?Power Systems have grown in size and capacity all over the world. Yet in many countries the Per Capita Electricity Consumption is below the satisfactory level. In some countries many communities do not have access to Electricity There is therefore a need for further expansion in Power Sector. Most of the present Power Generation is based on the burning of Fossil Fuels. Already Global Warming due to emissions from conventional Thermal Power Stations has become an important Issue and this will become critical? in the coming years due to the need for increased power generation to meet the demand. Further the depletion of these Fossil fuels, Coal, Oil and Gas has forced the attention of Energy planners towards the exploitation of Renewable Sources of Energy like Wind, Solar Bio Mass and Mini/Micro Hydels. Nuclear Power Generation due to Safety Concerns has not been encouraged in some countries.

? ?Presently the Unit Generating Capacity has reached 1000MW level and Power Transmission at 765KV AC and 800KV DC are adapted. Large Interconnected Systems have replaced the earlier Isolated Power Systems to provide more reliable, economical and quality power to the consumers. The load demand is continuously increasing and inspite of large additions to the generation, there are shortages both in Energy and Demand forcing Load Shedding by the operators which? has affected quality of power supply in many countries. This has led to the implementation of Energy Conservation Measures, Use of Energy Efficient? Equipment and adopting Distributed Generation to reduce Losses.

? ?Rural Electrification has become an important issue in most of the developing countries to ensure availability of Electricity to remote villages and communities as a social commitment? to see that every one enjoys the fruits of Technology Development and Modernisation. This? resulted in long Distribution Lines causing high Losses. To avoid extension of Grid to remote areas the concept of ¡°Integrated Autonomous Power Supplies¡± not associated with the existing Grid for Rural Electrification is gaining importance.

??? Power Sector Reforms have forced Restructuring of the Monolithic Power Utilities into independent entities for Generation, Transmission and Distribution. and private participation in these areas? is permitted. Electricity is considered as a commodity and can be sold through bidding. Consumer is permitted to buy power from any Generating Source. The Transmission System under Open Access environment is controlled by an Independent System Operator(ISO)and is made available to any party to use the NetWork for supply of Power to the consumer.

??? New Tools using High Frequency Power Switching devices are increasingly used in the Power system for rapid control of Power Flows ,Improve Power Quality and system automation and Protection.

??? Modern Power Systems are now able to ensure Reliable and Quality Power Supply to the Consumers at affordable unit costs.

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Dr.M.Ramamoorty 0btained his BE (Hons) from AndhraUniversity in 1957 and M E from I I Sc Bangalore in 1959. He obtained M A Sc and Ph.D from the University of TorontoCanada in 1965 and 1967 respectively. He was a Common Wealth Fellow at Toronto University from 1964 to 1967.On returning to India he joined I I T Kanpur as a Faculty Member in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering where he became a Professor in the year 1972.He established for the First time in India a Graduate Program in Power Electronics at I I T Kanpur.in the year 1968.He has supervised 12 Doctoral projects during his stay at IIT and was associated with many sponsored projects from Industries such as BHEL and HSL. In 1977 he joined M/S Hindustan Brown Boveri Ltd at Baroda (now M/S ABB Ltd) as Chief of Research.He was responsible for the development of a number of Prototypes in Switchgear, Relays and Instrumentation. He joined Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) as its First Director General in the year 1983. He retired from service in 1994.During his tenure CPRI became a well recognized Research and Testing Centre in India,

Dr.Ramamoorty took over as Director ERDA Vadodara in June 1995 and demitted his office as Director on 31st Oct.2006after completion of his contract period.

He worked as a Visiting Professor at a number of Universities abroad which include University of Sydney,University of British Columbia, University of Washington, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Waterloo and many others.

Dr.Ramamoorty authored Seven Books on Thristors, CAD of Machines, Reactive Power, Power System Protection, Electrical Machines, Hydro Power Generation and Applications of Power Electronics in Utilities and Industries. He edited one Book on Power Plant Instrumentation.

Dr.Ramamoorty has Two Patents on Field Oriented Control of Synchronous Motors and Sensorless Rotor Speed  measurement for Induction Motors.

He is a Life Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers.

He is the Distinguished Lecturer for Region 10 of  IEEE..

He is the recipient of a number of awards from professional bodies which include Vasvik Award, Bimal Bose Award, JawaharLal Birth Centenary Award, Visveswariah Memorial Award, Pandit Madan Mohan Malavya Award, National Design Award, I I Sc Alumnus Award, N P S C Award, Life Time Achievement Award of IEEMA, Hari Om Ashram Prerit Award and the National Power Engineers Award.

He has published more than 200 Technical papers in reputed Journals.

During his tenure at HBB,CPRI and ERDA he has guided 10 Ph.D Projects

Presently he is the Advisor R&D at EMCO Thane and a Visiting Honorary Professor at OsmaniaUniversity, Hyderabad.