Ketan P. Detroja

Ketan P. Detroja is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. With a Ph.D. from IIT Bombay (2006) and a specialization in Multivariable Control, Distributed State Estimation, and AI/ML for Control Applications, his research focuses on ensuring fault-tolerant and economical operation of microgrids, developing distributed Kalman filtering techniques, and applying machine learning to process monitoring and control.

• Education:
  • B.E., D. D. Institute of Technology, Gujarat, India
  • Ph.D., IIT Bombay, 2006

Research Interests span Advanced Process Control, Fault Detection and Diagnosis, Cooperative Control, Microgrid Optimization and Control, and Hardware-Software Design for Control Systems. His work addresses challenges in data-driven process monitoring, distributed state estimation, and machine learning-based controller design, particularly for large-scale systems.

Scientific Contributions include innovative approaches to inverse-free Kalman filters, reinforcement learning-based PI controllers, and data reduction algorithms for fault diagnosis. His publications reflect a focus on control theory, optimization, and machine learning integration, with applications in power systems, wind energy, and fault diagnostics.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Best Paper Award at ADCONIP - 2011
  • Best Paper Award at DYCOPS-2013

Advising has been a significant part of his career, with supervision of Ph.D. students working on topics like fault detection in induction motors, microgrid scheduling, and adaptive control using fuzzy logic. His M.Tech students have explored areas such as visual object tracking, battery SOC estimation, and wind farm control, many of whom are now in prominent roles across academia and industry.