Prof. Ramesh Chandra Deka is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam. He completed his Ph.D. degree from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune in 1998. He had also done Post-Doctoral with Prof. Kimihiko Hirao, University of Tokyo, Japan, in the field of electronic structure theory of materials from June 1999 – May 2001. His research area includes theoretical Chemistry, Molecular Modeling, Drug Design and Catalysis. He has 180 research publications in reputed international and national Journals. Till date, he has received various prestigious awards like Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, CRSI bronze medal, Hindustan Platinum award by Catalysis Society of India and many more.