Education
B.Sc. (Maths, Physics and Chemistry) from Osmania University, Hyderabad (1992)
M.Sc. (Chemistry) from Osmania University, Hyderabad (1994)
Ph.D. (Heterogeneous Catalysis) from Osmania University, Hyderabad (1999)
Thesis Work carried out at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad
B.Sc. (Maths, Physics and Chemistry) from Osmania University, Hyderabad (1992)
M.Sc. (Chemistry) from Osmania University, Hyderabad (1994)
Ph.D. (Heterogeneous Catalysis) from Osmania University, Hyderabad (1999)
Thesis Work carried out at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad
Positions Held
Venture Business Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow (October 2000-September 2002) at Okayama University, Japan
Research Associate (Faculty Position at the level of Assistant Professor) (October 2002-February 2007) at Okayama University, Japan
Scientist (March 2007-November 2008) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Senior Scientist (November 2008-November 2012) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Principal Scientist (November 2012-November 2016) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Professor (November 2016-till date) for Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Senior Principal Scientist (November 2016-till date) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Venture Business Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow (October 2000-September 2002) at Okayama University, Japan
Research Associate (Faculty Position at the level of Assistant Professor) (October 2002-February 2007) at Okayama University, Japan
Scientist (March 2007-November 2008) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Senior Scientist (November 2008-November 2012) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Principal Scientist (November 2012-November 2016) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Professor (November 2016-till date) for Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Senior Principal Scientist (November 2016-till date) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Awards/ Honours
- VBL Postdoctoral Fellow (2000), Okayama University, Japan
- Japan Science & Technology Fellow (2000)
- IKY Post Doctoral Fellowship by Government of Greece (2000)
- “Most Progressive Researcher Award” by the Research Association for Feedstock Recycling of Plastics, Japan (2008)
- JSPS-Visiting Scientist (February-March 2009) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo
- AIST-Distinguished Researcher Award (January-February 2013) at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
- FBRS-Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India
- CSIR-Raman Research Fellow (2013)
- 3rd National Award for Technology Innovation in Innovation in Polymer Waste Management & Recycling Technology and subcategory of Academics and R&D Institution for the Innovation in “Technology to Convert Waste Plastics (Polyolefins) to Automotive Grade Fuel and Petrochemicals” (Team Member)
- Board of Governors, BRSI (2013-2015)
- Board of Governors, BRSI (2015-2017)
- Member of Steering Committee on “Biofuels-Current status and R &D roadmap” by TIFAC, DST, India
- Received the Newton Researchers Link Workshop Grant from British Council/Royal Society of Chemistry, UK for 2015
- CAS Presidential award for Foreign Fellows (2016)
- Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (2016)
- Scientist of the Year Award (2016) from National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi.
- FIBA-Fellow of International Bio-Processing Association, France (2017)
- FISEES-Fellow of International Society of Energy, Environment and Sustainability, India (2017)
- FTAS-Fellow of Telengana Academy of Sciences (2017)
- General Secretary, Management Council of BRSI (2017-2019)
- Member, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Taskforce on "Value-added Biomass & Products from Natural Resources"
- Springer - Society Award for Scientists above 45 years of age for "Best Oral Presentation" (December 2019)
- Subject Expert committee member in sub-committees of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS), Working group on Biofuels for Lignin valorization, Production of advanced biofuels, Biomass Characterization and Availability Taskforce from DST/TIFAC and DBT Taskforce on value added biomass and products from natural resources.
- Advisor/ Expert, CII Bio-energy task force
- Subject expert member, Solid Biofuels Subcommittee, BIS, PCD 7:6
- Board of Governors and Management Council, BRSI (2021-2023)
- Distinguished Scientist Award from International Bioprocessing Association – An International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses [IBA-IFIBiop] (2022)
- BHU Centennial Award (2023)
Editorial Board Member
Editor (Books)
- Associate Editor, Bioresource Technology (Elsevier Inc.)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management (Springer Publisher, New York)
- Associate Editor, Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management (Elsevier Inc.)
