Dr Praghnesh Bhatt is presently working as Dean-Academic Affairs at the University. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He received B.E. in Electrical Engineering from L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, and M.E. in Electrical Engineering from BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidhyanagar with a specialization in Electrical Power Systems. He received his PhD from S V National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat.

Before joining academics, he worked at the Electrical Research & Development Association (ERDA). After serving in the Industry, he served at Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa for 14 years. At CHARUSAT, he worked as Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, PG Coordinator, and Chairman-Board of Studies. Under his leadership, the Electrical Engineering Department at CHARUSAT and PDEU got the accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi.

Dr. Bhatt has wide teaching experience at both the UG and PG levels. He has successfully supervised seven Ph.D. theses and more than 15 M.E. dissertations. Three more research scholars are pursuing Ph.D. under his guidance at present. He has published more than 60 research papers in globally reputed international journals and conferences. He has been awarded research funding projects from the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), AICTE, and GUJCOST. He traveled to the UK, Denmark, and Hong Kong for academic and research works. He is a reviewer of more than 15 reputed international journals. He delivered many expert talks in several conference and training programs and acted as session chair in national/international conferences.

His areas of interest are power systems dynamics and control, power system operations and optimization, renewable energy integration to power systems, hybrid energy systems, and smart grids.