Dr. Chandragouda Raosaheb Patil, a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur has over 20 years of experience in teaching. As a teacher, he has always strived to make himself available for students using modern pedagogical tools. A pharmacologist by profession, he has even developed software and hardware tools of his subject domain, which are in use for more than 2 decades by the teachers and students of Pharmacy, Medical and paramedical fraternities throughout the country and also abroad. His artificial mice device gained prominence after the ban on animal-based experiments and dissections came into existence in our country. His work has been appreciated with ‘The Best Presentation Award’ and ‘Young Scientist Award’ from World Congresses on Alternatives to Animals in Life Sciences at Rome, Italy and Tokyo, Japan in 2009 and 2007 respectively. Dr. Patil is a recipient of prestigious awards like ‘Innovator Teacher Award’ from the Education Ministry and ‘Young Scientist Award’ from the AYUSH Ministry.