Global Membership Development Award

Sanjib Kumar Panda (S’86-M’91-SM’01-F’21) received B. Eng. Degree from the South Gujarat University, India, in 1983, M.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, in 1987, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge, U.K., in 1991, all in electrical engineering. He was the recipient of the Cambridge-Nehru Scholarship and M. T. Mayer Graduate Scholarship during his PhD study (1987-1991). Since 1992, he has been holding a faculty position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore. Dr. Panda has published more than 525 peer-reviewed research papers, co-authored one book and contributed to several book chapters, holds six patents and co-founder of three start-up companies. His research interests include high-performance control of motor drives and power electronic converters, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance, building energy efficiency enhancement etc. He had served as Associate Editor of several IEEE Transactions e.g. Power Electronics, Industry Applications, Energy Conversion, Access and IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. He had also served as the Chair of the IEEE PELS Technical Committee, TC-12: Energy Access and Off-grid Systems from 2021-23. He is a member of the Global Energy Access Forum. Dr. Panda serves as IEEE PELS R-10 Membership Chair and a Member of the IEEE PELS Conference Committee. Dr. Panda was awarded the ACE Alumnus Award from SVNIT in Dec. 2024 and also in 2025.