Reviewers' Board: Best Toxicology Books

 V.V.Pillay, MD, DCL

Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Chief, Poison Control & DNA Typing Units,
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research,
Cochin 682026
South India
E-mail: toxicology@medical.amrita.edu

Professor V.V.Pillay has been in the vanguard of the movement among medical professionals in India to develop the neglected field of Toxicology. He has published extensively in both the scientific and lay press on matters relating to Toxicology, as well as his chosen discipline - Forensic Medicine. Dr.Pillay has authored 5 books on Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, and has received an award for one of them (Modern Medical Toxicology), generally considered to be a trend setter among books on the subject in India. He has reviewed several books on Toxicology for the Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.

Dr.Pillay received a scroll of honour in appreciation of work done in the field of Toxicology from the Medicolegal Society, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He is instrumental in establishing a state-of-the-art Poison Control Center at the institute where he is currently employed, which is among the few such Centers in India recognized by the World Health Organization. Among his most sought-after publications is a 700 page reference work on Toxicology. Dr. Pillay has recently started a professional organization exclusively dedicated to toxicology - The Indian Society of Toxicology, which has drawn membership of professionals and researchers from all over the country and abroad. The Society brings out a peer reviewed journal biannually (Journal of Indian Society of Toxicology).

Professor Pillay is also an Executive Editor in Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Book Reviews.