Dr. K. Lakshmi, M.Pharm, Ph.D. is a Professor and Dean of Chettinad School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai. In her 21 years of teaching experience, she has published 65 original research articles in various National and International Journals. She has presented several papers in various conferences and received best paper awards. She has received travel grants and visited Amsterdam and Turkey for International Conferences. She has completed 3 funded research projects from DST and UGC. She has delivered several invited talks in Webinars, workshops, seminars and faculty development programs on Pharmaceutical Analysis, Statistics and Intellectual Property Rights. She has completed 10 different MOOCs courses from SWAYAM and NPTEL. She has authored two book chapters in the book titled “Natural Resources for Drug Discovery”. She is also serving as an Editorial Board member and reviewer in many National and International Journals.