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Dr. PANKAJ SHARMA

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Assistant Professor

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore

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Renewable Energy Integration, Smart Grid Technologies, Energy Management Systems, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, and Metaheuristic Optimization Techniques for Advanced Energy Applications.

Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Energy Management, Electric Vehicle, Metaheuristic Optimization

Mail: pankaj.sharma@sru.edu.in

Educational
Qualifications
(From Highest)

2025

Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore

2018

M.Tech in Renewable Energy from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra

2015

B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Himachal Pradesh

Professional
Experience

2018

Assistant Professor at Vaishno College of Engineering, from 2018-06-01 to 2020-08-31.

Key Publications

Parameter estimation of solar PV using Ali Baba and Forty Thieves optimization technique, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2022, pp. 1–17, 2022.

Optimization techniques for grid-connected PV with retired EV batteries in centralized charging station with challenges and future possibilities: A review, Ain Shams Engineering Journal, vol. 14, no. 7, p. 101985, 2023.

Parametric estimation of photovoltaic systems using a new multi-hybrid evolutionary algorithm, Energy Report, vol. 10, pp. 4447–4464, 2023.

Efficient estimation of PV parameters for existing datasets by using an intelligent algorithm, Optik (Stuttg.), vol. 295, no. 171467, p. 171467, 2023

Model parameter extraction of solar PV cell using gold rush optimizer, in Green Energy and Technology, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024, pp. 163–173. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research

Optimal model parameter estimation of PEM fuel cell using mountaineering team-based optimization, in Green Energy and Technology, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024, pp. 117–128. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research

An evolutionary multi-algorithm based framework for the parametric estimation of proton exchange membrane fuel cell,” Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 283, no. 111134, p. 111134, 2024.

Metaheuristic optimization algorithms: a comprehensive overview and classification of benchmark test functions, Soft Computing, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 3123–3186, 2024.

A multi-hybrid algorithm with shrinking population adaptation for constraint engineering design problems, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 421, no. 116781, p. 116781, 2024.

A contemporary systematic review on Meta-heuristic optimization algorithms with their MATLAB and python code reference, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1749–1822, 2024.

Identification of proton exchange membrane fuel cell parameters using a parameterless swarm intelligent algorithm, in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2025, pp. 116–132, 31st International Conference, ICONIP 2024, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2–6, 2024

A hybrid Prairie INFO fission naked algorithm with stagnation mechanism for the parametric estimation of solar photovoltaic systems, Scientific Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1–43, 2025.

Efficient parameter extraction for accurate modeling of PEM fuel cell using Ali-Baba and forty thieves algorithm, Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design, vol. 8, no. 4, 2025

An efficient framework for proton exchange membrane fuel cell parameter estimation using numerous MH algorithms, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 216, no. 115603, p. 115603, 2025.

Parameter estimation of PEM fuel cell by using Enhanced Arctic Puffin Optimization algorithm, Ionics (Kiel), 2025.

Techno-economic analysis of retired electric vehicle batteries with grid-connected hybrid energy system, Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 339, no. 119870, p. 119870, 2025.

Awards and Honors / Achievements

Project

Senior Research Fellow from CSIR, Government of India

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