"Intelligent and Sustainable Power and Energy Systems" delves into the critical advancements shaping the future of global energy. This compilation presents cutting-edge research and innovative solutions addressing the urgent need to transition towards environmentally responsible and technologically sophisticated energy infrastructures.
Dr. M. Premkumar is working as a Professor and head of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at the Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India. He has over 17 years of teaching experience. He has published over 180 technical articles in various National/International peer-reviewed journals, such as IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, and so on, with over 4500 citations and an H-index of 37. He has published/granted twelve patents by IPR, India, and IPR, Australia. He is also an Editor/Reviewer for leading journals of different publishers, such as IEEE, IET, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Springer, MDPI, etc. He is recognised as one of the Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide based
on the Study Conducted by Stanford University for the four consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023). His current research interests include power converters/inverters, renewable energy systems, smart grid and microgrids, PV parameter extraction, modern PV MPPTs, PV array faults, non-isolated/isolated dc-dc converters for renewable energy systems and electric vehicles, BMS for electric vehicles, and optimisation algorithms, including single-, multi-, and many-objectives for real-time power electronics and power systems problems.
Dr. Pasumarthi Usha received the B.Tech from E&EE in 1990, M.Tech in Power System with emphasis in High Voltage from J.N.T.U, College of Engineering Kakinada in 1992, and the Ph.D. in HVDC Power Transmission from Visvesvaraya Technical University in 2013, respectively. She works as a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering. Her research areas are HVDC Power systems, Microgrid, and Power Electronics.
Dr. Sujit Kumar received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from MPUAT, CTAE, Udaipur, with the collaboration of IIT Roorkee with the DST Inspire Fellowship. He also worked as SRF at IIT Roorkee during the period of his PhD. He did his M. Tech from Sharda University, Greater Noida, as a Gold Medallist, and his B.E from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Campus) as a gold medallist. During his B.E., he received a Governor of France Scholarship for his academic excellence. He is currently posted as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India. He receives the prestigious Gold Medal in the NPTEL training course (Fuzzy Sets, Logic and Systems & Applications) and exemplifies professional development and lifelong learning excellence. He secured all India ranks in GATE 2017 and GATE 2018 as 16 and 17, respectively. His expertise includes Nanotechnology, Material Science, Sustainable Energy, and Artificial Intelligence in Power Systems.
Dr. Manikanta Gopisetti is an assistant professor at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from AUUP, Amity University in 2021. He received his M. Tech. degree in Power System Engineering, from SRM University Chennai, India. He graduated from Chaitanya Engineering College, Visakhapatnam, India. He has received two best paper awards in IEEE indexed conferences. He has published many research papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings. He delivered some talks on Distributed generators, Network reconfiguration and Electric Vehicles. His research interests include Distributed Generation, Network Reconfiguration, Electric Vehicles, Evolutionary Computation, and Renewable Energy Sources.
