Bio: Namratha W.N is a project assistant at Combustion Gasification and Propulsion Laboratory (CGPL), Indian Institute of Science. She graduated with a master’s degree in Physics with material science specialisation from Christ Deemed to be University, Bengaluru. She is an INSPIRE (SHE) scholarship awardee and her past research experience includes study of chalcone materials for non-linear optical applications and synthesis of carbon dots derived from biomass and study of their optical, electrochemical, and structural properties. Her current work entails research on green hydrogen generation and characterisation of materials used in the fuel cell