Industrial Decarbonization and the Energy Transition

Prof. Suresh Sundaramurthy is Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering 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 positions at international institutions. His research interests include catalysts, reactor design, environmental biotechnology, waste-to-energy, nanoengineered materials, biofuels, and green hydrogen. He has supervised numerous Ph.D. and master’s students and has substantial experience in R&D projects and consultancy.

Dr. Sakthivel Sundaresan is a Senior Technologist in the Technology Group of Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd., based in Mumbai, India. His areas of focus include green chemicals, green ammonia, green fuels, the energy transition, and decarbonization, with responsibility for the evaluation of emerging technologies and commercialization. Dr. Sakthivel has experience in process engineering, technology analysis, screening and selection, techno-economic analysis, pilot setups, process hazard analysis, basic, applied and market research, and powder and science technology. He holds a PhD and has published several articles in national and peer-reviewed international journals.

Prof. Sarat Kumar Swain is a Professor of Chemistry at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), 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. 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 120 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, authored or edited five books and 35 book chapters, and holds two patents—one in the USA and another in India.