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A definition of health: Physical and Mental Independence of Daily Living ; Being healthy means: Having adequate physical and mental activities of daily living; "Quality of life" is independent of the state of health - it is mostly subjective;
I am SURESH RATTAN 
I am a scientist researching in the field of biology of ageing - Biogerontology.
Biogerontology is also the name of a peer reviewed international journal, published by Springer, with me as its Editor-in-Chief, since its inception in 2000.
You may have reached this site by choice or by chance; and if you want to know more about my educational background, academic achievements in terms of degrees earned, and awards, honours and other symbols of success including publications, discoveries, ideas, and more, you are welcome to surf the relavant sections as given in the navigating buttons above.
or: you may just simply go to Wikipedia to read a short write up about me.
In my services, I can offer to:
- give unique and exciting lectures at any level of understanding - from school children to "lay-public" to journalists to scientific experts on the science of healthy ageing; (a list of my forthcoming and some recent past lectures can be seen by clicking here)
- provide consultancy to companies involved in researching and developing practical applications, including cosmetics, cosmeceuticals, nutriceuticals; and
- be your research supervisor for BSc, MSc, PhD studies and beyond; &
- train you for effective public communication of science.
These are front covers of some of my books in Punjabi, English, Danish, Polish so far - more to come in: Romanian, Italian, Greek, Spanish (full description on the section on books)
different moods
