Prof.(Dr.) Chandra Sekhar Panda was born on 12th February 1945 at Badamba, Dist. Cuttack (Odisha). He passed B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack in 1964, and was First Class First of his batch. He stood First Class Second in M.Sc (Chemistry) Examination from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, in 1966. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree from IIT, Kanpur, in 1972, working under the guidance of Prof. S. Ranganathan in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. He completed ADTROC Course [Advanced Diplomas in Organic Chemistry (ADOC) and Teaching and Research in Organic Chemistry (ADTROC)] at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. in 1979. He was a Post–Doctoral Fellow at Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, from 1980 to1981 under Prof. H. Fener. He worked at G.M. College, Sambalpur from 1966 to 1967; Berhampur University from 1972 to 2005 (33 years); Senior Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry at RIPS, Berhampur from 2005 to 2007; Visiting Professor at NISER, Bhubaneswar from 2007 to 2010; Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bhubaneswar (2011) and Visiting Professor at College of Engineering & Technology(CET), Bhubaneswar from 2014-2017. He has published 77 research papers (11 papers in International Journals & 66 papers in National Journals). Eleven students have obtained their Ph.D. Degrees in Chemistry working under his able guidance. He has visited USA, UK, Poland, and Czechoslovakia during his long academic career. Prof. Panda shouldered many vital assignments during his long service career, such as Professor Coordination, NSS; Director, College Development Council; Director, Distant Education Cell Senate Member, Berhampur University from 2001 to 2005; Chairman, Post Graduate Council, Berhampur University during 2002 & Expert Member IX Plan. He has written three Books on Chemistry. He has received many awards and accolades during his remarkable professional career, some of them are V.S.R. Gupta Teacher of the Year Award by Orissa Chemical Society 1996 and Second Best Participant of the Summer Institute of College Teachers 1997. He was a Ph.D. Examiner of more than 15 Universities in India. He was President, Orissa Chemical Society for the year 2009. During his term as the President, the Annual Conference of OCS was held on Dec 19-20, 2009 at NIT, Rourkela.