Prof. Dr. Narendra Kumar has obtained his Dr. Tech. (Chemical Engineering) from Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland in the year 1996. He has been working at Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering, Åbo Akademi University since 1990. His duties are research, education, supervision of PhD, MSc. and B. Sc. students. He has published 498 peer-reviewed research papers in reputed, high impact factor international scientific journals in the field of catalysis, catalytic materials, catalyst synthesis and characterizations, microporous and mesoporous materials, chemical engineering, petro-chemicals, oil refining, biofuels, environmental catalysis, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and speciality chemical synthesis. His H-index is 43. He has co-supervised more than 75 Doctoral, Licentiate and M.Sc Thesis. Dr. Narendra Kumar has been awarded Åbo Akademi University Bronz and Silver medal for continuous services at the university for more than 30 years. He has evaluated doctoral theses and acted as opponent and examiner for universities in Finland, Sweden and Spain. He is a member of scientific committee and acts as a reviewer for Federation of European Zeolite Association, International Zeolite Association, International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorization, International Conference on Catalysis and Nordic Symposium on Catalysis. Dr. Narendra Kumar is an expert for evaluation of European Union Projects, Horizon Europe (2021-2027).