Pawan K. Agrawal obtained his PHD at the Central Drug Research Institute,Lucknow,India,in 1981,and spent Visiting Scholar stays at the Universitat des. Saarlandes,Saarbrvcken,Germany,University of Maryland,Baltimore and University of Alabama,Birmingham.For many years he worked as a scientist at Central Institute of Medicinaland Aromatic Plants,Lucknow, India.His research interest includes natural product chemistry,and he is the author of over 100 publications including a monograph and seveeral book contributions.