Prof. M. Basheer Ahamed is a Professor and Dean, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His current research interests include supercapacitors, polymer nanocomposite materials for energy storage and EMI shielding applications, nanomaterials, nonlinear optics, laser materials and crystal growth. He has published more than 115 research papers in reputed peer-reviewed international journals, 30 book chapters and edited six books with Springer, Elsevier, ACS and RSC.