Dr.Shishir Sinha is currently Professor & Head at  Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee. His area of specialization are Blended Polymer Composites , Polymer Surface Modification, Polymer Composites, Nano Composites,  Ion Exchanger, Ion Exchangers.

He was born on XXXCCCCCCBBBBBBB, place, Uttar Pradesh, India. He did his B.Tech. in Chemical from H.B. Technological Institute Kanpur in year, 1993. Then, he completed  his M.Tech.in Chemical from H.B. Technological Institute Kanpur in year 1995. further he finished his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur in year 2000 and joined as Lecturer at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala in year 1999 while pursuing Ph.D at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur. He joined the department of Chemical engineering as Assistant Professor  in 2006 at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

He has experience of more than 20 years in teaching, research and consultancy in different aspects of Chemical engineering.