Onkar Nath Srivastava (31 December 1942 – 24 April 2021)[1] was an Indian material physicist, an Emeritus professor of Banaras Hindu University and the vice president for India and South Asia of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy, who was known for his contributions to the disciplines of nanotechnology and hydrogen energy.
[2] He was the author of two books and over 440 scientific papers[3] and a recipient of several honors including Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the highest Indian award in the science and technology categories.
[4] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to science and engineering.
[5] Srivastava was born on 31 December 1942, in Varanasi, the holy city of Lord Shiva in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
[7] After doing his post doctoral research at Cornell University, USA, he returned to India to start his career as a lecturer at Banaras Hindu University where he served in different capacities as that of a reader, professor, head of the department of physics and the coordinator of the Centre of Advance Studies-Hydrogen Energy Centre.