Biographical note

Neeraj Priyadarshi received M. Tech. degree in power electronics & drives in 2010 from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, and a doctorate from Government College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India in 2015. His current research interests include power electronics, control systems, power quality, and solar power generation. Dr. Priyadarshi has a Post Doc from Bioenergy and Green Engineering, Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, JIS Group Kolkata. He has published over 50 papers in journals and conferences. Dr. Priyadarshi is a reviewer of IEEE Transactions Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions Industry Applications, IEEE Systems Journal, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, IET Power Electronics, and Energy for Sustainable Development.
 
Akash Kumar Bhoi is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India. He is also working as a Research Associate at Wireless Networks Research Laboratory, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council (ISTI-CRN) Pisa, Italy. He is a University Ph.D. Course Coordinator for Research & Publication Ethics (RPE). He is a member of IEEE, ISEIS, and IAENG, an associate member of IEI, UACEE, and an editorial board member reviewer of Indian and international journals. He is also a regular reviewer of reputed journals, namely IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, Inderscience, etc. His research areas are biomedical technologies, IoT, computational intelligence, antenna, and renewable energy. He has published several papers in national and international journals and conferences.
 
Ramesh Bansalis a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Sharjah, UAE. Prof. Bansal completed his M.E. from Delhi Technical University and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, India, in 1996 and 2003, respectively. He has over 25 years of diversified experience in academic research and collaborating with industry and government organizations. He has supervised 20 Ph.D. researchers, 4 postdoctoral researchers and currently supervising several Ph.D. students. His research interests are in the areas of renewable energy and power systems, power electronics, electrical machines, and smart grids. Prof. Bansal is a Fellow and Chartered Engineer IET-UK, Fellow Engineers Australia, Fellow Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow SAIEE, and Senior Member of IEEE-USA.
 
Akhtar Kalam has been associated with Victoria University (VU) since 1985. He is a former Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health, Engineering, and Science andHead of Engineering of the College of Engineering and Science. Currently, he is the Head of External Engagement. He is also the current Chair of the Academic Board in the Engineering Institute of Technology, Perth, Australia, and the Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Further, he has a Distinguished Professorship position at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, three Indian and five Malaysian universities. He has also been appointed as the Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He received his B.Sc. and B.Sc. Engineering from Calcutta University and Aligarh Muslim University, India, respectively. He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, USA, and the University of Bath, UK, respectively. His major interest areas are power system analysis, communication, control, protection, renewable energy, smart grid, IEC61850 implementation, and co-generation systems.Prof. Kalam has conducted research, provided industrial consultancy, and published more than 542 publications in his area of expertise. He has written 26-plus books in these areas. More than 35 Ph.D. students have graduated under his supervision and he is an external examiner of many external doctoral students in Australia and overseas.