Prof. Mandal has played a pivotal role in globalization of research in Indian traditional medicine with special emphasis to scientific exploration of medicinal plants in rural Bengal for the treatment of lifestyle and metabolic diseases. He has been working in the area of drug discovery from traditional medicine through an integrated holistic approach for more than 15 years which has fetched him prestigious recognitions from different national and international organizations. He has also been recognized with the Distinguished Education and Research Award from prestigious American Association for Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAiPS) at Los Angeles, USA in 2009.