Power Converters for Extraction and Conversion of Solar Photovoltaic Energy

Dr. Sachin Jain is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. His fields of interest include grid-tied PV inverters, design and optimization of power supplies, power electronic circuit modeling and simulation, switch-mode power supplies, and power electronics and its interface with other renewable sources.

Vivek Agarwal (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in physics from the St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, the master's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 1994. After a brief stint with Statpower Technologies, Canada, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) in 1995, where he is currently a Chair Professor. His research interests include power electronics with focus on power quality, renewable energy conversion, microgrids, and high frequency link power conversion. He serves on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics as the Co-Editor-in-Chief and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications as an Associate Editor. Dr. Venu Sonti is an Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India. Venu Sonti received the BTech degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering, Guntur, India, in 2011; the MTech degree in power electronics and drives from the National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, India, in 2013; and the PhD degree from the National Institute of Technology Warangal. His research focuses on the grid-connected inverter for renewable energy generation. He is a recipient of the Bhas kara Advanced Solar Energy Internship Award, 2014, sponsored by DST, Government of India, and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF).