Dr. Mano Ranjan Kumar is Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology, Raipur and presently working as Assistant Professor at School of Electronics Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneshwar, India. He had pursued M.E. and B.E. from Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi and Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg respectively. His research interest includes ultracapacitor modeling and characterizations, fractional-order system modeling & control and optimization techniques.