Akshay Kumar Rathore received his M.Tech. degree in electrical machines and drives from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 2008. He had two subsequent postdoctoral research appointments with the University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA. From November 2010 to February 2016, he was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. He has published more than 260 research articles in international journals and conferences, including 87 IEEE TRANSACTIONS. Dr. Rathore received the Gold Medal during his M.Tech. degree for securing the highest academic standing among all electrical engineering specializations. He is a recipient of the 2013 IEEE IAS Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award, the 2014 Isao Takahashi Power Electronics Award, the 2017 IEEE IES Early Career Award, 2020 IEEE IAS Outstanding Area Chair Award and the 2020 IEEE Bimal Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems. He is also serving as the IEEE IAS Awards Department Chair and an IAS Prominent Lecturer.