Mentoring—Flavors from Industry R&D, National Laboratory and Academia

In a career spanning more than two decades at National Laboratories, Industry R&D and Academia, my professional journey focused both on transformational and translational research on batteries, nanotechnology and energy conversion. Personally, the career choice and opportunity provided ample scope to mentor students, postdocs and early career researchers. In my talk I will highlight the similarities and differences in mentoring early career professionals embarking their journey in National Labs, Academia and Industry. A clear understanding of overall goals, objectives and emphasis of the three different institutions will prepare early careers for a successful career path. Specific examples and cases will be highlighted in the talk.