Power Electronics and Drives is a specialized area of Electrical and Electronics Engineering involving the control and conversion of electric power using solid-state techniques. The students are exposed to various areas including advanced power semiconductor devices, Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, analysis of power converters and inverters, solid state ac drives and dc drives, computer aided design of electrical machines, modern rectifiers and resonant converters, flexible ac transmission systems, wind energy conversion systems, power quality etc. The students will also be exposed to various simulation packages like MATLAB/SIMULINK, PSIM/ORCAD, MAGNET, PSCAD etc. Graduates of this degree have numerous career opportunities in various sectors with the power sector being the principal employer. A recent estimate suggested that over 40% of all electric power generated utilizes power electronics and this is expected to only increase in the future, leading to a growing demand for power engineers. Numerous job profiles are also available abroad in hardware manufacturing firms and power industry.
Course | M.E. Power Electornics and Drives |
Duration | 2 Years |
Fees | 55000 |