Dr. Sunil P. Pande, born on 1.6.1948 ([email protected]), Director-grade - Scientist (Retd.) is an Inorganic Analytical Chemist with Ph.D., in Chemistry from Nagpur University. He has vast experience in analytical methods development for trace pollutants and has worked extensively on the problem of arsenic in drinking water. He has visited Bangladesh as a short-term WHO consultant for development of Field Kit for Arsenic. He was actively engaged in Water Quality Assessment studies carried out by NEERI in different States of India under the Water Mission (WM) programme of Government of India. During the WM programme, He developed a Field Kit for Iron determination in drinking water.