Nitya Anand
[1][2] In 2005, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) appointed him chairman of its scientific committee.[3] Nitya Anand was born in Lyallpur, Punjab Province, British India on 1 January 1925.In 1948, Anand was awarded a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai.His overall research interest has always been in the design, discovery and development of new drugs using synthetic chemistry approaches.He was joint author with Jasjit S. Bindra Ph.D. of the book "Art in Organic Synthesis" which was published in 1969.