•      Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur------------------------------- 2019 PhD - Power Electronics                               

       Thesis title: Converter Topologies for Low Power Single and Two-Stage Buck-Boost Inverter Systems.

•      Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee------------------------------2012 Master of Technology - Electrical Drives and Power Electronics

       Thesis title:  Digital voltage and frequency controller for self-excited induction generator.

•      National Institute of Technology, Raipur------------------------------2010 Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engg., NIT-Tiruchirappalli (2020 June - Till Date)
• Research Fellow, Dept. of Electrical Engg., IIT Kanpur (August 2019 – May 2020). 

PUBLICATIONS

Journals:

• A. Kumar and P. Sensarma, "A Four-Switch Single-Stage Single-Phase Buck-Boost Inverter," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 7, July 2017.
• A. Kumar and P. Sensarma, "New Switching Strategy for Single-Mode Operation of a Single-Stage Buck-Boost Inverter," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 7, July 2018.
• A. Kumar and P. Sensarma, "Ripple-Free Input Current High Voltage Gain DC–DC Converters With Coupled Inductors," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 3418-3428, April 2019.
• U. Kundu, B. Pant, S. Sikder, A. Kumar and P. Sensarma, "Frequency Domain Analysis and Optimal Design of Isolated Bidirectional Series Resonant Converter," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 54, no. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2018.

Conferences:

• A. Kumar and P. Sensarma, “Operating modes based review of single-stage buck-boost inverters,” IEEE IECON, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
• A. Kumar, Kanika Bathra and P. Sensarma, “A Cascaded Buck-Flyback Structure for High Voltage Step Down Applications,” IEEE IECON, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
• A. Kumar and P. Sensarma, “Inner Loop Stability of Peak Current Controlled Cuk and SEPIC Converters," IEEE PEDES, Chennai, India, 2018.

• A. Kumar and P. Sensarma, “Derivation of Single-Stage Single-Phase Fourth Order Buck-boost Inverters," IEEE PEDES, Chennai, India, 2018.