R R Gulati was a faculty member of the E & E Department of BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan for a long time. While teaching there, he felt an urgent need of a comprehensive textbook on Television Engineering that is fully compatible with the CCIR 625 line B & W and PAL colour TV standards. His book "MONOCHROME AND COLOUR TELEVISION" published in 1983 met these requirements. It was soon recognized as a course book on television engineering by most technical institutions worldwide.As television technology advanced and new systems and standards emerged, Prof. Gulati kept pace with these developments and wrote three more books for the benefit of engineering students and those engaged in the field of television. The books are: (1) COLOUR TELEVISION, (2) MODERN TELEVISION PRACTICE and (3) COMPOSITE SATELLITE AND CABLE TELEVISION. The revised and updated editions of his books continue to be in great demand.