Prof. S. Ravi P. Silva CBE FREng is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute at Surrey University. He joined Surrey after completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Cambridge University. His research interests include nanotechnology, renewables, and has resulted in over 600 papers: with 22,500 citations, an H-index 75, 35 patents and has won research funding over £43M. He is a Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK and a Fellow, National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 Queen’s New Year Honors’ list.