Bernardo Elvino de Sousa was born in Cottarbhat - Aldona, Bardez, Goa, India on 13th August 1945, attended St. Thomas' High School Aldona and the latter three years until SSC in Loyola High school, Margao.
He obtained a B.Sc. (Hons) degree from Bombay University in Chemistry (principal) and Physics (subsidiary) through St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
He completed his higher education with the title of Dr. of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, with a thesis in organic photochemistry.
After post-doctoral research in Fribourg with a Ciba-Geigy research grant, he joined Ciba-Geigy Ltd. in Basel, Switzerland, as a research scientist and retired from Huntsman Corporation in September 2010 as Director, Global Product EHS Management.
During his 34 years serving the chemical industry, the author has held various executive positions notably in the areas of Product Safety and Quality Management. He has many scientific publications to his credit. Post retirement,...