Debabrata Chatterjee received his Ph.D from Burdwan University, West Bengal in 1988. He joined CSIRCentralSalt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute at Bhavnagar, Gujarat in 1991 as scientist, and thenshifted to CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute at Durgapur, West Bengal in 1997, andretired as the Head of the Chemistry and Biomimetics Group 2016. He is now engaged in Burdwan Universityas Research Advisor. His research interests have mainly centered on the kinetic and mechanistic studies ofcatalytic and bio-inorganic reactions, in particular small molecules activation. He is the author of 185 researchpapers and reviews. He is elected fellow of National Academy of Science, India (FNASc), West BengalAcademy of Science & Technology (FWAST), and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC).Childhood polio has left him physically challenged with a considerable mobility problem.