- Editor, Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (JEES)
- Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Elsevier Inc.)
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Energy Institute (Elsevier)
- Editorial Board Member, ISRN Chemical Engineering Open Access Journal (International Scholarly Research Network Journal)
- Editorial Board Member, Heliyon (Elsevier Inc.) (till 2021)
- Guest Editor, Bioresource Technology, Special Issue on Waste Biorefinery
- Guest Editor, Bioresource Technology, Special Issue on Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass
- Guest Editor, Bioresource Technology, Special Issue on Lignin Valorization.
- Guest Editor, Energies, Special Issue on Biomass Processing for Biofuels, Bioenergy and Chemicals (MDPI Publishers)
- Guest Editor, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Special issue on BioSD-BEHSD:2018
- Guest Editor, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Special Issue on NHBT-2019
- Guest Editor, Bioresource Technology, Special Issue on Pyrolysis, Combustion and Gasification of Biomass (PCGB-2020)
- Guest Editor, Bioresource Technology, Special Issue on Advances in Algal Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications (ABB)
- Guest Editor, Bioresource Technology, Recent Advances in Hydrothermal Treatment of Biomass (RAHTB)
- Guest Editor, Bioresource Technology, Special Issue BREEECH 2021
- Guest Editor, Bioresource Technology, Biomass to Green Hydrogen (BGH2)
Editor (Books)
- Recent Advances in Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass (Editors: Ashok Pandey, Thallada Bhaskar, Michael Stöcker, Rajeev Sukumaran)
- Biomass and Biofuels: Advanced Biorefineries for Sustainable Production and Distribution (Editors: Shibu Jose, Thallada Bhaskar)
- Coal and Biomass Gasification: Recent Advances and Future Challenges (Editors: S. De, A.K. Agarwal, V.S. Moholkar, Thallada Bhaskar)
- Waste Biorefinery: Potential and Perspectives (Editors: Thallada Bhaskar, Ashok Pandey, S.Venkata Mohan, Duu-Jong Lee, Samir Kumar Khanal)
- Waste Biorefinery: Integrating Biorefineries for Waste Valorisation (Editors: Thallada Bhaskar, Ashok Pandey, Eldon R Rene, Daniel CW Tsang)
- Waste Biorefinery: Value addition through resources utilisation (Editors: Thallada Bhaskar, Sunita Varjani, Ashok Pandey, Eldon R Rene)
- Circular Bioeconomy: Technologies for Biofuels and Biochemicals (Editors: Sunita Varjani, Ashok Pandey, Thallada Bhaskar, S. Venkata Mohan, Daniel CW Tsang)
- Biomass Processing for Biofuels, Bioenergy and Chemicals (Editors: Wei-Hsin Chen, Hwai Chyuan Ong, Thallada Bhaskar)
- Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals: Lignin biorefinery (Editors: Thallada Bhaskar, Ashok Pandey)
- Biotic Resources: Circular Bioeconomy Perspective (Editors: Thallada Bhaskar, Sunita Varjani, Bhavya B Krishna, Ashok Pandey)
Membership of Professional Societies
- Life Member, Catalysis Society of India (1998)
- Life Member, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (2009)
- Life Member, Indian Association for Productivity, Quality and Reliability (IAPQR), Kolkata (2009)
- Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata (2009)
- Member, Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (2001-2005)
- Member, Research Association for Feedstock Recycling of Plastics, Japan (2002)
- Member, Chemical Society of Japan, Japan (2004-2007)
- Life Member, International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (2015-)
- Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2015-)
- Member, American Chemical Society, USA (2015-)
- Member, American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2015-)
- Life Member, National Environmental Science Academy (NESA) (2016)
NODAL OFFICER
a. CSIR 12 Five Year Plan, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
1. Biomass to Energy (BioEn)
2. Waste to Wealth-Waste Plastics (W2W)
b. Work package on Biomass to Chemicals under Chemicals theme
a. CSIR 12 Five Year Plan, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
1. Biomass to Energy (BioEn)
2. Waste to Wealth-Waste Plastics (W2W)
b. Work package on Biomass to Chemicals under Chemicals theme
Member of External Committees
- Expert Committee member for evaluation of Research Project for FICCI, Mumbai (2007)
- ·Evaluated of Project on “Waste Plastics to Value Added Hydrocarbons” at Mumbai for FICCI, Mumbai and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2008)
- Expert Committee Member for Research Projects Evaluation at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia (2008)
