Dr Nishant Kumar is an assistant professor at IIT Jodhpur. Before joining IIT Jodhpur, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has completed PhD from IIT Delhi India, in the department of electrical engineering, where his PhD thesis has been awarded to ‘the best thesis award’ at IIT Delhi. His PhD thesis has also been awarded to ‘the 1st Prize in IEEE IAS (Industry Applications Society) Thesis Contest 2020’. Moreover, during his research, he has received POSOCO Power System Indian National Award in Doctoral Category and, ISSS PhD Thesis Award 2020 at IISc Bangalore. He has completed his M.Tech from NIT Durgapur, where the university awarded his research work to the “Gold Medal” in front of President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee. In between, his M.Tech and PhD degree, he worked as a Project Engineer and Research Associate at IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. He had completed the bachelor's degree (B.Tech.) from Silicon Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar India, where he was awarded to the best technical student award. Recently, he has felicitated by IEEE to the ‘IEEE Senior Member’, and by the DST, Govt. of India to Young Scientist Award, to represent India in 5th BRICS 2020 Young Scientist Conclave, which was held in Russia. Moreover, he has received the ‘Outstanding Young Professional Volunteer Award’ by IEEE India Council. He is a Fellow member of ‘The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers’ (IETE) society, and ‘Editor’ in a few IEEE Transactions. He has more than 60 publications, including 30 IEEE Transactions, and 8 Indian & US Patents. His areas of research interests include optimization algorithm development, renewable power generation, microgrid, smart grid, and application of adaptive control and optimization in the power and energy sector.