Dr. Swaran J.S. Flora, Director, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Raebareli, Lucknow U.P., received his Ph.D. from Industrial Toxicology Research Center, Lucknow, India and was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Utah State University, USA. He also served at the Defense Research and Development Establishment (DRDO), Gwalior, India. His most highlighted contribution has been the development of a new drug for therapy of chronic arsenic poisoning. He has published 302 research papers, 75 Review articles, 3 patents and edited a number of books including the Handbook of Arsenic Toxicology" and the Handbook of Biological Warfare Preparedness, published by ELSEVIER / Academic Press (USA). He is Editorial Board Member of 32 international journals and received many prestigious awards like the "DRDO Scientist of the Year Award". He is a Fellow of a number of scientific societies including Fellow of National Academy of Sciences (FNASc). He has supervised 28 graduate students for their PhD degree.