In the year 2006 it has been 150 years since the birth of Nikola Tesla scientist, inventor and visionary, whose work have changed the world and significantly contributed development and speed progress of manhood and electrical engineering. At the same time, it has been 67 years since the president of Serbian Royal Academy of sciences, Mr Bogdan Gavrilovic, declared the establishment of Institute "Nikola Tesla" - "as a temple of science in the glory of his name and eternal beauty of his work".

In its history that lasts almost seven decades, Institute passed thorugh great number of changes and transformations in order to accommodate to changes in its surrounding and during that time changed its name and working area. Today, Electrical Engineering Institute "Nikola Tesla" is independent scientific - research joint - stock organization whoose activity covers a wide spectra of problems in the area of production, transmission, distribution and implementation of electrical energy.

Institute is integrated in "Electric Power Industry of Serbia", which is majority shereholder, in order to contribute to the solution of current preoblems in the electrical industry in Serbia, and at the same time to direct future development of that technologically very complex system, using the modern acievments of the science in this area.

Research activities in the Institute are organized in four scientific - research depatments :

Power System Department

Automation and Control Department

Electric Power Facilities Department

Electrical Measurements Department

in which researchers are working on the problems of development and architecture of power system, its exploatation and control in integrated and deregulated power surrounding, implementation of new technologies, automation and new functional solutions in power system and its plants, development and testing of high and low voltage equipment that is used in production, tansmission and distribution of electrical energy, development and implementation of measurements methods and measurements devices, control of quality parameters, etc.

Beside metrological laboatory in the Institute are organized and six certified testing laboratories: laboratory for electric equipment testing, laboratory for earthing, lightning and electrical instalation testing, laboratory for thermogaphical testing, laboratory for insulation systems testing, laboratory for insulation oils testing and laboratory for materials and products and protection accessories testing.

By synthesis of scientific and engineering knowledge and experience Institute become admirable and authoritative scientific institution in our country and abroad in the area of electrical engineering, always ready to answer to the challenges of modern sciance and at the same time to respond to the necessities of domestic economy. It is verified by quality certificate that is obtained in the year 2001.

Prosperous program orientation with emphasis on developmental and implementation research activities, experienced scientific staff, created in Institute during more than the six decade of Institute existence, strong relations with electric power industry and electrical industry, other big economic and industrial systems and military complex create a good basis for prosperus work and development of the Institute in the future

Institute manager

Dragan Kovačević, PhD