NAME Mr. VAIJU N. KALKHAMBKAR Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Department Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Rajaramnagar, Islampur 415414. Phone: - (02342) -220329 (298) Fax: - (02342) -220989 Email: - vaiju.kalkhambkar@ritindia.edu, Cell: - +91-9610408703 EDUCATION S.S.C 1993 Institute: Mamasaheb Lad Vidhyalaya Dholgarwadi, Dist.- Kolhapur % Marks: 86.42 ( Distinction) [1 st in Shivange Centre, Dist. Kolhapur] H.S.C. 1995 Institute: Sadhana Junior College Gadhinglaj, Dist.- Kolhapur % Marks: 81.00 (4 th Rank) ( Distinction) B.E., Electrical Engineering 1999 Institute: Govt. Colege of Engineering Karad, Satara, India % Marks: 68.67 (Distinction) M.E., Electrical (Power Systems) 2004 Institute: Govt. Colege of Engineering Karad, Satara, India % Marks: 67.94 (First Class) PhD., (Pursuing) EXPERIENCE 16.5 YEARS AREA OF INTEREST Renewable Energy Sources Energy Storage Smart Grid Electrical Power Systems Heuristic optimization and Power Systems SUBJECTS TAUGHT 1. Power System Analysis 2. Electrical Machines 3. HVDC Transmission 4. Switchgear and Protection 5. Power Electronics 6. Electrical Drives 7. Network Analysis 8. Electrical Mesurements 9. Electrical Technology 10. Basic Electrical Engineering JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 1. Vaiju Kalkhambkar, Rajesh Kumar, Rohit Bhakar, Joint Optimal Allocation Methodology for Renewable Distributed Generation and Energy Storage for Economic Benefits, Renewable Power Generation [IET]. 2. Vaiju Kalkhambkar, Rajesh Kumar, and Rohit Bhakar, Energy Loss Minimization through Peak Shaving using Energy Storage, Perspectives in Science [Elsevier] CONFERENCE 1. Vaiju Kalkhambkar, Rajesh Kumar, and Rohit Bhakar, Joint Optimal PUBLICAAllocation of Battery Storage and Hybrid Renewable Distributed Generation, TIONS 6th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems, 2016 (ICPS 2016), IIT Delhi, March 2016. 2. Vaiju Kalkhambkar, Rajesh Kumar, and Rohit Bhakar, Optimal sizing of PVbattery for loss reduction and intermittency mitigation, in Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering (ICRAIE), 2014. IEEE, 2014, pp. 16. 3. Vaiju Kalkhambkar, Rajesh Kumar, and Rohit Bhakar, PV battery placement and sizing for loss reduction and voltage profile improvement, in Computer Applications in Electrical Engineering Recent Advances (CERA), 2013 5th International. IIT Roorkee, 2013, pp. 179184. 4. Vaiju Kalkhambkar, Gaurav Bhansali, Rajesh Kumar, and Rohit Bhakar, Analysis of DC-DC Converters for PV Solar Home Application 3rd National Conference on Power Electronics and Intelligent Control, NCPEIC,MNIT Jaipur, November 12, 2012. 5. Smita Kalkhambkar, Vaiju Kalkhambkar, H.P. Inamdar, Assessment of Distributed Generation based on Renewable Energy Resources for Remote Rural Electrification in India, International conference on Trends and advances in Computation and Engineering- TARCE 2010, Baraktullah University Institute of Technology Bhopal, India. February 25- 26, 2010. 6. Smita Kalkhambkar, Vaiju Kalkhambkar, H.P. Inamdar, Line loss Reduction and voltage profile Improvement with Distribution Generation- A case study, International conference on, Advances in Energy conservation Technologies, ICAECT 2010, Manipal Institute of Technologies, Manipal India, January 7-10, 2010 7. Smita Kalkhambkar, Vaiju Kalkhambkar, H.P. Inamdar, Effect of Multiple Distributed Generation sources on line loss Reduction in Distributed Network National conference on, Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, RAEEE 09 , National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India. December 