Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar obtained his Ph.D. from Bombay University in 1969, he occupied various academic positions in Europe and USA , namely, Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at University of Salford in England (1969-76), and Visiting Professor at University of Delaware (1975) prior to returning to India.  Dr. Mashelkar joined NCL as a scientist in 1976. He rose to become the sixth Director of NCL in 1989.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, London (FRS), Foreign Fellow of the US National Academy of Science as well as US National Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Trieste, Italy. He is the fellow of all the learned Academy of Sciences and Engineering in India. Dr. Mashelkar took over as Director General CSIR in 1995. In sustained effort, spanning over a decade, he brought about significant transformation in CSIR. He was a pioneer in crafting the first major public-private partnership in R&D (NMITLI) and provided leadership in creating the first ever comprehensive Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. Dr. Mashelkar, articulated the value of IPR in competitive research. CSIR emerged as a major creator of IP during his tenure as DG. Dr. Mashelkar has assisted the Govt. of India in numerous scientific committees, dealing with science and society in such diverse areas as auto fuels policy, higher education and drug regulatory systems. His recommendations have been path breaking. He has also been a member of many global bodies, dealing with intellectual property rights set up by WIPO and WHO. He was also a member of a three member committee set up to examine the status of chemistry & chemical engineering research in UK. Dr. Mashelkar retired as DG, CSIR on 31 December 2006. Currently he is at National Chemical Laboratory as CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow. He is also the President of Global Research Alliance, a body of association of the publicly funded research institutions of  India , S. Africa , Australia , Finland , USA and Germany.