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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology at Dharwad. I am a part of the Power and Energy group where I conduct research in power electronics, renewable energy systems and electric mobility. Since November 2024, I am serving as the Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited -- Renewable Energy Research (KREDL-RER) Assistant Chair Professor.
[//]: # I completed my M. Tech. (Electronics Design) and Ph.D (Power Electronics and Drives) from the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (formerly CEDT) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. I was a postdoctoral fellow in the US, at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and at the Oak Ridge National Lab, 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
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 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.