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Dr. Pujari Harish Kumar

Associate Professor

Alliance School of Applied Engineering

Dr. Pujari Harish Kumar is an Associate Professor, department of EEE, Alliance School of Applied Engineering, Alliance University, Bengaluru-562106. His research interests include renewable energy sources, optimization approaches, power system analysis, electrical machines, designs for solar and wind energy systems, and electric vehicle design. In addition to his academic interests, his research focuses on the integration of renewable energy sources into distribution systems, the design of electric vehicle batteries, and the use of real-time data to develop hybrid renewable energy systems. He has a B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics from MRRITS, JNTUA, an M.Tech degree in Electrical Power Systems from JNTUA University, and a Ph.D., Internal fulltime degree from VIT University, Vellore. He has participated in workshops and Faculty development programs hosted by several colleges. He has around 11 years of teaching experience and 3 years in Research field and he is associated with Alliance University, Bengaluru from July 2025.

Posted Ph.D., Journals: 6 (SCI-5, Scopus-2)

  • Kumar, Pujari Harish, Gayathri R, N. Chinna Alluraiah, Pasala Gopi, Mohit Bajaj, Sunil Kumar, Vojtech Blazek, “Integrated Thermal and Battery Management for EVs: Experimental Validation and Simulation-Based Optimization of Lithium-Ion Batteries,” Energy Exploration & Exploitation, EEA-25-0048, 2025, doi:10.1177/01445987251337094 (Published, May 2025, SCIE, Scopus indexed, Impact factor: 1.9, Sage publications).
  • Kumar, Pujari Harish, N. Chinna Alluraiah, Pasala Gopi, Mohit Bajaj, Sunil Kumar, CH Naga Sai Kalyan, and Vojtech Blazek. "Techno-economic optimization and sensitivity analysis of off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems: A case study for sustainable energy solutions in Rural India." Results in Engineering 25 (2025): 103674. (Published, Jan 2025, ESCI, Elsevier, Impact factor: 6.0 and Scopus indexed).
  • CL, Sravanthi, Chandra Sekhar JN, N. Chinna Alluraiah, Harish Kumar Pujari, and Baseem Khan. "An Overview of Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Battery Using Deep Learning and Ensemble Learning Algorithms on Data?Dependent Models." International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems 2025, no. 1 (2025): 2242749. (SCIE, Scopus, Impact factor: 1.86, Wiley publications)
  • Harish Kumar and Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy., R. Reshma Gopi and Sowmya Mishra, “Optimal reconfiguration, renewable DGs, and energy storage units' integration in distribution systems considering power generation uncertainty using hybrid GWO- SCA algorithms”, International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, accepted on May 6, 2024, (SCI, Impact factor: 3.1 and Scopus indexed).
  • Mohit Bajaj, Pasala Gopi N. C. Alluraiah, Pujari. Harish Kumar and Vojtech Blazek “Improving Load Frequency Controller Tuning with Rat Swarm Optimization and Porpoising Feature Detection for Enhanced Power System Stability,” Scientific Reports, accepted on June 26, 2024, (SCI, Impact factor: 3.8 and Scopus indexed).
  • Kumar, Pujari Harish, R. Reshma Gopi, R. Rajarajan, N. B. Vaishali, K. Vasavi, and Sunil Kumar. “Prefeasibility Techno-Economic Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy System,” e-Prime-Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, Elsevier, Jan. 2024: 100443. (Published Elsevier journal, Scopus indexed).
  • Sowmya Mishra, P Harish Kumar, Rajarajan R and Renjini E, A new time domain multi objective function approach for load frequency control using Cuckoo search optimization algorithm, Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and informatics, Dec. 2023. (Published June issue 2024, Scopus indexed)

During Ph.D., work Journals: 9 (SCI-4, Scopus-5)

