M Balasubbareddy received the Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Madras University in 2000, the Master’s degree from NIT Trichy in 2004, and the Ph.D degree from JNTUK, Kakinada, in 2015. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in EEE at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. He received the ‘‘Best Researcher of the year 2009” award from JNT University, Kakinada, and the National Award for Teaching Excellence – 2013 from Indus Foundation. His area of interests are power systems, power system operation and control, optimization techniques and FACTS controllers