Dr.R.Balaji, Senior Scientist of Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (CFCT), International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), An Autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India situated at IITM Research Park, Taramani, Chennai, was invited to deliver expert talk to the faculty and students of IMU on the topic “Fuel Cell Technology, trending areas and agencies for getting funded research projects”. He has extensively covered the area of fuel cell technology with the state-of-the-art developments and their application in the marine industry. He has pointed out the avenues for the research and the funding agencies available for getting projects. Faculty and students interacted with him and clarified their doubts. This expert talk was live streamed via Google meet to other IMU campuses.