Conference speaker
Prof Thallada Bhaskar is currently heading the Material Resource Efficiency Division (MRED) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India, which covers Thermo-catalytic & Biochemical conversion of Biomass along with Sustainability impact assessment area.
Dr Bhaskar’s research areas of interest are thermo-catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass, lignin valorisation, biochar, nano-catalysts/nano-metal incorporated biochar for environmental applications, and other applications, novel catalytic materials, adsorbents/specialty carbons from renewable materials. He has 28 years of research and teaching experience including Research Assistant Professor at Okayama University, Japan for ~5 years. He has published more than 190 publications in SCI journals of international repute with h-index of 57 and more than 9500 citations. He is also the Fellow of several national and international academic societies and received several projects/grants from Govt., public sector and private organizations for carrying out research. Dr Bhaskar is a subject expert in various committees under DST/TIFAC/NITI Aayog/CII/MDWS/MoPNG, Govt of India.