Research Interests
My primary research interests are distribution system planning, electric vehicle grid integration, post-disaster restoration of critical infrastructure, hybrid power supply systems for mission critical applications.A link to my Google Scholar page can be found here.
Teaching
I primarily teach courses in power systems engineering emphasizing on power system operation and control, power system protection, distribution system modeling and analysis, power system automation and operational technology (OT) security.Awards
Best Paper Award, Pragnya 2009 Technical Fest, First Prize, “Single-Phase to Three-Phase Mosfet Based Inverter”, Electrical Engineering Department, JNTU Hyderabad, March 2009
Scholarship recipient for the year 2011 by the American Society of Indian Engineers (ASIE)
Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Computing and Engineering, UMKC, 2021
Best Poster Award, Community of Scholars Research Conference 2025, Second Place, " Zonal Allocation of Photovoltaic Generators and Battery Storage Units for Resilience Enhancement and Real-Time Volt-Var Control."
Professional Service
Senior Member - IEEE
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management, Nov 2025 - Present
Guest Editor, MDPI Energies
Journal Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, Aug 2014 - Present
Journal Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Dec 2015 - Present
Journal Reviewer, MDPI Energies Dec 2016 - Present
Journal Reviewer, IEEE Access, June 2020 - Present
Journal Reviewer, IEEE Industrial Applications Society, July 2020 - Present
Journal Reviewer, Elsevier Journal of Energy Storage, Oct 2025 - Present
Journal Reviewer, Elsevier Journal of Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Nov 2025 - Present