Manaswitha Todupunuri, an Integrated Chemistry student from the University of Hyderabad, has been awarded the prestigious European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellowship under the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe. During this fellowship, she will be a doctoral candidate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) and enrolled for a PhD at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Her research will focus on “Electrochemical High-Throughput Analytics and Electrolyte Production”, under the supervision of Prof. Jens Noack and Prof. Christina Roth.
Throughout her Integrated Master’s program, Manaswitha consistently demonstrated exceptional research skills and academic excellence. Under the guidance of Prof. Samar K. Das, Dean of the School of Chemistry, she contributed to significant research projects, resulting in publications such as “Effective Complexation of Tris-Ligand with CoCl2·6H2O in an Aqueous Solution: Suppressing Electrochemical Formation of CoOx” (Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64 (16), 7841-7845). Her Master’s dissertation, titled “Controlled Synthesis of Copper-Based Nanoparticles as an Efficient Dual Electrocatalyst for Water Reduction and Supercapacitor Studies,” showcased her research capabilities under the supervision of Prof. K. Muralidharan.
Manaswitha’s achievements extend beyond research. She secured the 1st rank at the university level after three years of study and consecutively qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) – Chemical Sciences paper in both 2023 and 2024. She was also selected by prestigious institutes like IIT-Hyderabad and IIT-Bombay and awarded the IIT-B Monash Research Academy Fellowship. The MSCA fellowship is a testament to her outstanding academic and research potential, marking an important milestone in her scientific career.
We congratulate Manaswitha Todupunuri on this remarkable achievement and wish her continued success in her future endeavors.