Suresh Chandra Srivastava of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Prof. Srivastava, Ph.D. from IIT Delhi India, worked at Engineers India Limited New Delhi, a consultancy organization, for 12 years before joining Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur in November 1988, where he became ‘Professor’ in December 1995. He also served as Head of Electrical Engineering Department, Dean R&D, and Deputy Director at IIT Kanpur. During 2008-2009, he was a ‘Visiting Research Professor’ at Mississippi State University, USA, and Visiting Faculty at AIT Bangkok during 1996-97. He held ‘P.K. Kelkar’ and ‘Ministry of Labor and Employment’ Chair Professor positions at IIT Kanpur. After superannuation, he is serving as Director, IIT Kanpur-La Trobe University Research Academy and Distinguished Visiting Professor at IIT Kanpur since January 2021.

His research interests include Power System Security, Synchrophasor Applications, Electricity Market, Microgrids and Smart Grid. He has supervised theses of 31 Ph D and 65 Masters students and published more than 300 research papers. He has been PI/co-PI to about 24 sponsored research and consultancy projects including India lead to an Indo US project ‘UI- ASSIST’ on Smart Grid and Storage. He has  served in the governing council and expert committee of several government organizations and utilities in India. He is Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Indian National Academy of Engineering, Institution of Engineers (India), Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), and Indian Academy of Mathematical Modelling and Simulation (IAMMS).