Manju Rahi is a medical scientist with a degree in public health. She joined Indian Council of Medical Research as Scientist-C (medical) in 2006 and is currently the Director and Scientist-G, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry. She spearheaded the development of first national guidelines on diagnostics and management of scrub typhus, use of ivermectin and adoption of triple drug therapy (Ivermectin, DEC, and Albendazole) in mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis and policy recommendations on inclusion of DEC salt into the national lymphatic filariasis elimination policy, PCR in malaria diagnosis as a programmatic component, availability of insecticide bed nets and rapid diagnostic kits in the commercial sector. Her research interests mainly focus on vector borne diseases and zoonotic diseases in the One Health context. Her scientific contributions are distinguished by her focus health policy research. She has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed high impact journal, in addition to 4 book chapters, and received 2 awards.