Dr. Sachin Kumar is a Deputy Director in the Biochemical Conversion Division at the Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, Kapurthala, India. He was as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India and has research experience in biochemical conversion of biomass to biofuels including bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, lignin valorization, etc. He has completed eight research projects and one consultancy project. Dr. Sachin has published more than 75 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and papers in conference proceedings and 9 edited books. He has one granted US patent and 3 filed Indian patents. He has delivered more than 60 invited/plenary lectures and presented more than 75 papers in national and international conferences. He is a recipient of 2016 ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Research Professorship and selected as Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting Edge Research (B-ACER) Fellow 2016 by DBT and IUSSTF. He is also a member of Renewable Energy Sources Sectional Committee of BIS, MED 04 and played a lead role in development of Design, Construction, Installation and Operation of Biogas (Biomethane) Plant  Code of Practice.