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Professor K. Sambamurthy (Late) was a well-known and renowned academecian in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He served as a Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacy, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, for several years. He was pioneer in establishing the Department of Biotechnology at the Andhra University with his broad vision, academic experience and ocean of knowledge and wisdom. He also held the status of an Emeritus Professor of UGC for several years. He has guided several P.G./Ph.D., students for their research projects meltieculously. Professor Sambamurthy's textbook on 'Pharmaceutical Engineering' is an excellent academic contribution to the pharmacy students in Indian Universities. His research interest is adequately reflected through his copious volumes of publications in international and national scientific journals.

Professor Kar has a commendable track record in academic institutions of high repute in Nigeria, India, Libya and Ethiopia for more than 23 years. He has been actively engaged in teaching, research, administration and service to his profession. He has since published more than fifty research papers and guided several P.G./Ph.D., students in Nigeria, India and Ethiopia. He has creditably bagged the University Gold Medal in B.Pharm. and M.Pharm. Examinations, and Ph.D., from the University of Saugar, Sagar (India). He is the Life Member of a number of national professional bodies, such as: APTI, ISTE and IPGA. Besides the present text, he has completed four other fast selling text-books-Medicinal Chemistry, 3rd Edn., 2005; Pharmacognosy and Pharmaco-biotechnology 2003; Advanced Practical Medicinal Chemistry 2004; and Phaarmaceutical Biotechnology 2005-all published by New Age International (P) Limited, Publishers (New Delhi), meant for B.Pharm. and M. Pharm. students in Indian Universities and abroad. Professor Kar's ten-year exposure in Public Limited Companies (India) as: General Manager (R&D); Production Manager (Food); and Research and Development Officer has inculcated in him a substantial in-built stimulus in setting up of sophisticated academic and research laboratories both in African Continent and in top-notch Indian Universities.