Lignocellulosic Biomass to Biohydrogen

Suresh Sundaramurthy is the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering & Faculty In-Charge, Central Research Facility at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (India). He completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Roorkee and has held postdoctoral and visiting faculty, research positions at international and national institutions (CUNY, USA, AIT Thailand, JNCASR, Bengaluru, IIT Kanpur, Pondicherry University). His research interests include catalysts, reactor design, environmental biotechnology, waste-to-energy, nanoengineered materials, biofuels, decarbonation and green hydrogen. He has supervised numerous Ph.D. and master's students and has substantial experience in R&D projects. He has undertaken several Energy & Environment consultancy projects and technical services including Gas Authority of India Limited, NCAP-MoEFF&CC, Central Effluent Treatment Plant (Indore), CITIIS 2.0 (Ujjain), M.P. Pollution Control Board, Directorate of Urban Administration & Development, State Co-operative Dairy Federation, Animal & Poultry Development Corporation, C-STEP Pvt Ltd. He has published over 130 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, authored/edited 14 books and 41 book chapters/encyclopedia and holds four patents. He has been technical expert member of A.I.C.T.E and Bureau of Indian Standards. He has hosted and lead different technical industry-academia conference/webinars including ‘CO2 Reduction Processes for Future Energy Development’ involving participation from different industry experts with emphasis on conversion of CO2 into value added products, coal gasification and H2 as the source for future energy. He has received awards from SERB-IUSSTF, Ministry of Education, DST-Uttarakhand Council of Science and Technology, Institute of Engineers. He honoured as Fellow member of Society of Energy Engineers and Managers & Institution of Engineers (India).A. Arumugam is an Associate Professor, SASTRA Deemed University, Tanjore (India). Dr. Arumugam. A is an M.Tech alumnus of the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, in Chemical engineering plant Design and pursued B.Tech in Chemical Engineering at Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. He was awarded Early Career Research Grant (ECR) and CRG on biofuel production. An esteemed author of journal articles, book chapters, with experience spanning nearly 20 years and encompassing renowned academic and research experience in bio-fuels and its relevant technological areas. The focus of his research interests involves the development application of innovative chemical-biological (green) methodologies to invent and modify technologies for energy development. Over the last few years, he worked extensively on synthesizing biodiesel from various non-edible feedstock and algal sources through various agricultural and industrial waste materials as a catalyst for the transesterification process. He had published 72 research articles with a cumulative impact factor of 175 were published in SCI-indexed journals and 8 book chapters. He has edited a book published by Elsevier titled ”Production of Biodiesel from Non-Edible Sources”.Deepak Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), where he leads the Sustainable Bioprocessing and Bioproducts Laboratory (SBBL). His research focuses on developing sustainable bioprocess technologies that transform agro-food processing residues and forest biomass into bioplastics, biofuels, and functional bioproducts. By combining experimental process development with techno-economic analysis (TEA) and process simulation modeling, his work advances scalable and economically viable strategies for circular bioeconomy. Dr. Kumar has published more than 90 peer-reviewed research articles and 13 book chapters, with over 5,200 citations and an H-index of 37 (Google Scholar). His contributions have been recognized with several honors, including the 2025 ESF Exemplary Researcher Award and the 2016 Bioenergy Society of Singapore (BESS) Achievement Award. He has also been consistently ranked among the top 2% most cited scientists worldwide in the field of energy (Stanford University and Elsevier-Scopus, 2022–2024)Sarat Kumar Swain is a Professor of Chemistry, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla, India, since 2011. Previously, he served as Associate Professor at North Odisha University and held several key positions at VSSUT, including Dean of Academic Affairs and Head of the Chemistry Department. He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Akron, Ohio, after earning his Doctoral degree from Utkal University, and has been a visiting researcher at IACS, Kolkata, and JNCASR, Bengaluru. Prof. Swain has received different awards such as BOYSCAST, DAE-Young Scientist Research, Samanta Chandra Sekhar. With over 25 years of teaching and research experience, Prof. Swain focuses on hybrid nanomaterials and advanced materials for environmental remediation and decarbonization. He has published over 150 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, authored or edited seven books and 35 book chapters, and holds two patents—one in the USA and another in India.