Arunaloke Chakrabarti is Director of the Doodhadhari Burfani Hospital in Haridwar, India. He is also the Ex-Head and Professor of the Department of Medical Microbiology of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh, India, where he was also in charge of the Center of Advance Research in Medical Mycology, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research of Fungi of Medical Importance, and the National Culture Collection of Pathogenic Fungi. He is Past President of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM).

As an expert in medical mycology, Professor Chakrabarti is also Co-chair of the ISHAM Asia Fungal Working Group and international coordinator of ISHAM Working Group on Fungal Sinusitis and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. He is Chairman of the Fungal Infection Study Forum and international adviser of the Leading International Fungal Education, an international nongovernmental organization. He has published 489 papers in the field of fungal diseases in prestigious journals and has recently edited the books, Fungal Infections in Asia: The Eastern Frontier of Mycology, and Clinical Practice of Medical Mycology in Asia. His h index is 83. In addition, he currently serves as section editor/editor/associate editor/deputy editor of four journals: Mycoses, Medical Mycology, Current Fungal Infections Report, and the Journal of Medical Microbiology.