Rate My Professor P Prasanth Kumar

P. Prasanth Kumar serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology (GRIET), Hyderabad, a position he has held since December 14, 2012. His academic qualifications include a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering awarded in 2008 and an M.Tech obtained in 2011, with indications of pursuing a Ph.D. as noted in faculty listings as M.Tech (Ph.D). Kumar's main academic specialty is Power Electronics, explicitly stated in official GRIET department faculty profiles. His areas of interest encompass Power Electronics, Programmable Logic Controllers, and Microcontrollers, aligning with his teaching and research focus within the engineering discipline.

In his role at GRIET, P. Prasanth Kumar contributes to undergraduate education by instructing courses such as Programmable Logic Controllers, Microcontrollers Lab, 8086 Microprocessor Architecture, Power Quality and FACTS, and Modern Power Electronics. He has delivered detailed course files and plans for these subjects, including units on PLC basics, programming equipment, and microprocessor introduction. Kumar has co-authored peer-reviewed publications, including 'Development and Testing of Non-Isolated Boost Converter' with S. Shiva Kumar, published in the International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), Volume 2, Issue 8, August 2013 (ISSN: 2278-0181). Departmental publication lists from 2020-21 reference works involving him, such as contributions on fuzzy logic-based bidirectional DC/DC converters. Beyond teaching and research, he actively participates in institutional initiatives, serving as a member of the Free Software Wing committee, Teaching Assistant in the GRIET NMEICT team under the remote center coordinator, and point of contact for website-related queries. Kumar has engaged in national-level Faculty Development Programs, including one on AI Tools, and coordinates certain departmental activities. His JNTUH Registration Number is 29150330-134737, and his nature of association is regular, reflecting over a decade of dedicated service to engineering education and Power Electronics research at GRIET.