The National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh was inaugurated on 18th August, 2010 as a member of a group of ten new NITs. Mohan V. Aware received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Amravati (M.S.), India, in 1980, the M.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India, in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree for his research work on “Direct Torque Controlled Induction Motor Drives,” from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, (formerly Regional College of Engineering), Nagpur, India, in 2002. From 1982 to 1989, he was a Design Officer with Compton Greaves Ltd., Nasik, India. During this period, he was engaged in the design and development of EHV range (up to 400 kV) of Instrument Transformers. He was associated with the development of the High-Voltage Testing Laboratory. From 1989 to 1991, he has worked as a Development Engineer with Nippon Denro Ispat Ltd, Nagpur, India, where he was associated with 6-Hi Rolling Mill Drives and 220 kV substation maintenance. During this tenure, he has designed the process lines controls with ac/dc drives and PLC-based control systems. In 1991, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, as a Lecturer.