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, Bangalorewith 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]
Power Electronics Research Group picture; clicked in the machines lab at EE, IISc. [2016]
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]
Scoping out a vintage analog volt-ammeter from GE displayed (along with several other vintage instruments) at the BonvilleDamFirst Powerhouse, located on the Columbia River. Clicked in OR, USA.[2018]
(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 Dhopleand 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]
Visiting NRELduring the first in-person UNIFI consortium general meeting, held in July at Golden, CO. [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]
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]