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We reported here simple method of preparation of nano porous Carbon fibers (CFs) by thermal decomposition. Carbonization of waste plant material was carried out in single zone furnace. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image revels that the Carbon fibers (CFs) formed around 200 ~ 500 nm in width. For the synthesis of Carbon fibers (CFs) processing on raw fibers is important step, for that naturally dried waste plant material was washed with distilled water and soaked in 20% NaOH solution for three days for the complete removal of alkaline material. These raw fibers then washed properly with distilled water and dried in oven at 1200C. Synthesis of carbon fibers (CFs) was carried out by using Carbonization method at 8500C. Hydrogen gas was used as carrier gas. The morphological structural properties of Carbon fibers (CFs) were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), EDX and XRD. The synthesized Carbon fibers (CFs) have a crystalline size of 200~ 500 nm. Surface of fibers is highly porous in nature with presence of small size pores. The pore cavities are present all over the surface. The side walls of each pore ranges in between 10~15 nm and inner diameter of pore cavities is in the range of 20~50 nm confirmed from SEM images. The crystalline nature of fibers are observed with help of XRD. Synthesised Carbon fibers (CFs) can be used in different fields like electrochemical sensors, Supercapacitors, fuel cell etc.