P.K. Verma, a Professor and Consultant of Anaesthesia, is a renowned figure in the field of Critical Care. He is currently serving as In Charge, Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. He has amassed a wealth of knowledge which has been at the disposal of a wide range of critically ill patients for the last three decades. He is an excellent clinician and an inspiring teacher. He has been an examiner for MD (Anaesthesia) and DNB (Critical Care) on several occasions. He has been the Chairman of the Project Review Committee for ICMR for over a decade and has a number of publications to his credit.