Vinay Kumar (SCOPUS; ORCID) completed his B. Pharmacy (2015) from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow (UP), M.S. in Pharmacy (2017) degree from NIPER, Kolkata (WB), and Ph.D. (Pharmacy) (2023) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata (WB). He qualified for the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test in 2015. He has been awarded SRF from DAE-BRNS (2018) and ICMR (2019), and also received a Research Associateship from ICMR (2022). He has experience in QSAR, Chemometric modelling studies, Protein-Protein interaction network analysis, Molecular Modelling, and Computer Aided Drug Design for almost six and a half years with special reference to developing novel inhibitors against Neurodegenerative Disorders. He has published 33 Research and review articles and 4 Book chapters in various peer-reviewed journals. He has showcased his research at various national and international conferences, earning recognition and support from esteemed organizations. Notably, he received international travel grants from prominent funding agencies, including the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) in Germany, where he was awarded a bursary, as well as from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), and the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) in India to facilitate his participation in conferences worldwide. He also serves as a peer reviewer for several scientific journals. At present, he is actively working as a Research Associate (RA)-ICMR in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (WB).