Prabal K. Maiti is a Professor in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He served as chair of the Physics department and Center for Cryogenic Technology (CCT) from 2018-2023. Prof Maiti received his M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from IIT, Kanpur, India followed by postdoctoral stays at MPIP, Mainz, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Caltech, USA. He is a fellow of Indian Academy of Science (IASc), Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). Currently, he is an associate editor of PCCP published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). His other awards/honors include Alexander Humboldt fellowship and Fulbright fellowship. He works in the area of Multiscale Modelling of Soft and Bio-materials. Current research interests are in the area of confined fluid, nucleic acid nanotechnology, charge transport in biomolecules, HIV inhibition, membrane biophysics and physics for sustainability.