Director

Dr. S. Tara Kalyani
SMIEEE, WIE, MISTE,Ph.D
Senior Professor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering & Director of Affiliations & Academic Audit

Educational Qualifications

M.B.A.(Gold Medal)	:	JNTUH
Subject	:	Human Resource Management, School of Management Studies
Division & Year	:	Awarded, 2016

Ph. D.University	:	JNTUH
Subject	:	Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)
Division & Year	:	Awarded, 2008

M. E.University	:	Osmania University, Hyderabad
Subject	:	Industrial Drives and Control, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Division & Year	:	Awarded, 1998

B.E.University	:	Osmania University, Hyderabad
Subject	:	Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Division & Year	:	Awarded, 1995

1. Sr.Professor, JNTUH - January 2021 - till date
2. Professor, JNTUH - January 2011 - Dec 2020
3. Associate Professor, JNTUH - July 2003 – December 2010
4. Associate Lecturer, Govt. Polytechnic, Warangal – November,1996 – July 2003.

 Director of Directorate of Affiliations & Academic Audit ,JNTU Hyderabad
Duration	:	February, 2024 to till date
 Director, University Industry Interaction Centre
Duration	:	June 2021 to February 2024
 Controller of Examinations, Examination Branch, JNTUH
Duration	:	October 2016 to June 2021
 Chair, EEE Board of Studies, JNTUHCEH
Duration	:	October 2014 to October 2016
 HEAD, Department of EEE, JNTUHCEH
Duration	:	October 2014 to October 2016
 Officer I/C Examinations, Nodal Centre-6 JNTU Examination branch
Duration	:	February, 2010 to August 2010
 Co-ordinator, School of Continuing Distance Education, JNTUH
Duration	:	November 2010 to November 2012.
 Deputy Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, JNTUH
Duration	:	September 2009 to August 2010.
 Assistant Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, JNTUH
Duration	:	October 2008 to September 2009

1. University Gold Medal for MBA (PTPG) – 2016.
2. Best paper awards.
3. Telugu Vignana Parithoshakam in 10 th class from the government.
4. Telugu Vignana Parithoshakam in 7 th class from the government.

1. Coordinator, TGEAPCET- 2024.
2. Member, Executive Council, JNTUH – February 2020 - till date.
3. Co-convener, TSNPDCL Recruitment tests for Sub-Engineers, Asst. Engineers, Jr. Account Officers - notified in 2018.
4. Co-convener, TSECET- 2016.
5. Coordinator, TSECET- 2012.
6. Coordinator, TSECET- 2011
7. General Secretary, JNTUH Teaching Staff Association, 2013 - 2015.

Hyderabad Traffic Integrated Management Systems (HTRIMS)

Lead for theThird-party evaluation and technical support team for Project Management Unit (PMU) of Hyderabad Traffic Integrated Management Systems (HTRIMS) project for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Department of Traffic – Sponsored by GHMC (Rs. 13.28 Lakhs).

1. Organized 17 refresher courses of 3-week duration, 5 orientation courses of 4-week duration and 6 short term courses for the Engineering College faculty as Assistant Director and Deputy Director of UGC – Academic Staff College, JNTUH, Hyderabad.
2. Organized several seminars/workshops/guest lectures as by inviting professors from country wide IITs, NITs and University Engineering colleges as Head of the Department.
3. As a Head of the department, formed an Industrial Advisory Committee in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering to improve institute industry interaction.

1. ‘Topologies of transformerless PV inverters’ at 4 th IET Clean Energy and Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 14-15, 2016.
2. Session Chair at The 2016 International Conference of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in World Congress on Engineering 2016, London, U.K., 29 June-1July, 2016.
3. ‘Emerging Trends in Power Electronics and Drives’ at College of Engineering and computing, Alghurair University, Dubai, UAE, April 22-25, 2015.
4. Session Chair at Third International Conference on Emerging trends in Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Dubai, UAE, April24-25, 2015.

1. “NPC full bridge topology for transformerless PV Inverters with improved clamping branch”’ - 4 th IET International Conference on Clean energy and Technology, November 2016, Malaysia.
2. “Comparison of Voltage Stability Indices and its Enhancement Using Distributed Generation”, World Congress on Engineering 2016 - Vol I - WCE 2016, June 29 - July 1, 2016, London, U.K.
3. “Evaluation of single phase transformerless photovoltaic inverters” International conference on Emerging trends in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, 24-25 April 2015, Dubai, UAE.
4. “Control and performance of UPFC connected to a transmission line”, at IEEE-PES International Power Engineering Conference (IPEC-07), Singapore, December 2007.

1. International Journals/Conferences: 86
2. National Journals/Conferences: 8

1. Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2. Member of Women in Engineering (WIE)
3. Fellow of Institute of Engineers (FIE)
4. Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

1. 201841036399 A - SPARTAN 6A based online fuzzy & ANN estimators for temperature dependent parameters in feed forward vector controlled asynchronous drive.

London, Malaysia, Dubai-UAE, Singapore