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D.P. KOTHARI, Ph.D., is presently Chairman, Board of Governers, THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology, Uttarakhand. Earlier he served as Vice-Chancellor of VIT University, Vellore and Director-General of VITS, Indore. He also served as Director-in-Charge, IIT Delhi (2005), Deputy Director (Administration), IIT Delhi (2003–2006), Principal, VNIT, Nagpur (1997–1998) and Head, Centre for energy Studies, IIT Delhi (1995–1997) and Director-Research, S.B. Jain Institute of Technology and Research, Nagpur (2016–2017)
Dr. Kothari fields of specialization include optimal hydro-thermal scheduling, unit commitment, maintenance scheduling, energy conservation, and power quality and energy systems planning and modelling. A recipient of several national award Dr. Kothari has contributed extensively to these areas, guided 48 Ph.D.s and 65 M.Tech.s, authored 42 books on Power Systems and allied areas, and published/presented 780 research papers in various national and international journals/conferences.
J. S. DHILLON, Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, where he also served as the head of the department (from 2002 to 2005). Earlier he served as Assistant Professor (1992–2002) Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda and Lecturer (1987–1992), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. Professor Dhillon has published/presented 91 research papers in various national and international journals/conferences. His research interests include microprocessor applications, multiobjective thermal dispatch, hydrothermal scheduling, neural networks, fuzzy set theory and soft computing applications in power systems.
