Dr. Hitesh K. Mehta

Profile

Name : Dr. Hitesh K. Mehta
Qualification: Ph.D
Designation: Associate Professor
Department: Electrical Engineering
Experience: 23 Years
Email: hitesh.mehta@scet.ac.in
Courses / Subject involved: Solar Photovoltaics, Renewable energy, Power electronics
Portfolio: Head Of the Department

Extra Duty

Research Projects

Patents/Copyrights

Books Published

Research Publications

International Journals
1 H. K. Mehta and A. K. Panchal, "PV Panel Performance Evaluation via Accurate V–I Polynomial With Efficient Computation," in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1519-1527, Nov. 2021, doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3115250.
2 Mehta, Hitesh K.; Panchal, Ashish K. (2020). “A Novel Exponent I-V Relation Based Maximum Power Point Algorithm for Photovoltaic Panel” in. Renewable Energy Focus, (), S1755008420300685–. doi:10.1016/j.ref.2020.12.003.
3 Mehta, H.K., Warke, H., Kukadiya, K. and Panchal, A.K., 2019. Accurate Expressions for Single-Diode-Model Solar Cell Parameterization. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.
4 Mehta, H.K., Nukala, T. and Panchal, A.K., 2018. A fast computing three point model for PV system in uniform and non-uniform conditions. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 10(6), p.065501.
5 Patel Sejal Kantibhai, Prof. Hitesh K Mehta, “A Comparative Study of Conventional and Fast Converging MPPT Techniques,” in International Journal of Innovative and Emerging Research in Engineering, vol.3, issue 4,pp 105-112, 2016.
International Conference
1 H. K. Mehta and A. K. Panchal, “A Novel Maximum Power Point Estimation Algorithm for PV System Using Real-Time Short Circuit Current Calculation,” 2019 IEEE 1st International Conference on Energy, Systems and Information Processing (ICESIP), Chennai, India, 2019, pp. 1-5.
2 H. K. Mehta and A. K. Panchal, “A Direct Maximum Power Point Search Using Current-Voltage Based Power-Law Relation for Photovoltaic System under Uniform Irradiance,” 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), Washington, DC, 2017, pp. 3038-3043.
National Conference
1 Rahulkumar I.Jadav and Hitesh K. Mehta ” Comparative Analysis Of Three Port DC-DC Converters For Stand-Alone Photovoltaic System ” in National conference on Recent Advances in Automation, Control and Power Engineering-2017, RAACPE2017 pp. 72-78
2 Sejalben Patel and Hitesh Mehta, “A STUDY ON DIFFERENT PV ARRAY TOPOLOGIES UNDER PARTIAL SHADING CONDITIONS,” National Conference AEPEE-2016,pp.179-184 28th-29th June 2016
3 Nidhi Vadera, Hitesh Mehta, “Comparative Analysis of Methods for regenerative Braking in Electrical Vehicles,’ in National Conference on Power system, Embedded system, Power electronics, Communication, Control and Instrumentation (PEPCCI-2013), Vasad, 2013.
4 Mahammad soaib M. Saiyad, Hitesh K Mehta, “Bidirectional speed control of PMBLDC motor – A Hardware Implementation,” in IEEE ICARET – 2013, K.L.University Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh India, dated on 9th -10th Feb 2013, Digital Object Identifier: 03.AETS.2013.2.56, Publication Year: 2013 ,Page(s): 269 – 273
5 Mahammad soaib M. Saiyad, Hitesh K Mehta ,”Comparative Analysis of Methods for regenerative Braking in Electrical Vehicles,’ in National Conference on Power system, Embedded system, Power electronics, Communication, Control and Instrumentation (PEPCCI-2013), Vasad, 2013.
6 Mahammad soaib M. Saiyad, Hitesh K Mehta ,”Bidirectional speed control of PMBLDC motor – A MATLAB® / SIMULINK® Implementation,” SCET.

