Dr Pant is an internationally renowned toxicologist and neuroscientist. He has made pioneering contributions in neurotoxicology, neurodegeneration and neuropharmacology, stroke and stem cells based research. Dr. Pant is an elected Fellow of Several prestigious International Scientific and Academies bodies, to name a few are: Academy of Toxicological Sciences, USA, Society of Toxicology, India, Indian Academy of Neurosciences, Academy of Sciences for Animal Welfare, India, Academy of Environmental Biology India, etc. His pioneering work discovered how the master regulator signalling molecules/cascades are critical to convert hCBSCs into functional neurons and what exactly happens when things go wrong during the intricate process of neuronal development. Dr. Pant started his research career about thirty years back at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow in India. During his long and illustrious career, Dr. Pant advised and mentored several postdoctoral scientists and PhD scholars. He is an alumnus of the Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Presently, he is serving as ‘Principal Scientist’ at CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow in India. In the scientific fraternity, Dr Pant is renowned for his elegant research on application of human cord blood stem cells (hCBSCs) in developmental neurotoxicity (DNT). Since 2010, he is also serving as GLP Inspector of National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. The accreditation agencies of the country-BIS, DCGI, NABL, FSSAI, Pharmacovigilance, etc. are also utilizing his expertise. Since last four years, he is culminating a task to address the challenges of a neglected neurodegenerative disorder-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by utilizing an investigator driven federal funding under Indo-Brazilian project. Dr Pant is a recipient several prestigious awards such as Shakuntala Amir Chand Prize-2007 (ICMR), Vigyan Ratna Award-2010 (UP-Council of Science & Technology-Uttar Pradesh), National Bioscience Award-2012 (DBT), Prof. KT Shetty Memorial Oration Award-2017 (Indian Academy of Neurosciences), Toxicology Promotion Award (National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad), etc. He is in the editorial board of several International journals of high repute, to name few are: Scientific Research (Nature Publishing Group), Annals of Neurosciences, Journal of Clinical Toxicology, Toxicology Research, etc. Dr. Pant can be reached at abpant@iitr.res.in, abpant@rediffmail.com, abpant@yahoo.com