Born in a village in West Bengal, India, Biku Ghosh has been living and working in the UK as a specialist surgeon for over forty years. Apart from travelling over seventy-five countries in all seven continents, he has worked as a volunteer in twelve countries in five continents. In 2011, he was awarded an OBE for his contribution to healthcare in developing countries. The author published his first historical fiction ‘Indian Immigrant’ in 2018. His new book ‘Around the world in 65 years’, an account of travelling in over 75 countries in all seven continents and of volunteering in five continents, was published in December 2020.