Dr Mohammad Aslam is an Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (J&K). He received his first master's degree in "Industrial Chemistry" from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, followed by MTech in "Fuels and Combustion" from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi and a PhD in Chemistry from National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. Dr Aslam has also worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Associate in Chemical Conversion Division, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-energy), Punjab. His current research is focusing on green transportation fuels derived from second/third generation biomass feedstocks and their application for decarbonizing transportation sector. Dr Shrikant Shivaji Maktedar is an Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, J&K. Dr Maktedar received his B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry and M.Sc. Degree in Physical Chemistry from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He completed his Ph.D. at Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. Over the last 10 years, Dr Maktedar has been working in the field of carbonaceous materials with emphasis on their multifunctional applications. Dr Anil Kumar Sarma holds an an MSc Chemistry (Gauhati University, 1997), M Tech in Energy Technology (Tezpur University, 2002) and PhD in Energy (Tezpur University, 2006) with specialization in Bioenergy. Dr Sarma has worked as a research associate in IIT Guwahati and visiting researcher at Seikei University, Japan. Dr Sarma is a Scientist- E at Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala. He has ongoing research projects ongoing for biomass characterization for power plant applications as a substitute of coal. His research interests include activated carbon production from waste biomass such as corncob, carbon conversion to grapheme, and uses for fuel cell electrode fabrication, super capacitor applications and more.
