L. Ashok Kumar was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from San Diego State University, California. He was selected among seven scientists from India for the BHAVAN Fellowship from the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and also, he received SYST Fellowship from DST, Govt. of India. He has 3 years of industrial experience and 22 years of academic and research experience. He has published 173 technical papers in international and national journals and presented 167 papers in national and international conferences. He has completed 26 Government of India-funded projects worth about 15 crores and currently 9 projects are in progress worth about 12 crores. He has developed 27 products, out of which 23 products have been technology transferred to industries and for government funding agencies. He has created eight centres of excellence at PSG Tech in collaboration with government agencies and industries namely, His PhD work on wearable electronics earned him a national award from ISTE, and he has received 26 awards at the national and international levels. He has guided 92 graduate and postgraduate projects. He has produced 10 PhD scholars, and 12 candidates are doing PhD under his supervision. He has visited many countries for institute–industry collaboration and as a keynote speaker. He has been an invited speaker in 345 programmes. Also, he has organized 102 events, including conferences, workshops, and seminars. He completed his graduate programme in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Madras and his postgraduate degree from PSG College of Technology, India, and Master’s in Business Administration from IGNOU, New Delhi. After completion of his graduate degree, he joined as a project engineer in Serval Paper Boards Ltd., Coimbatore (now ITC Unit, Kovai). Presently he is working as a Professor in the Department of EEE, PSG College of Technology. He is also a Certified Charted Engineer and BSI Certified ISO 500001 2008 Lead Auditor. He has authored 24 books in his areas of interest published by Springer, CRC Press, Elsevier, Nova Publishers, Cambridge University Press, Wiley, Lambert Publishing, and IGI Global. He has 11 patents, 1 design patent, and 2 copyrights to his credit and also has contributed 23 chapters in various books. He is also the Chairman of Indian Association of Energy Management Professionals and Executive Member in Institution of Engineers, Coimbatore, Vice President of Sustainability and Energy Practitioners Association, Executive Council Member in Institute of Smart Structure and Systems, Bangalore, and Associate Member in CODISSIA. He is also holding prestigious positions in various national and international forums, and he is a Fellow Member in IET (UK), Fellow Member in IETE, Fellow Member in IE, and Senior Member in IEEE. He has been appointed as Nodal Officer for Technology Enabling Centre, Anna University to strengthen industry–academic interaction and to promote technology development ecosystem.Y. Uma Maheswari is a PhD scholar in Karpagam Academy of Higher Education. Currently working in Cognizant Technology Solutions, Coimbatore, she has around 22 years of experience in the field of PCB design, simulation software, and quality assurance engineering. She has completed her graduation programme in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita Institute of Technology, Coimbatore and her postgraduation programme in Embedded System Technologies, Anna University, Coimbatore. She has authored three books published by Elsevier, UK, Cambridge University Press, UK, and Nova Science publishers, US. She has also published many papers in national and international conferences and in reputed journals. She is also a Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N3 Certificate holder.
