Biswajit Mukherjee, Ph.D., W.B.C.S., F.I.C., F.I.C.S., is Professor in Pharmaceutics and former Head, in the Department, the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and a former faculty of the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He was a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) Fellow and Guest Scientist, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg. He was a visiting fellow of the School of Pharmacy, University of London, and an Indo-Hungarian Education Exchange Fellow, of the National Research Institute for Radiobiology Radiohygiene, Budapest. He works on Antisense Technology, cancer chemoprevention, drug nanocarriers, nanomedicine and targeted drug delivery systems, with a special focus on biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic studies. He is the executive secretary of Indian Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and Technologists.He is the recipient of Oversees Biotechnology Research Associateship 2005 (Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India), University Grants Commission (India) research award 2009, and Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India -Professor C.J Shisoo award in 2016 for research in Pharmaceutical Sciences.