- Scientific Committee Member, 5th International Symposium on Feedstock and Mechanical Recycling of Plastics held at Wang-Jiang Hotel, Sichuan, China during 11-14 October 2009
- Expert Committee Member for Research Projects Evaluation at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia (2010)
- Research Co-supervisor for Department of Energy, Tezpur University, Assam (2010)
- Expert committee Member for 2nd National Award for Technology Innovation in various fields of Petrochemicals, Government of India (2011)
- Scientific Committee Member, 6th International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials held at Toledo, Spain during 5-7 October 2011
- Advisory Committee Member, International Congress on Renewable Energy [ICORE], Renewables: Growth through academia – Industry Interface at Tezpur University, Assam during 2-14 November 2011
- Research Expert Committee Member for evaluation of Research Projects Submitted at Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore (2011)
- Selected as Reviewer for the research proposals submitted at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia (2011)
- Selected as Mentor for the FP7 (European Framework - FP7) project entitled “Strengthening networking on Biomass research and biowaste conversion-biotechnology for Europe India integration (SAHAYOG)” (2012)
- External examiner for Ph.D. at Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), University of Mumbai, Mumbai
- External examiner for Ph.D. at Department of Chemistry, Nagpur University
- External examiner for Ph.D. at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
- External examiner for Ph.D. at Department of Chemistry, Osmania University
- External examiner for Ph.D. at Department of Chemistry, NIT, Jalandhar
- Scientific Committee Member, International Conference on Advanced Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB 2013) at Pune during 25-27 November 2013
- External examiner for Ph.D. at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras
- External examiner for Ph.D. at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
- External examiner for Ph.D. at CSIR-NCL, Pune
- External examiner for Ph.D. at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad
- Scientific Committee Member, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB) at New Delhi during 6-9 November 2014
- Member, National Advisory Board, 2nd International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment & Sustainable Technologies" (BEST 2015) at Tiruvannamalai during 28-31 January 2015
- Scientific Advisory Committee Member, Emerging Trends and Challenges in Chemical Research (ETCCR-2015) at Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda, India on 14 February 2015
- External Examiner for M.S. by research at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2015)
- Scientific Committee Member, 8th International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials (8th ISFR) at Leoben, Austria during 9-11 September 2015
- National Organising Committee Member, International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT 2015) at Trivandrum during 22-25 November 2015
- Co-organiser, Recycling of Polymeric Materials: Challenges and Perspectives (#36), PACIFICHEM 2015 at 15-20 December 2015
- Selected as Reviewer for the research proposals submitted to the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (2015)
- External examiner for Ph.D. at Department of Applied Chemistry, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (Deemed University), Pune
- Scientific Advisory Committee Member, “Trend Setting innovations in Chemical Sciences & Technology-Nature Inspired Chemistry and Engineering (TSCST-NICE 2016)” during 4th-6th, October 2016, JNTUH, Hyderabad.
- Scientific Committee Member, 1st International Conference - Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability at Spain during 23-26 October 2016
- National Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Current Trends in Biotechnology (ICCB-2016), 8-10 December 2016, Vellore, India.
- Scientific Program Committee Member, Bioprocessing India 2016 (BPI-2016) "Sustainable Bioprocessing Products for Food, Nutrition, Health, and Environment" at Mohali, Punjab, India during 15-17 December 2016.
- Scientific Advisory Board Member, Trend Setting Innovations in Chemical Sciences & Technology- Nature Inspired Chemistry & Engineering(TSCST-NICE 2016) at IST, JNTUH, Hyderabad, India during 4th-6th October, 2016.
