18/08/2026
The Faculty of Climate Change and Sustainability (FCCS) is thrilled to welcome Prof. Suresh Chandra Srivastava as our new Adjunct Faculty Member in the Sustainable Energy Transition (SET) program!🌏🔋
After received B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Institute of Technology, BHU Varanasi and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi India. Professor Srivastava, worked at Engineers India Limited New Delhi during 1976-1988 in its Project Engineering and Engineering Technology Development divisions. Since November 1988, he had been with the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur. After superannuation, he served as Director, IIT Kanpur-La Trobe University Research Academy and Distinguished Visiting Professor at IIT Kanpur from January 2021 till November 2023. 📊
💡A Distinguished Career in Academic Leadership & Industry also includes his service as Head of Electrical Engineering Department, Dean R&D, and Deputy Director at IIT Kanpur. During 2008-2009, he was a ‘Visiting Research Professor’ at Mississippi State University, USA. He held ‘P.K. Kelkar’ and ‘Ministry of Labor and Employment’ Chair Professor positions at IIT Kanpur.
📈His research interests include Power System Security, Synchrophasor Applications, AC/DC Microgrid, Electricity Market, and Smart Grid. He has served in the governing council and expert committee of several government organizations, academic institutes, and utilities in India. Moreover, he is Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Institution of Engineers (India), Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers IETE), and Indian Academy of Mathematical Modeling and Simulation (IAMMS).
We are excited to welcome him to our academic community, our students and faculty alike are deeply looking forward to the wealth of knowledge and expertise he brings to the classroom.🌟
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To read more about SET program: https://ait.ac.th/program/sustainable-energy-transition/
