Dr. Parasuraman Selvam is currently the Head, National Centre for Catalysis Research, and Professor in the Department of Chemistry, IIT-Madras, Chennai. He is also an Adjunct Faculty at The University of Manchester and the University of Surrey, U.K. Ear-lier, Professor Selvam was a Faculty at IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, and Tohoku University, Japan. He has also held several Visiting/Adjunct Faculty positions in various Universities/Institutes both in India and Abroad. He has also been bestowed with several national and international honors including the Young Scientist Awards for both Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry; Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K. Professor Selvam’s research work involves mainly on the development of novel synthetic routes for the preparation of porous materials including nano- and hierarchical zeolites as well as metal-organic frameworks; size- and shape-controlled nano-materials. Professor Selvam has published over 275 original research papers and is a co-inventor of about 25 patents.