Keynote Speakers
Title: "Smart Grid - Revolutionizing the Energy Future"
Dr. N. Kumarappan
Chairman, IEEE Madras Section and CIS Madras Chapter.
Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Annamalai University,
Tamil Nadu, India.
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Dr. N . Kumarappan received the Graduate degree from Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India in 1982, the Post-Graduate degree from Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, India in 1989 and the Ph.D. degree from CEG Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India in 2004 under QIP fellowship AICTE, India. He is the former head of the department and currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University. He has 33 years of experience to his credit as an educator and researcher. He has published more than 130 international journal and conference papers. He was the outstanding reviewer for the Elsevier international journal of electric power and energy system 2015. He is an IEEE Madras Section Chairman, IEEE CIS Madras Chapter Chair and a Coordinator for more than 200 IEEE Madras Section organized FDP, Workshop, tech meet TISP programs and CIS activities. He was the recipient of the IEEE-NNS Outstanding Paper Travel Grant Award, Australia 2002, IEEE-WCCI Outstanding Paper Travel Grant Award, Canada 2016, the IEEE PES Student Program Award, USA 2003 and IEEE CIS Madras Chapter Best Chapter Award 2017. He was also a recipient of best researcher award, Annamalai University, 2018. His interview appeared in Electrical India magazine in February 2021 issue. He has acted as a guest editor in the special issue of Complexity journal, published by Wiley - Hindawi. He is the General Chair fot the international conference MASCON 2021 organised by IEEE Madras Section. His current research interests include power system operation and control, electricity price forecasting, EHV transmission fault diagnosis, FACTS devices, power system reliability, artificial intelligence techniques, micro grid, distributed generation and smart grid. Dr.Kumarappan is a Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineer’s (India) and a Life Member of the Indian Society of Technical Education. He was the organizer of a special session in IEEE WCCI 2010 Spain, IEEE WCCI 2016 Canada and IEEE WCCI 2018 Brazil. He is a Speaker, Reviewer and Session Chair for IEEE/IET-U.K. international conferences and other international journals.
Dr. T. Muthumanickam
Chair - Aerospace and Electronic Systems (AES) Society,
IEEE Madras Section.
Professor and Head,
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,
Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College,
(A Constituent College of Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation Deemed to be University),
Salem, Tamilnadu, India.
Dr. Joy Iong Zong Chen
Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Da-Yeh University,
Taiwan.
Mr. S. Ayyappan
Senior Manager - Avionics Design
HAL, Bangalore.