Pawan Kumar

Pavan Kumar (M’10) received the bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India, in 1988, the master’s degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras, Madras, India, in 1990, and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 1996. He was with the National Radio and Electronics Company, Bombay, India, from 1990–1991, where he was involved in the area of power electronic drives. He was with the Northern Telecom and ASTEC Advanced Power Systems, Ottawa, ON, Canada, from 1996 to 1999. He is currently a Technical Lead in the area of power conversion with the Data Center Engineering Group, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, USA, where his main charter is the development of efficient power solutions for server applications. He has been involved in the area of power electronics for over 25 years. His current research interests include power conversion for computing equipment ranging from handhelds to server systems.