Kollur Shiva Prasad received his PhD. degree from the University of Mysore, Mysuru in 2012. He persued his post-doctoral studies at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Presently, he is working as Associate Professor in Chemistry at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru. His research interests include coordination chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, sustainable chemistry and development of novel green synthetic approach for the production of nanomaterials.