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D P Kothari

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Dr. D.P. Kothari obtained his B.E. in Electrical Engineering in 1967, M.E. with specialization in Power Systems in 1969 and Ph.D. in 1975 from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Rajasthan) India. From 1969 to 1977, he was involved in teaching and development of several courses at BITS Pilani. Earlier, Dr. Kothari served as Vice-Chancellor, VIT, Vellore; Director in-charge and Deputy Director (Administration) as well as Head in the Centre of Energy Studies at IIT, Delhi; and as Principal, VRCE, Nagpur, India. He was visiting professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, during 1982–83 and 1989, for two years. He was also NSF Fellow at Perdue University, USA, in 1992. He also taught at Melbourne University Australia for one semester in 1989. Dr. Kothari, who is a recipient of the most Active Researcher Award, has published and presented 830 research papers in various national as well as international journals, conferences, guided 56 Ph.D. scholars and 68 M.Tech. students, and has authored 68 books in various allied areas. He has delivered several keynote addresses, more than 100 Webinars and invited lectures at both national and international conferences. He has also delivered 42 video lectures on YouTube with a maximum of 100,000 hits!
Dr. Kothari is a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), Fellow of Indian National Academy of Science (FNASc), Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE), Fellow IEEE, Hon. Fellow ISTE and Fellow IETE. Having received 77 awards till now, his many awards include the National Khosla Award for Lifetime Achievements in Engineering (2005) from IIT, Roorkee. The University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, has bestowed the UGC National Swami Pranavandana Saraswati Award (2005) in the field of education for his outstanding scholarly contributions. He is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (2009) conferred by the World Management Congress, New Delhi, for his contribution to the areas of educational planning and administration. He received Excellent Academic Award at IIT Guwahati by NPSC-2014.
He has received six Life Time Achievement awards by various agencies on 19th February, 4th March, 11th March, 18th March, 20th March and 25th March 2016, respectively. On 20th April 2016, he received ‘Living Legend’ Award in Chennai Conference. Recently, he received ‘Malviya Award for Excellence in Power System’ conferred by IIT (BHU) during the NPSC at IIT Gandhinagar on December 17, 2020. Dr. Kothari is also distinguished Emeritus Professor and adjunct professor at several institutes such as Charutar University Gujrat and Wainganga College of Engineering, Nagpur. Currently, Dr. Kothari is with S.B. Jain Institute of Management, Research and Technology, Nagpur, serving as Director Research and Professor. He is also Chairman of Board of Governors of THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology, Tehri, India.

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