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Tarakanath Kobaku

Assistant Professor

Room No: CC-113, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa: 403726, India.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2018. 

          Dissertation: Application of Model-Based Control Strategies to Non-Minimum Phase Power Electronic Systems               

          Advisor: Prof. Vivek Agarwal & Prof. Sachin Patwardhan 

  • M.E. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, 2009. 

          Specialization: Control Systems

          Advisor: Prof. D. K. Mohanta 

  • B.Tech. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, JNTU Hyderabad, 2007.

Experience

  • Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani (Goa Campus), since July 2025. 
  • Visiting Assistant Professor at IIT Patna, March 2024 - June 2025.
  • INSPIRE Faculty (NIT Calicut, IIT Goa & IIT Patna) Jan 2019 - Jan 2024.
  • Associate Professor at SVEC, July 2018 - November 2018.
  • Research Associate at IIT Bombay, October 2017 - April 2018.

Current research interests

     Robust Control Design (QFT, IMC) to

  • Power Electronic Converters
  • Mechatronic Systems
  • Energy Storage Systems
  • Fuel Cells