Dr. Neelesh Kumar Mehra is working as an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics at the Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India. He earned his  PostDoc from Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A & M Health Science Centre, Kingsville, TX, USA. He served as Manager in Product Development, Sentiss Research Centre, Sentiss Pharma Pvt Ltd. Gurgaon. He received a ‘TEAM AWARD’ for the successful commercialization of an Ophthalmic Suspension product. He has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications in high repute International Journals, and >30 book chapter contributions. He has 4 granted patents on manufacturing processes and composition to improve therapeutic efficacy for topical delivery. He is guiding 14 PhD and 35 M.S. students for their dissertations/research projects. He has received numerous outstanding awards, including Young Scientist and Team Awards, for their research output. He is a peer reviewer of various international Journals and publishers. He recently published three edited books on Multifunctional nanocarriers, Biopharmaceuticals, and nanotechnology. According to an announcement by city Scientists Stanford University on the database and the basis of standardized citation indicators, Dr. Mehra's name has been included in the top 2% of scientists in the world in the area of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, consecutively for 3 years.