Author's Bio

Prof. V. K. Jain obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1966 from MACT (Maulana Azad College of Technology), Bhopal. He completed his M.Tech in 1968 From MACT and BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals), Bhopal, in the Design and Production of Heavy Electrical Equipments. This industry-oriented course was run under the sponsorship of UNESCO at Vikram University, Ujjain, in 1968. He was assigned to the Electronics Application Engineering Department at BHEL.

He presented a thesis on “Analysis of the Performance of Speed and Excitation Regulation System Using Fast-Acting Integrator Type AVR for a Large Hydro- -generator (15 MW)”. This focused on studying power systems from the viewpoint of electronic control systems (based on Nyquist Criteria) through both analog and digital computers at one of India’s premier institutions, IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Kanpur. He personally prepared a digital computer program in FORTRAN IV as early as 1968 at IIT Kanpur and compiled it on the IBM 7044 Main Frame Computer, the fastest computer in India at that time.

He joined CPWD as an Electrical Engineer on May 20, 1968, based on an All India Competitive Examination for Central Electrical Engineering Services (now known as IES) through the Union Public Service Commission of India and served CPWD for 35 years.