Dr.K.BALAMURUGAN

Faculty Description

Dr. K. Balamurugan (Balamurugan Kaliappan), an IEEE Senior Member, is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, in 2020. He completed his M.E. in Power Electronics and Drives from Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, in 2006, and his B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Periyar University, Salem, in 2004.

Dr. Balamurugan has over 20 years of teaching experience and has published more than 40 research papers in reputed journals with high impact factors, along with several conference papers and book chapters. His research interests include Power Electronics, Control Systems using MATLAB, and BLDC motor applications for Electric Vehicles. He also completed the CODE Certification Course on “Battery Pack Design and Development” from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2025.

He has been recognized as an “Innovation and Incubation Ambassador” by the Ministry of Education Innovation Cell (MHRD IIC), New Delhi, and received the “MGM Award” from IEEE Headquarters, New York, for the years 2024 and 2025. He serves as a Board of Studies (BoS) member, has chaired several academic programmes and conferences, and frequently delivers special talks on student inspiration and motivation.

He is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He currently serves as the IEEE Student Branch Counsellor at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Vice-Chair of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT), Madras Section Chapter SIT30, and Global Membership Committee Coordinator of IEEE SSIT and also a member of IEEE Young Professional Society, IEEE Power Electronics Society, IEEE Education Society, IEEE Circuits and System Society, IEEE SSIT Society chapter.