PRASHANT KHARE was born in India, in 1990. He received the B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India in 2013, and the M.Tech. degree in power system engineering from National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, in 2021. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India. His major areas of interest include microgrid control and management using WAMs, and power distribution systems. He is selected as a Prime Minister’s Research Fellow in the May 2022 selection cycle.

M JAYA BHARATA REDDY was born in India, in 1980. He received the B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, in 2002, and the M.E. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra, Ranchi, India, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. He is currently working as a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, India. He has 20 years of experience in teaching and research. His current research interests include smart grid, substation automation, wide-area protection, Cyber security digital relaying, soft computing applications in power systems, and power system protection. He has been a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society. In 2010, he received the prestigious national-level IEI Young Engineer’s Award in the field of electrical engineering. He is an Editor of the Electric Power Components and Systems (Taylor & Francis Publications) and an Associate Editor of High Voltage (IET), IEEE ACCESS, and IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution.