Prof. Amar Nath Maitra did his M. Sc. in Chemistry from Calcutta University and Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He was a Professor in Chemistry at the University of Delhi until recently; presently he is working as an honorary adviser to the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University on Nano-science and Nanotechnology. Prof. Maitra is known for his outstanding work in nano-medicine. He has over 120 research papers in international journals and had guided 37 Ph. D students. On nano-medicine research Dr Maitra had collaboration with Polish Academy of Science, Krakow (Poland); University of London; and Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, USA. He has 24 patents from India and abroad on Nano-medicine. He had optimized nano-particle based paclitaxel formulation; this was launched in the market in the name ‘nanoxel’. He had also developed and transferred to industry, nano-technology based ‘Ophthalmic formulation’; Amphortericin B formulation ;and Calcium Phosphate nano-particles based gene therapy.

He has recently developed a nano-formulation of methylglyoxal in collaboration with IACS, Kolkata which is going for clinical studies through a Gurgaon based company. His current interest is oral chemotherapy and cancer nanotechnology, nano-formulations of herbal drugs, gene delivery and DNA vaccines. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the recipient of MRSI and several other awards.