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Prof.(Dr.) Preethi Thekkath

Prof. (Dr.) Preethi Thekkath is the Principal of Toc H Institute of Science & Technology, Arakkunnam. She graduated in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from N.S.S College of Engineering, Palakkad, in the year 1995. She did her M.Tech. in Applied Electronics in the year 2006. Her thesis was on Modified Control Logic for switching loss reduction and power quality enhancement of photovoltaic fed grid connected inverters. This new contribution helps to improve the performance of grid connected inverters, an active research area in Electrical Engineering. She joined TIST in the year 2002.

She secured her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with specialisation in Power Electronics in the year 2016. Before building up her career in TIST, she had served in institutions like L.B.S College of Engineering, Kasaragod, and Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai. She is an active member of the IEEE, ISTE, and IEE. She has several international journal publications and conference proceedings to her credit. She is a co-author of the book published by S. Chand titled Basics of Electrical Engineering prepared as per the KTU syllabus. She is also an approved supervisor of Kerala Technological University, for guiding Ph.D. students in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering stream.