Ms. Rajagopalan has over 10 years of progressive experience in conducting power system planning studies. Ms. Rajagopalan is responsible for leading a team of engineers performing generation & transmission planning, transmission elasticity/generation injection studies, Available Transfer Capability (ATC) assessments, generation interconnection process and queue management and system reliability impact studies. Ms. Pavithra’s regions of expertise and prior experience in terms of U.S markets include SPP, CAISO, WECC, MISO & FRCC. Ms. Pavithra is proficient in the use of power system software such as PowerWorld, PSS/E & ASPEN. Ms. Pavithra also specializes in the development of automation routines in PowerWorld.

Pavithra holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from India and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington.