Keynote Speakers Details

Prof. Sabu Thomas is the Director of the International and Inter-University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaims for his work in Polymer Science and Engineering, Nano Materials, Polymer Nanocomposites, Elastomers, Polymer Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Polymer Membranes, Green Composites and Nanocomposites, Nanomedicine and Green Nanotechnology. He has published over 650 peer reviewed research papers, reviews and book chapters, 6 patents and has co-edited 53 books published by Royal Society, Wiley Wood head, Elsevier, CRC Press, Springer, Nova etc. The H index of Prof, Thomas is 77 and has more than 26,000 citations. He has received a number of national and international awards which include: Fellowship of the Royal Society of chemistry, London, Distinguished Professorship from Josef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, MRSl medal, Nano Tech Medal, CRSI medal, Distinguished Faculty Award, and Sukumar Maithy Award for the best polymer researcher in the country. Very recently, because of the outstanding contributions to the field of nano materials, Polymer Science and Engineering, Prof, Thomas has been conferred Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France.  Prof. Thomas has delivered over 300 Plenary/Inaugural and Invited lectures in national/international meetings over 40 countries. He has established a state of the art laboratory at Mahatma Gandhi University in the area of Polymer Science and Engineering and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology through external funding form DST, CSIR, TWAS, UGC, DBT, DRDO, AICTE, ISRO, DIT, TWAS, KSCSTE, BRNS, UGC-DAE, Du Pont, USA, General Cables, USA, Surface Treat Czech Republic, MRF Tyres and Apollo Tyres. Professor Thomas has several international collaborative projects with a large number of countries abroad. He has already supervised 75 PhD theses.