Professor C. Subramani received Master of Engineering (2006) from Anna University (India), doctoral degree (2012) from SRM University (India) and is Postdoctoral Fellow (2016) from Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa). Professional position: He has joined the SRM University as Assistant Professor from 2009 to till date, in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology. He has more than 15 years of teaching experience. Research: Professor Subramani has published and co-authored more than 90 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. He has been Advisor of 11 Ph.D. and numerous postgraduate students. He has been acting as Reviewer for many national and international journals. Research areas: His broad areas of research are electric vehicle, energy management control strategy, fuzzy logic controller, particle swarm optimizations, etc. Dr. Subramani has got funding aid from SRM Institute of Science andTechnology (India) under the project title Investigation of Range Extender for Hybrid Electric Vehicle.K. Vijayakumar has received B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Annamalai University, M.Tech. (Power Systems) from Annamalai University, and Ph.D. from SRM Institute of Science and Technology. He is currently working as Professor and Head in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (India). His area of research is power electronic applications in power system. His current research is focused on optimizations, hybrid energy systems, and deregulation. He has more than 23 years of teaching experience. Research: Professor Vijayakumar has published and co-authored more than 100 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. He has been Advisor of 8 Ph.D. and numerous postgraduate students. He has been acting as Reviewer for many national and international journals. Heis also one of the editors of few of the books titled “Basic Electrical Engineering” and “Electrical Engineering Practice Lab Manual” of Vijay Nicole Imprints Private Limited.Professor Brayima DAKYO received Engineer Dipl. (1984) and Doctor in Engineering (1987) degrees from Dakar University (Senegal) and Doctoral degree (1988) and Habilitation (1997) from University of Le Havre (France). Professional position: He has joined the University of Le Havre as Assistant Professor (MdC) from 1989 to 1999, in the Faculty of Sciences and Technology. He was Founder and Director of Electrical and Automatic research Laboratory (GREAH) 1999. From 2000 to now, he is Full Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of Electrical and Automatic Research Team of Le Havre (GREAH) (15 full professors and assistant professors plus 20 Ph.D. students among whom 6 are averagely involved in renewable energies field). Professor Dakyo is General Advisor of the electrical engineering department, Master’s degree and bachelor’s degree. Research: Professor Dakyo has published and co-authored more than 180 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings since 1987. He has been Advisor of 20 Ph.D. and numerous M.Sc. students and Co-Author of three books (power electronic, marine and wind energy, and power management).Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Dash is presently Professor and Head in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, Odisha, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India. He has more than 22 years of research and teaching experience. His research areas are AI techniques application to power system, modeling of FACTS controller, power quality, and smart grid. He is Visiting Professor at Francois Rabelais University, POLYTECH, France. He has published more than 220 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. Professor Dash has played a role as Convenor, Program, or General Chair for many International Conferences. He is also one of the editors of few of the books titled “Introduction to FACTS” and “Power Quality Management” of IRD Publication and Vijay Nicole Imprints Private Limited, respectively.
