Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur was established in May 1950 and started its academic programme in August 1951. Besides being the oldest pace-setter of the IIT system of education in the country, it is the largest and the most diversified among the six IITs offering 22 undergraduate disciplines and 50 postgraduate disciplines. Established as one of the major departments of the Institute, since its inception in 1951, the Department of Electrical Engineering has been actively engaged in teaching and research in its field. With top-notch laboratories and excellent faculty, the Department of Electrical Egineering offers three undergraduate (B.Tech), four postgraduate (M.Tech) and research (Ph.D.) programmes in Electrical Engineering. The EE Department at IIT Kharagpur is one of the best of its kind in the world. In its domain of heavy-current Electrical Engineering, the faculty and the facilities of the department are enviable.