- Advisory Board Member, First International Conference of International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES) on “Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges” at Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali, India, during 26-28 February 2017.
- Organising Chairman/Host for RSC, UK - Newton Bhabha Researchers Link Workshop on Energy for Economic Development and welfare during October 23-27, 2017 jointly with University of Surrey, UK at CSIR-IIP
- Organising lead for the one-day National Seminar on “Biofuel production in India: Potential, Prospects, and Technology” on 21st February 2020 at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, in collaboration with NISSTA, Lucknow, and CSIR-IIP, Dehradun
- National Advisory Committee member, 5th International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST2021).
- Expert member, Doctoral Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai
- Chairman of Education, Training and Research & Development Committee, IIChE
- Advisory Committee member, One day national webinar on "Role of Science for Sustainable Rural Development of Uttarakhand - 2021 (RSS-RD-2021)
- Management Council Member, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun
- Technical Advisory Committee member of Pyro Asia Symposium 2021
- External examiner for PhD and Master Thesis at ICT, Mumbai, 2021
- External examiner for PhD, Monash University, 2022
- External examiner for PhD, Osmania University, 2022
- External examiner for PhD, ICT, 2022
- Subject expert for project evaluation, Hong Kong Science & Technology
- Technical expert committee, DBT, 2022
- Member of the International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Industrial Pollution Control (ATIPC - 2022)
- Advisory Committee, Two day International seminar on Current Trends and Futuristic Challenges in Chemical Sciences organised by Department of Chemistry, Osmania University (2022)
- External examiner for PhD thesis, IISER Kolkata, 2022
- External examiner for Master thesis, Thapar University, 2022
- Domain expert for the NRDC National Meritorious Invention Awards of MHI, GoI Innovations and Projects, 2022
- Domain expert, Europa/ European Union/ Horizon proposals
- External examiner for PhD thesis, IIT Delhi, 2023
- External examiner for PhD thesis, Punjab University, 2023
- National Advisory Committee, 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio-energy Research-2023" (ICRABR-2023), October 9 - 12, 2023
- Co-convenor, NHBT-2023
- National Advisory Committee, National Conference on Waste to Energy, Carbon capture, Utilisation and Storage [NCWECCUS - 2023], 22-24 December 2023
Miscellaneous
- Involved in various national and international projects preparation and submission
- Faculty Member for chemists and engineers for training programs on Petroleum refining and role of catalysis in petroleum refining
- Nodal officer for Biomass to Energy (BioEn) and Waste to Wealth-Waste Plastics (W2W) projects in CSIR- 12th Five Year Plan
Abroad Visits
- Japan-30 Sept 2000 to 31 Sept 2002-Postdoctoral Fellowship, Okayama, Univ. Japan
- Japan-1 Oct 2002 to 7 Feb 2007-Research Associate, Okayama Univ., Japan
- Belgium-7 Sept 2002 to 12 Sept 2002-Presentation in international conference – 2nd ISFR 2002
- Spain-25 Sept 2004 to 28 Sept 2004-Presentation and Chairing the session in international conference REWAS 2004
- Germany-29 Sept 2004 to 30 Sept 2004-Visit to University of Karlsruhe
- Taiwan-14 Nov 2004 to 16 Nov 2004-Invited talk in Seminar organized by Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI/CESH)
- Singapore-25 Jan 2005 to 25 Jan 2005-Research Collaboration discussions at National University of Singapore
- Germany-24 Sept 2005 to 29 Sept 2005-Presentation in international conference – 3rd ISFR 2005
- United Kingdom-26 Nov 2005 to 31 Nov 2005-Invited Lecture at University of Leeds and Collaborative Research Meeting
- USA-14 Dec 2005 to 20 Dec 2005-Invited lecture and Chairing the session in PACIFICHEM 2005; 104 Symposium
