Professor. Karmakar Manoj Kumar is from the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care of the Faculty of Medicine, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and specializes in paediatric and regional anesthesia. He is the past president of the Asian Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiologist’s (ASPA). Professor Karmakar is internationally recognized for his research in regional anesthesia, in both adults and children, and his areas of research interest include thoracic paravertebral block, spinal sonography, ultrasound guided central neuraxial blocks and local anesthetic pharmacology. Professor. Karmakar has pioneered many novel regional anesthetic techniques and published extensively, with a total 344 publications, of which 175 are in high impact peer review journals. His research work has been cited 7800 times (Google Scholar as of 15 April 2023) and his H-index is 45. Professor Karmakar has been invited as a guest speaker to innumerable international meetings around the world, been a faculty of countless international workshops, and has lectured as a Visiting Professor at reputable international universities. Prof. Karmakar is also an Associate Editor for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and a guest reviewer for several reputed journals in Anesthesiology. He has also edited several textbooks and authored numerous book chapters in reference textbooks of regional anesthesia.