Prof(Dr.) Ramesh K.Goyal, Vice-Chancellor, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara,Gujarat,India has been Professor of Pharmacology in L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad having 31 years of experience in Teaching and Research in Cardiovascular Pharmacology & Diabetes.

In between he was a post-doctoral scholar (1984) and visiting scientist (1995) at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and visiting Professor, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada (1999, 2001 and 2003).

He has three patents, 15 books, over 250 full papers, 300 abstracts and guided over 35 Ph.D and 150 M. Pharm students. He is the recipient of 58 awards including Best Pharmacy Teacher and Best Pharmaceutical Research Scientist (APTI) and Distinguished Service Award from International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Canada. He is the Fellow of six professional bodies (FIPS, FIACS, FAMS, FIC, FICN, FNASc.) and Member of different committees (ICMR, AICTEAJGC).

He is currently President of Indian Pharmacological Society. He has attended number of Seminars, Workshops and Conferences as Resource Person and also chaired various sessions. Prof. Goyal has been invited to deliver about 100 lectures in India and 16 lectures abroad