KURELLA PAVAN KUMAR  
Pursuing Ph.D. in National Institute of Technology Goa from 02 Feb 2023  till date and course work completed with CGPA 8.75, presently working in the research area  “Cyber Attacks in Critical Cyber-Physical Systems(CPS) and development of cyber security solutions for CPS by applying Reinforcement Learning Algorithms”. 

Completed MASTER OF ENGINEERING (2012-2015) IN CONTROL SYSTEMS with 8.75 CGPA, from AU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (AUTONOMOUS), ANDHRA UNIVERSITY. Working as ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in the Dept. of ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, S.R.K.R ENGINEERING COLLEGE From 1ST JUNE 2017 TO till date.

Project Experience: Acting as Co- Principal Investigator  for the  DST Sponsored Project “Demonstration of Grid Supportive EV Charger and Charging Infrastructure at L.T Level (D-EVCI)”  In this Project developed IoT aspects of EV Charger Infrastructure using python code and web socket communication.  
Developed EV Charge point network using OCPP protocol and Central Management System (Web Server) in  python.   
Developed GB/T protocol between EV Charger and Electrical Vehicle (EV) in Python and developed GB/T protocol Emulator using virtual CAN library of Python Two IDEAS are selected and granted for funding under MSME Idea Hackathon 3.0 - MSME Innovative Scheme, Government of INDIA  
IDEA1: Cyber Physical Solution for Battery Swapping Station Funding Amount:10.7Lacks  
IDEA2: Grid interactive Bi-Directional Charger Funding Amount:9.45Lacks  
Project Execution Coordinator for BOSON-SRKR  Student Projects Autonomous Vehicles - 2024  
Secured first place and awarded a cash prize of 10,000/- at the IEEE Project Expo during the IEEE 2024 International Conference on Social and Sustainable Innovations in Technology and Engineering (SASI-ITE '24). Competed against 1000 teams, with approximately 75 teams shortlisted for the final projects expo. Event held from February 23 to February 25, 2024, at Sasi Institute of Technology & Engineering, Tadepalligudem, organized by the IEEE Vizag Bay Section.

Mentored the team ECO ENERGY EXPERTS (EEE) in the final competition of Smart India Hackathon-2023(19th -23th December 2023) at Faridabad, Haryana for the problem statement SIH1299 -“Developing an AI-powered energy management system for industrial commercial facilities to optimize energy consumption” and stood at 2nd position. 

Mentored and participated in the final competition of Smart India Hackathon-2022(25th -26th August 2022) at Manipal University, Jaipur for the problem statement BV806 -“Suggest a redefined solution to help cities locate EV(Electric Vehicles) charging infrastructure” and got 2nd Position.   
Mentored the project titled "Cotton ginning machine for small scale farmers" in the e-Yantra Innovation Challenge (eYIC) 2022-23 and The team has been selected as one of the 10 finalist teams out of 490 teams. This team demonstrated their project at the eYIC National Finals 2022-23 held on 5th - 6th April,2023.

Qualified   UGC_NET Junior Research Fellow(JRF) & UGC_NET ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in Electronic Science  (Nov 2017) and got All India 22nd position  
Got NPTEL Discipline Star  Certificate in Computer Science & Engineering Discipline in Jan-Apr 2024  
Got NPTEL Discipline Star  Certificate in Electrical Engineering Discipline in July-Dec 2021  
Co-Coordinator for AICTE funded IDEA Lab of SRKR Engineering College  
IIC Innovation Activity Coordinator of SRKR Engineering College  
One Patent named IoT Assisted Retrofitting Manual Change Over Switch for Solar Energy Utility Between Grid And EV Charger under publishing stage  
Mentor for  Internship students of SRKR Engineering College through AICTE IDEA LAB. Ongoing Internship Projects   
Cyber Physical Systems and CyberSecurity with Reinforcement Learning Algorithms-   
UAVs- Ornithopter(BionicBird)  
Cyber Attack Detection by applying AI Algorithms  
Internship on SOC estimation by applying AI Algorithms  
DERMS Development  
Blockchain Technology applications to TEMs  
Internship on Development of IoT aspects of EV Charger Infrastructure using Python code and web socket communication--Development of EV Charge point network using OCPP protocol and Central Management System (Web Server)   in Python. --Development of GB/T protocol between EV Charger and Electrical Vehicle (EV) in Python and development of GB/T protocol Emulator using virtual CAN library of Python--EV Charger Android Application development--Development Meter Management System