O.V. Gnana Swathika (Member ’11–Senior Member ʼ20, IEEE, MIET) earned a BE degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Madras University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2000; an MS in Electrical Engineering at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, in 2004; and a PhD in Electrical Engineering at VIT University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2017. She completed her postdoc at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2019. She is currently working as a Professor and Deputy Director at Centre for Smart Grid Technologies, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India. Her current research interests include microgrid protection, power system optimization, embedded systems, and photovoltaic systems.K. Karthikeyan is an electrical and electronics engineering graduate with a master’s in personnel management from the University of Madras. With two decades of rich experience in electrical design, he has immensely contributed toward the building services sector comprising airports, Information Technology Office Space (ITOS), tall statues, railway stations/depots, hospitals, educational institutional buildings, residential buildings, hotels, steel plants, and automobile plants in India and abroad (Sri Lanka, Dubai, and the UK). Currently, he is Chief Engineering Manager – Electrical Designs for Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction, an Indian multinational Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contracting company. Also, he has worked at Voltas, ABB, and Apex Knowledge Technology Private Limited. His primary role involved the preparation and review of complete electrical system designs up to 110 kV. Detailed engineering stage covering by various electrical design calculations, design basis reports, suitable for construction drawings, and Mechanical Electrical Plumbing (MEP) design coordination. He is the point of contact for both client and internal project team, lead and manage a team of design and divisional personnel, day-to-day interaction with clients, peer review, managing project deadlines, Project time estimation, assisting in staff appraisals, training, and recruiting.
