Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
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Speaker Name
Dr. D. P. Kothari
Affiliation
S. B. Jain Institute of Technology
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Abstract
This talk briefly discusses some important energy problems facing third world countries and presents the current electric generation scenario in most of the developing countries with facts and figures in respect to India. It is hoped that, with systematic, advance planning, through measures like co-generation, energy management, and energy conservation, the electric energy supply scenario of AD 2020 will be free of the perennial problems of power shortages, voltage fluctuations etc. The presenter shares some of his personal experience to overcome the problem of power shortage and how renewable energy sources play a key role in achieving “Energy for all”.
Biography
Dr. D. P. Kothari obtained his BE (Electrical) in 1967, ME(Power Systems) in 1969 and Ph.D. in 1975 from BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan. 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 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and as Principal, VRCE, Nagpur. He was visiting professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, during 1982-83 and 1989, for two years. He was also an NSF Fellow at Perdue University, USA in 1992 and taught at Melbourne University Australia for one semester in 1989. Dr. Kothari is distinguished Emeritus professor and adjunct professor at several institutes such as Charusat 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 board of governors of THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology, Tehri and Visiting Professor at Wainganga college of engineering Nagpur. 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 81 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. Recently he received the Excellent Academic Award at IIT Guwahati by NPSC-2014.
This talk is part of the EESG seminar series Changing Electric Energy Systems: Challenges and Opportunities.