Professional Experience:
2004-till date, Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, MH, India
2022-23, Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellow, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
2013-14, Visiting Researcher, Department of Material Science & Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
2007-08, Visiting researcher, Institut d’Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IRI-IEMN), CNRS, France. 

2006, Ph.D in Chemistry, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal, MP, India. 

Research:
  • Expertise in Materials’ chemistry, nanomaterials for energy applications.
  • Successfully completed several government and industry sponsored projects as PI in the area of energy storage.
  • Incorporated spin-off “Rechargion Energy Pvt. Ltd” under CSIR’s Scientist Entrepreneurship Scheme to promote Lab-to-Market initiatives.

Teaching: Faculty of Chemical Sciences in the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR). Co-ordinating and teaching AcSIR course on Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 

Awards/Honors:
  • Selected as one of the 75 women researchers to be featured in the book  "SHE IS-75 WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY" by Beyond Black, The Office of the Principle Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India and Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024.
  • Awarded MRSI Medal 2023 by Materials Research Society of India.
  • Selected for Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship (FNAPE), 2022-23.
  • Selected for SERB-POWER Fellowship by Science & Engineering Board, Govt of India, 2021.
  • Elected as ‘Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences’, MH, India, 2018.
  • Selected as Kavli Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2015.
  • Visiting fellowship awarded by Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF) in Chemical Sciences, 2014
  • Postdoctoral scholarship awarded by Embassy of France in India, 2007-08.
  • Best initiated thesis project and best research paper award during doctoral research, CSIR-AMPRI.
  • CSIR Diamond Jubilee Research Fellowship.
  • University topper with goldmedals at both BSc and MSc level.

Recognitions:
  • Invited by Internation Energy Agency (IEA) for its 50’th anniversary and ministerial meeting event at Paris, France to participate as designated delegate in the round table discussion on, “Spurring innovations for emerging market and developing economies” and also interviewed by IEA’s energy reporter in the session “Everything Energy Talks”, 2024.
  • Invited to be part of Critical Minerals Industry Academia delegation by The UK Science and Innovation Network and British High Commission, 2023.
  • Invited as delegate for the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)- 14/Mission Innovation(MI)-8 meetings held in Goa, India, 2023.
  • Invited on the panel to discuss, “Opportunities in Clean Energy and Energy Storage”’ by the Center for International Business Advancement’s Eighth Annual Global Trade and Investment Forum, Manhattan, New York City, April 2023.
  • Invited on Research Advisory Board of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT University), Bhopal, 2022
  • Invited as visiting faculty at Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) academy, Since 2020.
  • Invited and sponsored by Royal Society, UK to participate as delegate in the Commonwealth Science Conference, Singapore, 2017.
  • Invited as one of the 40 select delegates in INGSA South East Asia Government Science Advice workshop organized by the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA), Malaysia, 2017.
  • Member of the intrenational scientific comittee for the 9'th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources (ACEPS-9), South Korea, 2017.
  • Delivered 50+ keynote and invited talks in imminent institutes across the country and internationally on the forums like Indian Chemical Society, Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), National Academy of Science (NAS, USA), UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Department for International Trade UK, Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC) etc

 

News/features:

Connect January 2024 Edition (iusstf.org)

Research group develops commercially viable sodium batteries | Pune News - Times of India (indiatimes.com)

‘Sodium-ion batteries offer sustainable energy solutions’ (vigyanprasar.gov.in)

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ukinindia_womeninscience-activity-7162329697186496512-LzHH  

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7060326618279366656

nplindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CSIR_women_in_STEM_compendium_2023.pdf

NCL scientist awarded SERB-POWER fellowship | Pune News - Times of India (indiatimes.com)

Dr Manjusha Shelke selected for prestigious SERB-POWER Fellowship - BatteryIndustry.tech

CSIR News (niscpr.res.in)

ARAI and NCL to collaborate for joint research (thebridgechronicle.com)