JEE_V9_N4_RP2 D. Jagadeesh T. Nageswara Prasad Journal on Electrical Engineering 2230 – 7176 9 4 12 19 Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT), Photovoltaic (PV), Partial Shaded Conditions (PSC), Incremental Conductance Method (ICM), Biologically Inspired Algorithms In this paper, the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) of a solar Photovoltaic (PV) system under Partial Shaded Conditions (PSC) is developed using biologically inspired algorithms. The proposed methods are compared with a conventional technique viz., incremental conductance method under partial shaded conditions. The major advantages of the proposed methods are speed of convergence, accuracy in tracking and low power oscillations. The drawback associated with conventional techniques is falling at local MPP instead of global MPP. The improved performance of the proposed method is validated through MATLAB coding in terms of tracking speed, accuracy and power oscillations. April - June 2016 Copyright © 2016 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=6035