Principal

Principal

Dr. L. Ashok Kumar

principal [at] tce [dot] edu

Honoured with Outstanding Engineer Award 2024 by Institution of Engineers (India), Coimbatore Local Centre.
Selected as one of the seven scientists in India for BHAVAN (Building Energy Efficiency Higher & Advanced Network) Fellowship from Indo-US Science & Technology Forum, DST, Government of India, to pursue Postdoctoral Research Fellow at San Diego State University, California.
Received the SYST Scheme for Young Scientists & Technologist (SYST) Fellowship from DST, Govt. of India, for pursuing innovative research ideas that have a direct impact on societal problems and include a visible technology transfer component.
Awarded with Prof. K Arumugam National Award for Innovative Work in Engineering and Research by Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), India for the PhD work on Wearable Electronics for Defense and Biomedical Applications.
Charted Engineer, Certified by Institution of Engineers, India.
British Standards Institute Certified ISO 500001: 2008 Lead Auditor for Energy Management Systems.
M.E (Distinction) in Electrical Machines from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Master’s in Business Administration– Human Resource Management from IGNOU, New Delhi.
Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Madras.
Completed 24 Government of India funded projects worth approximately 12.5 Crores, with 3 projects currently in progress worth around 3.35 Crores. These projects are of national and international importance, funded by DRDO, DST, ICMR, MoE, DSIR, CSIR, AICTE, UGC and IUSSTF.
Developed 27 products, of which 23 have been transferred to industries and Government funding agencies.
Guided 102 graduate and postgraduate projects, produced 12 PhD Scholars and currently supervising 9 Ph.D candidates
Awarded the Young Engineer Award (Electrical Discipline) by the Institution of Engineers, India.
Received the Research Excellence in Faculty (National) Award from the Institution of Engineers- Belapur Local Centre, India.
Honored with the Dr. Triguna Charan Sen Award by the Institution of Engineers, India.
Recipient of the PSG Teacher of the Year Award for academic contributions to the development of the Institution.
Awarded with Dr Sundaramoorthy Award for outstanding Academic contributions by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Awarded the P.K.Das Memorial Best Faculty Award from the Nehru Group of Institutions, Coimbatore.
Awarded the Danfoss Innovator Project Award 2014 for the project titled “Single Phase Transformerless Inverter for Solar PV systems” from M/s. Danfoss, Chennai.
Two times Recipient of K.C Gopal Endowment Award for guiding the student’s projects.
Awarded the Aqua Group Award, presented by the PSG Tech Alumni Association for mentoring the project titled, “Design and Development of Cost Effective IoT based Smart Meters for Smart City Households with Harmonic Analysis”.
Awarded the Guhan Innovation Award 2018 for mentoring the project titled, “Design and Development of Cost Effective IoT based Smart Meters for Smart City Households with Harmonic Analysis” by EEEA, PSG College of Technology.
Received 12 Awards at national and international levels for outstanding contributions to academic and research.
Authored 32 books published by Springer, CRC Press, Elsevier, Nova Publishers, Cambridge University Press, Wiley, IGI Global, etc.
Contributed 36 chapters in various books published by Springer, CRC Press, Elsevier, Nova Publishers, IGI Global, etc.
Published 436 research papers in national and international journals and conferences.
Granted two Patents and five copyrights and published eight Patents and one copyright.
Organized 112 events, including conferences, workshops, and seminars, funded by different international and national funding agencies and industries.
Appointed as a Nodal Officer for the Technology Enabling Centre, Anna University by DST, Govt. of India, to strengthen industry - academic interaction and to promote the technology development ecosystem.
Chairman of Indian Association of Energy Management Professionals - Coimbatore Chapter.
Vice President of Sustainability and Energy Practitioners Association.
Executive Council Member of the Institute of Smart Structure and Systems, Bangalore.
Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Fellow Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, UK (IET).
Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers, India (IE).
Fellow Member of the Institution of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineers (IETE).
Life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE), Biomedical Engineering Society of India (MBMESI), Telemedicine Society of India (MTSI), System Society of India (MSSI), Solar Energy Society of India (MSESI), Textile Association of India (MTAI), Computer Society of India (MCSI) and Society of Energy Engineers and Managers (MSEEM).
Visited several countries for research activities, institute-industry collaborations, and as a keynote speaker at conferences.