G. Srivardhan is a post graduate in chemical engineering from IIT Kanpur working currently as Senior Manager in EIL R&D. He has over 12 years of experience in CFD projects, technology development and Energy Efficiency improvement studies for Refineries and Petrochemicals. He is BEE (India) Certified Energy Auditor. He was a recipient of Ambuja Young Researcher Award in year 2010. In his credit are more than 15 patent applications, 3 international publications and participated in various national and international conferences.