Ambrish Chandra received Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree from the University of Roorkee (presently IIT Roorkee), M. Tech. from IIT Delhi, both in India, and Ph.D. from University of Calgary, Canada, in 1977,1980, and 1987, respectively. Before joining as an Associate Professor at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montreal, in 1994, he worked as an Associate Professor at IIT Roorkee. Since 1999, he is a full professor of Electrical Engineering at ÉTS. From 2012-15, he was the director of multidisciplinary graduate program on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency at ÉTS. Presently, he is the director of master program in electrical engineering.

The innovative technologies and engineering solutions proposed by Dr. Chandra have brought key and enabling differentiation because of their simplicity and practicality.  The primary focus of his work is related to the advancement of new theory and control algorithms for power electronic converters for the power quality improvement in distribution systems and for the integration of renewable energy sources. He is a co-author of more than 470 research articles, and also a co-author of John Wiley book ‘Power Quality – Problems and Mitigation Techniques’. His work has had a significant impact and is now extensively referred by engineers and researchers around the world, as evident by total Google Scholar citations of more than 26 500, h-index of 67, and i10-index of 306. He has been General Chair/Finance Chair of many International IEEE conferences. He has been the member of many IEEE committees, including the Chair of prestigious International IEEE Nikola Tesla Award Committee.  He has been the Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Power and Energy Society and IEEE Industry Application Society. He has been invited to give Distinguished Lectures/Keynote Speeches in 35 countries.

He is Fellow of many organizations, including Life Fellow IEEE, Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC), Institute of Engineering and Technology, U.K. (FIET), Institution of Engineers, India (FIE), and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India (FIETE), and registered as a Professional Engineer in the province of Quebec. 

He is the recipient of ‘IEEE Canada Inaugural P. Ziogas Electric Power Award 2018’, ‘IEEE Power and Energy Society Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award 2021’, ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award 2022’, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, and ‘IETE – Bimal Bose Award 2024’, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, and IEEE Montreal Gold Medal Award for Life Time Achievements 2024.