Kanakadhurga Dharmaraj

About

Dr. Kanakadhurga Dharmaraj is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, India, specializing in smart grids and energy systems. She earned her B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2013) and M.E. in Power Systems Engineering (2016) from Anna University, Chennai, followed by a Ph.D. in Energy and Power Systems from SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur (2024), where her doctoral research focused on demand response and peer-to-peer energy trading for residential microgrids.
Dr. Kanakadhurga has established a strong research portfolio with seven publications in high-impact ISI/WoS indexed journals (Impact Factor: 4.2-16.3), including top-tier venues such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF: 16.3) and Applied Energy (IF: 11.0). Her work has garnered 574 citations with an h-index of 7. She received the Young Women Scientist Award from Elsevier Publishers in 2021, recognizing her contributions to energy research.
Her research expertise encompasses demand-side management, peer-to-peer energy trading, electricity market design, renewable energy integration, and electric vehicle uncertainty modeling. She specializes in applying artificial intelligence and optimization algorithms—including particle swarm optimization, reinforcement learning, and neural networks—to solve complex energy management challenges. Her current work advances smart grid resilience, carbon reduction strategies, and sustainable electricity markets for the transition toward decentralized, intelligent energy systems.

Employment

• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Post doctoral fellow
  2024 - Present
• SASTRA University Research Assistant
  2019 - 2023
• Greentech College of Engineering for Women Assistant Professor
  2016 - 2017

Education

• SASTRA University PhD
  2019 - 2024
• Anna University, Chennai M. E
  2014 - 2016
• Anna University, Chennai B. E
  2010 - 2013
• Seshasayee Institute of Technology Diploma
  2007 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (8)

• Techno-Economic analysis of spot price volatility management in energy market incorporating Artificial neural network
  Expert Systems with Applications 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128445
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• Price-based demand response with renewable energy sources and peer-to-peer trading for residential microgrid with electric vehicle uncertainty
  Computers and Electrical Engineering 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2024.109618
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• Smart home energy management using demand response with uncertainty analysis of electric vehicle in the presence of renewable energy sources
  Applied Energy 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123062
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• Electronic waste: A critical assessment on the unimaginable growing pollutant, legislations and environmental impacts
  Environmental Challenges 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2022.100507
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• A Q-learning based electric vehicle scheduling technique in a distribution system for power loss curtailment
  Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.suscom.2022.100798
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• Demand side management in microgrid: A critical review of key issues and recent trends
  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111915
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• Peer-to-Peer trading with Demand Response using proposed smart bidding strategy
  Applied Energy 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120061
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• Demand response-based peer-to-peer energy trading among the prosumers and consumers
  Energy Reports 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2021.09.074
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