Prof. Bimal K. Bose, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA upon his arrival on a seven-day visit to India landed in Delhi on September 18, 1999. IEEE PES-IAS Delhi Chapter took advantage of his presence to have a workshop on "Recent Advances and Trends in Power Electronics and Drives" on September 19 and 20, 1999 which was jointly organized with IEEE Delhi Section and the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi. The two-day workshop held at IIT Delhi was attended by 45 registered participants and few others (i.e., Research Scholars and Faculty Members) and the following topics were covered:

• Hybrid Vehicle by Prof. R.Arockiasamy of IDD Centre, IIT Delhi
• Switched Reluctance Motors by Prof. S.S.Murthy of EE Dept., IIT Delhi
• Converters for Power Quality Improvement by Prof. Bhim Singh of EE Dept., IIT Delhi
• Permanent Magnet Brushless Motor Drives by Prof. B.P.Singh of EE Dept., IIT Delhi
• Vector Control of Induction Motor Drives by Prof. Bhim Singh of EE Dept., IIT Delhi
• Power Electronics Application to Power System by Mr. Vasudeva of Dept. of Electronics, Govt. of India
• Recent Advances and Trends in Power Electronics and Drives by Prof. Bimal K. Bose of University of Tennessee
• Demonstration in the Laboratory

Beside the workshop, in the evening of September 20, 1999 there was the third Edison Memorial Lecture on 'Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Power Electronics and Drives'. This was attended by a large audience comprising of engineers from the concerned industries and from academic field.

On September 21, 1999 he left for Hyderabad in the morning.