This book presents the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advancements in Power Electronics, Power and Energy Systems (ICAPEPES 2025), which took place from July 18th-19th in Hyderabad, India. The book contains the papers on recent trends in power electronics and power and energy systems applications such as artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in Power Systems, Cyber Security in Power Systems, IoT Infrastructure for Energy Management in Smart cities, Micro Grid and Smart Grid Technologies, Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Renewable Energy sources integration to Power Systems, Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems Integration, Power Converter Topologies, Components and Devices, and more. The proceedings serve as a resource for research scholars and students to formulate their research ideas and find the future directions in these areas.

Dr. Ravikumar Bhimasingu, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad), Kandi, India. He  received M.Sc. (Engg.) and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. His research interests include grid integration of renewable energy sources, AI techniques applications in power systems, power system protection, control of microgrids, virtual synchronous generators, model predictive control of power converters, and power electronics applications in power systems.He has authored more than 90 research papers in reputed International Journals and IEEE conferences.  He has authored 2 book chapters with reputed publishers such as Springer and IET. He served as a reviewer for IEEE, IET, Springer, Inderscience and Elsevier journals. He has been the General Chair, Session Chair, and Panelist in several conferences. He is a member of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE Industry Applications Society.

Prof. Khaleequr Rehman Niazi is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India. He received M.E. (Control Systems) from J.N.V. University, Jodhpur (1997). He received Ph.D.(Electrical Engineering) from University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan (2003). He has fairly good international exposure. He visited many countries such as China, Greece, USA, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, KSA, and Singapore on various assignments such as delegate for presenting paper, Chairing sessions in conferences, Signing MOUs & Training. He has been visiting professor of Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has over 250 papers in journals, conferences and book chapters to his credit. He has published a book and edited lecture notes series. He has also undertaken R&D and consultancy projects. He has so far supervised 19 Ph.Ds and many PG dissertations. He is presently Associate Editor of RPG IET UK, Senior Member IEEE, USA and life member ISTE, India. His research interests include conventional power and renewable energy systems, including power system stability, distribution network reconfiguration, smart grid.

Dr. Ramsha Karampuri Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. He received M.Tech. degree from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. His research interests include Multiphase Electrical drives, Power electronics Converters for Renewable Energy Systems and Internet of Things. He has authored more than 30 research papers in reputed International Journals and IEEE conferences. He has authored 1 book chapters with IGI Global publisher. He served as a reviewer for IEEE, IET, Springer, Inderscience and Elsevier journals. He has been the Session Chair in several conferences. He is a senior member of IEEE.