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Dr. Neha Saurabh Shah

Designation : Assiatant Professor (Regular)
Experience : 21 Years

Email Id : nehashah.elect@svitvasad.ac.in
Contact No :02692-274540-Extn: 244

Profile

Dr. Neha Shah is working as Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Department of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Vasad. She completed BE (Electrical Engineering) from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology(SVNIT), Surat (formely known as Regional Engineering College) in 2000 and ME (Industrial Electronics) from M S University, Baroda, in 2003. She obtained PhD (Electrical Engineering) from Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, in 2019. She has more than 19 years of experience in teaching and research. Her research interest includes Power Electronics Converters, Renewable Energy especially Solar and wind based integration to Electrical Power System. During her academic carrier, she guided more than 40 BE and 2 ME students. She has published/presented 11 research papers at National & International journals/ conferences. She has delivered 02 Expert Talks. She has attended more than 20 STTPs, Workshops and Seminars at various reputed institutes. She has also organized 02 STTP and many workshops / Seminars.

Current Activities:

Teaching the courses at UG level in Electrical Engineering. Guiding UG projects. Departmental Coordinator of Result Analysis, student counselling and Scholarship committee.

Specialization Areas:

Power Electronics Converters, Renewable Energy especially Solar and wind-based integration to Electrical Power System.

Subject Taught (UG):

Basic Electronics, Analog and Digital Electronics, Power Electronics, Control of Electric Drives, Wind and Solar Energy, Digital fundamentals.

Subject Taught (PG):

Power Electronics.

Qualifications:

Qualification Specialization University Passing year Class
PhD Electrical Engineering Gujarat Technological University 2019 -
M.E Industrial Electronics M.S.University of Baroda 2003 First
B.E Electrical Engineering South Gujarat University-REC Surat 2000 Distinction

My Experience

  • 25-09-2014 - Till Date
  • Assistant Professor
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Vasad
  • 21-07-2014 - 20-09-2014
  • Assistant Professor
  • ITM Universe, Vadodara
  • 15-02-2008 - 19-07-2014
  • Assistant Professor
  • Babaria Institute of Technology, Vadodara
  • 01-02-2005 - 05-02-2008
  • Lecturer
  • Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat
  • 24-01-2003 - 31-01-2005
  • Lecturer
  • Shree Tapi Brahmcharyashram Diploma Engineering-Surat
  • 01-08-2002 - 01-10-2002
  • Visiting Lecturer
  • C.K.Pithawala College of Engineering & Technology, Surat

Achievements

    Valid Gate-2001 score:-87.4 percentile

Publication

National Conference :


    • Payal Rana, Neha Shah, Hiren Patel , “Enhancement of low voltage ride through capability of photovolatic inverter” in National Conference on recent Advances in Automation Control and Power Engineering (RAACPE-2017), SCET, Surat, March-2017.
    • Neha Shah, Chirayu Patel, Rittal Gajjar, “Multi Carrier PWM based Six Level Diode Clamped Multilevel inverter using PSIM”,National conference at PIET Limda, December 2010.
    • Rital Gajjar, Neha Shah, Chirayu Patel, “SVPWM-DTC Based Two level inverter fed Induction Motor Control”, National conference at PIET Limda, December,2010.

International Journal :


    • Neha Shah, Urvi Patel, Hiren H. Patel, “Improved reactive powermanagement strategy for photovoltaic based distributed generators” International Journal of Renewable Energy Research ISSN : 1309-0127, vol.8, no.4, December 2018.
    • Neha Shah, Hiren H. Patel, “Maximizing Power Output of a Partially Shaded TotalCross-Tied Photovoltaic array” in Transcations on Environment and Electrical Engineering Journal ISSN : 2450-5730, vol.2, no.8, p.p. 10-18, January 2017.

International Conference :


    • Ruchir Raval, Shaily Shah, Ankit Sharma, Prarthana Joshi, Neha Shah, “Stepup Switched Capacitor Multilevel Inverter With 15 Steps”, 2021 International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT), Karnataka, India. June 2021.
    • Vrajesh Upadhay, Neha Shah, Dipesh Shah, “Design and comparison of PID controller with MPPT for photovoltaic system” 3rd International Conference on intelligent computing and control system, Madurai, India, May-2019.
    • Urvi Patel, Neha Shah, Hiren H. Patel, “Reactive power management strategy for photovoltaic based distributed generators operating under non-uniform conditions” 1st International Conference on Power Energy, Environment and Intelligent control(PEEIC2018), Delhi, India, April-2018.
    • Amit Kulkarni, Neha Shah, Hiren Patel, “Performance of CHB-MLI based GridConnected PV System under Uniform and Non-uniform Environmental Conditions” in International Conference on Recent Trends in Energy Storage and Hydrogen Energy, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, April 2017.
    • Neha Shah, Hiren H. Patel, “Evaluating the Output Power of a PV System under Uniform and Non-uniform Irradiance” in 16th International Conference on Power and Embedded Drive Control (ICPEDC-2017), Chennai, India.
    • Neha Shah, Hiren H. Patel,“ Enhancing Output Power of PV Array operating under Non-Uniform Condition”, Neha Shah, Hiren H. Patel in 16th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC-16) at Florence, Italy, p.p.1-6, July 2016.
    • Neha Shah, Chirayu Patel, “Simulation of Seven Level Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based on Multi Carrier Control” International conference ICISET-2011 at V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot, April 2011.

