**Meet the editor**

The weaving of these diverse topics into an integrated book has been made possible by Professor Dhanjoo Ghista. His academic background and activities span engineering science, medical and health sciences, hospital administration and healthcare delivery system. A pioneer and authority in biomedical engineering (BME), he has a vision for professional development

of BME, by incorporation of BME into the medical education curriculum, for offering of MD-PhD (bme) and MD-MBA (hospital administration) degrees, and setting up of BME departments in tertiary-care hospitals. He has also developed a pre-primary community healthcare system. Together, this will help to bring about (I) a technological evolution of novel medical procedures and devices, towards a higher order of translational medicine in patient care, as well as (II) more cost-effective hospital management and healthcare delivery system.
