IIT Bombay, set up by an Act of Parliament, was established in 1958, at Powai, a northern suburb of Mumbai. Today the Institute is recognised as one of the centres of academic excellence in the country. Over the years, there has been dynamic progress at IIT Bombay in all academic and research activities, and a parallel improvement in facilities and infrastructure, to keep it on par with the best institutions in the world. Institutes in positions of excellence grow with time. The ideas and ideals on which such institutes are built evolve and change with national aspirations, national perspectives, and trends world - wide. IIT Bombay, too, is one such institution.

Strength Areas:
   • Real time Digital Simulation.
   • Power Electronic Interfaces for Non Convensional Energy Sources.
   • EMI / EMC Issues.
   • Active Filters.
   • Permanent Magnet Machines and their Controllers.

The first Indian Institute of Technology was born in May 1950 in Hijli, Kharagpur, in the eastern part of India. On Sept. 15, 1956, the Parliament of India passed an act known as the Indian Institute of Technology(Kharagpur) Act declaring this Institute as an Institute of national importance. The Institute was also given the status of an autonomous University. From this modest start in 1950, IIT Kharagpur has been engaged in a steady process of development with about 18 academic departments, five centres of excellence. the vast tree-laden campus, spreading over 2100 acres has a self contained township of over 15,000 inhabitants. Currently institute has about 450 faculty, 2200 employees and 2700 students on the campus.

Strength Areas:
   • Machine Drives.
   • High Power Converter Topologies.
   • Energy Storage Systems.
   • Electric Vehicles.
   • FACTS decices.
   • VLSI design(Voltage regulator Module).

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur is one of the premier institutions established by the Government of India. The aim of the Institute is to provide meaningful education, to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leadership in technological innovation for the industrial growth of the country. The Institute began functioning in the borrowed building of Harcourt Butler Technological Institute in 1959 with 100 students and a small faculty. The Institute now has its own sprawling residential campus , about 1450 undergraduate and 850 postgraduate students, 300 faculty and more than 1500 supporting staff. IIT-Kanpur is located on the Grand Trunk Road, 15 km west of Kanpur City and measures close to 420 hectares. The combined record of its past and present faculty and students along with the alumni spread across the world is awe-inspiring. With the path-breaking innovations in both its curriculum and research, the Institute is rapidly gaining a legendary reputation.

Strength Areas:
   • Power Electronics Applications to Power Systems.
   • Power Quality.
   • FACTS Devices.
   • Distributed Generation.
   • Optical Sensors.

The Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, established as Civil Engineering College, Calcutta, way back in 1856 with the idea of introducing engineering education in the country, has a long and checkered past. The University was known as Calcutta Civil Engineering College from 1856, when there were only 10 students and a few instructive staff. From 1920 the name was changed to B.E. College Shibpur. Till 1992, it was a constituent college of the Calcutta University. In recognition of its service to the nation for all these years, the college was elevated to the status of a Deemed University in 1992 and the Honourable President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, formally inaugurated Bengal Engineering College (A Deemed University) on March 13, 1993. On 1st October, 2004, the deemed university was elevated to the status of a University with its present name.

Strength Areas:
   • Cyclic Converters and Matrix Converters.
   • Special Motor Design like BLDC, SR Motors.
   • Electromagnetics.
   • Special Machine design.
   • Machine Drives and Power Electronics.

Anna University was established on 4th September 1978 as a unitary type of University. Since December 2001,it has become a large, highly renowned affiliated University, having brought into its fold about 225 Self-financing Engineering Colleges, six Government Colleges and three Government-aided Engineering colleges located in various parts of Tamilnadu State. It offers higher education in Engineering, Technology and allied Sciences relevant to the current and projected needs of the society.Besides promoting research and disseminating knowledge gained therefrom, it fosters cooperation between the academic and industrial communities.

Strength Areas:
   • Switched Reluctance Motor(SRM) Drives.
   • Finite Element Analysis(FEA)
   • Power Quality in Power Systems.
   • Power Supply Design.
   • Power Quality.
   • Energy efficient and Intelligent Controllers for Electrical Drives.
   • Analysis, Design and Control of SRM Drives.
   • Thermal and Vibration Analysis using FEA.