Sustainable Hydrogels

Prof. Sabu Thomas is a globally renowned scientist and one of the leading researchers. Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on polymer blends, nanocomposites, green materials, and sustainable polymers. Prof. Sabu Thomas is an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the 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. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 160 and he has more than 125,000 citations Dr. 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 sustainable polymer innovations for packaging, eco-friendly plastic degradation, bio nanocomposite fabrication, and enhancing the electrochemical properties of biopolymers. Notably, she was honored with research awards from Netaji Subhas University of Technology in both 2023 and 2024. 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.

• 1. Hydrogels: An overview of the history, classification, principles, applications, and kinetics2. Sustainable production of hydrogels3. Characterization tools and techniques for sustainable hydrogels4. Structure-property-function relationships of sustainable hydrogels5. Nanohydrogels for achieving green economy6. Peptide and protein-based hydrogels7. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels8. Eco-friendly and biodegradable cellulose hydrogels9. Lignin-derived hydrogels10. Sustainable polyester hydrogels11. Carbon-based hydrogels12. Bioinspired, biomimetic hydrogels13. Sustainable hydrogels in food packaging systems14. Sustainable hydrogels as an emerging material platform for water purification15. Hydrogel-based vascular grafts: State of the art16. Sustainable hydrogel-based cell therapy17. Hydrogels and their combination with lipids and nucleotides18. Complementing the circular economy with a life cycle assessment of sustainable hydrogels and their future prospects