Dr. M. Basheer Ahamed is a professor in the Department of Physics, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has 33 years of teaching experience to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Engineering and Technology. He has 21 years of research experience in different areas of nanotechnology and Laser Technology. He has published more than 100 research papers in reputed International journals. He has to his credit 35 papers in National and International conferences, 12 book chapters and one book. His current research interests include supercapacitors, polymer nanocomposite materials for energy storage and EMI Shielding applications, nanomaterials, nonlinear optics, laser materials and crystal growth..