Prof. (Dr.) Prana Bandhu Tripathy was born on 10th March 1935 at Puri. He passed out Matriculation Examination from Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack, in the year 1951. He completed his I.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry and M.Sc.(Chemistry) from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack in the years 1953, 1955, and 1957, respectively. He was a CSIR Research Fellow at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack from August 1957 to August 1959; Lecturer in Chemistry at FM College, Balasore from 1959 to 1961, and Lecturer in Chemistry at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack from 1961 to July 1968. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in the year 1964, working under the supervision of Prof. M. K. Rout. He did his Post-Doctoral Research Work at Washington State University, USA, from August 1968 to September 1971. After coming back from USA, he joined as Reader in Chemistry at B.J.B. College, Bhubaneswar, and served there from September 1971 to August 1976. Then he worked as Deputy Director in the office of DPI, Odisha, from 1st August 1976 to August 1980. In the year 1980, he proceeded to UGC, New Delhi, and worked there as Principal Scientific Officer and was promoted to the Rank of Joint Director. He was superannuated from the services of UGC on 31st March 1993. He has published 15 Research Papers in Indian Journals and 11 Research Papers in Foreign Journals. He had immense interest in Electronics & Photography. While he was in UGC, he prepared a variety of documents like Central University Funding, Strengthening of Infrastructure for Science & Technology in the Higher Education System and 5th Plan Assistance Guidelines, etc. He organized South East Asia and Pacific University Vice-Chancellor’s Conference & UNESCO Conference on Quality of Higher Education. He represented UGC at UNESCO Conference on Higher Education in Developing Countries held in Bangladesh. He was President of Orissa Chemical Society in 2001. During his tenure as the President, the Annual Conference of the OCS was held on December 22-23, 2001, at B.J.B. College, Bhubaneswar.