I Dr N. Pratheepa sivasankari, working as Professor in the Department of Anatomy, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. I graduated from Government Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli dist., Tamil Nadu and completed my postgraduation in the field of Anatomy (MD ANATOMY) at JIPMER, the prestigious central govt institute, in Pondicherry. During my post-graduate period, I received Dr Jeyavelu Memorial Award for Best Paper Presentation for two consecutive years 2006, and 2007. My post-graduate thesis work was on Micronucleus assay on buccal mucosal cells in oral cancer and precancerous conditions. This research work was published in the Scopus-indexed Anatomy Journal “JOURNAL OF ANATOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA”. I received Dr. Mehta Memorial Award for the best article published in the year 2008. After completing my post-graduation, I started my journey in Govt. Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai as Asst professor continued my service for 6 months. In 2008 I joined as Asst professor in the dept of Anatomy at SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre and have continued my service till now. Received a silver medal for my research paper presentation on Research Day celebration at our Institute. My Areas of Interest in the field of research are Molecular genetics, Medical education and developmental anatomy.