Dr. Samar Bandyopadhyay has completed M. Tech Degree in Plastics and Rubber Technology from University of Calcutta. Received Ph.D degree during December 2007 from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. He joined HASETRI in 1992 and worked for more than 23 years. He has worked as Head (R&D) of Pidilite Industries Ltd. at Dahej, Gujarat for one and half years. Currently working as Business Head in Pukhraj Additives LLP. He is a Guest Faculty in the field of Polymer Science and Technology of University of Calcutta, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur and Vidya Bhawan Polytechnic, Udaipur. He is the Honorary Secretary of Indian Rubber Institute (IRI) Rajasthan Branch. Participated as faculty in PGDIRI – DIRI National Level Crash Course for Rajasthan and Karnataka branch for a number of times. He is a Lead Assessor of National Accreditation Board of Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) in the field of Testing and Proficiency Test Programme. He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Engineers (India) Ltd. and Indian Rubber Institute. He has in his credit 60 numbers of Technical papers and 3 book chapters.