- South Korea-26 Apr 2006 to 29 Apr 2006-Invited lecture at Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)
- South Korea-14 Sept 2007 to 23 Sept 2007-Chairing the Session and Oral Presentation at 4th ISFR 2007; Scientific Committee Member
- Japan-19 Feb 2009 to 19 Mar 2009-Visiting Scientist, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- China-28 Jun 2009 to 2 Jul 2009-Scientific committee meeting and Invited lecture
- China-11 Oct 2009 to 14 Oct 2009-Attend the 5th ISFR symposium, Chairing the session, and presentations
- Belgium-19 Jul 2010 to 20 Jul 2010-Scientific/Technical Meeting with representatives of Europe, Asia to discuss the Plastics Recycling technologies
- Spain-20 Jul 2010 to 21 Jul 2010-Possible joint collaborations in the field of Catalysis for biomass conversion for biofuels, Novel catalytic materials, Waste plastics conversion
- Spain-04 Oct 2011 to 9 Oct 2011-To deliver the plenary lecture at 6th International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials and as a Scientific Committee Member
- Finland-09 Oct 2011 to 11 Oct 2011-To deliver the invited lecture and discuss the possibilities for the collaborative research work in the area of mutual interest with CSIR-IIP
- Japan-07 Jan 2013 to 22 Feb 2013-Selected as Distinguished Researcher and visiting as "Visiting Scientist" for exploitation of collaborative research in the area of recovery of valuable materials from e-waste
- Norway-30 Mar 2014 to 27 Jun 2014-Visited SINTEF, Oslo, Norway as CSIR-Raman Research Fellow to work on design of catalysts for thermo-chemical conversion of Biomass. Also visited NTNU, Trondheim; SINTEF-Energy, Trondheim and University of Bergen
- Germany-16 Apr 2014 to 17th Apr 2014 - Visited Prof. Walter Kaminsky Lab, University of Hamburg, Germany
- Belgium-11 May 2014 to 16 May 2014-Visit to European Commission
- Hungary-17 Jun 2014 to 18 Jun 2014-Visited Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Austria-19 Jun 2014 to 20 Jun 2014-Visited Montana University, Leoben
- South Africa-17 Aug 2014 to 23 Aug 2014-5th IUPAC Conf on Green Chemistry and RSC Workshop on Biofuels (UK-India-Brazil-Africa) in Durban, South Africa
- Germany-1 Mar 2015 to 7 Mar 2015-DST-DAAD project "PyrTreatIndia"-Visit to Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT Sulzbach-Rosenberg
- Tokyo, Japan- 21 Dec 2015 to 25 Dec 2015-expert to deliver lecture at "15th Solid Waste Management Experts in Asia and Pacific Islands" at Mielparque Hotel, Tokyo, Japan sponsored by Ministry of Environment, Japan
- Vietnam, 8 Mar 2016 to 12 Mar 2016-Deliver invited talk & Panel member in UNCRD session on Role of science and technology in waste management at 3rd 3RINCs International scientific conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management.
- Madrid, Spain, 17th July 2016 to 22nd July 2016 to attend the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of biomass hydropyrolysis unit.
- Sitges, Barcelona, Spain 23rd October to 26th October 2016 to deliver invited talk at 1st International Conference on Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability.
- Budapest, Hungary 26th - 29th May, 2019 to deliver invited talk at 10th International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials (10th ISFR 2019).
- Yangling China 6th - 9th May, 2019 to deliver invited talk at International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Treatment & Management (SWTM-2019).
- Invited to attend the 2nd Global Ethanol Summit from United States Department of Agriculture/United States Grain Council to interact and discuss the collaboration opportunities during 13-19th October 2019
- Dhaka, Bangladesh 1-3 December 2022 Plenary speaker at “BCSIR Congress-2022"
- Lake Garda, Italy 14-17 May 2023 to deliver plenary talk at the 4th International Conference for Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability
- Yangling, China 28-31 July 2023 to deliver invited talk at 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Treatment and Management (SWTM-2023)