is Professor, Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, IGNOU, New Delhi. He is the recipient of prestigious Bhaskara Solar Energy Fellowship from the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), India. This led him to his post doctoral fellowship from Smart Grid Energy Research Centre, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. Prof. Agrawal obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has 20 years of teaching and research experience with specialization in electrical engineering. He has published more than 75 papers in international journals and authored two books. He has also published a patent, titled ';Improved Hybrid Solar Collector'.
His industrial experience includes working with MNCs like Johnson Control (I) Pvt Ltd. He has worked on projects like ';improved hybrid solar cooker' and ';greenhouse dryer' funded by TEQIP through CSVTU, Bhilai. He has guided 8 PhD scholars so far and is a member of editorial board and panel of reviewers of reputed international journals.
He has also developed two massive open online courses (MOOCs) one on ';Principles of Electrical Science' and the other on ';Renewable Energy Technologies and Their Uses' which are available on SWAYAM.