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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.

### Teaching

I teach theory and laboratory courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate level in Power Electronics, Drives, Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, and Embedded Control. For more details see [here](/teaching.html) 

### 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.


### Outreach

I work with several grassroots organisations and non-profits in Karnataka
in the field of sustainability and education. Many of these activities are
supported by generous CSR contributions from companies including
Honeywell, Enphase, Toshiba and Infineon.