Maya Shankar Singh is Professor of Organic Chemistry at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, since 2006. He obtained his PhD degree in Organic Chemistry from Banaras Hindu University in 1986. After postdoctoral research, he joined the Vikram University Ujjain (India) as assistant professor in 1990 and moved to Gorakhpur University (India) as associate professor from 1998 - 2004. During his sabbatical, he visited University of Arizona (USA), Michigan State University (USA), Nagoya Institute of Technology (Japan), Loughborough University (UK) and University of Leicester (UK). His research interests are centered on synthetic organic chemistry, in particular the design and discovery of new drug candidates, development of novel building block precursors, new synthetic methodologies (catalytic and stoichiometric) and investigations towards understanding mechanisms, one-pot multi-component domino/tandem reactions, solvent-free reactions, asymmetric synthesis, and green reactions. He has published more than 120 scientific papers in international journals and has also authored three textbooks in Organic Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.