Professor Ashok Kumar is Principal at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India. His current research focuses on integration of renewable energy systems in the smart grid, biomedical applications, and wearable electronics. He has three years of industrial experience and 24 years of academic and research experience. He is also the author of several books and technical papers in national and international journals. Dr. S. Albert Alexander is an Associate Professor (Senior) in the Department of Energy and Power Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. He is a recipient of Raman Research Fellowship from the University Grants Commission. His current research focuses on fault diagnostic systems for solar energy conversion systems and smart grids. He has published 118 technical papers in international and national journals, presented 90 papers at national and international conferences and authored 10 books.Dr. Madhuvanthani Rajendran is a full-time doctoral scholar currently enrolled in Anna University, Chennai. Her current research focuses on ‘Transient Power Management under different Load/Grid conditions of Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids’. She previously worked as a Curriculum Facilitator at African Leadership University, Mauritius where her primary role was to design Electrical Engineering courses using the flipped classroom approach. She has previously worked as an assistant professor at Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore where she worked on Interleaved Flyback Converters for Photovoltaic Grid Tie Applications. She obtained her Bachelor of Engineering degree from Anna University (SSN College of Engineering), Chennai in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

• 1. Power Electronics2. Switching circuits3. Solar energy conversion4. Converters for Solar PV Systems5. Resonant DC-DC converters6. Flyback and zeta DC-DC converters7. Multistage DC-DC converters8. Bridge type DC-AC converters9. Central and string DC-AC converters10. Switching circuits for DC-AC converters