic Inverters” 39th National Convention of Electrical Engineers and National Conference on “Green Hydrogen, Electric Vehicles, and Energy Storage Systems,”
• Journal | Published On : 16-09-2023
  Soniya Agrawal, Ravitheja Rage, Manoranjan Sahoo, Sateesh Kumar Kuncham
  A single-phase seven-level buck-boost common ground transformerless inverter for grid-connected photovoltaic system
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• Journal | Published On : 10-09-2023
  Ravitheja Rage ,Manoranjan Sahoo , Karthik Thirumala , Soniya Agarwal
  A transformerless common ground-based 1- phase single-stage switched boost inverter for solar photovoltaic applications
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• Journal | Published On : 09-02-2019
  Diptoshi Roy, Soniya Agrawal, G. Sreevidya Varma, Chandasree Das
  "Switching studies on Ge15Te70In5Ag10 Thin films device for Phase Change Memory Applications"
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• Journal | Published On : 10-01-2018
  Smt.Soniya Agrawal , Dr. Chandasree Das
  "A comparative study on rubrics and its impact on program outcomes for the project work of under graduate program"
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• Journal | Published On : 05-01-2017
  Nethravathi.S , Soniya Agrawal
  “A Case Study on 21st Century Teaching Learning Methodologies”
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• Conference | Published On : 20-05-2016
  Soniya Agrawal, B Venkatesh, Kiran L
  “Role of drives in an automatic waste segregator plant”
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• Journal | Published On : 06-01-2016
  Prasanna Kumar MK , Soniya Agrawal ,Hemachandra Bhat
  “Effectiveness of Project Based Learning on Outcome Based Education- A case study”Abstract: Keywords
• Conference | Published On : 01-06-2015
  Soniya Agrawal
  "Solar energy Scenario in India"
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• Conference | Published On : 10-10-2013
  Soniya Agrawal. R. S. Geetha
  Controllers for Voltage Source converters
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Other Information

NPTEL Courses Attended:
* "Fundamentals of Power Electronics" by Prof. G.Bhuvaneshwari IIT Delhi,2020.
* "High Power Multilevel Converters- Analysis, design and operational issues". Jan-april-2020 by Dr anadrup Das IITdelhi
* “Fabrication Techniques for MEMS-based Sensors: Clinical Perspective”, by Dr. Hardik J. Pandya IISc,Banglore ,2018
* “Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering” by Debapriya Das I.I.T KGP,2018
* “Design of photovoltaic systems “By Dr. L Umanand, IISc,Banglore,2017
* “Basic electrical circuits “by Nagendra Krishnapura IITM,2016

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