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1 Curriculum Vitae Office Address Mr. Sachin Kumar Assistant Professor, EED G. B. Pant Engineering College Pauri-Garhwal , Uttarakhand. INDIA. Residential Address Mr. Sachin Kumar 156, Teachers Colony, Govind Garh, Dehradun Uttarakhand. INDIA. Contacts: (M) Career Objective To work in an organization where I can get job satisfaction, cordial working environment, growth opportunity, support and guidance of seniors to implement my ideas and technical skills. Educational Qualifications Year of Examination Department/Specialization Institute/School Board/University Passing PhD Electrical Engineering I.I.T BHU I.I.T BHU Pursuing from July2018 M. Tech. Power System Engineering I.I.T. Kharagpur I.I.T. Kharagpur 2010 B. Tech Electrical Engineering H.B.T.I. Kanpur U.P.T.U. Lucknow 2008 Work Experience 1. Presently working as Assistant Professor in Electrical Department G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri-Garhwal from 01 st Feb, Worked as a Faculty Member at The ICFAI University Dehradun from 01 st July, 2010 to 25 th Jan, Publications A) Journals 1. Mukesh Gupta, Sachin Kumar and Vagicharla Karthik, Design, Fabrication and Testing of Cosine Control Firing Scheme for Single Phase Half Controlled Bridge Rectifier, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (ISO

2 3297: 2007 Certified Organization, ISSN (Print) : , ISSN (Online): ) Vol. 2, Issue 8, August 2013, pp. 2. Mukesh Gupta, Sachin Kumar and Vagicharla Karthik, Design and Implementation of Cosine Control Firing Scheme for Single Phase Fully Controlled Bridge Rectifier, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Electrical and Electronics (IJETEE ISSN: ) Vol. 3, Issue. 1, May-2013, pp B. Conferences 1. Sachin Kumar, V. M. Mishra, Parametric Analyses on Rectangular Pulse Current Generator For Virtual High Voltage Laboratory Environment, pp , ISBN: T R Publication, International Conference on Advances in Engineering Science and Management, Agra, 08th November, Vibhuti Dhyani, Sachin Negi, Ankita Vashistha and Sachin Kumar, Application of Fuzzy Logic Controller for Speed Control of Induction Motor, International Conference on Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering & Technology-2014, August 7-8, 2014, organized by School of Computing & Department of Allied Sciences at Graphic Era Hill University, Bhimtal Campus, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. 3. Kritika Kaul, Sachin Kumar, Sangita Chouhan, V. M. Mishra, Sachin Negi, Comparative Analyses of Rectangular Pulse Current Generator and Power Frequency AC Test Source using Virtual High Voltage Laboratory and MatLab Simulation, TEQIP sponsored National Conference on Technological Revolution in Electrical Engineering May 22 nd 23 rd, 2014 pp ISBN No at G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri-Garhwal Uttarakhand, India. 4. Shivani Choudhary, Sachin Kumar, Nidhi Upadhyay, Vibhuti Dhyani, Atul Katiyar, Analyses of Impulse Current Generator and Impulse Voltage Generator using MatLab and Virtual Laboratory, TEQIP sponsored National Conference on Technological Revolution in Electrical Engineering May 22 nd 23 rd, 2014 pp ISBN No at G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. 5. Hrithik Sharma and Sachin Kumar, Consumer Awareness Scale of Electronic Waste Recycling, International Conference on Green Technologies for Environmental Rehabilitation February 11-13, 2012, pp. 106, Faculty of Engineering & Technology Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India (Abstract). 6. Hrithik Sharma and Sachin Kumar, Developing Automatic Guided Vehicle using PIC 16F73 Microcontroller having RF and DTMF Controls, National Seminar on Innovations and Applications in Engineering & Applied Sciences, IAEAS-2011, November 9-10, 2011, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, India (Abstract).

