Kaushik Rajashekara (M’86-SM’89-F99) received his B.Sc. degree from Bangalore University, India in 1971; B.Eng., M.Eng, and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 1974, 1977, and 1983, respectively.

From 1977 to 1985, he worked as an Asst. Professor in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. In 1978 and 1984-85, he worked at Asea Brown Boveri, Switzerland, on power electronics systems. In 1982, he was a visiting scientist at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. From 1985 to 1987, he was a visiting Associate Professor at the University of Quebec, Canada, working on Photovoltaic utility interactive systems. From 1987 to 1989, he worked at Viteq Corporation, USA, in the area of uninterrupted power supplies for computers. In July 1989, he joined Delphi Corporation, which was a division of General Motors. In Delphi, he held various technical and managerial positions, and has been the Chief Scientist for Propulsion, Fuel Cell & Advanced Energy Systems. In May 2006, he joined Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis as a Senior Technologist working on the More Electric Aircraft systems.

He has published more than 70 papers in international journals and conferences. He currently has 20 patents.

In 1999, Dr. Rajashekara was elected to the Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to the advancement of propulsion systems for electric and hybrid vehicles. He was inducted into the Delphi Innovation Hall of Fame in 1999 for his patents and defensive publications in the area of power conversion systems. He was the Chairman of the Power Electronics Devices and Components committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (1999-2000). Dr. Rajashekara has been elected as Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Industry Applications Society (2006-2007).