Dilip M. Parikh is President, DPharma Group Inc., Ellicott City, Maryland, USA. As a Chemical and pharmaceutical engineer, he has more than 45 years of experience in product developments and manufacturing, process engineering, operational management of various pharmaceutical facilities in Canada and the USA. He is an invited speaker globally on various solid dosage manufacturing technologies and troubleshooting, process optimization strategies, regulatory remediation, and PAT & QbD implementation strategies. The author of many scientific journal articles, book chapters, and the editor of first, the second and third edition of Handbook of Pharmaceutical Granulation Technology.