D. P. Kothari
Dwarkadas Prahladadas Kothari (born 7 October 1944) is an educationist and professor who has held leadership positions at engineering institutions in India including IIT Delhi, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and VIT University, Vellore. Currently, He is with Electrical Engineering Department as Hon. Adjunct Professor. As a recognition of his contributions to engineering education, he was honoured as an IEEE Fellow. Previously he was Vice-Chancellor at VIT University.. On his 75th Birthday (07.10.2019), he was given the title of "Electrical Professor" by all his research scholars, faculty and well-wishers and a personal website of him was launched titled www.electricalprofessor.com. The 75th birthday also marks his 50 years of professional experience. Early life D. P. Kothari was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. He completed his schooling at G. B. M. M. Higher Secondary School in Hinganghat, Maharashtra. He attended BITS, Pilani, from where he earned his Bachelor in Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering (Class of 1967). He studied for his master's degree in Power Systems at BITS, Pilani (Class of 1969) where he continued to pursue his Ph.D. (Class of 1975). Academic career D. P. Kothari has served as Advisor to the Chancellor at VIT University, Vellore, and prior to