Awards and Honours

HONORS/Awards

  • Recipient of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award, 2021.

  • Recipient of the 2018 highest Canadian Award in Electrical Power Engineering, ‘IEEE Canada P. Ziogas Electric Power Award’. Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), 2016 Photos

  • Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC), 2015

  • Fellow IEEE (FIEEE), for contributions to power distribution and renewable energy systems, 2014

  • Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK (FIET), 2011

  • Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India (FIETE), 2011

  • Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India (FIE), 2011

  • IEEE IAS Distinguished Lecturer (2017 and 2018), IEEE IAS Prominent Lecturer (2019, 2020, and 2021)

  • IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer (2015-2020), on Power Quality and Renewable Energy

  • IEEE Montreal Best Technical Chapter Award – Power and Energy, received at IEEE Montréal Section Annual Banquet, November 2017

  • IEEE Montréal Best Technical Chapter Award – Power and Energy, received at IEEE Montréal Section Annual Banquet, November 2014

  • IEEE Montréal Best Technical Chapter Award – Power and Energy, received at IEEE Montréal Section Annual Banquet, November 2013

  • IEEE Montréal Best Technical Chapter Award – Power and Energy, received at IEEE Montréal Section Annual Banquet, November 2012

  • Certificate of recognition for ‘Outstanding Contribution as Chair of IEEE Montréal’s Power and Energy Society Chapter’ received at the IEEE Montréal Section Annual Banquet, November 2010

  • Certificate of Recognition for ‘The Exceptional Contribution to the Organization of the Conference’ IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, October 2012

  • Second-best paper award IEEE IAS, 2014

  • Best paper award IEEE IECON, 2008

OTHER HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Chair, IEEE Nikola Tesla award committee, 2022-2023

  • Committee Member, IEEE Nikola Tesla award committee, 2020-2022

  • General Chair of the prestigious International Conference IEEE PES GM August, 2020, Montreal (Later it was converted to a virtual conference due to COVID)

  • Finance Chair, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON) October 2021 (virtual)

  • Was the President of a non-profit organization ‘Hindi Quebec Association’. Started his involvement in the association activities from 1996-2000. as the director of Hindi schools, managed three Hindi Schools in the Montreal metropolitan area, prepared two Hindi books for the kids to learn Hindi. Became Executive Vice President, and then the President of the association

  • Member of the Quebec-India Trade Mission in February 2011, organized by The Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade of Quebec, Canada. In this trade mission, visited many metropolitan cities in India, including Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi, for discussion on trade and collaboration with Indian industrial and academic partners

  • IEEE PES Montreal Chapter Chair (2010 – present).

  • Director of multidisciplinary graduate program on ‘Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency’ at ÉTS from May 2012 to Sep 2015

  • Director of Master program in Electrical Engineering, ETS (2019-2022)

  • Chair, Power Quality Sub Committee, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2016-2019)

  • Guest Editor for Special Issue of journal Energies on ‘Power Quality in Microgrids Based on Distributed Generators’, 2018

  • Guest Editor of Special Issue of journal Energies on "Power Management of Microgrids" 2020

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, from 2014 to 2017

  • Member Editorial Boards IET(Power Electronics)/IET(Electric Power Applications) journals, UK, from 2002 to 2013

  • Main negotiator and prepared MoUs for signatures, between ETS-IITD, New Delhi and ETS-IITB, Mumbai, India, and ETS-University Mustapha Stambouli of Mascara, Algeria, for research collaboration and student exchange programs

  • Session Chair for many IEEE International conferences.

  • IEEE ECCE 2015 Conference Student Activity Chair, IEEE IECON 2012 Conference Finance Chair, Technical Program Committee Chair, member Local Organizing Committee, IEEE EPEC 2009 Conference Technical Program Committe and Chair Sponsorship and Exhibition, Technical Program Chair IEEE ISIE 2006 Conference

  • Presented more than 100 research articles in many IEEE International Conferences

  • Member of the Electrical Engineering Department research committee, ETS (2017-2019)

  • Member of the graduate scholarship committee, ETS (2019-2020)