D.P.Kothari
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Dwarkadas Pralhaddas Kothari (born 7 October 1944)is an educationist and professor who has held leadership positions at premier engineering institutions in India like IIT Delhi, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
, Nagpur
and VIT University, Vellore
. He is popularly known as D.P.Kothari. Currently, he is the Director General of Vindhya Institute of Technology and Science, Indore.As a recognition of his contributions to engineering education, he was recently honored as an IEEE Fellow
.. Previously he was Vice Chancellor at VIT University.
, India. He completed his schooling at G.B.M.M Higher Secondary School in Hinganghat, Wardha district.
He attended BITS, Pilani, from where he earned his Bachelor in Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering (Class of 1967). He studied for his Masters degree in Power Sytems at BITS, Pilani (Class of 1969) where he continued to pursue PhD(Class of 1975).
government in 2001 and the Eminent Engineering Personality award from the Institution of Engineers (India) for the year 2001.
Life Fellow - Institution of Engineers (India)
Life Membership - Indian Society for Technical Education
Fellow - National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad
Fellow - Indian National Academy of Engineering
Senior Member - Computer society of India
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology , Nagpur, also referred to as NIT, Nagpur, is a premier engineering college in central India...
, Nagpur
Nagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
and VIT University, Vellore
Vellore
Vellore It is considered one of the oldest cities in South India and lies on the banks of the Palar river on the site of Vellore Fort. The city lies between Chennai and Bangalore and the Temple towns of Thiruvannamalai and Tirupati...
. He is popularly known as D.P.Kothari. Currently, he is the Director General of Vindhya Institute of Technology and Science, Indore.As a recognition of his contributions to engineering education, he was recently honored as an IEEE Fellow
IEEE Fellow
An IEEE member is elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow for "unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest"...
.. Previously he was Vice Chancellor at VIT University.
Early life and Education
D.P.Kothari was born in Bikaner, RajasthanRajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, India. He completed his schooling at G.B.M.M Higher Secondary School in Hinganghat, Wardha district.
He attended BITS, Pilani, from where he earned his Bachelor in Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering (Class of 1967). He studied for his Masters degree in Power Sytems at BITS, Pilani (Class of 1969) where he continued to pursue PhD(Class of 1975).
Academic career
D.P.Kothari has served as Advisor to the Chancellor at VIT University, Vellore and prior to that he has was Head, Centre for Energy Studies at IIT Delhi (1995–97) and Principal, Visvesvaraya Regional Engineering College, Nagpur (1997–98). He has also been Director i/c, IIT Delhi (2005) and Deputy Director (Administration), IIT Delhi (2003–06). D.P.Kothari is most popularly known for his contributions to the advancement of engineering education in India. He has published/presented over 700 papers in national and international journals/conferences. He has authored/co-authored 25 books including Power System Optimization, Modern Power System Analysis, Electric Machines, Power System Transients, Theory and Problems of Electric Machines, Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging Technologies, and Power System Engineering. His research interests include Optimal Hydro-thermal Scheduling, Unit Commitment, Maintenance Scheduling, Energy Conservation (loss minimization and voltage control), and Power Quality and Energy Systems Planning and Modelling.Awards and Honors
The World Management Congress, New Delhi, gave D.P.Kothari the Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘Educational Planning and Administration' in December 2009. The University Grants Commission presented him the UGC National Swami Pranavananda Saraswati Award for 2005 on Education for his scholarly contributions.He is the recipient of the National Khosla Lifetime Achievement Award 2005 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, National Award for Science and Technology from the Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
government in 2001 and the Eminent Engineering Personality award from the Institution of Engineers (India) for the year 2001.
