| Present
Position |
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Professor
and Coordinator Distance Education Program, KReSIT, IIT Bombay. |
| Recent
Positions |
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Formerly
Director, V.N.I.T. Nagpur |
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Formerly
Principal V.R.C.E Nagpur |
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Director,
Distance Education Coucil, IGNOU, New Delhi. |
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Advisor-I,
AICTE from October, 1994. |
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Member
Secretary, National Board of Accredition, August, 1995-1997 on
deputation. |
| Tenure
Position |
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Professor
of Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Regional College of
Engineering, Nagpur. (Now V.N.I.T)
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Specialisation
: System Control & Protection.
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Permanent
Tenure Since 1983. |
| Academic
Qualifications |
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BE
(Electrical), Nagpur University 1964, First Class with distiction,
fifth in merit order. |
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MTech
(Control System and Instrumentation), 1967 IIT Delhi, First Class
with distinction, first in merit. |
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Doctor
of Philosophy (Ph.D), 1974 Nagpur University. |
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Major Area |
Power
system protection & control |
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Thesis
Topic |
Applications
of Sequential Circuits for Polyphase Distance Relay. |
| Scholarships
& Awards |
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King
Edward Memorial Scholarship, U.G. (1962 - 64) |
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National
Scholarship for study abroad, Govt. of India, (1975-77) |
| Post
Doctor Teaching & Research |
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University
of Akron, Ohio, USA. (1975 - 76) |
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University
of Florida, Gainesville, USA. (1976 - 77) |
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Major
work done in the area of Power system control under normal &
emergency conditions and the establisment of a theoretical basis
for system protection using sequence relays. |
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| Publications |
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More
than 25 publications in British, North American & Indian Journals,
Periodicals & Conferences |
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Career
Highlights
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| Major
initiatives |
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In
Accrediation of Engg. programmes. Organised 125 programmes involving
experts for all major national level institutions such as IIT,
IISc, R&D Laboratories |
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| Professional
Honors |
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Fellow
of the Institution of Engineers |
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Honorary
Secretary (1984 - 86) and Chairman (1988 - 90), Nagpur Local Center
of the Institution of Engineers. |
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Life
member, Indian Society of Technical Education, New Delhi. |
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Member,
Energy Conservation Society, Trivandrum. |
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Fellow
of IETE, Chairman Nagpur Center |
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Interests
& Goals
|
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| Having
established a firm foundation in teaching and research aspects
of electrical power/energy systems, the current interests are
now veering towards more generic problems and issues i.e. application
of already developed personal expertise for social benefits and
technological enhancements in the following areas |
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A
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Spread
of quality Engineering Education by Distance / IT Mediated Techniques |
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B
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Development
of effective and simplified criteria for quality assessment of
educational and training programmes and learning materials especially
in higher/vocational education. |
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C
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Specialised
training material preparation for mission oriented; programmes
for specific target groups, having direct relevance to the augmentation
of national resources e.g. local language training programmes
for electricity utility workers at the grass root level to enhance
their effectiveness in the operation, maintenance and energy conservation
of electrical equipments. |
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D
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Non-profit
third party testing and quality assurance certification of domestic,
argricutlural electrical equipments, appliance with emphasis on
safety, reliability and global competitiveness and energy consideration
and for consumer protection. |
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E
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Establishment
of infrastructural facility for the design of built-in protective
and monitoring systems for electrical apparatus and machinery
to esnsure loss prevention, Quality assurance and operational
safety and efficiency aspects. |
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Projects
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| Projects Undertaken |
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Enhancing competency of IT Teachers and Industry Professionals.
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Project Proposal download |
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Project Report download |
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Movie describing the project download |
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