T. R. PADMANABHAN, PhD, is Dean-Engineering, Amrita Institute of Technology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, (Amrita University), Ettimadai (PO), Coimbatore, India. He is a Senior Member of IEEE as well as a Fellow of both India’s IE and IETE.

B. BALA TRIPURA SUNDARI is a Senior Lecturer in the ECE Department of the Amrita Institute of Technology. She is a senior faculty member in the microelectronics center at the institute. She is a member of India’s IETE and ISTE.