Mr. Manish Gupta, a student of Masters of Science by Research at the Department of Electrical Engineering, recived the 3rd prize in the IEEE Empower a Billion Lives competition, organized by the IEEE Power Electronics Society, held at the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in Orlando, USA. Mr. Kumar is pursuing his research under the guidance of Prof. Ankush Sharma and Prof. Soumya Ranjan Sahoo.