Hall of fame - Eminent Teacher Prof. M. L Kothari

 Prof M.L.Kothari 

IIT,Delhi

Prof M.L.Kothari  was born  on 13^th Dec 1941 in District Udaipur Rajasthan. He obtained B.E. (Electrical) from  the M.B.M. Engineering College, University of Jodhpur in 1964, M.E (Power Systems) in 1970 from University of Rajasthan Jaipur ( on part-time basis while serving as Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at M.R. Engineering College Jaipur, now MNIT Jaipur) and Ph D in 1981 from I.I.T. Delhi( On Study leave from G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar).

Prof  Kothari served M.B.M. Engineering College Jodhpur as Lecturer in Electrical Engineering (1964-65), M.R.Engg College Jaipur (1965-72) as  Lecturer in Electrical Engineering and G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology  Pantnagar (1972-86)as Associate Professor before joining I.I.T. Delhi on 6^th June 1986.. Dr Kothari served as POWERGRID Chair Professor of Power Systems from 8^th Oct 1999 to 7^th October 2004 (Five Years) at I.I.T. Delhi . Prof  Kothari has served I.I.T Delhi  as Emeritus Fellow since 8^th October 04 to 12^th Dec 2011 after superannuating from the same Institute. At present Prof Kothari is serving I.I.T. Delhi as Visiting Faculty and ITM University Gurgaon as Faculty Mentor.

Prof Kothari was commissioned in NCC in 1966 and served as Part-time NCC officer at M.R.Engg College Jaipur and G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology  Pantnagar up to 1977. The last Rank held was Acptain.

Prof  Kothari’s  research activities are in the areas of Power system stability and control , Power System Protection , Flexible AC Transmission Systems, Power system analysis, operation and optimization , and  application of Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Systems to Power systems. Prof  Kothari has supervised 7 Ph D Thesis, 105 M.Tech Projects and several B.Tech Projects. He has published 140 research papers in Journals and Proceedings of International and National Conferences of Repute. He has also successfully completed several Research and Consultancy Projects. He has been serving as consultant to several Private and Public sector Industries. He   has also served on various committees of AICTE and National Board of Accreditation. He has developed UG and PG curriculums and  several Laboratories.

Prof Kothari received awards from Institution of Engineers India and System Society of India for his research contribution.

Prof Kothari coordinated  the prestigious Eighth National Power Systems Conference in Dec 1994 at I.I.T.Delhi.  He has organized and coordinated several CEP courses and C.D. cell Workshops.

He has visited USA, Japan, Hong Kong , Finland, Switzerland, Singapore, Sweden and  UAE for presenting Research papers and for Academic interactions. He has also served as Visiting Professor at Helsinki University of Technology , Finland  from 15^th August 2006 to 14^th October 2006.

Professor Kothari has developed Video Courses on  “Power System Dynamics” and “Power System Protection” of 40 hours duration each. These courses have been telecasted on EKLAVYA Technology Channel on regular basis. The Video Courses on  “Power System Dynamics” is available on You Tube and has been used by several students, Researchers and Faculty across the World.

Prof Kothari has been member of the Technical Review Committee of the following Course books:

1.      A course book on Smart Grid by Tata Power- DDL prepared under USAID  Funded Program( 2014)

2.      Course Content for Smart Grid by CESC Kolkata under USAID  Funded Program( 2014)

3.      A course book on Distribution Equipment – Metering by Tata Power- DDL prepared under USAID  Funded Program( 2014)

4.      A course book on Distribution Equipment – Distribution Transformer by Tata Power- DDL prepared under USAID  Funded Program( 2014)

 

Prof Kothari is Life Member of ISTE and Systems Society of India. He is Senior Member IEEE and Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering.