Arkdev obtained his B. Tech. in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, M. Tech in Power and Control System and PhD (Electrical Engineering) in 2013, 2017 and 2021 respectively. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Parul Institute of Engineering & Technology, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. His-research interests are controller designs, sliding mode, higher order sliding mode control and its applications to power system stability, microgrid systems, renewable energies, event triggered control among many others. He has authored and co-authored various scientific articles in the field of sliding mode load frequency control.