Jai Mahakali Shikshan Sanstha’s

Shri Shankarprasad Agnihotri College of Engineering, Ramnagar, Wardha

NAAC Accredited (Grade B+)

Approved by AICTE, New Delhi ,

DTE Mumbai, Recognised by Government of Maharashtra,
Affiliated to RTM, Nagpur University, Nagpur

ISTMESS-2K26

International Conference on
Viksit Bharat @2047: Integrating Swadeshi Technologies and Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurship for
Socioeconomic Sustainability (Hybrid Mode)

Key Note Speakers

Dr. Mohan Lal Kolhe

Professor (Smart Grid & Renewable Energy), Head of Energy Systems Group, Technical Manager of EU FP7 SEMIAH Project, Faculty of Engineering and Science University of Agder.

Professor (Dr) Mohan Lal Kolhe is with the University of Agder (Norway) as a full-time professor in electrical power engineering with a focus on smart grid and renewable energy in the Faculty of Engineering and Science. He has also received the offer of a full professorship in smart grid from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He has more than twenty-five years of academic experience at an international level on electrical andrenewable energy systems. He is a leading renewable energy technologist and has previously held academic positions at the world's prestigious universities, e.g., University College London (UK / Australia), University of Dundee (UK), University of Jyvaskyla (Finland), Hydrogen Research Institute, QC (Canada); etc. He was also a member of the Government of South Australia's Renewable Energy Board (2009- 2011) and worked on developing renewable energy policies. He was also leading the EU FP7 Smart Grid-ICT project 'Scalable Energy Management Infrastructure for Household' as Technical Manager (2014-2017). This project was in collaboration with 12 EU partners from 4 EU countries and was completed.

Dr. Mohan Lal Kolhe
His academic work ranges from the smart grid, grid integration of renewable energy systems, home energy management systems, integrated renewable energy systems for hydrogen production, techno-economics of energy systems, solar and wind energy engineering, development of business models for distributed generation etc. He also did extensive teaching in renewable and electrical energy systems engineering as well as in energy economics. He has been successful in winning competitive research funding from the prestigious research councils (e.g., Norwegian Research Council, EU, EPSRC, BBSRC, NRP, etc.) for his work on sustainable energy systems. He has published extensively inthe field of energy systems engineering. He has been invited by many international organizations to deliver expert lectures/courses, / key note addresses/workshops. He has also been a member of many academic promotional committees.