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

• 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.

• Nominated and selected for CRS Research Partnerships and Translation Award (CRS Medal) by the society Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha, 2026
• 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.

• Invited for the 2nd ASEAN-India Women Scientists Conclave, held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, the Ministry of Industry, Science,Technology & Innovation (MISTI), Cambodia, and The ASEAN Secretariat, 2026
• Elected as the member of the Executive Council of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, 2026-2029.
• Elected as Secretary, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Pune Chapter, 2025
• Selected for INSA-NCGG the Leadership Development Programme in Science and Technology (LEADS), 2024
• 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 during 4-10’th November 2023.
• Invited as delegate for the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)- 14/Mission Innovation(MI)-8 meetings held in Goa, India from 19/07/2023 to 22/07/2023.
• 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.
• Delivered >80 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), World Future Energy Summit, UAE, NETRA etc
  

Entreprenuership:

Founder of Rechargion Energy Pvt. Ltd, Pune (Home | Rechargion):
Our research has led to the establishment of a spin-off focused on translation of advanced sodium-ion battery cell technology. Through this spin-off, Rechargion Energy, laboratory-developed sodium-ion coin cell technology has been successfully scaled into a viable large format product of 5 to 20Ah pouch cells. The developed cells have been validated by ARAI as per IEC 62660 / IS 16893 standards, establishing compliance with internationally and nationally recognized battery testing protocols. Rechargion is currently the only company in India with sodium-ion cells validated to these standards by a regulatory agency, representing a significant milestone in indigenous battery technology development. Rechargion is now doing field deployments in the form of paid pilots in association with agencies like Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). Company has been funded by government departments and organizations like Ministry of Heavy Industries, DST, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United-States India Science Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF), Social Alpha, Cummins etc and supported by Venture Centre, ARAI-AMTIF. 

News/features:

Anticipating disruption: governing emerging chemistry-driven technologies in India | Opinion | Chemistry World

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)