  • Harish Kumar and Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy. Optimal design, techno-economic and sensitivity analysis of a grid-connected hybrid renewable energy system: A case study, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Mar 2022 (Published, Impact factor:0.17 & Scopus index). https://doi.org/10.1515/ijeeps-2021-0357.
  • Harish Kumar and Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy. Optimal design, prefeasibility techno- economic and sensitivity analysis of off grid hybrid renewable energy system, International Journalof Sustainable Energy, Mar 2022, doi:10.1080/14786451.2022.2058502 (Published, Scopus index and Impact factor:3.1).
  • Harish Kumar and Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy. Grey wolf optimization algorithm-based power loss minimization and voltage profile improvement in distribution systems via network reconfiguration considering distributed generators. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2022. (Published, Scopus index and Impact factor:3.1)
  • Harish Kumar Pujari, Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy (2021). Optimal design and techno?economic analysis of a hybrid grid?independent renewable energy system for a rural community. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 31(9), e13007. (Published, Impact factor:2.860 & Scopus index), https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.13007.
  • Harish Kumar Pujari, Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy (2021). Distribution network reconfiguration considering DGs using a hybrid CS-GWO algorithm for power loss minimization and voltage profile enhancement. Indonesian Journal of electrical engineering and Informatics (IJEEI), issue 4, dec. 2021, (Published, Scopus index), doi: 10.52549/ijeei.v9i4.3432.
  • Harish Kumar and Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy (2020). Optimization Techniques and Algorithms for DG placement in Distribution System: A Review. International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 11(3): 141–157. (Published, Scopus Index)
  • Harish Kumar and Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy (2020). Load Flow Analysis and Optimal allocation of DG for Indian Utility 62 Bus Power System. International Journal on Emerging Technologies, 11(2): 874–886. (Published, Scopus Index)
  • Harish Kumar and Mageshvaran Rudramoorthy Methods and Solvers Used for Solving Mixed Integer Linear Programming and Mixed Nonlinear Programming Problems: A Review, International journal of scientific & technology research, Volume 9, issue 01, January 2020,1872-188.
  • Vasavi, Pujari. Harish Kumar, V.Y. Kondaiah (2020). Reactive Power Compensation in Power System Using Fuzzy Based Static Synchronous Compensator Controller. International journal of scientific & technology research, volume 9, issue 04, April 2020, ISSN: 2277-8616 (pp. 2655-2658). (Published, Scopus Index).

Webinars:

Organized

  • Guest Lecture and Industrial visits to Solar power plants and Transformer manufacturing industries.
  • A Webinar on Smart Grid Technologies for integration of Renewable sources.
  • Delivered a lecture on “Renewable energy sources and design of hybrid renewable energy system,” in national level workshop on March 2025 in SITAMS Chittoor.

Attended

  • Attended AICTE organized Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Inculcating universal human values in technical education” from 18-07-2022 to 22-07-2024.
  • Attended five days faculty development program at VIT Chennai on topic “Real time applications of Opal- RT for smart grids from 17th – 21st OCT 2022 (5 days).
  • Attended AICTE organized Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Exploring the Technological trends in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Need of the Hour” from 9-10-2023 to 14-10-2023.
  • Attended five days faculty development program at Dayananda Sagar college of engineering, Bangalore on topic “Recent developments and trends in electrical engineering (series 1: Renewable energy systems)”, 04-12-23 to 08-12-23 (5 days).
  • Attended AICTE organized Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Inculcating universal human values-II in technical education” from 11-03-2024 to 15-03-2024.

  • Pujari Harish Kumar, C. Shaswati, P Sunil Kumar, Design of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for Sustainable Power Solutions Using Homer Pro, (Conference accepted on 23-03-2025, 7th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE 2025), National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, Saitsohpen, Sohra (Cherrapunjee), Meghalaya, IEEE Proceedings, Scopus Index).
  • Pujari Harish Kumar, N. Chinna Alluraiah , P Sunil Kumar, Techno-Economic Analysis and Optimization of an Off-Grid Hybrid Systems for Sustainable Energy Solutions, (Conference accepted on 28-11-2024, ICPEST-2024, Scopus Index, Taylor and Frances publications)
  • Sowmya Mishra, Pujari Harish Kumar, and Renjini E, Design and Fabrication of a Retrofit E-Bicycle for Sustainable Urban Transportation, IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy 2024, published on May 11, 2024, IEEE Proceedings.
  • Harish. Kumar, A. Chowdhury, M. V. Muthanna, A. Sahiti and V. N, Techno-Economic Analysis of Off-Grid Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy System, 2023-7th International Conference on Design Innovation for 3 Cs Compute Communicate Control (ICDI3C), Karnataka, India, 2023, pp. 194-199, IEEE Proceedings, 2023.
  • Harish Kumar P, Mageshvaran R, Guru Mohan Baleboina and Vasavi Koppola, Impact of Distributed Generation on Distribution System Under Fault and Islanding Condition, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Advances in Smart Grid Technology, Select Proceedings of PECCON 2019—Volume II, Springer Singapore. (Published, Scopus Index), Dec. 2019.
  • Harish Kumar P, Reshma Gopi. R, Chitra. A, and Mageshvaran R, Analysis of wind speed data in Tadipatri region in Andhra Pradesh, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Advances in Smart Grid Technology, Select Proceedings of PECCON 2019—Volume II, Springer Singapore. (Published, Scopus Index), Dec. 2019.