Dr. Trapti Jain received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Government
Engineering College Ujjain in 1997. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering
from IIT Kanpur in 2008. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical
Engineering at IIT Indore. She has headed the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT
Indore from August 2016 to August 2019.
Before joining IIT Indore in June 2012, she has served as an Assistant Professor in School of
Computing and Electrical Engineering at IIT Mandi from December 2010 to 8 th June 2012.
She has also served in Electrical Engineering Department at Madhav Institute of technology
and Science (MITS), Gwalior from May 1999 to November 2010.
She is a Senior member of IEEE (USA), member of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), Fellow
of the Institution of Engineers (India), and Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). She has been the recipient of the IETE Technomedia
Award 2018 for Young Women in Engineering. She has also served as an Independent
Director at MPPKVVCL (Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Co. Ltd.) from May
2015 to May 2021. She is an Independent Director at Indore Smart City Development
Limited Indore from December 2021.
Her research interests include synchrophasor applications in power systems, data analytics
in smart grid, grid integration of renewable energy systems, artificial intelligence
applications to power systems, and power quality.