Dr.SUMA B V is currently working as Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, at the Ramaiah University of Applied sciences, Bangalore. She completed her Masters in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Bangalore University and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from SASTRA University, Tamil Nadu. She has got 19 years of teaching and research experience. Dr.SUMA B V has published more than 15 research papers in national and international journals, attended several conferences, seminar and workshop related on drug discovery, analytical method validation and synthetic drug manufacturing. She has an expertise in designing of molecules of basic nucleus like 1, 3, 4- thiadiazole, Isatin, benzothiazole Pyrazolidinedione derivatives using synthetic route, computational tools, and anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticancerous screening in vivo methods. She has one pending patents to her credit. She is serving as reviewer panel of several peer reviewed journals. She is a life member of APTI. She has been honored Award for Excellence for Women (2013) by Gokula Education Foundation, Bangalore, Karnataka.