**Meet the editor**

Vivek Patel has a strong background in materials science, marketing, and management, and he graduated from Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET). Previously, he was associated with Lucintel, Sperry Plast Ltd., and major chemical MNCs. His areas of expertise are polymers, composites, chemicals, and nanotechnology as well as writing, reviewing,

and editing technocommercial magazines such as *Modern Polymers & Plastics*, *Chemical World*, *Chemical Weekly*, *FRP Today*, *Popular Plastics*, and *Packaging*. In the past, his article on nanomaterials for Li-ion battery has been recognized by *Forbes* and *Times* of India. His innovation won Next Big Idea Business Competition, organized by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B), Intel and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, and showcased in UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, USA. Mr. Patel also finalized in FICCI Innovation, Eureka, Power of Ideas, and Economic times' business idea competition.
