BIOGRAPHY

Neeraj Kanwar is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, India. She has rich and diversified experience of 15 years in various fields including teaching, research, and administration as well. She is currently supervising three Ph.D. and two M.Tech scholars. She is a regular reviewer of research articles for many high impact journals including IET Generation Transmission & Distribution, IET Renewable Power Generation, Electric Power Systems Research, IEEE Access, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Electric Power Components, and Systems, etc. She has a strong flair for writing & research and has authored 6 book chapters and published several research articles in international journals/conferences of high repute, including Applied Energy, IET Renewable Power Generation, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Energy Conversion, and Management, etc. She has developed improved variants of several existing meta-heuristics techniques to efficiently solve complex combinatorial optimization problems of power system considering a more practical environment such as intermittent renewable power generation and stochastic load demand. She proposed a new self-adaptive deterministic approach to handle uncertainty and variability pertaining to load demand and renewable power generation among distribution buses to provide more realistic solutions for long-term DER planning and operation.

PUBLICATIONS

• Praveen Agrawal, Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Network reconfiguration of radial active distribution systems in the uncertain environment using super sense genetic algorithm,” International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems.
• Mariam Mohamed, Mahmoud A. Attia, Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz, and Neeraj Kanwar, “Optimization of cleaning frequency and dust accumulation effect on photovoltaic panels”, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Taylor & Francis.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Optimal distributed resource planning for microgrids under uncertain environment,” IET Renewable Power Generation.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K. R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Inbred GA for optimal distributed resource allocation in distribution systems,” The Journal of Engineering.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Optimal Allocation of DGs and Reconfiguration of Radial Distribution Systems using an Intelligent Search based TLBO,” Electric Power Components and Systems, Taylor & Francis.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, Anil Swarnkar, and R.C. Bansal, “Simultaneous allocation of distributed energy resource using improved particle swarm optimization,” Applied Energy.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Optimal allocation of distributed energy resources using improved meta-heuristic techniques,” Electric Power Components and Systems, Taylor & Francis.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “An integrated approach for distributed resource allocation and network reconfiguration considering load diversity among customers,” Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Elsevier.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Optimal DG Allocation in Distribution Networks using Cat Swarm Optimization,” Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering, and Technology.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Simultaneous allocation of distributed resources using improved teaching-learning based optimization,” Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Improved meta-heuristic techniques for simultaneous capacitor and DG allocation in radial distribution networks,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Elsevier.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Optimal distributed generation allocation in radial distribution systems considering customer-wise dedicated feeders and load patterns,” Journal of Modern Power and Clean Energy, Springer.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, Anil Swarnkar, K. R. Niazi, and R. C. Bansal, “New sensitivity based approach for optimal allocation of shunt capacitors in distribution networks using PSO,” Energy Procedia, Elsevier.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K. R. Niazi, Anil Swarnkar, and R.C. Bansal, “Application of TLBO for distribution network planning via coordination of distributed generation and network reconfiguration,” IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier.
• Neeraj Kanwar, Nikhil Gupta, K.R. Niazi, and Anil Swarnkar, “Improved cat swarm optimization for simultaneous allocation of DSTATCOM and DGs in distribution systems,” Journal of Renewable Energy, Hindawi.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Power Systems, Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India, January 2017.
• M.Tech. in Power Systems, Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, June 2010.
• B.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, June 2005.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Her research interests are renewable energy sources, smart grid, network reconfiguration (NR), distributed generations (DGs), power system operation and planning, bio-inspired and swarm-based optimization techniques, application of optimization techniques in the power system.