Vivek Kumar

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Vivek Kumar (Student Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, India, in 2017, and the M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Electrical Machines from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, in 2019. He completed the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India in 2026. He served as an Assistant Professor at University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, for one year. He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. His research interests include onboard electric vehicle (EV) chargers, integrated charging systems, power factor correction (PFC) circuits, and modular multilevel converter (MMC)-based charging systems for medium-voltage DC (MVDC) applications.

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Publications (4)

• Soft-Switching Bidirectional Converter for Electric Vehicle Power Interfaces
  IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1109/ICJECE.2026.3687731
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• Novel Reconfigurable Power Converters Facilitating Dual Battery Integration in Electric Vehicles
  IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2025 DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2025.3535858
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• An Integrated Onboard EV Charger With Wide Voltage Range Compatibility
  IEEE Access 2025 DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3590958
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• Novel Power Converters for Reconfiguration and Voltage Balancing of Dual Battery Pack Based EV
  10th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems Pedes 2022 2022 DOI: 10.1109/PEDES56012.2022.10080776
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