Dr. Rakesh Kumar completed his Master of Science (Chemistry) and Master of Technology (Bio-chemical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D degree in year 2006 from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. From Sept. 2006 to Sept. 2008 he worked as postdoctoral fellow in Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, China under the supervision of Prof. Lina Zhang. Presently, he is working as Researcher in MSM, CSIR, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Prior to postdoctoral position in China, he also worked as Lecturer in Chemistry under United Nation Development Program (UNDP) at Arbaminch University, Ethiopia. His area of research is biodegradable plastics and composites.