Padmini K. U. is a Research Associate at Prayoga and holds a Master's degree in Physics from Maharani Cluster University, Bangalore. During her undergraduate studies, she worked on a DST-SERB-ECRA-funded project, developing Zinc-antimonide nanomaterials for thermoelectric devices, and gaining expertise in nanomaterial synthesis and analysis. In her Master’s program, she contributed to the "Synthesis and Characterization of Poly Pyrrole," focusing on developing conductive polymers for electronic applications.