A. Rakesh Kumar

Dr A Rakesh Kumar (M'14-SM'21, IEEE) completed his Bachelor's degree in Engineering with honours in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2011 and Masters in Engineering in Power Electronics and Drives from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2013. He worked as an Assistant Professor with the Department of EEE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India from 2013 to 2015. He then went on to a full-time PhD with the School of Electrical Engineering ...See more

Dr A Rakesh Kumar (M'14-SM'21, IEEE) completed his Bachelor's degree in Engineering with honours in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2011 and Masters in Engineering in Power Electronics and Drives from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2013. He worked as an Assistant Professor with the Department of EEE, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India from 2013 to 2015. He then went on to a full-time PhD with the School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) from 2015 to 2019. He was also serving as a Teaching cum Research Assistant from 2015 to 2019 at that institute. Currently, he is a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Nano and Microgrid lab, Department of EEE, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. He is an active member of IEEE PELS and PES. He is part of the subcommittee headed by Professor Henry Chung on Power Electronics and Internet of Things under IEEE Technical Committee (TC 6) on High Performance and Emerging Technologies. He is also a member of the IEEE Technical Committee (TC 12) on Energy Access and Off-Grid Systems. He is also a member of the IEEE PELS Educational Videos Committee initiative headed by Professors Brad Lehman and Prasad Enjati, and chaired by Professor Katherine Kim. He is responsible for creating a promotional video and credits video for all the instructional videos for the IEEE PELS Educational Videos Committee. His field of interest includes multilevel inverters, inverter modulation techniques, nano-grids and their applications. See less