Prof.(Dr.) Rakhi Sharma is Professor in the discipline of Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering & Technology (SOET), Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. She has held the position of Director, School of Engineering & Technology (SOET), IGNOU. She holds doctoral degree, Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India and post graduation, Master of Technology (M.Tech.) with Distinction from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, M.P. She obtained her Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electrical Engineering from Government Engineering College Jabalpur, M.P. Her areas of research interest are Solar Energy technology and applications, Solar Photovoltaic(PV) Systems, Energy conversion & Efficiency, Grid integration of PV systems, Renewable Energy and Hybrid PV systems, Life Cycle Assessment of Energy System and Environmental issues, Electrical Power Generation and Distribution, Network analysis, Vocational and Distance Education.
Prof. Rakhi Sharma is the recipient of prestigious All India University Gold Medal award for ‘Innovations in Distance Education’-2010. She has been conferred with the All India University Gold Medal for the ‘Best Research Paper Award’-2014 at IGNOU, New Delhi. Apart from this she also has many attainments in sport, won medals in state/university level tournaments and represented M.P. State at National Level Table Tennis tournaments. She won Youth Merit Award and selected for the National Scholarship Scheme for meritorious candidates from Madhya Pradesh.
She has 24 years of teaching and research experience. She has contributed extensively in designing, development and implementation of several technical academic courses at Certificate /UG /PG level in the area of electrical power and energy as Course/Programme coordinator. She has been associated with many collaborative projects. Under the Industry-education collaborative projects of IGNOU and Ministry of Power, she took initiatives as Project coordinator andplanned, designed and successfully launched two innovative competency based skill development and capacity building training programmes ‘Certificate of Competency in Power Distribution’ for electrical technicians and unique training programme ‘Advanced Certificate in Power Distribution Management for engineers and professionals engaged in power sector. Under the industrial-education work linkage programme in association with International Solar Alliance, she has worked for the development of solar application programme on water pumping. She has been associated with curriculum development of coursesat the UG/PG/Certificate/Ph.D. level , editedchapters/blocks and developed Self Instructional Material of many technical courses. She specializes in use of multi-media and e-learning resources in teaching learning and coordinated/conducted more than 100 Videos / Teleconferencing / EDUSAT programmes from EMPC Studios, IGNOU, delivered several educational programmes through Gyan Darshan (Television), Swayam Prabha DTH channel and interactive radio counseling through Gyan Vani (FM radio). She has developed skill based MOOC (Massive Open and Online Course) titled ‘Electricity and Safety Measures’ that is hosted on the SWAYAM platform of the Ministry of Education.
She has over 30 research publications in international journals of repute and international/national conferences. She is reviewer of reputed international journals and also delivered invited talks in reputed organizations. She has been an Executive member of DKDF, Board of technical education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2015-18), Member, UG Board of Studies, J.C. Bose University of Science and technology, YMCA, Faridabad (2019-20), expert committee member in other institution/organizations. She is lifemember ofISTE, ICGR, Energy Forum IIT Delhi & other professional bodies.
She actively contributed/contributesin corporate life of IGNOU as a Member in various Statutory Bodies of IGNOU such as School Board, Academic Council, and Students Support Services, & member of Doctoral committee, Investment Sub Committee, Equivalence Committee, ICASH Committee, Examination Committee, Print Committee, Sports & Cultural Committee, Convocation Committee, as well as chaired several committees within the University.
