About Uneverse
Uneverse is a passionate attempt to create truly indigenous building blocks for a sustainable future of e-mobility and clean energy. Uneverse starts its journey by addressing the core of clean energy and mobility – Deep Battery Technology!
To achieve this grand purpose Uneverse and IIT KGP have signed an exclusive MOU to commercialize and further develop the patented Sodium Ion technology. Under this program, indigenously developed sodium ion batteries, involving multiple form factors of cells & electrode raw materials will be made available for Indian market. The deep battery technology used is completely indigenous in nature hence proudly propagating the Made in India philosophy.
Uneverse Mobility will be setting up the manufacturing facilities that would lead to large-scale production of sodium ion batteries, which have already achieved a technology readiness level (TRL) of 7. The joint activity is a perfect example of the changing times in India, where the academia-industry collaboration is becoming the focus of research activities in most of the institutes of national importance.
Advantages
No Import
of Raw Materials
of Raw Materials
Upto 40% Less Expensive
Than Lithium-Ion
Than Lithium-Ion
100%
Indigenous
Indigenous
No Need for Mining
of Mother Earth
of Mother Earth
No Risk of Accidental
Fires Unlike Lithium
Fires Unlike Lithium
Technology Readiness
of Level 7
of Level 7
Application
The Na-ion based energy solutions can be used for applications ranging from e-mobility, drones, consumer electronics, to energy storage, etc.
Key People
Academic Collaborator
Manohar Bethapudi
Founder & CEO
Manohar Bethapudi
Founder & CEOManohar Bethapudi, a Gold Medalist from IIM – Calcutta, was also a best outgoing student during BTech in Mechanical Engineering. He has recently been recognized with the 40 Under 40 Award in the space of electric mobility by Emobility+.
With over 15+ years of experience across Management Consulting & Industry, Manohar has worked for companies including KPMG, Tata Steel in the areas of Strategy Development, Deployment, Operations and Product Development.
He was the man behind shaping the strategy at Motovolt, a Kolkata based Electric 2-wheeler company while shouldering responsibilities of building the brand and spearheading the business growth.
At Motovolt, within 3 years of inception, he built a team of 150+ and launched 7 products across 3 categories in B2C/B2B space, scaled topline of INR 25 Cr with Brand presence across 200+ touch points in addition to significant online sale while also successfully closing a pre series fund raise of INR 150 Mn.
Prior to Motovolt he was leading the Advance Carbon Material Division at Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd, focused on Anode Raw Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries. He has significant experience in Battery & Electric Vehicle Supply Chain and now plans to make India self-reliant in the core EV technologies thru Uneverse.
He is also the Founder of Gr8 Brews, a Strategy & Branding agency for companies in MSME sector.
Kamalika Guha
Co-Founder & CMO
Kamalika Guha
Co-Founder & CMOA President of India Awardee, Kamalika started her career in advertising after completing her Post Graduation in Media Management and Communications.
She has over 15+ years of experience in building and promoting brands working for Multinational Agencies like JWT, Rediffusion, Bates Chi & Partners, across diverse categories. Having worked on a diverse range of categories like FMCG, Consumer Durables, Entertainment, Fashion etc, she built the skills of marketing and branding strategy, communication strategy, identifying consumer insights and formulating the right messaging for each TG.
Kamalika then moved on to join Motovolt, a Kolkata based E-2 wheeler start up to Head their Branding and Marketing Department and was part of launching and building the brand. During this association she gathered in-depth knowledge on the market trends and consumer mindset of the renewable energy and e-mobility market with which she hopes to scale up the brand journey of Uneverse and the products that would be launched under it.
Dr Amreesh Chandra
Prof. Dep of Physics – IIT Kharagpur
Dr Amreesh Chandra
Prof. Dep of Physics – IIT KharagpurDr. Amreesh Chandra is currently working as a Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Before joining IIT Kharagpur in 2009, Dr. Chandra had worked at the University of Surrey (UK) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany).
