Dr. S. J. S. Flora is currently the Director and Dean, Era College of Pharmacy, Era Medical University, Lucknow. He was the Director of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India and also served as Director of NIPER SAS Nagar (Mohali). He was also the former Head of the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India. He earned his PhD from the CSIR–Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and completed postdoctoral research at Utah State University in the USA. His research achievements include the development of a novel therapeutic agent for chronic arsenic poisoning which was approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). Dr. Flora has published more than 382 research articles, 75 review articles and book chapters, holds 18 patents, and authored or edited six books, including Handbook of Arsenic Toxicology and Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness, published by Elsevier/Academic Press.Dr Vidhu is senior research fellow at Defence Research Development Establishment, Gwalior, India, and lecturer at Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, India.

• 1. Biological warfare agents: History and modern-day relevance2. Bacterial biological warfare agents3. Toxins as biological warfare agents4. Viral agents including threat from emerging viral infections5. Advance detection technologies for select biothreat agents6. Microfluidics application for detection of biological warfare agents7. Collection, storage, and transportation of samples for offsite analysis8. Medical management of diseases associated with biological warfare9. Protective equipment for protection against biological warfare agents10. Environmental sampling and biodecontamination—Recent progress, challenges, and future direction11. Biological and toxin warfare convention: Current status and future prospects12. Next generation agents (synthetic agents): Emerging threats and challenges in detection, protection, and decontamination13. Genome information of BW agents and their application in biodefence14. Planning for protection of civilians against bioterrorism

Dr. S. J. S. Flora is currently the Director and Dean, Era College of Pharmacy, Era Medical University, Lucknow. He was the Director of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India and also served as Director of NIPER SAS Nagar (Mohali). He was also the former Head of the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India. He earned his PhD from the CSIR–Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and completed postdoctoral research at Utah State University in the USA. His research achievements include the development of a novel therapeutic agent for chronic arsenic poisoning which was approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). Dr. Flora has published more than 382 research articles, 75 review articles and book chapters, holds 18 patents, and authored or edited six books, including Handbook of Arsenic Toxicology and Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness, published by Elsevier/Academic Press.Dr Vidhu is senior research fellow at Defence Research Development Establishment, Gwalior, India, and lecturer at Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, India.

• 1. Biological warfare agents: History and modern-day relevance2. Bacterial biological warfare agents3. Toxins as biological warfare agents4. Viral agents including threat from emerging viral infections5. Advance detection technologies for select biothreat agents6. Microfluidics application for detection of biological warfare agents7. Collection, storage, and transportation of samples for offsite analysis8. Medical management of diseases associated with biological warfare9. Protective equipment for protection against biological warfare agents10. Environmental sampling and biodecontamination—Recent progress, challenges, and future direction11. Biological and toxin warfare convention: Current status and future prospects12. Next generation agents (synthetic agents): Emerging threats and challenges in detection, protection, and decontamination13. Genome information of BW agents and their application in biodefence14. Planning for protection of civilians against bioterrorism