Dr. Kalpana S. Patil is a Professor at SWVSM’s Tatyasaheb Kore College of Pharmacy, Warananagar, and former Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Belagavi. With over 33 years of teaching and research experience, she specializes in phytochemistry, pharmacological screening, herbal nanotechnology, green chemistry, and herbal product development. She has published 125 research and review articles, one book, and six book chapters, earning over 1,456 citations and an h-index of 21. She is widely recognized as a dedicated mentor, researcher, and invited speaker.