Dipti Srinivasan is a Singaporean electrical engineer whose research involves

renewable energy Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...

and

smart grid The smart grid is an enhancement of the 20th century electrical grid, using two-way communications and distributed so-called intelligent devices. Two-way flows of electricity and information could improve the delivery network. Research is main ...

s. She is a professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and director of the Centre for Green Energy Management & Smart Grid at the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...

Education and career

Srinivasan worked for the Rajasthan State Electricity Board in

Jaipur Jaipur (; , ) is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the List of cities and towns in Rajasthan, largest city of the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had ...

, India, from 1986 to 1989, before going to the National University of Singapore for graduate study in electrical engineering. She earned a master's degree there in 1991 and completed a Ph.D. in 1994. After postdoctoral study at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

, she returned to the National University of Singapore as a professor in 1995.

Recognition

Srinivasan was named an

IEEE Fellow , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and ot ...

, in the 2020 class of fellows, "for contributions to neutron detection techniques and neutron transport Monte Carlo methods". She is the 2022 recipient of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award, given "for her leadership and valuable contributions to the power engineering profession, education, and excellent volunteerism".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Srinivasan, Dipthi Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Singaporean engineers Singaporean women engineers Electrical engineering academics Women electrical engineers Academic staff of the National University of Singapore Fellows of the IEEE Singaporean people of Indian descent