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Narayanan P. P.

Assistant Professor

narayanan.pp@iiitb.ac.in

Education : Ph.D. (IIT Palakkad)

Narayanan P. P. completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad in 2025, specialized in sensors, measurements, and instrumentation. His doctoral research focused on the development of novel capacitive and inductive sensor systems for accurate estimation of liquid level, dual-axis inclination, and two-component fluid composition, with applications in automotive, aerospace, and industrial sectors. He holds a Master of Design (M.Des.) in Electronic Systems from IIITDM Kancheepuram and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Narayanan is a recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) in 2021 and the ICST-2022-Sydney Recognition on Emerging Research in 2022.

Sensors (Capacitive and Inductive); Measerements; Sensor interfacing circuits; Signal conditioning circuits; Instrumentation; Sensors for automotive applications.

Patents (Filed):

  1. Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath Vijayakumar, “A novel capacitive sensing system for efficient estimation of fuel-level, inclination, and two-component fluid composition”, Indian Patent: 202441057491.
  2. Narayanan P. P., Sreenath Vijayakumar, Anil Kumar A. S., Jeshma Thalapil Vaheeda, “Planar Dual Coil Angle Sensor based on Variable Reluctance Sensing Mechanism”, Indian Patent: 202441053009.
  3. Narayanan P. P., V. S. S. Srikar Emany, Sreenath Vijayakumar, Anil Kumar A S and Jeshma Thalapil Vaheeda, “An Inductive Sensor-System for Efficient Estimation of Liquid Level and Dual-axis Inclination”, Indian Patent: 202541009147.
  4. Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath Vijayakumar, “A triangular waveform based L/C/R-to-PWM Converter for High-resolution Sensing with Automatic Offset Elimination and Range Enhancement”, Indian Patent: 202541029320.
  5. Narayanan P. P., V. S. S. Srikar Emany, Sreenath Vijayakumar, Anil Kumar A S, and Sreehari V., “A planar-coil variable reluctance based angle sensor system with PWM output”, Indian Patent: 202541057455.

International Journals:

  1. Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath V., “An Enhanced Inductance-to-Digital Converter for Single-element and Differential-type Inductive Sensors with Automatic Offset Eliminator,” in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2023. (Impact Factor – 5.6), DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2023.3317469.
  2. Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath V., “A Novel Capacitance-to-Time Converter for Differential-Type Capacitive Sensor Insensitive to Offset Mismatch and Parasitic Capacitance,” in IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 1-4, Oct. 2023. (Impact Factor – 2.2), DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2023.3307069.
  3. P. Sebastian, Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath V., “An Improved Switched Capacitor CFC for Capacitive Sensors Representable using π-model with Automatic Offset Elimination,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 73, pp. 1-9, 2024. (Impact Factor – 5.6), DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3406822.
  4. Anil Kumar A. S., Narayanan P. P., Jeshma Thalapil Vaheeda, Sreenath V., “A Variable Reluctance-Based Planar Dual-Coil Angle Sensor with Enhanced Linearity,” in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 73, pp. 1-8, 2024, Art no. 9519808. (Impact Factor – 5.6), DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3451596.
  5. Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath V., “Robust Capacitance-to-PWM Converter with Enhanced Zoom-in Capabilities for Single and Differential Capacitive Sensors”, in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1-10, 2025, Art no. 2006310. (Impact Factor – 5.6), DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2025.3552467.
  6. Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath V., “A Novel Multipurpose Fuel Sensor for Efficient Estimation of Fuel-Level, Dual-axis Inclination and Two-component Fuel Composition”, in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 12109-12118, 1 April1, 2025. (Impact Factor – 4.3), DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2025.3542559.
  7. Pinku Sebastian, Narayanan P. P., Muhamed Jamshir M, and Sreenath Vijayakumar, “π-Model Capacitive Sensor for Steering Wheel Hand Position Detection”, in IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 1-4, Aug. 2025, Art no. 6007504, DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2025.3583753.

International Conferences:

  1. Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath Vijayakumar. “A Novel Single-Element Inductance-to- Digital Converter with Automatic Offset Eliminator.” 2021 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC). IEEE, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC50364.2021.9459925.
  2. P. Sebastian, Narayanan P. P. and Sreenath Vijayakumar, “A Switched-Capacitor CVC and CFC for Capacitive Sensors Representable using π-Model,” 2021 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC). IEEE, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC50364.2021.9459993
  3. Narayanan P. P., and Sreenath Vijayakumar, “An Efficient Inductance-to-Digital Converter Insensitive to Coil Resistance of Differential Type Inductive Sensors”, Fifteenth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST), pp. 286-294, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29871-4_28
  4. Narayanan P. P., and Sreenath Vijayakumar, “A Novel Relaxation Oscillator based Single-Element Type Inductance-to-Time Converter”, Fifteenth International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST) proceedings, pp. 274-285, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29871-4_29
  5. Narayanan P.P., Srikar Emany, A.S. Anil Kumar, Jeshma Thalapil Vaheeda and, Sreenath Vijayakumar, “An Inductive Sensor for Independent Estimation of the Level and Inclination of Enclosed Liquids”, 2024 17th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST), Sydney, Australia, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICST62759.2024.10992103.
  1. Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) in 2021.
  2. “Recognition on Emerging Research” award and 2nd Prize at the 15th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST’15), held December 5-7, 2022, at Macquarie University in Sydney.
  3. Best Poster Award for outstanding performance in poster presentation during RSD-2021 at IIT Palakkad.