Intelligent Solutions for Sustainable Power Grids

Dr. L. Ashok Kumar was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from San Diego State University. California. He was selected among seven scientists in India for the BHAVAN Fellowship from the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and also, he received SYST Fellowship from DST, Govt of India. He has 3 years of industrial experience and 22 years of academic and research experience. He has published 173 technical papers in International and National journals and presented 167 papers in National and International Conferences, He has completed 26 Government of India funded projects worth about 15 Crores and currently 9 projects are in progress worth about 12 Crores. He has developed 27 products and out of that 23 products have been technology transferred to industries and for Government funding agencies, He has created Eight Centres of Excellence at PSG Tech in collaboration with Government agencies and Industries namely, Centre for Audio Visual Speech Recognition, Centre for Alternate Cooling Technologies, Centre for Industrial Cyber Physical Systems Research Centre for Excellence in LV Switchgear, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems, Centre for Excellence in Solar PV Systems. Centre for Excellence in Solar Thermal Systems. His PhD work on wearable electronics earned him a National Award from 1STE and he has received 26 awards in the National and in international level. He has guided 92 graduate and postgraduate projects. He has produced 6 PhD Scholars and 12 candidates are doing PhD under his supervision. He has visited many countries for institute industry collaboration and as a keynote speaker. He has been an invited speaker in 345 programs. Also, he has organized 102 events, including conferences, workshops, and seminars. He completed his graduate program in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Madras and his post-graduate from PSG College of Technology, India, and Masters in Business Administration from IGNOU, New Delhi. After completion of his graduate degree he joined as project engineer for Serval Paper Boards Ltd. Coimbatore (now ITC Unit, Kova Presently he is working as a Professor in the Department of EEE, PSG College of Technology. He is also a Certified Chartered Engineer and BSI Certified ISO 50001 2008 Lead Auditor. He has authored 19 books in his areas of interest published by Springer, CRC Press, Elsevier, Nova Publishers. Cambridge University Press. Wiley. Lambert Publishing and IGI Global. He has 11 patents, one Design patent and two Copyrights to his credit and also contributed 18 chapters in various books. He is also the Chairman of Indian Association of Energy Management Professionals and Executive Member in institution of Engineers, Coimbatore Executive Council Member in Institute of Smart Structure and Systems. Bangalore, Associate Member in CODISSIA. He is also holding prestigious positions in various national and International forums and he is a Fellow Member in IET (UK), Fellow Member In IETE, Fellow Member IE and Senior Member in IEEE. Dr. S. Angalaeswari is a faculty member of the School of Electrical Engineering at VIT, Chennai. She possesses over 18 years of teaching experience. Dr. Angalaeswari earned a gold medal in her M.E degree from Anna University and received the Best Project Award for her undergraduate-level project from "The National Council of Engineering – New Delhi." She has authored more than 35 international journal and conference papers, a book titled Electric Circuit Analysis, as well as patents and book chapters. Furthermore, she has organized over 100 events, including workshops, seminars, faculty development programs, and conferences. Dr. Angalaeswari has played a pivotal role in establishing the MSME certified Center for Industrial Automation Laboratory, valued at Rs.35 lakhs, in collaboration with CDCE Automation Pvt. Ltd, Chennai. She has successfully trained over 30 students in this course.Dr. Angalaeswari has contributed to five consultancy projects, working with Daewon India Auto Parts for the Online Vision Inspection Poke Yoke system with unlimited storage, Sekisui DLJM Molding Pvt Ltd for designing a drilling machine for the 06M Rear Fender, TVS Motors Hosur, Kovai Ortho, and Tonglit Pvt. Ltd.Her research areas include renewable energy sources, integration of distributed sources into the grid, and optimization techniques for controller design in radial distributed systems, among others.