Dr. Padmini M is an Assistant Professor at Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SR University. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Tech in Green Energy Technology and has nearly nine years of research experience across academia and national research institutions. Her research focuses on advanced materials for energy storage and conversion, including supercapacitors, lithium-sulfur batteries, electrocatalysts, conducting polymer nanocomposites, perovskite-based materials, and photocatalytic nanostructures. She has worked at CPRI, CECRI, and National Taiwan University as a TEEP Fellow, and is skilled in electrochemical analysis, electron microscopy, spectroscopy, thermal characterization, and coin and pouch cell fabrication. Her work includes 11 peer-reviewed journal articles, a granted patent, and DST-funded projects. She teaches Renewable Energy Sources and Wind Energy Systems, and aims to combine research-led teaching with sustainable energy innovation and student mentoring.