Anjan Kumar Chatterjee is a Materials Scientist and has spent almost five decades in the cement and concrete industry as a researcher and a corporate executive. He completed his graduation and post-graduation studies at the Presidency College (now a University) in Kolkata, India, and later obtained his doctoral degree from the Moscow State University, Russia. He carried out his research studies at the Institute of Metallurgy in Moscow and the Building Research Establishment in the United Kingdom. His research work encompassed metal refining slags, phase equilibrium studies of the oxy-fluoride systems, cement manufacturing processes, development of blended and special-purpose cements, refractory cements and products, ready-mixed concrete production, cement and concrete materials science and chemistry, and restoration and renovation of concrete structures.