Padmavathi Lakshmanan received her Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, in 2011. Currently, she is working as a principal scientist at CSIR—Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Pilani, India. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Energy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, from 2011 to 2016. Her research interests include the control of power electronic converters and offshore wind energy.