"Dr. Tapan Kr. Chatterjee, M.Pharm., Ph.D., FIC, Current Position: Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Dr.T.K. Chatterjee, an Ex-UGC( Govt. of India) Research Scientist and presently a Faculty member of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, has been actively engaged in Pharmacological & toxicological research and teaching for the last 3 decades. He has been resourceful contributor of more than ninety research papers in journals of National and International repute and he has to his trust worthiness as a distinguished author of books entitled ""Hand book on Laboratory Mice & Rats"" (1993), ""Herbal Options"" (1st edition 1996, 2nd edition 1997, 3rd edition 1999), ""Chemotherapy of Tropical Parasitic Infections"" (1st edition 1995, 2nd edition 1999), ""Skin - Diseases and Treatment"" (1st edition 1999), ""A Handbook of Pharmacology"" (2011),""Antidiabetic plant Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC"" (2012), ""Pharmacological properties of Coccinia grandis L.Voigt"" (2012), ""Medicinal plant Abrus precatorious L."" (2012) that attracted widespread recognition from various organization of Pharmaceutical, Medical and allied sciences. International conferences in different countries like Sweden, Germany, Belgium and U.K. have also been enriched by his resourceful papers, a number of times. Dr. Chatterjee is also a freelance Bio-Medical writer with appreciable expertise. He was felicitated by different organizations awarding him with prestigious awards like Ram Mohan Puraskar, Aadi Samman, NIMA Award, NAGARJUN PURASKAR etc. for his contribution in Pharmaceutical sciences. With the discovery of a new antibiotic MT81 (Patent No. 156916), Dr. Chatterjee's research work stands in high esteem embracing in depth study on the subject, and thus adding a new plume into his ever increasing contribution in the fields of Medical healthcare."