This lecture series was instituted by Dr. Shashi M. Kuppa in honor of her father, Prof. M. Ramamoorty, a distinguished electrical engineer, this lecture series was instituted in the Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur.
He received his BE from Andhra University (1957), ME from IISc Bangalore (1959), and MS and PhD from the University of Toronto (1965, 1967). After returning to India, he joined IIT Kanpur and established the country's first Graduate Program in Power Electronics in 1968, supervising 12 doctoral students and leading several industry projects.
He later served as Chief of Research at Hindustan Brown Boveri (now ABB Ltd), and in 1983 became the first Director General of the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), helping it grow into a major research and testing center. After retiring in 1994, he served as Director of ERDA Vadodara until 2006 and was a visiting professor at several international universities.
Prof. Ramamoorty authored seven books, edited one, and holds two patents in electrical engineering. A Life Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers, he has received numerous prestigious awards for his contributions to power engineering and research.