Prof. B H Khan, received B.Sc. Engineering degree from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Aligarh (first rank, 1976), M.E. from IISc Bangalore (1978) and Ph. D. from IIT Kanpur (1989). Since 1978, he is on the faculty of Electrical Engineering Department, AMU Aligarh, where he is currently working as professor.

Prof. Khan is the recipient of the President of India Medal of IE (India), 2002. He also received Railway Board’s First Prize in 1986–87. He is a senior member of IEEE (USA), Life Fellow of IE (India), life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and life member of System Society of India (SSI). He has over 27 years of experience of teaching/research at undergraduate and postgraduate level in electrical engineering area, both in India and abroad. He has worked on several sponsored research projects. His current areas of interest include Non-conventional and Renewable Energy Sources; Power Electronics; and Microprocessor Applications.

The author can be contacted at b_h_khan@yahoo.com