**Meet the editors**

Dr. Sakthivel Lakshmana Prabu is associated with Anna University since 2009. He qualified in GATE 1998 and secured 95.36 percentile (All India Rank 110). He received his PhD degree from Manipal University and postgraduate diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law from National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He is having very good reputed pharmaceutical industrial

experience in quality assurance, validation, and formulation development. He has been awarded 3 international patents, published 88 peer-reviewed publications; authored 11 book chapters; edited 1 book, and is editing 2 books which are under process. Book chapter entitled "Extraction of Drug from the Biological Matrix: A Review," InTech Publication, has been downloaded more than 20,000 times worldwide. He is serving as a reviewer for eight reputed journals and an editorial board member for five journals.

Timmadonu Narasimman Kuppusami Suriyaprakasha proud alumnus of Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, and Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, was awarded with PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Technology by the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. He published nearly 50 research and review papers in reputed journals and

authored 8 book chapters published in Elsevier, IGI Global, and InTech journals. One of the chapters in InTech has been downloaded nearly 25,000 times worldwide. He conducted many quality improvement programs in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Presently he is working as principal at Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna for the past 3 years. During his tenure as principal, the Al Shifa College of Pharmacy has been recognized as a top-ranked college in 2017 in Kerala State.
