Modern Power System Analysis With Matlab Applications

Dr R. Jegatheesan received B.E. (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Electrical Engineering from Madras University in the year 1963. Specialising in power system engineering, he obtained his M.Sc. (Engg.) degree from Madras University in the year 1969. He was awarded Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in the year 1975. He worked in Anna University, Chennai for more than three decades. He became Professor in 1985. During the period 1996–1999, he served as Registrar, Anna University. He worked as the Principal of Engineering colleges for 5 years. He was working as a Professor, in Malaysia for 5 years. Since January, 2010, Dr Jegatheesan has been working as a Professor in SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. His research interest includes analysis and optimisation problems on large scale power system, power system operation, power system state estimation and congestion management in deregulated power system. He has published 46 technical papers in international journals. Till now, six scholars have completed Ph.D. under his guidance. He has authored a book titled Anlaysis of Electric Circuits, published in the year 2015. Dr R. Jegatheesan has received ‘ITEX 2008 Gold Medal’. He is the recipient of World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) ‘Best Invention Award’. He has also received gold medal in ‘The Belgian and International Trade Fair’ for ‘Technological Innovation 2008’.

Dr K. Vijayakumar received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from Annamalai University and obtained his Ph.D. at SRM Institute of Science and Technology. At present, he is working as a Professor and the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of SRM Institute of Science and Technology. His research interests include power system modelling, power electronics converters for grid connected PV system, computational intelligence applications in power systems, FACTS and power quality. He has been awarded the ‘Best Teacher Award’ in the department for the academic years 2004–2005 and 2005–2006. He is a member of various professional bodies like IEEE, IET, FIE, ISTE and ISCA.