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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of [Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering](http://ee.iitdh.ac.in) at the [Indian Institute of Technology at Dharwad](https://iitdh.ac.in/). I am a part of the [Power and Energy group](https://sites.google.com/iitdh.ac.in/peg-iitdh) where I conduct research in power electronics, renewable energy systems and electric mobility.


I completed my M. Tech. (Electronics Design) and Ph.D (Power Electronics and Drives) from the [Department of Electronic Systems Engineering](https://iitdh.ac.in/kabhijit/dese.iisc.ac.in) (formerly CEDT) at the [Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore](https://iitdh.ac.in/kabhijit/iisc.ac.in). I was a postdoctoral fellow in the US, at the [University of Minnesota, Twin Cities](http://umn.edu/) and at the [Oak Ridge National Lab](https://www.ornl.gov/), Tennessee.

### Research

My work aims to enable equitable, sustainable and economical use of clean energy. My current focus areas include power electronic converter topologies and controls, grid-integration of renewables, and converters for electric vehicles.

I am currently working on control schemes for modular converter topologies, soft-switched converters and power converters for EV chargers. The work is hardware-focused: we develop new topologies and control schemes, built converter prototypes, and implement the controllers using
microcontrollers, DSPs and FPGAs. We also have a high-end Power Hardware-in-Loop platform which we
use for our work on Grid-tied inverters.

This work is supported by generous grants from DST and ANRF (erstwhile SERB), along with substantial support from several industry partners.


### Training and Consultancy

I work with industry partners on a wide variety of collaborative efforts. Please email me with your specific requirements for more information. [Here](/consultancy/) are some additional details.

### Teaching

###### Autumn 2022

*   EE311: Electrical Machines and Power Electronics Lab
    
*   Introduction to Electric Drives (ii) \[Executive M. Tech\]
    

###### Spring 2022

*   EE209: Introduction to Power Electronics
    
*   EE502: Advanced Electric Drives
    
*   EE442: System Design of Electronic Products
    

###### Autumn 2021

*   EE205: Network Theory
    
*   EE311: Electrical Machines and Power Electronics Lab
    

###### Spring 2021

*   EE209: Introduction to Power Electronics
    
*   EE434: Modelling and Control of Power Electronics
    

###### Autumn 2020

*   EE205: Network Theory
    

###### Spring 2020

*   EE223: Introduction to Power Systems (Second-Half Semester Course)
    

###### _Upcoming Courses (under development)_

*   System Design of Electronic Products
    

This course will cover many of the design choices and decisions that product designers face. How much capacitance is needed on the DC bus? Will this design pass EMI testing? How will this op-amp drift with time? Are those gold-plated connectors really worth it? Is one 6.8k resistor better than two 3.3k resistors? Can it _really_ be fixed later in software?

*   Advanced topics in Power Conversion
    

This will be a graduate topics course covering advanced topics in power conversion topologies, such as power semiconductor device characteristics and behaviour, advanced concepts in design of magnetics for power converters; resonant, soft switching and wireless power transer.

### Outreach

I have worked with grassroots organisations and non-profits in Bangalore and Minneapolis/St. Paul for public education on energy and renewables, and helping with community engagement. If you are involved with such efforts, especially in North Karnataka, I would love to know more and get involved.