Kaushik Rajashekara wins global prize
KAUSHIK Rajashekara, an Indian-origin professor of engineering at the University of Houston, has won the prestigious Global Energy Prize for outstanding contributions to transportation electrification and energy efficiency technologies while reducing power generation emissions.
Only three people in the world were selected this year for the honour, bestowed by the Global Energy Association, out of a record 119 nominations from 43 countries.
Rajashekara is engaged in power plants for electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles; electric and hybrid electric aircraft systems; hybrid flying vehicles and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. He is the owner of 36 US patents and 15 foreign patents.
‘Professor Rajashekara does not see limits, only possibilities.
Electric vehicles are changing the way the world moves, and they have played a vital role in the exploration and improvement of this innovation,' said Renu Khator, the Indian-origin president of the University of Houston.
The awarding ceremony will be held during Russian Energy Week in Moscow on 12-14 October.