Stanford University lists Vittla's Dr. Abdul Rahiman Beig among world's eminent scientists
Mangaluru: The global survey conducted by Stanford University listed Dr. Abdul Rahiman Beig, in the list of top 2% eminent scientists of the world. He is an alumni of Govt. Primary School, Bolanthimogru, Govt. higher primary school Vitttla, Vittla Junior College, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Suratkal and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), The survey is based on the quality of research works and is published in the PLOS Biology journal. ( https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918 )
Dr.Abdul R Beig ranked 1320 in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering category among the total 87611 scientists considered in the category. He is the only professor with Indian citizenship and a degree from India to achieve this distinction among the 30-faculty members listed from Khalifa University.
Dr. Abdul R Beig, who hails from Bolanthimogru, Vittla, is currently an associate professor at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (www.ku.ac.ae), Abu Dhabi, UAE. Before joining this university, worked as an assistant professor at the NITK Suratkal. From 1989 to 1992, he worked as an R&D engineer at Kirloskar Electric Company, Mysore. Dr. Abdul R Beig obtained Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal in the year 1989, Masters in Electrical Engineering from Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore in 1998, and Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in the year 2004.
Dr.Beig is specialized in power electronics and electric drives. His current research interests are Electric Vehicles, wireless charging, power electronic transformers, Modular Multilevel converters, and auto-tuning of grid-connected converters.
He has produced over 70 peer-reviewed high-quality IEEE journal publications, 80 IEEE international conference presentations, and 4 book chapters. Dr.Beig currently serves as an associate editor for the prestigious IEEE Industry Applications Transaction/IAS Magazine and on the technical committee of IEEE Industrial Electronics and IEEE Industrial Applications Society. He has completed 2 industry-funded projects.
Awards
Dr.Beig is the recipient of the Research Award in 2011 and Young Teacher Award in 2009, Khalifa by The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. His Ph.D. thesis won the First Prize in the National award by Indian National Academy of Engineers, New Delhi, INDIA in 2005.
His Master’s Thesis won the First Prize -L&T-ISTE National award in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, in 1998. His research paper on “Influence of Placement of Small Space Vectors on the Performance of PWM Techniques for Three-Level Inverters” won the student award and best presentation award at the IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference in 2003 at Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
At Kirloskar, he worked on an IGBT-based AC servo motor drive which won the best indigenous R&D product by IEEMA, New Delhi in the year 1993.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
