Dr. Shelly Vadhera is currently working as Associate Professor in National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. She received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India; the M.Tech. degree in Power Systems; and the Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering both from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India. She has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and is presently engaged in research activities circumscribing the guidance to postgraduate and Ph.D. students for their dissertation and thesis work, organizing the conferences/workshops/short-term training programs/short-term courses under the wide spectrum of renewable energy and power system technologies. She is one of the authors of the book on ＂Power Systems and Protection,＂ Bharat Publications (2007) and ＂Reference Handbook on Power, Control & Communication Systems: Recent Headways＂ Elixir Publications. Her book chapter entitled ＂Voltage Stability Assessment Techniques for Modern Power Systems＂ (Chapter 6), pp. 128-176 in Book ＂Novel Advancements in Electrical Power Planning and Performance＂ IGI Global (2020), surfaces the issues concerning the voltage stability and also empowers with the solutions to mitigate the problems in the domain of power systems. She has more than 100 papers to her credit in reputed journals and international conferences. Presently she holds expert talks on Solar Energy Scenario in Indian context and had delivered lectures in NITs, renowned government colleges and reputed private universities. She is a reviewer of many IEEE conferences and international journals. Along with the academic activities, she had successfully handled the key administrative posts in various capacities whereby it gives her an opportunity to keep the young generation motivated for producing the academic work/projects that can benefit the society by upgrading their condition even though if the change is incremental and not breakthrough. Her current research area focuses on renewable energy technologies, power systems, high-voltage engineering and artificial intelligence.
Dr. B. S. Umre received the B.E. degree in Electronics and Power in 1983 and M.Tech. degree in 1986 from Nagpur University and his Ph.D. degree in 2009 from RSTM, Nagpur University. In Ph.D., he worked on ＂Establishing an expert system for ascertaining torsional stresses in a turbine generator set on account of the electrical disturbances in an interconnected power system.＂ He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. He has almost 35 years of teaching experience and guided many Ph.D. theses and has published various research articles in reputed journals and conferences. He has filed 7 patents and had also worked on 2 externally sponsored R&D projects. He had also published a book ＂Laboratory Manual For Electric Machines,＂ with I. K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi in 2017. He got PPSA award on the project ＂Diagnosis of Incipient Fault Development in Transformer by Condition,＂ by POSOCO and IIT Delhi, and Semifinalists award on the project ＂Design and Development of An Intelligent Fault Tracking System Optical Fiber Cable In Railway Tracks.＂ He was a member of Board of Studies, Electrical, Nagpur University, from 1995 to 2000 and from 2010 to 2015. Currently, he is a member of RRC Electrical, Gondwana University, Gadchiroli, and Board of Studies, Electrical, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE), Nagpur. He is a mentor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Engineering, Nagpur. His research interest mainly includes condition monitoring of electrical machines, torsional oscillations and power systems.
Dr. Akhtar Kalam received the B.Sc. degree (1966-1969) from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, India, in Applied Science and the B.Sc. Engineering degree (1969-1973) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, in Electrical Engineering. He received his master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Bath, Bath, UK, in Electrical Engineering. He has been Professor with Victoria University (VU), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, since 1985, and Former Deputy Dean with the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science. He is currently head of engineering and director of externalization with the College of Engineering and Science, VU. He is also the chair of the academic board and lecturer’s in the master’s by coursework program in the Engineering Institute of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia. Furthermore, he has the distinguished professorship position with the University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bhatinda, India; Crescent University Chennai, India; Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India and five Malaysian Universities. He has wide experience in educational institutions and industry across four continents. He provides consultancy for major electric utilities, manufacturers and other industry bodies in his field of expertise. He is the international editor for the journal of Electrical Engineering (Elektrika), Malaysia, and also works as a guest editor for special issues of journal of Electrical and Electronics, Engineers Australia and Journal of Renewable Energy Engineering and a reviewer of papers of various journals including Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineers Australia, IET, International Journal of Management and System, etc. He is the former convener of the API/ESAA Power Engineering residential school and had pioneered the Electrical and Electronic Engineering summer school in January 1996 and in 1997. His major areas of interests are power system analysis, communication, control, protection, renewable energy, smart grid, IEC61850 implementation and cogeneration systems. He is the editor-in-chief for the Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is also a fellow of EA, IET and AIE and a member of CIGRE APB5 study committee.
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