Dr. Dharm Pal (PhD), is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at NIT, Raipur with over 14 years of teaching and research experience. His research work is mainly focused on understanding the mechanism of reactive extraction of carboxylic acids involving mass transfer accompanied by chemical reaction and also its modeling and optimization. His other areas of expertise/interest include functional bio-nanocomposites, wastewater treatment, and antibiotic resistance. At present he and his research group are interested in developing smart (active & intelligent) food packaging materials. He has published over 81 research communications in various Journals & Conferences, including 40 SCI/Scopus indexed papers, is co-author of 4 books & 3 book chapters, editor of 2 conference proceedings & 1 Special Issue and filled 1 patent. At present he is on the editorial board of four peer reviewed international journals and recently received AUROPATH GLOBAL AWARDS 2019 for the “Excellence in Research? from Chief Minister Chhattisgarh.