Dr. Thallada Bhaskar
Prof. Dr. Thallada Bhaskar
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Director, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute 
Narmadapuram Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462026
Outstanding Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ph (Office): 0755 245 7205
e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]        
Research Interests
  • Thermo-catalytic processes for lignocellulosic biomass and lignin for fuels and chemicals
  • Valorization of lignin for high value chemicals and functional carbons
  • Functional carbons for energy storage, hydrophobic and oil/water separation etc., 
  • Integrated and strategic design approaches for valorization biomass and plastics
  • Renewable carbon/bio resources for composite and industrial applications
  • Planetary boundary/Circularity approaches for effective utilization of resources
  • Waste plastics conversion (e-waste, industrial and municipal)
 Group News
  • Mr. Abhishek Sahoo has been awarded the Global Development Fellowship, 2026, for a duration of 05 months at Imperial College London, UK, under the supervision of Prof. Jason Hallett, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Prof. Thallada Bhaskar received Prof. R. D. Desai 80th Birthday Commemoration Medal and Prize from Indian Chemical Society (2025)
  • Mr. Abhishek Sahoo has been awarded the Fulbright-Kalam Fellowship for Doctoral Research in 2025, for a duration of 09 months at Cornell University, USA, under the supervision of Prof. Jillian Goldfarb, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Mr. Amritesh Kumar was honored with the Innovator of the Year – Clean Energy Solutions Award at the IIC, New Delhi, during the Global Sustainable Energy Summit & Awards – 2025
  • Mr. Amritesh Kumar received a one-month fully funded trip to Linköping University, Sweden, under STINT Grants from December 01 – 31, 2025
  • ​Mr. Valiveti Tarun Kumar received Best Poster Award at ICABSB-2025 held in IIT Roorkee from 11-14 December 2025
  • Ms. Deepali Singh received Best Poster Award at 5th ICRABR-2025 held in SSS-NIBE, Kapurthala, Punjab from 6-9 October 2025
  • Mr. Abhishek Sahoo has been awarded the Commonwealth Split-site PhD Scholarship for the year 2024, for a duration of 12 months at University College London, UK, under the supervision of Prof. Massimiliano Materazzi, Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Mr. Abhishek Sahoo received Top poster award at Cell Symposia: A circular economy for the chemical sector at Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (22-24 July 2024)
  • Mr. Abhishek Sahoo received scholarship to attend Cell Symposia at Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
  • Mr. Amritesh Jha received Best Oral Presentation award at VIII SEEC, Jaipur (4-6 December 2023)
  • Ms Priyanka Uniyal received Best Poster Presentation award at NHBT-2023, Trivandrum (26-29 November 2023)
  • Ms. Ramandeep Kaur received the AU-CBT Excellence Award of the year 2023 in recognition of excellent work and achievements during her doctoral studies from Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI 2023) 
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar received BHU Centennial Award from Biotech Research Society of India (2023)
  • Dr Bhavya B Krishna became as Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2023)
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar featured in the world's top 2% scientists list published by Stanford University in the field 'Energy' (2022)
  • Ms Komal Saini selected for visiting Ph.D researcher position at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland, from March–April 2023
  • Ms Komal Saini received award of financial grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India for attending the "International Conference on Solid Waste 2023, Hong Kong (31 May, 2023 to 03 June, 2023)"- in person
  • Ms Komal Saini received DST (Department of Science and Technology, India)–AWSAR award (2021) under top 100 category for the research story entitled “Paper industry waste: A water savior”
  • Ms Ramandeep Kaur received Best Flash Presentation & Poster award at BSBB-2022, IIT Guwahati
  • Ms Meenu Jindal received Best Flash Presentation & Poster award at BSBB-2022, IIT Guwahati
  • Dr Avnish Kumar thesis has been awarded Best Thesis award from International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES), Kanpur, India (2021)
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar featured in the world's top 2% scientists list published by Stanford University in the field 'Energy' (2021)
  • Ms Komal Saini received the Best Oral Presentation Award at ​Sustainability Fair 2022, UPES Dehradun
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar received the Distinguished Scientist Award from International Bioprocessing Association – An International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses [IBA-IFIBiop]
  • Mr Shivam Rawat received the Best Rapid Presentation and Poster Award at BRE3CH 2021, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun
  • Mr Ayan Banerjee received the Best Presentation Award at BRE3CH 2021, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun 
  • Mr Avnish Kumar received the AU-CBT Excellence Award of the year 2020 in recognition of excellent work and achievements during his doctoral studies from Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI 2021) 
  • Dr Bhavya B Krishna has been awarded the CSIR Young Scientist Award in Engineering Sciences for the year 2021
  • Mr Shivam Rawat received the Best Oral Presentation Award at BSHFEE 2021, Jodhpur
  • Mr Ayan Banerjee received the Best Poster Award at BSAEH 2021, Jaipur
  • Mr Avnish Kumar received the Best Poster Award at BSAEH 2021, Jaipur
  • Mr Adarsh Kumar received the Best Presentation Award at CATSCGOL 2020 event on Catalysis for Sustainable Development.
  • Dr Bhavya B Krishna received the Young Researcher Award 2020 during PyroAsia 2020
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar featured in the world's top 2% scientists list published by Stanford University in the field 'Energy' (2020)
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar received the Springer - Society Award for Scientists above 45 years of age for Best Oral Presentation at the International Conference on Plant Biofactories: Strategies and Challenges held at Mumbai during 19-21 Decemeber 2019
  • Ms. Ravneet Kaur received the Best Paper Award from International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES), Kanpur in the Third ISEES International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges held at IIT Roorkee, India during 18 –21 December, 2018
  • Mr Bijoy Biswas received the AU-CBT Excellence Award of the year 2018 in recognition of excellent work and achievements during his doctoral studies from Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI 2019) 
  • Ms Komal Saini received the Best Poster Presentation Award at International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT 2019) held at Thiruvananthapuram during 20-24 Nov 2019
  • Received the Newton Researchers Link Workshop Grant from British Council/Royal Society of Chemistry, UK for 2015
  • ​Dr Thallada Bhaskar has been selected as - FIBA-Fellow of International Bio-Processing Association (FIBA), France (2017)
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar has been selected as - FISEES-Fellow of International Society of Energy, Environment and Sustainability, India (2017)
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar has been selected as Scientist of the Year Award (2016) from National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar has been selected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in April 2016, London, UK
  • Dr Thallada Bhaskar has been awarded Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Presidential Fellowship Initiative for 2016
  • Dr Rawel Singh Thesis has been awarded Best Thesis award from International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES), Kanpur, India (2015)
  • Mr Bijoy Biswas received the Bioresource Technology, Elsevier Best Poster Award in the category of Thermochemical conversion of Biomass for Paper entitled "Pyrolysis of varieties of Lignin for the production of chemicals" on 25th Nov 2015
  • Mr Rawel Singh received the AU-CBT Excellence Award of the year 2013 in recognition of excellent work and achievements during his doctoral studies from Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI)
  • Ms Bhavya B received the Best Poster Presentation Award at International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, November 6-9, 2014
  • Ms Bhavya B received the Best Poster Presentation Award at International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB 2013), Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed University), Pune, India, November 25-27, 2013
  • Ms Bhavya B received the ​Best Oral Presentation Award at 7th International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, October 23-26, 2013

The education which does not help the common mass of people to equip themselves for the struggle for life, which does not bring out strength of character, a spirit of philanthropy, and the courage of a lion — is it worth the name? Real education is that which enables one to stand on one's own legs.
-- Swami Vivekananda
Last updated: 26th Jan 2026