Mithun Rudrapal, PhD, FIC, is presently working as Associate Professor and Head at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Rasiklal M. Dhariwal Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University), Pune, Maharashtra, India. Dr. Rudrapal has been actively engaged in teaching and research in the field of Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences for more than 12 years. He has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed international journals to his credit and has filed a number of Indian patents. In addition, Dr. Rudrapal is the author or editor of over a dozen published or forthcoming books.