Dr. Rajesh Karki is a professor in the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. He is the director of the Reliability Research Lab in the Power System Research Group. He is a Fellow of Engineers Canada. He specializes in the area of power system reliability and value-based reliability investment with over 30 years of experience in research, application, education and consulting work for electric power industries and academic/research institutions. His research includes renewable energy, storage, smart-grid initiatives and electricity market implications on the environmental compliance, efficiency, reliability and resiliency of power systems.  He has supervised 6 post-doctoral fellows, 20 Ph.D. and 45 Master’s students under his research program. He has published over 160 technical papers, 5 books, many book chapters and technical reports in this field.