Dr. P. Muralidharan received M.Pharm in Pharmacology from J.S.S. College (now J.S.S. University) in Rocklands, Ooty. Ph.D. from Meenakshi Medical University. He is currently Head, Department of Pharmacology, at C.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. He has supervised a number of undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. research projects. He has 27 years of teaching and research experience in Molecular and Developmental Neurosciences. To his credit, he has numerous numbers of publications in National and International peer-reviewed reputed journals, having many patents and also authored many books/book chapters in the field of Pharmacy. He is the Life Member in number of societies including Indian Pharmacological Society (IPS) and Laboratory Animals Scientist Association (LASA). He is the recipient of many prestigious awards like Best Teacher Award from Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Agathiyar Award from Biomedical Scientist Association for research in Indigenous Medical Preparation and SAS Lifetime Achievement Award (Pharmaceutical Sciences) from Scholars Academic and Scientific Society.