Rajeev Dwivedi earned his B.E. (Electrical) & M. Tech (Engineering materials) from NIT Bhopal, India, and has 36 years of experience in academics, skill training, business development, technical consulting in the field of plastics engineering and technology, testing, quality and standardization activities in the field of Plastics Engineering & Technology.

He worked at CIPET, a Govt of India Institute for Plastics, for 22 years (CIPET HO & Centres) from 1988-2010. Dwivedi was awarded UNIDO Fellowship in 1997 for advance training in the field of plastics processing in Canada. He has contributed as an important resource person for various Technical assignments, consultancy projects related to Plastics Sector in India, Srilanka, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia between 1999-2006. From 2007-10, he coordinated National studies on behalf of Government of India on topics such as environmental impact on bio-degradable plastics, promotion of recycling technology for plastic waste, assessment and quantification of plastic waste in 60 Indian cities, Fixation of Quality Standards for Plastics Products, Testing centres for certifying plastics products, etc.

Dwivedi is currently working as Director of Technical Training & Research Centre (TTRC), a division of LohiaCorp Limited, Kanpur, a machinery manufacturer for producing Technical textile products based on plastics/polymers.

He is a member in technical committee of National Standardization body of India- BIS for standard development of plastics products, Convener for BIS Panels on guidelines for Plastics Recycling. Also, an active Member of ISO Technical committee on Plastics (TC 61) and representing BIS India as expert in ISO TC 61-Subcommittee on Environment (SC 14) and working groups on Mechanical & Chemical recycling. He has worked as Project Leader for developing the new ISO Standard on “Testing and Characterization of Mechanically Recycled PE & PP for intended use in different plastics processing techniques”- ISO 5677 has already been published in January 2023. At present, he is working as a project leader for developing new ISO Standard (Guidelines for Physical Recycling ISO 15270-3 – a new, innovative concept for multilayer and contaminated mixed plastics.

He was a Member of Expert committee of FSSAI on Food safety for packaging materials, and has worked in the Taskforce of FSAAI as Special invitee for drafting regulations on use of Recycled plastics for food packaging applications.