Divesh Narayan Srivastava

Dr. Divesh Narayan Srivastava currently holds the position of Chief Scientist at CSIR-CSMCRI, India, and Professor at AcSIR. He graduated from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India), in 1999, and subsequently spent a few years at Bar-Ilan Univrsity, Israel, and the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, India, as a postdoctoral fellow. His current research interests include electrochemical sensors and electrocatalysis. He has authored 131 research papers, 4 book chapters, edited 1 book, and holds 6 patents to his credit. Among his notable contributions are the development of technologies such as the 'Plastic Chip Electrode,' 'Tailored Potentiostat,' and 'Direct Seawater Electrolyzer.' The Plastic Chip Electrode has been adopted by a start-up for application in microfluidic devices. He is a guest editor of a special issue of Materials Today 73 (2023). He is a Fellow of the Gujarat Science Academy and an esteemed member of several other national and international scientific and administrative organizations.