L. Ashok Kumar

Dr. L. Ashok Kumar was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from San Diego State University. California. He was selected among seven scientists in 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 and out of that 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, Centre for Audio Visual Speech Recognition, Centre for Alternate Cooling Technologies, Centre for Industrial Cyber Physical Systems Research Centre for Excellence in LV Switchgear, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems, Centre for Excellence in Solar PV Systems. Centre for Excellence in Solar Thermal Systems. His PhD work on wearable electronics earned him a National Award from 1STE and he has received 26 awards in the National and in international level. He has guided 92 graduate and postgraduate projects. He has produced 6 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 programs. Also, he has organized 102 events, including conferences, workshops, and seminars. He completed his graduate program in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Madras and his post-graduate from PSG College of Technology, India, and Masters in Business Administration from IGNOU, New Delhi. After completion of his graduate degree he joined as project engineer for Serval Paper Boards Ltd. Coimbatore (now ITC Unit, Kova Presently he is working as a Professor in the Department of EEE, PSG College of Technology. He is also a Certified Chartered Engineer and BSI Certified ISO 50001 2008 Lead Auditor. He has authored 19 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, one Design patent and two Copyrights to his credit and also contributed 18 chapters in various books. He is also the Chairman of Indian Association of Energy Management Professionals and Executive Member in institution of Engineers, Coimbatore Executive Council Member in Institute of Smart Structure and Systems. Bangalore, 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 IE and Senior Member in IEEE.

Publications

AI Approaches to Smart and Sustainable Power Systems
AI Approaches to Smart and Sustainable Power Systems
L. Ashok Kumar, S. Angalaeswari, K. Mohana Sundaram, Ramesh C. Bansal, Arunkumar Patil. © 2024. 432 pages.
Today, the global power demand relies on a delicate balance between conventional and renewable energy systems, necessitating both efficient power generation and the effective...
Intelligent Solutions for Sustainable Power Grids
Intelligent Solutions for Sustainable Power Grids
L. Ashok Kumar, S. Angalaeswari, K. Mohana Sundaram, Ramesh C. Bansal, Arunkumar Patil. © 2024. 453 pages.
In the environment of energy systems, the effective utilization of both conventional and renewable sources poses a major challenge. The integration of microgrid systems, crucial...
Deep Learning Research Applications for Natural Language Processing
Deep Learning Research Applications for Natural Language Processing
L. Ashok Kumar, Dhanaraj Karthika Renuka, S. Geetha. © 2023. 290 pages.
Humans have the most advanced method of communication, which is known as natural language. While humans can use computers to send voice and text messages to each other, computers...
An Analysis on Multimodal Framework for Silent Speech Recognition
An Analysis on Multimodal Framework for Silent Speech Recognition
Ramkumar Narayanaswamy, Karthika Renuka D., Geetha S., Vidhyapriya R, Ashok Kumar L.. © 2023. 18 pages.
A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a computer-based system that collects, analyses, and converts brain signals into commands that are sent to an output device to perform a...