Academic Activities

Conference Attended :

    • IEEE International Conference on Power and Embedded Drive Control (ICPEDC-2017), Chennai, India, March 2017.
    • IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC-16) at Florence, Italy, July 2016.
    • International conference ICISET-2011 at V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot, April 2011
    • National conference at PIET Limda, December,2010

Conference Attended :

    IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC-16) at Florence, Italy, July 2016.

Conference Attended :

    International conference ICISET-2011 at V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot, April 2011

Conference Attended :

    National conference at PIET Limda, December,2010

STTP/ FDP Attended :

    One-week STTP on “Applications of Power Electronic Converters for Sustainable Living” organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (Gujarat). under TEQIP-III from 18th Sept to 22th Sept 2020.

STTP/ FDP Attended :

    One-week FDP on “54th Online Faculty Development Program for Design Engineering (Level 1)”, organized by Gujarat Technological University from 8th Sept to 11th July 2020 during Lockdown period.

STTP/ FDP Attended :

    One-week STTP on “MATLAB Teaching, learning methods in Mathematics, Science and Engineering”, organised by D.Y. Patil University from 18-22 May 2020 during Lockdown period.

STTP/ FDP Attended :

    One-week STTP on “Recent Trends in Power Electronics” at SVNIT, Surat from 07th July to 11th July, 2008.

STTP/ FDP Attended :

    One-week STTP on “Recent Energy Conservation in Industrial Sectors” at SCET, Surat from 26th December to 30th December, 2005.

STTP/ FDP Attended :

    One-week STTP on “Future Energy Mix and Issues in Interconnection with Grid”, at SCET, Surat from 9th May to 13th May, 2005.

Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium Attended :

    Three days Short term course on “Converter topologies for grid connected solar PV system” organized by NCPRE(National Centre for Photovolatic  Research and Education)  , IIT Bombay from 24th – 26th April, 2013.

Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium Attended :

    One day workshop on “Electrical Installation of major electrical equipments” organized by M.S.University, baroda on dated 7th March 2010.

Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium Attended :

    Two day workshop on “Three phase Induction Motor” organized by The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry and  Electrical Engg. Department, SCET, Surat from 14th to 15th October 2005.

Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium Attended :

    One day workshop on “Energy Conservation Awareness” organized by SVIT and sponsored by GEDA, Gandhinagar on dated 24thSeptember 2016.

Workshop/ Seminar/ Symposium Attended :

    One day workshop on “Electrical Safety & Fire Hazards”, organized by SCET, Surat on dated 8th April, 2005.

STTP organized :

    GUJCOST Sponsored one week STTP on “Emerging Trends in Electrical Power and Energy System” at SVIT Vasad from 7th January to 12th January 2019.

STTP organized :

    GUJCOST Sponsored one week STTP on “Grid Connected Wind Power System” at BIT Baroda from 9th January to 13th January,2012.

Expert Talk Delivered :

    Invited as an expert faculty in webinar “Know your electricity bill” organized by Dr. S & S.S. Gandhi Government Engineering College, Surat on dated 4 September 2020.

Expert Talk Delivered :

    Organized and delivered webinar on “Electricity bill calculation and saving” organized by SVIT on dated 25th May 2020 during lockdown period.

Online FDP/Webinars/COURSERA :

    I have successfully completed one online certificate courses of COURSERA which were time duration of 4 weeks during lockdown period.

Online FDP/Webinars/COURSERA :

    I have successfully completed more than 35 online webinars courses of GTU, ABB, SIEMENS, AICTE, IEEE, HIOKI and different reputed technical institutions on technical, nontechnical fields during lockdown period.

STTP/ FDP Attended :

    One-week STTP on “Grid Connected Wind Power System” organized Industries Commisionerate, CEPT, Ahmedabad and Electrical Engg. Department, BIT, Baroda from 9th to 13th January,2012.

STTP/ FDP Attended :

    One-week FDP on ““Mission10x”” at BIT, Baroda from 22th February  to 26th February, 2010.

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