ABHIJIT CHAKRABARTI, PhD, is Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah (West Bengal). He is former Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur University, and Chairman of West Bengal State Council of Higher Education.
A Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), he has published/presented 123 research papers in international and national journals and conferences and authored/co-authored 10 books on Electrical Engineering. He has nearly 8 years of industrial experience and around 23 years of teaching and research experience.
Professor Chakrabarti is a recipient of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Award, and the power medal, merit and best paper awards (twice) from Central Electricity Authority, India. His areas of interest include power system and electric circuits.