Bibhu Prasad Panigrahi, was born in 1968. He received the B.Sc.(Engineering) degree in Electrical Engineering from University College of Engineering, Burla, Sambalpur University (Orissa), India in the year 1989 and the M.Tech. (Power Electronics and Power Systems) degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India in the year 1997. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in the year 2007. He has worked as Assistant Engineer in Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited for two years from 1989 to 1991. After spending few months as Executive Trainee in Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, he switched over to academics and joined Electrical Engineering Department of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang, Dhenkanal, Orissa (India) as a Lecturer in April 1992. In April 1997, he became Senior Lecturer in the same department and in April 2002, he was promoted to Lecturer (Selection Grade)/Assistant Professor. In March 2009, he joined as Professor in the same Electrical Engineering Department of IGIT, Sarang. He has published twenty four research papers in various journals and conference proceedings. His research interest includes Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Power Systems.