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B. Chitti Babu
IIITDM Kancheepuram

B. Chitti Babu received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, India, in 2012. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, from 2007 to 2013. He had post-doctoral research appointments with the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland, from 2013 to 2014, and with the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, from 2014 to 2015. Both of these appointments were sponsored by the European Commission, U.K. He was an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia, from September 2016 to June 2018. Currently he serves as an Associate Professor in ECE department, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Chennai.

Dr. Babu was a recipient of the Young Systems Scientist Award 2019 sponsored by the Systems Society of India. And also, he received the IEEE MAS Best Researcher Award from the IEEE Madras Section, India, in February 2021. He has received Outstanding Teacher Award 2023 from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram, Chennai for his indispensable contribution in teaching. He is an editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Ambient Energy, T&F. And also, He serves as an Associate Editor for peer-reviewed journals, including IET Renewable Power Generation, IET Energy Systems Integration, Intr. Journal of Modelling & Simulation, T&F and Energy Sources (Part-A), T&F etc.
His current research interests include power electronics applications in smart distribution grids containing renewable energy sources and the control and grid integration of renewable energy systems (Wind & Solar PV).

Ranjan Kumar Behera
IIT Patna

Ranjan Kumar Behera (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Regional Engineering College Rourkela, Rourkela, India, in 1998, and the M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. Since 2009, he has been a Faculty Member and is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India. His research interests include applications of non-linear control theory to power electronic converters, pulse width modulation techniques, and multiphase electric drive control .

Dr. Behera was the recipient of the 2022 IEEE Outstanding Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

Manmath Badapanda

Manmath Kumar Badapanda (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, India, in 1988, the M.Tech. degree from IIT (BHU) Varanasi, Varanasi, India, in 1990, and the M.B.A. degree from the International Institute of Management Sciences, Kolkatta, India, in 1999.

Currently, he is working as the Head, RF Power Supplies Section and looking after design and development of all power supplies for RF&MW systems of particle accelerators at RRCAT, Indore, India, which are in 24 × 7 operations. He has original and innovative contributions having U.S. patent no. 10027122B2 and Indian patent no. 436206 granted as their single inventor; a dozen of new technologies and product developments and their technology transfers to multiple industries; delivered 35 invited talks in India and abroad including in reputed international laboratories like ANKA, Karlsruhe, Germany; ALBA, Barcelona, Spain; PSI, Würenlingen, Switzerland and PLS, Gyeongju, South Korea, and 145 peer-reviewed publications including in several high impact factor IEEE Transactions.

Mr. Badapanda is a fellow of INAE and IE(I). He has received a dozen of prestigious awards including four times Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Group Achievement Awards-2008, 2013, 2016, 2017 from the Government of India, the “Research Excellence Award-2023” from IE(I), and “Technologist of the Year Award-2023” from IEEE India Council, in national level as well as
“Outstanding Medium Section Award-2023” from IEEE Region-10 (Asia-Pacific) and the “Best PELS Medium Chapter Award-2025” from IEEE Power Electronics Society, in international level. He is the Chair, IEEE Power Electronics Society, Chair, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Industry Applications Society, Chair, IEEE Systems Councils of IEEE Madhya Pradesh Chapter as well as Chair, Industry Relations Committee, Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee and Vice Chair, and IEEE Madhya Pradesh section from 2022 to 2025.