New Delhi: The Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, presented the prestigious Vigyan Shri Award to Prof. Bhim Singh (SERB National Science Chair and Emeritus Professor at IIT Delhi) in Engineering Sciences at an award ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday (August 22, 2024).

The Vigyan Shri Awards are given to the scientists who have made distinguished contributions to Science and Technology.

A prolific researcher and technology mentor with good applied and translational research, Prof. Bhim Singh has been honoured with the Vigyan Shri Award for his immense contribution towards the development of power electronics for renewable energy sources, including e-mobility.

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His research areas include solar PV grid interface systems, microgrids, power quality monitoring and mitigation, solar PV water pumping systems, improved power quality AC-DC converters, power electronics, electrical machines, drives and electric vehicles.

Prof. Bhim Singh is also an esteemed alumnus of IIT Delhi. He received his B.E. (Electrical) degree from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), India in 1977, and his M. Tech. (Power Apparatus & Systems) and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi in 1979 and 1983, respectively.

Prof. Singh joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, in 1990. He has been Head of Department of Electrical Engineering from July 2014 to August 2016. Prof. Singh was Dean of Academics at IIT Delhi from August 2016 to August 2019.

He has been serving as a SERB National Science Chair and Emeritus Professor at IIT Delhi since July 2021. Prof. Singh is the Chairman of BoG, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, since 25th August July 2023.

Prof. Singh has guided 129 Ph.D. dissertations and 183 M.E./M.Tech./ M.S.(R) theses. He has filed 108 patents. He also mentored the following successful start-ups: M/S Quanteon Private Limited, M/S HyperX Energy Private Limited, M/S Intellicon Technologies Private Limited.

Prof. Singh has received Khosla National Research Award of IIT Roorkee in year 2013. He is a recipient of Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award-2014 in the field of Engineering including Energy & Aerospace.

Prof. Singh has received IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award-2017. He has received inaugural Faculty Lifetime Research Award-2018 for overall research contribution at IIT Delhi. He is the recipient of the first International Solar Alliance (ISA)- Haryana Kalpana Chawla Solar Award for working towards developing solutions in the Solar Energy Sector to help create a sustainable and low-carbon world for generations to come.

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