IEEE Power Electronics Magazine - June 2020 - 91

by Ahteshamul Haque

IEEE PELS Jamia
Millia Islamia
University Student
Branch Chapter
New Delhi
Organizes a
Technical Talk

n 9 December 2019, the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Jamia Millia Islamia
(JMI) University Student Branch Chapter
(SBC), New Delhi, India, organized a technical talk
in collaboration with the IEEE Education Society
Delhi, India, Chapter and the IEEE PELS/Industrial
Electronics Society/Power and Energy Society
(PES)/Industry Application Society (IAS) joint Delhi
Chapter. The talk, "Hybrid Renewable Energy Standalone Systems," was delivered by Prof. Ambrish
Chandra, Department of Electrical Engineering
(DEE), École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS),
Montréal (Figure 1). Dr. Ahteshamul Haque, PELS
JMI SBC counselor and a Senior Member of the
IEEE, welcomed Prof. Chandra and presented the
audience with his biography and accomplishments.
Prof. Chandra joined ÉTS in 1994 and is a coauthor of Power Quality: Problems and Mitigation
Techniques. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and many
other organizations, including the Canadian Academy of Engineering, U.K. Institute of Engineering and Technology, and Engineering Institute of
Canada, and he is registered as a Professional Engineer in Quebec, Canada. Prof. Chandra is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE PES and IAS and
a recipient of the IEEE Canada P. Ziogas Electric
Power Award in 2018.
Before commencing his talk, Prof. Chandra
thanked Dr. Haque for the invitation. His speech
highlighted the drawbacks of using diesel generators (DGs), including the high cost of electricity, air
and noise pollution, losses in fuel efficiency, and
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