S.C. Bhargava graduated in electrical engineering in 1963 and postgraduated in power systems in 1966 from the University of Roorkee, India. He used to teach graduate and (part-time) postgraduate courses at (now) NIT, Jaipur before proceeding to the UK on a University of Aston scholarship for his PhD which he obtained in 1972. His research was heavily based on analytical and extensive experimental work using electromagnetic fields and their applications. He has published over 40 technical papers in National and International journals of which many were presented at National and International conferences. He is the author of the book Electrical Measuring Instruments and Measurements, published in 2013 by B S Publications in Hyderabad and CRC Press in the UK.

• PART A - Introduction 1. Introduction PART B - Hysteresis Machines - General 1. The Hysteresis Motor 2. The Hysteresis Coupling 3. The Hysteresis Brake 4. The Hysteresis Clutch 5. The Hysteresis-Reluctance Motor PART C - Experimental Hysteresis Machine and Analysis 1. General Aspects 2. Tests on the Experimental Machine 3. Computed Magnetic Flux Density Variation 4. Qualitative Theory of Operation 5. Torque Calculation using Poynting Theorem