Dr. B.A. Kagali has served as Chairman and Professor of Physics at Bangalore University. He has over thirty-two years of experience in teaching M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. students at several universities. He obtained M.Sc. (Physics) degree from IIT at Kanpur, M.S. in Physics from Purdue University and Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, USA. He has worked in the areas of Elementary Particle Physics, Modern Optics, Mathematical Physics and Astrophysics. He has published over thirty-five research papers in national and international journals as well as three books on Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics. He has served as a resource person in several workshops and seminars. He has served as a Senior Associate of IUCAA, Pune and Vice-President of IPA, Bangalore Chapter.