23-24, December 2009 8. Smita Kalkhambkar, Vaiju Kalkhambkar, H.P. Inamdar, Optimal placement and sizing of Distributed generation in Radial system using voltage Im- provement and line loss reduction index, National conference on, Recent Advances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, RAEEE 09 , National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India. December 23-24, December 2009 9. Smita Kalkhambkar, Vaiju Kalkhambkar, H.P. Inamdar, Distributed generation for enhancing Rural Electricity Access for India, National conference on, Soft computing techniques in power system operation and control -SOFTCOMP 2009 , VIT University, Vellore, India , July 22 24, 2009. BOOKS AUTHORED 1. Vaiju Kalkhambkar and Smita Kalkhambkar,Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Galaxy Publications, Miraj- 416410 2. Vaiju Kalkhambkar and Smita Kalkhambkar, Electrical Engineering, Galaxy Publications, Miraj- 416410 3. Vaiju Kalkhambkar and Smita Kalkhambkar, Electrical Power Generation, Galaxy Publications, Miraj- 416410 4. Vaiju Kalkhambkar and Smita Kalkhambkar, Electrical Technology, Galaxy Publications, Miraj- 416410 HONORS 1. ’Prabhakarpant Korgaongar Award’ being stood first in Kolhapur District in SSC under EBC (86.42 % in SSC, KOHAPUR BOARD-1993 ). 2. National Merit Scholarship 1993 and 1995 3. Qualified as Energy Manager, Bureau of Energy efficiency, Govt. of India2008.[EM-2816]. 4. GATE Qualified 2012. MEMBERSHIPS. 1. Graduate Member IEEE (Member number: 92614000) 2012 2. Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, India (Member number: LM55128 ) 2008. 3. Member of Institution of Electronics and Telecomm. Engg. India (Member number:202143) 2008 4. Associate Member Institution of Engineers (India) (Member number: AM 095373-6) 2008 WORKSHOPS / TRAINING COURSES • Two-day workshop on, Scientific Writing and Communication Skill, University of Pune, India, Jan. 9 -10 2008. • Indo-Italian International Conference on, Green and Clean Environment, MIT College of Engineering, Pune. March 20 -21,2008. • Three days workshop on, Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Rajaramnagar, Sakharale. July 17-19, 2008. • Three days workshop on, Diagnostic Testing and Condition Monitoring of Power Plant Equipments including Switchgear, KK Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research Nashik, India. October 4 6, 2008. • AICTE Winter school on Applications of MATLAB in Engineering (MAT09) National Institute of Technology Hamirpur- 177005 (HP), December 18 -22, 2009. • MHRD AICTE sponsored staff development programme on, Recent Researches on Fuzzy- Logic and Neural Networks, NIT Turuchirappalli, India, June 21 to July 03, 2010. • ISTE Approved One week short term training programme on, Recent Trends in Electrical Engineering, RIT Sakharale, India, May 2- 6, 2011. • Two-Week ISTE workshop on, Basic Electronics, IIT Bombay, June 28 to July 8, 2011. • Two days Certificate course on ’Planning and Implementation of Solar PV Power Plant’ MNIT Jaipur , Dec 10-11 , 2012. • One week FDP programme on, Real time implementation Power electronic technologies, MNIT Jaipur, June 24 28, 2013. • One week short term course on ’Application Of MATLAB in Engineering’, MNIT Jaipur, Sept 16 20, 2013. • One week short term training programme on ’Role of Power Electronics in Modern Electrical System, MNIT Jaipur, Dec 23 27, 2013. SKILLS Programming: MATLAB, Mi-Power, Microprocessor, Micro-controller, GAMS, PLC. Expertise in Microsoft office- MS Word, MS Excel Expertise in document preparation- LATEX Presentation skills: BEAMER and Power Point