Amit V. Sant

Biography

Prior to joining PDPU, Dr. Amit Sant was a Post Doctoral Researcher at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu (April 2012 - September 2014). He worked on projects related to shunt active filters, unified power quality conditioners, electric vehicles, grid connected solar inverters, and fault-ride-through. His research paper in the area of grid connected solar inverter was awarded the Best Paper Award at the 40th IEEE Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013. From March 2015 to March 2016, he served as an Assistant Professor & Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, BITS Edu Campus, Vadodara, Gujarat. His academic qualifications include a Ph.D. (Electrical Engg.) from IIT Delhi, New Delhi, M.Tech. (Electrical Engg.) from Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and B.E. from Manipal University (Electrical & Electronics Engg.), Manipal, Karnataka. The topic of his Ph.D. dissertation was "Novel Speed Control Techniques for Vector Controlled PMSM Drive. Dr. Amit Sant was awarded Gold Medal for Scholastic Achievements and Best Student Award. Also, during his Bachelor's, he was the recipient for I.S.L.E. scholarship. Dr. Amit is reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IET Power Electronics. He has published eleven research papers in IEEE transactions and IEEE Conferences.

Research Interest

(i) Power Electronics Converters, (ii) Power Quality Enhancement, (iii) Electric Drives, (iv) Electric Vehicles, (v) Renewable Energy Technology