Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructures and its Challenges

Dr. Ashutosh K Giri  received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from College of Technology, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar Uttarakhand, India, in 2002, M.E in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power System from the L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India in 2005 and PhD from the department of Electrical Engineering, Sardar Vallabh National Institute of Technology, Surat, India in 2020. In May 2011, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Bharuch, as an Assistant Professor. He has authored and co-authored more than 60 research articles in reputed journals such as IEEE Transactions, IET Journal, Wiley, Tailor Francis, Springer etc. He has also authored and co-authored 10 book chapters published in Elsevier, Springer Publication and CRC Press. Also, he has edited or authored 5 books in Elsevier, CRC Press and Springer Nature Singapore respectively. He is working on four sponsored research projects. He is supervising or co-supervising 6 PhD students (1 completed in DTU New Delhi and 5 in progress in GTU, Ahmedabad and other universities) and coordinated 6 Short Term Courses. He has delivered more than 35 national and international level expert talks at various reputed universities across India. He had received a Research Opportunity Week (ROW) scholarship and visited Technical University of Munich Germany in March-April 2019. He has also served as a Technical Programme Committee member in Conferences organised at Scientific Federation of Dallas, USA and Kenitra, Morocco and as a track chair for IEEE IAS/IES/PELS IPRECON 2021 at Kerala. He has also chaired Technical Session in IEEE sponsored international conferences at IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai and MANIT Bhopal. He had organised a Special Session in the IEEE-ECCE 2020 Conference at Detroit, Michigan, USA and in ECCE-ASIA 2021 at Singapore. He is also serving as a potential reviewer in various reputed journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IET, Wiley etc. He has served as a lead guest editor for a special issue in Electrical Engineering, Springer and was editorial board member of International journal of Power Electronics. He is also working as a member of the editorial board of Discover Electronics, Springer Journal. He is also a member of board of studies, ALARD University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Madhusudan Singh (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Ghazipur , India, in 1968. Hereceived the B.Sc. degree in electr ical engineer ing from the Faculty of Technology,Dayalbagh Educational Inst itute, Dayalbagh, Agra, India, in 1990, the M.E. degree in controland instrumentat ion from the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, in 1992, and thePh.D. degree from the Faculty of Technology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, in 2006.His research interests include modeling and analysis of electr ical machines, power qualityin power systems, renewable energy systems, and voltage control aspects of self -excitedinduct ion generators, power electronics, and drives.