About the Author
Dr. D P Kothari, FIEEE, is currently the Chairman BOG, THDC, Uttarakhand and Honorary Adjunct Professor, VNIT, Nagpur. He has held the positions of Director, IIT Delhi; Principal, VNIT Nagpur; and Vice chancellor, VIT Vellore. Dr Kothari has co-authored/authored more than 63 Engineering books and guided more than 54 PhD scholars. He has co-authored/authored more than 852 research papers. He has received 73 national and international awards. He has also delivered 42 NPTEL video lectures with more than 1 lakh hits! He has received several living legends and lifetime achievement awards. He has been the visiting professor in several international universities such as RMIT, Melbourne, Australia; University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; Purdue University, USA; and Imperial College, London. Dr Kothari has 50 years of teaching, research, and administrative experience. He is specialised in the fields of Optimal Hydrothermal Scheduling, Unit Commitment, Maintenance Scheduling, Energy Conservation (loss minimisation and voltage control), Power Quality and Energy System Planning and Modelling. I J Nagrath (Late) was Adjunct Professor, BITS Pilani, from where he retired in July 1999 as Deputy Director and Professor of Electrical Engineering. He co-authored several successful books which include Electric Machines, Modern Power System Analysis and Systems: Modelling and Analysis.
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