Rajesh Kumar (SMIEEE, Fellow [IET(UK), IE(I), IETE], LMCSI, LMISTE) received the B.Tech. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, India, in 1994, the M.E. (Hons.)and Ph.D. degrees in Power Systems and Intelligent Systems from the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, in 1997, and 2005 respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, from 2009 to 2011. Currently, he is working as a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, MNIT, Jaipur. His research interests focus on Intelligent Systems, Data Driven algorithms and analytics and Smart Grid. He holds 16 patents/patent applications and published more than 650 research articles in international conferences and journals. He has supervised 30 Ph.D. and more than 55 master theses. He has 18 patents to his name. He is recipient of several academic, best papers, best theses, and professional awards. He has received the Career Award for Young Teachers in 2002 from Government of India. He has delivered 250+ keynotes/expert talks in various Faculty Development Programs and workshops. He was conference program chair PEDES 2018, general co-chair ICRAIE 2018, IICPE 2018, ICPS 2019. He was the general chair of PEDES 2020, AISCC 2020, GCAIA 2020, PEDES 2022. He has been an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, IEEE ITeN (Industrial Electronics technology News), Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Elsevier, IET Renewable and Power Generation, IET Power Electronics, International Journal of Bio Inspired Computing and CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, IET. He was IEEE counselor, MNIT student branch, founding faculty advisor IEEE IAS student chapter at MNIT, Honorary Secretary of IETE Rajasthan Chapter, Excom IEEE Delhi PES-IAS and Vice Chairman IEEE Rajasthan Subsection. Prof. Kumar is currently appointed as Distinguished Lecturer IEEE IAS for 2024 and 2025.