Recent Advances in Power Electronics and Drives

Shailendra Kumar received his M.Tech. degree in power electronics from IIT Delhi, India, in 2015 and a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering of IIT Delhi, New Delhi, in 2019. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at MANIT Bhopal, India. His research interests include power quality, grid integration, and microgrid. Dr. Kumar received the POSOCO Power System Award (in master's as well as doctoral categories) in 2016 and 2019. He is also a recipient of Prof. Som Nath Mahendra Student Travel Award for the IEEE PEDES 2018 Conference and the IEEE UPCON Best Paper Award in 2016 and 2018. Bhim Singh received their B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), India, in 1977, the M.Tech. degree in power apparatus and systems, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, India, in 1979 and 1983, respectively. In 1983, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Roorkee, as a lecturer. He became a reader there in 1988. In December 1990, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India, as an assistant professor, where he became an associate professor in 1994 and a professor in 1997. He has been the head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi from July 2014 to August 2016. He has been the dean, Academics at IIT Delhi, from August 2016 to August 2019. He is a JC Bose fellow of DST, Government of India, since December 2015. He is a CEA chair professor since January 2019. Prof. Singh has guided 84 Ph.D. dissertations and 168 M.E./M.Tech./M.S.(R) theses. He has filed 58 patents. He has executed more than 80 sponsored and consultancy projects. His areas of interest include solar PV grid interface systems, microgrids, power quality monitoring, and mitigation, solar PV water pumping systems, and improved power quality ac–dc converters. Vijay K. Sood was a senior researcher at the Research Institute of Hydro-Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada, for many years. Currently, he is an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, Ontario Tech University (formerly University of Ontario Institute of Technology), Oshawa, ON, Canada, where he joined in 2007. He is also a professional engineer in Ontario. Dr. Sood received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Bradford, Yorkshire, England, the UK, in 1977. He has authored over 150 articles and written 2 books on HVDC and FACTS transmission systems and has been the editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, the associate editor of IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the associate editor of IEEE Canadian Review quarterly magazine. His current research interests include the monitoring, control, and protection of power systems. Dr. Sood is a life fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and Emeritus, and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers.