Anil Bhowmick

Professor Anil Bhowmick Indian Institute of Technology, Patna Department of Chemistry Patna India Email: anilbhowmick@gmail.com Biographical Sketch: Prof. Anil K. Bhowmick is a Professor of Eminence at IIT Kharagpur and Director at IIT Patna. His main research interests are: Thermoplastic Elastomers and Polymer blends, Nanocomposites, Polymer modification, Rubber Technology, Failure and Degradation of Polymers, Adhesion and Adhesives. He has more than four hundred fifty publications in peer reviewed journals, 35 book chapters and seven co-edited books. He was the 2002 winner of the "Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers" award and 1997 winner of the "George Stafford Whitby" award of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society for innovative research, and a recipient of many international awards. He is on the Editorial Board of many international journals including Rubber Chemistry and Technology . He holds twelve patents including international ones. He has guided forty Ph.D. students. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy .