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 his PhD from IIT Delhi India, in the department of electrical engineering, where his PhD thesis was awarded with ‘the best thesis award’. His PhD thesis also won ‘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 he was awarded “Gold Medal” for his research work in front of the then president of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. In between, his M.Tech and PhD degree, he worked as the Project Engineer and Research Associate at IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. He has completed the bachelor's degree (B.Tech.) from Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar India, where he was awarded as the ‘best technical student’. Recently, he has been felicitated by IEEE as ‘IEEE Senior Member’, and by the DST, Govt. of India with Young Scientist Award, for representing India at the 5th BRICS 2020 Young Scientist Conclave, held in Russia. Additionally, 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 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 power and energy sector.