Dr N C Datta is a physical chemist with a doctorate in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
He has taught in several colleges and done research in catalysis for more than twenty years, including two years of post-doctoral research at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. He has been a production manager in a chemical plant for more than a decade and has authored a number of research papers and articles. Presently he is a freelance writer and consultant.