Short Biography

 I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, where I have been working since December 2019. My professional passion lies in power electronics — the backbone of modern energy conversion — with a particular focus on renewable energy systems, microgrids, and electric vehicles.

My research has resulted in over 30 publications in international journals, 35+ papers at IEEE international conferences, 2 books, and a book chapter. I also hold 7 granted Indian patents, most of them in the domain of integrated onboard chargers (IOBCs) for electric vehicles. At NITK, I have been part of sponsored research and industry consultancy projects with partners spanning government funding agencies and industry in the e-mobility and energy sectors, and I actively supervise a group of doctoral scholars working on Power Electronics and its applications.

I hail from Bangalore, with ancestral roots in the North Malabar region of Kerala, and completed my schooling at KV MEG & Centre and KV DRDO, Bangalore. I earned my B.Tech. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering (2009) and M.Tech. in Power Electronics (2011) from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, and my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2018), where my doctoral work focused on DC microgrids.

My career spans both academia and industry. I began as an Assistant Professor at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore (2011–2013), before moving to IIT Bombay as a research scholar, teaching assistant, and coordinator of the Applied Power Electronics Laboratory (2013–2018). After a short tenure as ad hoc faculty at NIT Calicut, I joined L&T Technology Services, Bangalore, as Project Lead in the Transportation Solutions vertical, driving R&D on electric vehicle powertrains and battery management systems — industry experience that continues to shape my applied, product-oriented approach to research. 

My research pursuits encompass various aspects, including:

• Power electronics for renewable energy integration.

• Electric vehicle powertrains, EV chargers, and battery management systems.

• Novel power converter topologies with improved efficiency, reliability, and power density.

• Control of grid-tied inverters and DC-DC converters.

• Architecture, operation, power quality, and control of AC, DC, and hybrid microgrids.

• Optimized design of power electronic converters (DC-DC, DC-AC, and beyond).

• Microcontrollers and embedded control for power electronics applications.