Dr. Kunal Pal pursued his graduation in Pharmacy from University of Delhi, New Delhi, India in the year 2002 followed by post-graduation in Biomedical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in the year 2004. Later, he did his PhD in Materials Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in the year 2006. He had a short stint at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India as a Research Associate. Subsequently, he joined Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada as a post-doctoral fellow in the year 2007. During his tenure at Ryerson University, he served as Vice-Chair (Elect), HQPA, AFMNet Network of Excellence, Canada. He joined National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India in the year 2009 as an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering. He is currently serving as Associate Professor and Professor-in-Charge (Medical Electronics and Instrumentation Laboratory) in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. His research revolves around soft biomaterials, impedance spectroscopy, medical instrumentation and biomedical signal processing. His group is currently involved in the development of soft materials for drug delivery and food applications, low-cost color analyzer, IoT-enabled drug delivery system and biosignal analysis. Dr. Pal is having >150 Scopus indexed publications in various journals of repute, books/ encyclopedia and conferences. His Scopus h-index is 29 with a total citation of >2500. He has served as Chief Guest Editor for the Journal of Healthcare Engineering for the special issue of "Medical Signal Processing in Biomedical and Clinical Applications" and has been editor for the books titled "Polymeric Gels: Characterization, Properties and Biomedical Applications", "Bioelectronics and Medical Devices", and "Biopolymer-based formulations". Dr. Pal has already handled three extramural projects of total cost more than INR 10 million. Currently, he is handling three number of extramural research projects. He has supervised four Ph.D. theses and is currently supervising another four students.