Rachid El-Bachtiri was born in Midelt, Morocco. He received the Electrical engineering diploma from the École Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, Rabat, Morocco and the Doctorate on applied sciences from the Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He is a professor at the École Supérieure de Technologie, Fès, Morocco. Responsible for a group of scientific researchers “équipe de recherche en électrotechnique, électronique de puissance et énergies renouvelables” His research interests are motor drives, power electronic converters, automatic control systems and renewable energy.