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IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award
About the Award
The IEEE Power & Energy Society Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award was established to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of developing, utilizing and integrating renewable energy resources in the national and global energy scenarios. As the world transitions into increasing use of energy technologies that have minimal carbon footprint, IEEE PES should play a leading role to enable this transition. The need to stimulate and encourage activity towards this goal is the primary objective of this award.
The award is administered by the Power & Energy Society. This award is funded through a quasi-endowment fund established through the IEEE Foundation. A corpus of US$100,000.00 has been contributed by the Ramakumar family for this award. With proper management according to the rules and procedures formulated and adopted by PES, the fund balance is expected to grow over the years.
Chair:
Mohammad Shahidehpour
Committee Members:
Sivaji Chakravorti
Sainab Taiwo Ninalowo
Lina He
Mona Ghassemi
Lusha Wang
Arturo Bretas
Mahmoud Fotuhi-Firuzabad
2025 Award Recipient
Award Details
Purpose:
To recognize outstanding contributions in the field of developing, utilizing and integrating renewable energy resources in the national and global energy scenarios. As the world transitions into increasing use of energy technologies that have minimal carbon footprint, IEEE PES should play a leading role to enable this transition. The need to stimulate and encourage activity towards this goal is the primary objective of this award.
Eligibility:
Nominees must be active members of IEEE and PES with clearly identifiable and valuable contributions in the field of renewable energy for at least 5 years. Student members are not eligible, and a higher membership grade is desirable. No current member of the IEEE Board of Directors, the IEEE PES Governing Board, the IEEE PES Awards and Recognition Committee, the IEEE PES Ramakumar Renewable Energy Excellence Award Committee, or IEEE staff may be candidates, or nominate or endorse candidates for this award.
Basis for Judging:
The nominee needs to have strong and impacting contributions in the current areas of interest of the PES which are related to Renewable Energy.
All of these should be clearly documented on the nomination form and should be validated by the Awards Committee.
The selection will be based on the candidate who scores the highest in the following categories. Categories considered for this award include; contributions to the field of renewable energy, impact of the contributions on the renewable energy technology or discipline, originality or innovative nature of those contributions, documented accomplishments as revealed by publications or other verifiable demonstrations of accomplishments, technical accomplishments, and professional leadership.
Prize:
A cash prize of $2,500 USD, $750 USD for travel expenses to attend the award presentation and a plaque.
Presentation:
Presented once per year at the IEEE PES General Meeting. Lack of suitable nominations may prevent the award from being presented during some years.
Award Committee:
The Award Committee shall consist of the Chair and 5 Committee Members as appointed by the PES Awards & Recognition Chair.
Term limits are:
- Chair: 1 year, renewable for a total of 3 consecutive years.
- Committee Members: 1 year, renewable for a total of 5 consecutive years.
A quorum consists of the chair and a minimum of 3 members.
Based on the recommendation of the Awards Committee, the PES Awards & Recognition Chair will provide approval of the award recipient.
Funding:
Funded by the IEEE PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award Fund through the IEEE Foundation.
IMPORTANT NOTES: Nomination forms must be written in English. One per year. If no suitable candidate is proposed in a given year, the award will not be presented for that year.
PES, being one of IEEE’s Organizational Units, follows IEEE Policy 4.4H:
- Eligibility and Process Limitations. Individuals serving on any board or committee involved at any stage of the recipient selection or approval process for an award shall be ineligible to receive, or act as a nominator or reference for that award. This conflict of interest limitation shall apply to all awards given by the IEEE or any of its organizational units
Past Award Recipients
2024 – Babak Enayati
2023 – Sudip K. Mazumder
2022 – Miroslav Begovic
2021 – Mukesh Nagpal
2020 – Benjamin Kroposki
2019 – Mohammad Shahidehpour
2018 – Nicholas W. Miller
2017 – Thomas S. Key
2016 – M. Hashem Nehrir
2015 – Ziyad M. Salameh
2014 – J. Charles Smith
2013 – Vladimiro Miranda
2012 – Ned Mohan