Dr. Chandra completed his PhD in 2004 from the School of Materials Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, BHU. Dr. Chandra has more than 20 years of experience in the field of materials development for various device applications. His team has been extensively working on the development of next generation electrode materials for use in batteries beyond Li-ion. Over the last many years, Dr. Chandra and co-workers have been a promoting the use of Na-ion based technologies for making “Bharat” self-reliant in the area of energy storage. These batteries and supercapacitors can be used for integration in EVs to mobile cell towers, charging stations to solar-based generation units, calculators to glucometers, e-cycles to smart watches.
The team has the capabilities to develop energy storage solutions starting from materials development, device level integration, recycling to determination of carbon footprint of the complete process. The work of Dr. Chandra and his team is well known in the community, and they have been honoured with a large number of awards, both national and international.
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Manohar Bethapudi
Founder & CEOManohar Bethapudi, a Gold Medalist from IIM – Calcutta, was also a best outgoing student during BTech in Mechanical Engineering. He has recently been recognized with the 40 Under 40 Award in the space of electric mobility by Emobility+.
With over 15+ years of experience across Management Consulting & Industry, Manohar has worked for companies including KPMG, Tata Steel in the areas of Strategy Development, Deployment, Operations and Product Development.
He was the man behind shaping the strategy at Motovolt, a Kolkata based Electric 2-wheeler company while shouldering responsibilities of building the brand and spearheading the business growth.
At Motovolt, within 3 years of inception, he built a team of 150+ and launched 7 products across 3 categories in B2C/B2B space, scaled topline of INR 25 Cr with Brand presence across 200+ touch points in addition to significant online sale while also successfully closing a pre series fund raise of INR 150 Mn.
Prior to Motovolt he was leading the Advance Carbon Material Division at Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd, focused on Anode Raw Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries. He has significant experience in Battery & Electric Vehicle Supply Chain and now plans to make India self-reliant in the core EV technologies thru Uneverse.
He is also the Founder of Gr8 Brews, a Strategy & Branding agency for companies in MSME sector.
Kamalika
Guha
Co-Founder & CMO
A President of India Awardee, Kamalika started her career in advertising after completing her Post Graduation in Media Management and Communications.
She has over 15+ years of experience in building and promoting brands working for Multinational Agencies like JWT, Rediffusion, Bates Chi & Partners, across diverse categories. Having worked on a diverse range of categories like FMCG, Consumer Durables, Entertainment, Fashion etc, she built the skills of marketing and branding strategy, communication strategy, identifying consumer insights and formulating the right messaging for each TG.
Kamalika then moved on to join Motovolt, a Kolkata based E-2 wheeler start up to Head their Branding and Marketing Department and was part of launching and building the brand. During this association she gathered in-depth knowledge on the market trends and consumer mindset of the renewable energy and e-mobility market with which she hopes to scale up the brand journey of Uneverse and the products that would be launched under it.
Academic Collaborator
Dr Amreesh Chandra
Prof. Dep of Physics – IIT KGPDr. Amreesh Chandra is currently working as a Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Before joining IIT Kharagpur in 2009, Dr. Chandra had worked at the University of Surrey (UK) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany).
Dr. Chandra completed his PhD in 2004 from the School of Materials Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, BHU. Dr. Chandra has more than 20 years of experience in the field of materials development for various device applications. His team has been extensively working on the development of next generation electrode materials for use in batteries beyond Li-ion. Over the last many years, Dr. Chandra and co-workers have been a promoting the use of Na-ion based technologies for making “Bharat” self-reliant in the area of energy storage. These batteries and supercapacitors can be used for integration in EVs to mobile cell towers, charging stations to solar-based generation units, calculators to glucometers, e-cycles to smart watches.
The team has the capabilities to develop energy storage solutions starting from materials development, device level integration, recycling to determination of carbon footprint of the complete process. The work of Dr. Chandra and his team is well known in the community, and they have been honoured with a large number of awards, both national and international.
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