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• A.Maheswari was born in
• Tamilnadu, India, on April
• 7, 19 She received her
• B.E degree in Electrical and
• Electronics Engineering
• from V.M.K.V Engineering
• College, Salem, in 2004, the
• M.E degree in Power Elec
• tronics and Drives from Government College of
• Engineering, Salem, in 2008. Currently she is pur
• suing Ph.D. She has presented 7 papers in various
• national and international conferences. She has
• also published six papers in the international jour
• nal. Her current research interests include simula
• tion and control techniques of AC drives, inverter
• topologies and harmonic suppression.
• Dr. I. Gnanambal was born
• in Tamilnadu, India. She re
• ceived her B.E degree in
• Electrical and Electronics
• Engineering from Govern
• ment College of Engineering,
• Salem, in 1981, the M.E de
• gree in Applied Electronics
• in Government College of Technology, Coim
• batore, in 2002 and Ph.D. degree in Networking
• from Anna University, Chennai in 2008. She has
• presented more than 60 papers in various national
• and international conferences. She has also pub
• lished more than fifteen papers in international
• journals. Her research interests include power
• electronics, solid state drives, networking and
• special electrical machines.