Dr Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban (Member'12–Senior Member'15, IEEE) received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Madras, Chennai, India, in 2002. He completed his Master's degree (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, in 2006, and his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, in 2012.
Dr Padmanaban was an Associate Professor with the Vellore Institute of Technology in India, from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, he joined the National Institute of Technology, India, as a Faculty Member. In 2014, he was invited as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, funded by the Qatar National Research Foundation (Government of Qatar).
He continued his Research activities with the Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland, in 2014. Dr Padmanaban served as an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2016 to 2018. Since 2018, he has been a Faculty Member with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark.
Dr Padmanaban has Authored more than 300 scientific papers. He was the Recipient of the Best Paper cum Most Excellence Research Paper Award from IET-SEISCON'13, IET-CEAT'16, IEEE-EECSI'19, IEEE-CENCON'19 and five best paper awards from ETAEERE'16 sponsored Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer Books.
He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK. Dr Padmanaban is an Editor/Associate Editor/Editorial Board for refereed journals, in particular, the IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications, IEEE Access, IET Power Electronics, and International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Wiley Publications, and the Subject Editor for the IET Renewable Power Generation, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, and FACTS journal (Canada).
