
## Biographies 

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Shobha Shankar received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1994, M.Tech degree in Power Systems in 1997 from the University of Mysore, Mysore. She is working as Asst. Professor in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore. She is pursing her Doctoral degree from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India in the field of Power Systems. 

T. Ananthapadmanabha received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering in 

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1980, M.Tech degree in Power Systems in 1984 and Ph.D. degree in 1997 from University of Mysore, Mysore. He is working as Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore. His research interest includes Reactive Power Optimization, Voltage Stability, Distribution Automation and AI applications to Power Systems. 