Bhim Singh of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India

Biography:

Prof. Bhim Singh has received his B.E. from the University of Roorkee (Now IIT Roorkee), India, in 1977 and his M.Tech. and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 1979 and 1983, respectively. He started his career as Lecture at University of Roorkee in 1983 and moved to IIT Delhi in 1990. He held many postions at IIT Delhi such as ABB Chair Professor, CEA Chair Professor, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Dean, Academics. He is JC Bose Fellow of DST, Government of India since 2015. Prof. Singh is the Chairman of BOG, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, since 2018 for 3 Years and Non-official Independent Director, NTPC Limited, since 2018 for 3 Years.

Prof. Singh has guided 95 Ph.D. dissertations, and 168 M.E./M.Tech./M.S.(R) theses. He has been filed 70 patents. He has executed more than eighty sponsored and consultancy projects. He has co-authored a textbook on power quality: Power Quality Problems and Mitigation Techniques published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2015.  

His areas of interest include solar PV grid interface systems, microgrids, power quality monitoring and mitigation, solar PV water pumping systems, improved power quality AC-DC converters, power electronics, electrical machines, drives, flexible alternating transmission systems, and high voltage direct current systems.

He has received Khosla Research Prize of University of Roorkee in the year 1991. He is recipient of JC Bose and Bimal K Bose awards of IETE. He is also a recipient of Maharashtra State National Award of ISTE. He has received PES Delhi Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award for the year 2006. Professor Singh has received Khosla National Research Award of IIT Roorkee in the year 2013. He is a recipient of Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award-2014. He has received IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award-2017. He is also a recipient of “Faculty Research Award as a Most Outstanding Researcher” in the field of Engineering-2018 of Careers-360, India. He has received Faculty Lifetime Research Award-2018 for overall research contribution at IIT Delhi. He is recipient IEEE-IAS outstanding educator/mentor award 2020. Prof. Singh is also the recipient of INAE outstanding teaching award 2020 and Eminent Engineer Award-2020 by The Institution of Engineers (India). Prof. Bhim Singh is the recipient of first International Solar Alliance (ISA)- Haryana Kalpana Chawla Solar Award for working towards developing solutions in the Solar Energy Sector to help create a sustainable and low-carbon world for generations to come. He has been the General Chair of the many IEEE International Confereces and National Conferences. Prof. Singh was Chair, PES-IAS Delhi Chapter and PELS-IES Delhi Chapter. He was the Chair of IEEE Delhi Section for 2012-2014.

Prof. Singh is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), The Indian National Science Academy (FNA), The National Academy of Science, India (FNASc), The Indian Academy of Sciences, India (FASc), The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), the Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET), Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE), and Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE) and a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), System Society of India (SSI), and National Institution of Quality and Reliability (NIQR).

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