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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.