Candid Clicks
Pre-PhD days
Pre-PhD days
On Teacher's day, with my teachers (from left to right)- Prof. V Ramanarayanan (my Guru and ideal), (late) Prof. V. T. Ranganathan, Prof. Vinod John (my advisor), and Prof. G Narayanan, at EE, IISc, Bangalore. [2008]
On Teacher's day, with my teachers (from left to right)- Prof. V Ramanarayanan (my Guru and ideal), (late) Prof. V. T. Ranganathan, Prof. Vinod John (my advisor), and Prof. G Narayanan, at EE, IISc, Bangalore. [2008]
Flying high (both literally and figuratively) after graduating from IISc, Bangalore with a master's degree. Clicked at the EE farewell party. [2010]
Flying high (both literally and figuratively) after graduating from IISc, Bangalore with a master's degree. Clicked at the EE farewell party. [2010]
Receiving my Master's degree from (late) Prof. Roddam Narasimha (a renowned aerospace scientist), during the convocation at IISc, Bangalore (in the good old days of in-person events & celebrations). [2011]
Receiving my Master's degree from (late) Prof. Roddam Narasimha (a renowned aerospace scientist), during the convocation at IISc, Bangalore (in the good old days of in-person events & celebrations). [2011]
Statue of Pierre Simon Laplace, clicked at the Château de Versailles, during a visit to GE Healthcare, facility in Buc, France. [2014]
Statue of Pierre Simon Laplace, clicked at the Château de Versailles, during a visit to GE Healthcare, facility in Buc, France. [2014]
PhD days
PhD days
With (late) Prof. Thomas Lipo (advisor of my advisor Prof. Vinod John), during ECCE'18. Portland, OR, USA. Alongside are (now) Dr. Nakul (back-left), and (now) Dr. Shan (back-right). [2018]
With (late) Prof. Thomas Lipo (advisor of my advisor Prof. Vinod John), during ECCE'18. Portland, OR, USA. Alongside are (now) Dr. Nakul (back-left), and (now) Dr. Shan (back-right). [2018]
With Prof. Dragan Maksimovic, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, during a visit for giving a research seminar at CoPEC (in the pre-covid days of in-person visits and seminars). [2018]
With Prof. Dragan Maksimovic, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, during a visit for giving a research seminar at CoPEC (in the pre-covid days of in-person visits and seminars). [2018]
Scoping out a vintage analog volt-ammeter from GE displayed (along with several other vintage instruments) at the Bonville Dam First Powerhouse, located on the Columbia River. Clicked in OR, USA. [2018]
Scoping out a vintage analog volt-ammeter from GE displayed (along with several other vintage instruments) at the Bonville Dam First Powerhouse, located on the Columbia River. Clicked in OR, USA. [2018]
Post-doc days
Post-doc days
With Prof. Sairaj Dhople (my current mentor and friend), and (now) Dr. Nathan (my collaborator from KU, Leuven), working on a paper at Wilde Cafe on a summer Saturday, in MPLS, MN, USA. [2021]
With Prof. Sairaj Dhople (my current mentor and friend), and (now) Dr. Nathan (my collaborator from KU, Leuven), working on a paper at Wilde Cafe on a summer Saturday, in MPLS, MN, USA. [2021]
(Late) Prof. Ned Mohan (my Paramaguru) regaled us with a colorful account of his student-day experiences in Wisconsin. Sitting along are Vivek Khatana, Prof. Sairaj Dhople, and Dr. Manish Singh; clicked during high tea after the Indian flag-hoisting ceremony at UMN. [2022]
(Late) Prof. Ned Mohan (my Paramaguru) regaled us with a colorful account of his student-day experiences in Wisconsin. Sitting along are Vivek Khatana, Prof. Sairaj Dhople, and Dr. Manish Singh; clicked during high tea after the Indian flag-hoisting ceremony at UMN. [2022]
Prof. Sairaj Dhople and I, celebrating (July 4th and) the submission of a paper on GFM technology for a sustainable future by burning coal (for barbecuing) on a summer evening at CSCC, MPLS. (Contradiction?) [2022]
Prof. Sairaj Dhople and I, celebrating (July 4th and) the submission of a paper on GFM technology for a sustainable future by burning coal (for barbecuing) on a summer evening at CSCC, MPLS. (Contradiction?) [2022]
At Ali Baba Grill for dinner. Seen here are Nathan (next to me), Julia Matevosyan, Prof. Frede Blaabjerg, Dr. Minghui, Prof. Tim Green, Prof. Florian Dörfler, and Dr. Julie Cohn; at the UNIFI general meeting, Golden, CO. [2022]
At Ali Baba Grill for dinner. Seen here are Nathan (next to me), Julia Matevosyan, Prof. Frede Blaabjerg, Dr. Minghui, Prof. Tim Green, Prof. Florian Dörfler, and Dr. Julie Cohn; at the UNIFI general meeting, Golden, CO. [2022]
