Dr. Rintu Khanna is currently working as Professor and Head in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. She obtained a Bachelor & Master of Electrical Engineering degree from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh in 1985 &1987respectively. Ph.D. from Punjab University, Chandigarh, in 2010 in the field of Power Systems.

She joined as a teaching faculty member in Punjab Engineering College in 1986 and served this institute for more than 39 years. Research interests include power system transmission and distribution, application of power electronics to power systems, renewable energy resources and power system automation application of aneural networks and Fuzzy Systems.