IEEE 2016

Rajiv Varma

Western University


Rajiv Varma (SMIEEE) is currently Associate Professor at University of Western Ontario (UWO), London, Canada. Prior to 2002, he was a Faculty Member at IIT Kanpur, for 11 years. He obtained B.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India, in 1980 and 1988, respectively. He has co-authored the book "Thyristor-Based FACTS Controllers for Electrical Transmission Systems" published by Wiley-IEEE Press. He is presently authoring a book on “Smart Inverters in PV Solar and Wind Power Systems” to be published by Wiley-IEEE Press in 2016. He has co-delivered several Tutorials on "Static Var Compensator" conducted by the IEEE Substations Committee. He is Secretary of “HVDC and FACTS Subcommittee”, and Chair of IEEE Working Group on "HVDC and FACTS Bibliography". His research interests include FACTS,

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