Pandey Ashok

Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. Formerly, he was Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and Chief Scientist and Head, Centre for Biofuels, CSIR- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum. He is also HTBS National Innovation Chair (Biotechnology), Distinguished Professor in UPES, Dehradun and Distinguished Adjunct Professor, SIMST, Chennai. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on sustainability and circular economy. Professor Pandey is/has been Adjunct/Visiting Professor/Scientist in universities in France, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, China, South Korea, South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand, Switzerland, USA, UK, etc. Professor Pandey is the recipient of many national and international awards and honours, which include Fellow of five international and four national academies such as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS); World Society for Sustainab