Prof. SP Chowdhury and Dr. Sunetra Chowdhury have been jointly leading the MASRU (Microgrids and Smartgrids Research Unit) at the University of Cape Town since 2008. They have jointly published in mid 2009 the IET (UK) research book "Microgrids and Active Distribution Networks" which in the best selling rank of amazon and kalahari with its kindle version. The Chowdhurys have worked for Brunel University, London for one year as well as for Manchester University, Manchester, UK for one year before joining the UCT. At present, their research group, MASRU has been running several government and industrial projects totaling more than five million Rands.