Swetha K.T. was born in Kodagu, Karnataka. She received her B.Tech. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the National Institute of Engineering- Institute of Technology, Mysuru, Karnataka, India in 2015, and the M.Tech. degree in power electronics and power systems from the National Institute of Technology Goa, Ponda, India, in 2017, where she is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Her current research interests include renewable energy systems, PV array reconfigurations, multilevel inverters.

Barry Venugopal Reddy received his B.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India in 2001, and the M.Tech. and Doctoral degrees from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India, in 2005 and 2013, respectively. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Goa, India. His research interests include renewable energy systems, PV array reconfigurations, multilevel inverters, multilevel PWM switching strategies, multilevel inversion realized through open-end winding induction motor drives.