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Dr. Manju Unnikrishnan earned her Ph. D. degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2008. She has extensively utilized advanced synchrotron based experimental facilities at various beamlines at Elettra Synchrotron Light Source, Italy; Photon Factory, Japan; and Advanced Photon Source, USA for her Ph.D. research work. Later, she was awarded the ICTP-TRIL fellowship by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy to work as a post doctoral research fellow at Advanced Photoelectric Effect beamline at Elettra Synchrotron Light Source, Italy during 2008-2012. During this period she had worked on some of the hot topics of condensed matter physics like Topological insulators, magnetic surface alloys and magnetic superconductors. She also extended her expertise in designing, upgradation, calibration of beamlines as well as performing complex synchrotron based experiments at Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy and Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin DESSY II, Germany. In 2012, Dr. Manju Unnikrishnan joined as a Senior Scientist at CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata. Later, she joined CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology and presently holds  Senior Principal Scientist position.