Current Assignments
Chairman, Karnataka State Innovation Council
Member State Planning Commission, Karnataka
Chairman, standing committee National Mission and technology in education Govt. of India
Advisor to the Office of the Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Advisor, Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission, Bangalore
Advisor, Power Research and Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (PRDC)
Chairman, National Mission on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Member, National Mission on e-Mobility
Member, National Mission on Power Electronics
Member, National Mission on Automation Systems Technologies
Member, Editorial Board of IST Journal
Hon. Member, Harvard Alumni Angel’s Club
Past Engagements
Vice Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India, [July 2007 – July 2010]
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, [1969 -2011]
Visiting Faculty, University of Calgary, Canada
Visiting Fellow, National University Singapore
Visiting Professor, EPFL, Lausanne Switzerland
Chaired or served on the Committees at
Ministry of Communication & Information Technology (MClT)
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Center for Development of Advance Computing
University Grants Commission
All India Council for Technical Education
Steel Authority of India Ltd.
Karnataka Power Corporation
Central Power Research Institute
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. Hyderbad
Karnataka Govt.
Other selection committees of Department of Defense, Department of Space and
Ministry of Communication & Information Technology
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, IIT Roorkee
Member, Board of C. R. Rao Institute for Statistics, Mathematics and Computer Science
Member, Army Technology Board
Member, Innovation Development Committee at MCIT, New Delhi
Member, National Committee on Power Electronics, NAMPET
Member, National Committee on Automation System Technology, ASTEC
Member, representing Karnataka at Creativity World Forum Meeting, Europe
Member, Karnataka State Awards Committee for 6 years
Member, Under Graduate Board, National Accreditation Board (NABET), New Delhi
Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Karnataka Power Transmission Company Ltd.
Chairman, Ethics Committee, Jain Hospitals
Professional Affiliations
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, lEE, UK
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India)
Chairman, IEEE Bangalore Section
Member of Executive Committee, IEEE Asia Pacific region for 20+ Years
Chairman/Member of International lEEE Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Awards Committee, New York
Chairman – IEEE India Council
Member – IEEE Education Activities Board, New York
Senior Associate, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS),
Founder Member, Indian Academy of Mathematical Simulation in Engineering and Science
Honorary Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
Member Editorial Board, ISTE
Awards
IEEE Millennium Award
Lifetime Achievement Award by the Systems Society
Outstanding Power Engineer Award by the IEEE Power Engineering Society
Visveswaraya Award by the Institution of Engineers
Outstanding Service Award by the IEEE Power Engineering Society
Gold Medal Award by Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Govt. of India
Certificate of Merit by Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Govt. of India
Outstanding Young Person award by Bangalore Garden Jaycees
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Bangalore University, 2 nd Rank [1966]
Master of Electrical Engineering in Power Systems, Indian Institute of Science, 1 st Rank [1968]
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science [1973]