Fellowships
Fellow - IEEELife Fellow - Institution of Engineers (India)
Life Membership - Indian Society for Technical Education
Fellow - National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad
Fellow - Indian National Academy of Engineering
Senior Member - Computer society of India
Personal life
D.P.Kothari is married to Shobha Kothari. He has two daughters, Seema Mundhada and Shikha Bhangadia. Seema is based in New Hampshire, USA and has three children, Aditi, Anushree and Anirudh. Shikha is based in Mumbai, India.Books and Research Papers
- D.P. Kothari and I.J. Nagrath, "Modern Power System Analysis," Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1980(7 reprints), Second Edition, 1989(25 reprints), Third Edition, 2003(16th reprint 2009); International Edition, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 2004, McGraw-HillMcGraw-HillThe McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
, NewYork, 2006, Second Edition, 2007, Third Edition, 2008, Fourth Edition, 2011. - S.S. Murthy, B.P. Singh, D.P. Kothari and C.S. Jha (Eds)"Electromechanics Laboratory Manual," Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1982.
- D.P. Kothari and I.J. Nagrath, "Electric Machines," Approved by the UGC and published by Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi with NBT subsidy, First Edition, 1985, (16 Reprints): Second Edition, 1997, (16 Reprints); Third Edition, 2004 (13th reprint 2009).
- A.K. Mahalanabis, D.P. Kothari and S.I. Ashon, "Computer Aided Power System Analysis and Control," Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1988, (First Reprint, 1991).
- J. Nanda and D.P. Kothari (Eds.),"Recent Trends in Electric Energy Systems," Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1988.
- C.M. Bhatia and D.P. Kothari (Eds.), "Power Electronics Laboratory Manual," Galgotia Book source, New Delhi, 1988.
- D.P. Kothari and I.J. Nagrath, "Theory and Problems of Electric Machines TMH Outline Series". Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1991. (Six Reprints) 2nd Edition, 2001(Fifth Reprint, 2003), International Edition, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 2001, Sigma Series, 2006(4th reprint 2009).
- D.P. Kothari and I.J. Nagrath and, "Power Systems Engineering," Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1994. (20 Reprints);2nd edition,2007 (5th Reprint 2009).
- A.Chakrabarti, D.P. Kothari and A.K. Mukhopadhyay, "Performance, Operation and Control of EHV Transmission Systems," Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi, 1995
- C.S. Indulkar and D.P. Kothari, "Power System Transients: A Statistical Approach," Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1996. (Fourth Reprint 2003)
- D.P.Kothari and I.J.Nagrath, "Theory and Problems of Basic Electrical Engineering," Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1998.(11th Reprint 2009)
- D.P. Kothari and D.K. Sharma (Eds.), “Energy Engineering : Theory and Practice”, S. Chand and Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2000
- D.P Kothari and I.J. Nagrath, “Basic Electrical Engineering”, TMH, New Delhi, 2nd Edn, 2002 (Twentieth Reprint 2009), 3rd Edn. in Press .
- D.P. Kothari and J. S. Dhillon, “Power System Optimization”, Prentice-Hall of India, 2004.(2nd Edition in Press).
- D.P. Kothari and Anshu Saxena, “Understanding Hypermedia: From Multimedia to Virtual Reality”, Prentice-Hall of India, 2004.
- D.P.Kothari, Rakesh Ranjan and K.C.Singhal, “Renewable Energy Sources and Technology”, Prentice-Hall of India, 2007.
- Akhtar Kalam & D.P.Kothari , “Power System Protection and Communication “, New Age International (P) Limited, Publishers, New Delhi (in Press).
- D.P. Kothari and P.M.V. Subba Rao, “Power Generation” in “Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering” ed. by Grote, Antonsson, 2009.
- Pushpendra Singh, D.P.Kothari and Mool Singh, “Integration / Analysis of Green Energy and Conventional Electricity Generation and Distribution Interconnection through Smart Grid” communicated for publication in IEEE transactions on Smart Grid. Abstract already has been accepted.
- D.P.Kothari and Ujala Shanker, “Renewable Energy Technologies for Cooking: Transforming Rural Lives” accepted for publication in IEEE Technology and Society. In Press (expected- Summer, 2012)