Journal of Electrical & Electronic Systems

Akshay Kumar Rathore

Akshay Kumar Rathore
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Biography

Akshay Kumar Rathore joined Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore on Nov 2010 as an Assistant Professor. He received Masters in Electrical Machines and Drives from Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), Varanasi, India in 2003. He was awarded Gold Medal for securing highest academic standing among all the electrical engineering specializations. He obtained PhD in Power Electronics from University of Victoria, BC, Canada in 2008. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Electrical Machines and Drives Research Lab, University of Wuppertal, Germany from Sept. 2008-Aug. 2009. Subsequently, he joined University of Illinois at Chicago, USA as a postdoctoral research associate from Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010.

Research Interest

Soft-switching Techniques for High-frequency Power Conversion, DC-DC converters, Resonant Converters, Inverters for Distributed Generation and Renewable Energy Sources (Fuel cells, PV), Renewable Integration Techniques, Control of Electric Drives, Optimal (PWM) Techniques, Rural Electrification, Smart Residential and Micro-grid Energy System, Electric Vehicles.