Professor (Dr.) Abhijit Majumder received his PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur in 2010. His doctoral research was on adhesion and soft mechanics. In 2010, he moved to inStem Bangalore and then in 2012 to Harvard Medical School Boston for his Post-Doctoral research on cell mechanics and microfluidic devices respectively. At present, he is an Assistant Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay and Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance Early Career Fellow. Abhijit has published in many internationally reputed journals including Science and received national and international awards for his research including Peeble Travel Grant Award and Alan Gent runners up award from Adhesion Society USA, and TR35 Young Investigators award by Technology Review MIT, USA. His present research interest includes stem cell, cell mechanics and microfluidics. Abhijit also has keen interest in spreading scientific awareness among masses, particularly students.