Dr S. Prakash Chandar serves as Assistant Professor, Senior Grade, in theDepartment of Civil Engineeringat SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Kattankulathur/Chengalpattu campus), Tamil Nadu , INDIA. He has been active as an academic staff member since from 2011 in the Civil Engineering department of SRMIST.He has produced and published more than 60 research works on concrete materials, infrastructure areas and is active in workshops and supervision of students and produced 4 Ph.D students. Title of talk: Waste to energy – The effects of coconut shell as an aggregate in concrete.