3 7. Sachin Kumar, N. K. Kishore and B. Hemlatha, Parametric Analyses on Single-Stage Impulse Current Generator and Surge Arrester for Virtual High Voltage Laboratory Environment, 17 th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering, ISH 2011, 22 nd 26 th August 2011, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Hannover, Germany. 8. Sachin Kumar, N. K. Kishore and B. Hemlatha, Parametric Analyses on Impulse Voltage Generator and Power Transformer Winding for Virtual High Voltage Laboratory Environment, 16 th National Power Systems Conference, NPSC 2010, 15 th 17 th December 2010, pp , Osmania University Hyderabad, A.P., INDIA. Conferences/Workshops/Seminars Organized/Volunteered 1. TEQIP sponsored short term course on Smart Grid Technology and its Applications, organized by department of Electrical Engineering, G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal during 28 th Oct-01 st Nov, TEQIP sponsored short term course on Smart Grid Technology, organized by department of Electrical Engineering, G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal during 22 nd 26 th Sep, TEQIP sponsored National Conference on Technological Revolution in Electrical Engineering at Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Pauri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand during 22 nd -23 rd May, Workshop on VLSI Design and Embedded Systems, at Faculty of Science and Technology, The ICFAI University Dehradun, Uttarakhand, held during 22 nd - 24 th April, Third International Conference on Power System December 2009 held at I.I.T. Kharagpur, W.B., INDIA. 6. Colloquium on IEEE Region 10 th Colloquium and 3 rd ICIIS December 2008 held at I.I.T. Kharagpur, W.B., INDIA. STC/FDP/ Workshop/Conference Attended/Participated 1. Short term course on Power System Stability and Control in Smart Grid Architecture, organized by department of Electrical Engineering, IITBHU, Varanasi during 3 rd 8 th July, GIAN course on Machine Learning Applications to Internet of Things at IITBHU, Varanasi during 16 th 22 nd Dec, Short term course on Wide Area Power System Monitoring, Protection and Control, organized by department of Electrical Engineering at QIP IIT Roorkee during 12 th 16 th Dec, Short term course on Energy Resources sponsored by State Facilitation Unit, Dehradun, Uttarakhand under TEQIP scheme at I.I.T. Roorkee during 08 th 12 th Nov, 2014.

4 5. TEQIP sponsored short term course on Advances in Cloud Computing organized by Department of Computer Science and Application at G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri- Garhwal, Uttarakhand during 27 th 31 st May, TEQIP sponsored short term course on Academic Excellence in Engineering Education organized by E. S. C. I. Hyderabad at G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand during 05 th 06 th May, Short term course on Challenges in Rural Electrification organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Technology, G.B.P.U.A.T., Pantnagar, Uttarakhand during 21 st 22 nd Jan, Short term course on Digital Signal Processing and MatLab sponsored by State Facilitation Unit, Dehradun, Uttarakhand under TEQIP scheme at I.I.T. Roorkee during 27 th - 31 st Oct, TEQIP sponsored Short term course on Eco-Technology For Sustainable Development at GBPEC, Pauri-Garhwal during 21st Oct - 25th Oct, TEQIP sponsored Short term course on Information Technology and Its Impact on Society- A New Horizon of Energy Efficiency and E-Waste Management at GBPEC, Pauri-Garhwal during 26th Aug-30th Aug, One week faculty development program on Real Time Implementation of Power Electronics Technologies, organized by the department of electrical engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, during 24 th June-28 th June, Short term course on Computer Aided Circuit Simulation, conducted by department of electrical engineering, NITTTR Chandigarh, during 21 st Jan-25 th Jan, Short term course on Computer Aided Power System Analysis, conducted by department of electrical engineering, NITTTR Chandigarh, during 19 th Nov-23 rd Nov, Positions of Responsibility 1. Officer in Charge Electrical Maintenance at GBPIET, Pauri-Garhwal from Feb 2017 July Hostel warden at GBPEC, Pauri-Garhwal Aug 2012 to July Electrical department Team Coordinator in annual sports-meet GOONJ-2013 at GBPEC, Pauri- Garhwal. 4. Electrical department Team Manager in annual sports-meet JOSH-2013 at GBPEC, Pauri- Garhwal. Undergraduate Projects Supervised

5 1. B. Tech. final Year Project titled Optimal Control of Variable Speed Wind Driven DFIG and its Power Quality Improvement Using DVR during session B. Tech. final Year Project titled Maximization of Output Power Using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm (ABC) during session B. Tech. final Year Project titled Regenerative Braking during session B. Tech. final Year Project titled Simulation and Comparison of FACTS Devices during session B. Tech. final Year Project titled Distance Relay during session B. Tech. final Year Project titled Design and Realization of Distance Relay Protection Using MatLab and LabVIEW, during session B. Tech. final Year Project titled Load Flow Solver Using MatLab GUI, during session B. Tech. final Year Project titled Study of Transmission Line Fault during session B. Tech. final Year Special Project titled Comparative Analyses of FACTS Devices for Improving Transient Stability by Using MatLab Simulation during session B. Tech. third Year Computer oriented project titled Introduction to MatLab in Digital Electronics Laboratory with Comparison between Hardware Experiments and Simulation Results during Jan May B. Tech. final Year Special Project titled Developmental Analyses on Virtual Digital Electronics Laboratory during Aug - Dec Areas of Interest 1. Electrical Power System (Sachin Kumar)

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