India, June 13 -- At a time when India is navigating the complex triad of energy security, environmental sustainability, and economic stability, a city-based deep-tech startup is offering a breakthrough solution rooted in simplicity-salt and sugar.

Rechargion Energy, founded in 2021 by Vilas Shelke, a PhD in advanced materials, and his wife Manjusha Shelke, a PhD holder in chemical devices, is pioneering sodium-ion battery technology that could redefine how India stores and uses energy. In a world heavily dependent on lithium-ion batteries-and, by extension, on global supply chains dominated by a few countries-Rechargion's innovation represents a bold step toward energy independence.

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India's energy ecosystem is deeply vuln...