With Prof. Sairaj Dhople, Apurva Dhople, Dr. Brian Johnson (current project PI and frequent collaborator), (now) Dr. Nathan, Dr. Manish Singh, and Ashley; during a hike at Breckenridge, CO, USA. [2022]
With Prof. Sairaj Dhople, Apurva Dhople, Dr. Brian Johnson (current project PI and frequent collaborator), (now) Dr. Nathan, Dr. Manish Singh, and Ashley; during a hike at Breckenridge, CO, USA. [2022]
With Prof. Anjan Bose (and Manish & Sairaj) after an hour-long chat about engineering, academia, and life at large; the man's energy, wisdom, and enduring passion for power engineering are truly exceptional. At the IEEE PES General Meeting'22, Denver, CO, USA. (Trivia: Anjan and Ned Mohan were undergrad classmates (1967 batch) at IIT Khragpur; and Anjan was the backbencher :-).) [2022]
With Prof. Anjan Bose (and Manish & Sairaj) after an hour-long chat about engineering, academia, and life at large; the man's energy, wisdom, and enduring passion for power engineering are truly exceptional. At the IEEE PES General Meeting'22, Denver, CO, USA. (Trivia: Anjan and Ned Mohan were undergrad classmates (1967 batch) at IIT Khragpur; and Anjan was the backbencher :-).) [2022]
With Prof. Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Dr. Deepak Ramasubramanian, and Prof. Dominic Groß, on the banks of Bow river during a casual hike in the evening; at IREP'22, in Banff, Canada. [2022]
With Prof. Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Dr. Deepak Ramasubramanian, and Prof. Dominic Groß, on the banks of Bow river during a casual hike in the evening; at IREP'22, in Banff, Canada. [2022]
With Prof. Ian Hiskens on the balcony of Fairmont Banff Springs; receiving nuggets of (invaluable) wisdom while also savouring the view of Rocky Mountains surrounding us, at IREP'22 gala dinner, in Banff, Canada. [2022]
With Prof. Ian Hiskens on the balcony of Fairmont Banff Springs; receiving nuggets of (invaluable) wisdom while also savouring the view of Rocky Mountains surrounding us, at IREP'22 gala dinner, in Banff, Canada. [2022]
With Prof. Sairaj Dhople and Dr. Manish Singh, posing with the Alma Mater in UIUC (Sairaj's alma mater); at the Allerton '22 Conference, in IL, USA. [2022]
With Prof. Sairaj Dhople and Dr. Manish Singh, posing with the Alma Mater in UIUC (Sairaj's alma mater); at the Allerton '22 Conference, in IL, USA. [2022]
With Prof. Sairaj Dhople, Dr. Prince, Prof. Aranya Chakrabortty, and Dr. Kyle Dukart, at dinner in the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort, during the NSF-NAE workshop on Power Engineering Education, in Albuquerque, NM, USA. [2023]
With Prof. Sairaj Dhople, Dr. Prince, Prof. Aranya Chakrabortty, and Dr. Kyle Dukart, at dinner in the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort, during the NSF-NAE workshop on Power Engineering Education, in Albuquerque, NM, USA. [2023]
Exploits when the North & South come together...
Exploits when the North & South come together...
Faculty days
Faculty days
With the ever-charismatic and erudite Mr. Giridharan Shanmugavel (Giri), grabbing a cold beverage at CCD, IIT Bombay, along with Prof. Pavan Hari and Prof. Ravi Prakash, during ICAER'2023. Giri always leaves us with an intellectual high whenever we meet. [2023]
With the ever-charismatic and erudite Mr. Giridharan Shanmugavel (Giri), grabbing a cold beverage at CCD, IIT Bombay, along with Prof. Pavan Hari and Prof. Ravi Prakash, during ICAER'2023. Giri always leaves us with an intellectual high whenever we meet. [2023]
With Dr. Ben Kroposki and Prof. Sairaj Dhople, after a joint tutorial on grid-forming inverter technology at the ISGT-Asia'2024, Bangalore. [2024]
With Dr. Ben Kroposki and Prof. Sairaj Dhople, after a joint tutorial on grid-forming inverter technology at the ISGT-Asia'2024, Bangalore. [2024]
After wrapping up with IEEE PEDES 2024, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to spend two days with my guru, Prof. V Ramanarayanan, and chat about everything under the sun (as exemplified in the picture clicked on the beach shore) in Mangalore. [2024]
After wrapping up with IEEE PEDES 2024, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to spend two days with my guru, Prof. V Ramanarayanan, and chat about everything under the sun (as exemplified in the picture clicked on the beach shore) in Mangalore. [2024]
🚩 "Satsangatve nissangatvam, nissangatve nirmohatvam" 🚩
Source: Bhaja Govindam
Transl: From the company of the wise, one is weaned away from (false) attachments; from nonattachment comes freedom from delusion.