Dr. Mohammad Shahidehpour is a University Distinguished Professor, Bodine Chair Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Director of the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He has been the Principal Investigator of $60M research grants & contracts on power system operation & control. His project on Perfect Power Systems has converted the entire IIT Campus to an islandable microgrid. His CSMART (Center for Smart Grid Applications, Research & Technology) at IIT has promoted the smart grid cybersecurity research for managing the resilience of wireless networked communication & control systems in smart cities. His SPIKE initiative facilitated the design & implementation of affordable microgrids in impoverished nations. He was the recipient of several technical awards including of the IEEE Burke Hayes Award for his research on hydrokinetics, IEEE/PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award, IEEE/PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award, IEEE/PES Douglas M. Staszesky Distribution Automation Award, & the Edison Electric Institute’s Power Engineering Educator Award. He has co-authored 6 books and 750 technical papers on electric power system operation and planning, and served as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. Dr. Shahidehpour is a Fellow of IEEE, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), & the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), & an elected member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He is listed as a highly cited researcher on the Web of Science (ranked in the top 1% by citations demonstrating significant influence among his peers). He is the recipient of the 2009 honorary doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.

Dr. Pramod Agrawal is a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at IIT Roorkee. He has acquired his B. Tech, M. Tech and doctoral degrees from IIT Roorkee (Formally University of Roorkee). He has completed his post-Doctoral from Ecole de technologie superieure, Department de genie electrique, Universite du Quebec, Montreal, Canada. His research areas are Microprocessors and Embedded Systems, Microcomputer Controlled AC/DC Drives, Active Filters, High Power Factor Converters, Multi Level Converters, UPQC, STATCOM, DC-DC Converters, and SMART Grid.

He has received many awards and medals including star performer, Outstanding Teacher, Thomson Prize, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Memorial Prize, and The Railway Board prize. He has 200+ publications in various reputed journals and 250+ conference publications. He has coordinated 30+ training programs. He has handled many consultancy projects for CBRI, MP DISCOMS & TRANSCO MPEB. Ha has handled various projects of DST, CPRI, and DRIL worth 10+ Crores Rupees. He has developed many educational units based on microcontrollers. He has developed many software packages based on DBMS and CLIPPER for IIT Roorkee. He has guided 130+ PG dissertations and 40+ doctoral thesis.

Ramesh Suryavanshi received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from NIT Surat, India. He has 30 Years of International/ National experience in FEED, Detail Engineering, Power Systems Studies, Insulation Coordination Studies, Electrical Design Engineering/construction & Supervision, Design Review, HVDC, HVDC B2B, HVDC Grid Inter Country Connection and VSC, HVDC Substation, Valve Hall, Converter Transformers, DC Subsea Cable, Tender Evaluation, Tender Preparations, OEM meetings, Interface Meetings, Risk Analysis, Schedule Preparation and Assessment of HVDC impact on Grids. He runs his own Design Consulting firm and provided consultancies to prestigious consultants like MOTT, WOOD, SNC LAVALIN, and ATKIS. He has completed more than $ 20 Billion USD projects. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a CIGRE Member.