Expert Lectures Delivered

1 Three Point MPPT algorithm for PV system, N G Polytechnic, Isroli
2 Sensorless Speed Control of BLDC Motor, Parul Institute of Technology, Vadodara
3 "Research Methodology and Technical Writing" at Dr. S. & S S Ghandhi Government Engineering College, Surat
4 Thesis Writing using Application Software Conduct this session at various institutes and also through online mode and trained more than 1000 students for such skill.

Achievements / Awards

1 Awarded Appreciation Certificate by SCET management for the developing the Institute as Remote Centre (IIT Bombay, MHRD , under NMEICT Project)
2 Awarded Appreciation by SCET management for the successfully developed the foreign student cell as a Chief foreign Student Mentor
3 Certificate of Excellence by IIT Bombay and IIT Kahragpur for successfully completed workshops

Administrative Duties

1 PG In-Charge Since 12-1-2017 to 31/01/2021
2 International Students Mentor 2013-19.
3 Remote Centre Coordinator 2012-2019
4 Smart India Hackathon SPOC 2017- till now
5 Department Computer Lab In-charge till 2019
6 Research and Development Laboratory In-charge 2019-till now
7 IT Trainer for Surat Municipal Corporation staff
8 Computer Network Administrator for Online Examination 2012-2018.
9 Examination Assessment work Coordinator for several years
10 VNSGU ACDC Centre Coordinator for 3 years

Membership of Professional Bodies

1 ISTE MEMEBRSHIP (Lifetime)
2 IET MEMBERSHIP (Lifetime)

Workshop / Seminar / STTP

1 Recent Trends in Power Electronics
2 One week STTP on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation and Electrical Drives
3 AICTE SPONSORED ONE WEEK SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAM “Deep Learning, Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition”
4 One week STTP on Application of Intelligent Techniques in Electrical Engineering
5 Recent trends of µP/PC Applications in Electrical Systems
6 Testing Electrical Machines and Equipments
7 Sat com Based Patent Awareness Workshop organized by Gujarat Council on Science and Technology
8 Recent trends in conditioning- monitoring of Electrical Equipments
9 Microcontroller and Its Applications in Industrial Control Duration
10 Workshop on Three Phase Induction Motors
11 Emerging Techniques in Power System Operation and Control
12 Exploring 32 BIT Microcontroller for Power Electronics Applications
13 Microcontroller and their Applications
14 Mission 10 X Workshop
15 Solar Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications
16 Writing Effective Conference Papers,
17 Introduction to Research Methodology
18 Aakash for Education
19 Recent Trends in Control and Instrumentation
20 Virtual Labs
21 Coordinator workshop on Analog Electronics
22 MATLAB/S IMULINK with D Space Interface

Participation in Other Activities

1 Aakash Android Application Programming Workshop for Students
2 Two-Week Main Workshop on Analog Electronics
3 Two-Week Main Workshop on Signals & Systems
4 Two Week Main Workshop on Fluid Mechanics
5 Two Week Main Workshop on Control Systems
6 Two Week ISTE STTP on Introduction to Design of Algorithms
7 Two Week ISTE STTP on Intrcuction to Structural Engineering
8 Two week ISTE STTP on “CMOS, Mixed Signal and Radio Frequency VLSI Design”.
9 Two Week STTP in “Electrical Power systems”
10 Introduction to Research Methodologies
11 2 days ISTE Workshop on Aakash for Education
12 2-DAY ISTE WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
13 One day workshop on Moodle
14 TWO-WEEK ISTE WORKSHOP ON DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
15 Half Day ISTE Workshop on Green Building Awareness
16 TWO-WEEK ISTE WORKSHOP on Engineering Mechanics
17 Two Week ISTE Main Workshop on Computer Programming
18 Two Week ISTE Main Workshop on Computer Networking
19 Two Week ISTE Main Workshop on Cyber Security
20 Two-Week ISTE STTP on Environmental Studies
21 Two Week ISTE Self finance Mode STTP on “Technical Communication
22 Two-Week ISTE STTP on Engineering Physics
23 Four Week AICTE approved FDP by IIT Bombay on – Use of ICT in Education for Online and Blended Learning
24 One day Workshop on Koha and Library Automation