Rao, Subba Bayya: - Bayya Subba Rao completed both B. Pharm and M. Pharm from College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal. He completed P.G.Diploma in Patent Laws from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. He was awarded with Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences degree from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. During his 24 years of career he was involved in basic research, process research, teaching, government service at various levels as scientist-II, research chemist, lecturer, associate professor, I/C Principal, patent analyst. He has to his credit over 45 research, review articles published in national journals and has five copyrights. During his career he was involved in synthesis of new chemical entities, synthesis of drug metabolites and chemical process developments. He developed a process that was later patent applied and abandoned. He was involved in teaching Bio-Statistics and research methodology relating to pharmaceuticals to students at the B.Pharm, Pharm.D and M.Pharm levels. The other academic related books authored were Practical Pharmaceutical In-organic Chemistry, Intellectual Property Rights in Pharmaceutical Industry: Theory and Practice.