I, G.V.R. Sharma, obtained my Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. A. Srikrishna, Bhatnagar awardee, at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science in 1992. I did my postdoctoral research as UGC-SAP RA with Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, FRS, University of Hyderabad, as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow with Prof. H. Prinzbach at the University of Freiburg, Germany, RA with Prof. Phil Eaton at the University of Chicago, USA, and RA in ABE at Purdue University, USA.