Dr Thallada Bhaskar, Senior Principal Scientist & Head, Material Resource Efficiency Division at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, India. Dr Bhaskar’s research experience (ca. 25 years) heterogeneous catalysis, waste biomass & lignin value addition for energy and valuable chemicals, waste plastics and e-waste plastics into value added hydrocarbons. Subject expert committee member in relevant subject areas of DST/DBT/MDWS/MoST/NITI Aayog and panel member in several countries. He is also the Fellow of BRSI, Telangana Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK etc. Further details at thalladabhaskar.weebly.com