Professor Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 163 and he has more than 133,000 citationsDr. Bhasha Sharma is a visiting faculty member at University of Delhi, India. She holds a BSc in Polymer Sciences (2011) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry (2019) from University of Delhi. Dr. Sharma’s research focuses on topics such as graphene-based biopolymer nanocomposites, sustainable polymers, biodegradability, hydrogels, packaging materials, nanofillers, and advanced polysaccharide-based materials. Her work emphasizes the development of environmentally responsible polymer technologies and innovative materials for sustainable applications. Dr. Purnima Jai is an Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry in Netaji Subhas University of Technology. She is the founder of laboratory “Advance Centre for Polymer Science in Department of Chemistry in NSUT. She has completed her M. Tech and Doctorate from Centre for Polymer Science & Technology, IIT Delhi. Besides teaching chemistry her general research interests are development and characterization of blends, alloys and nanocomposites of polymers. Shashank ShekharAssistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Delhi, India Dr. Shashank Shekhar is currently an Assistant Professor at Netaji Subhas University of Technology and is also associated with the Quantum Research Centre of Excellence as Associate Director in the Department of Renewable Energy. He completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Delhi. Dr. Shekhar has been working on biopolymers and Schiff base metal complexes for the last 5 years and has published articles in reputed international journals.
