Professor Biswanath Dinda completed undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Calcutta, India. He received his PhD in 1974 for his research in the field of natural product chemistry, conducted in Prof. P. L. Majumder's research group at the Chemistry Department of Calcutta University. Prof. Dinda completed his postdoc research from 1976 to 1978, working in Prof. Jack L. Beal's research group at Ohio State University's College of Pharmacy. After his return from the USA, he first worked as a lecturer in Chemistry in an undergraduate college, and then joined the Calcutta University Post Graduate Centre in Agartala, Tripura, India as a senior lecturer in 1981. He was a full Professor at Tripura University from 1993 until he retired as senior-most professor in 2012. Prof. Dinda's research has focused on the discovery of various herbal drugs from locally available plants. During his 30 years as a lecturer and university professor, he has taught various (organic) chemistry courses, especially in the chemistry of pericyclic and photochemical reactions and the spectroscopy and chemistry of natural products.