Prof. Sathans received his B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D degrees from NIT Kurukshetra where he is currently working as Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering with overall teaching, research and administrative experience of more than 26 years. He has guided and is guiding quite a good number of Ph.Ds around the areas of hybrid energy systems, microgrid and its control, evolutionary algorithms and their applications in Hybrid Power System etc. He has published more than 80 research articles in international/national journals and conferences of repute. He has served as Dean (Students’ Welfare) for 3 years and is currently serving as the Dean (Academic) and Coordinator, Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme, Phase-III at NIT Kurukshetra. At the National level, he has served for three years as the Chairman of All India Board of Technician Education of AICTE, New Delhi and also as the President’s Nominee for faculty selections at NITs across the country. He ismember of the Academic Council of the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, and Member of the Senate of NIT Silchar. He is one of the designated experts on the AICTE Panel on NEP-2020. He is also serving on various high level committees/bodies/task forces as member/chairman at the national level. He has travelled to USA, Australia, France, UAE, Canada, and Japan for various academic interactions and has delivered talks in reputed international conferences.
Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta is currently serving as the Dean of Academic Affairs at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. She has been a full-time Professor in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (EEE), IIT Guwahati, since April 2012. After completing her Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, Dr. Mahanta joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), IIT Guwahati, in 2000. Since then, she has been an active researcher of control theory and its applications. She has published several papers in international journals and conference proceedings.
Prof. Sukumar Mishra is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He received his M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He has been a recipient of the INSA medal for young scientists, INAE young engineer award, INAE silver jubilee young engineer award, and recently won the Samanta Chandra Shekhar Award. His research expertise lies in power systems, power quality studies, renewable energy, and smart grid. He has over 150 journal papers, 05 book chapters, and 12 patents to his credit. Prof. Mishra is currently serving as an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and an Associate Editor of the IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution journal.