1. Introduction to smart polymers and their applications 2. Thermoresponsive polymers: Phase behaviour, drug delivery and biomedical applications 3. pH-sensitive polymeric nanocarriers for enhanced intracellular drug delivery 4. Photo-responsive nanocarriers for delivery of bioactives 5. Magnetically responsive polymer gels and elastomers for drug delivery 6. Bioadhesive and phase-change polymers for drug delivery 7. Block copolymer micelles as long-circulating drug vehicles 8. Polymer-drug conjugates: origins, progress to date and future directions 9. Molecularly imprinted polymers for drug delivery 10. Dendritic polymer macromolecular carriers for drug delivery 11. Hydrogels: from controlled release to pH-responsive drug delivery 12. Stimuli-responsive protein fibres for advanced applications 13. Smart drug delivery systems and its clinical potential 14. Novel biomimetic polymersomes as polymer therapeutics for drug delivery 15. Bioinspired Platform Conjugated systems for Active Drug Delivery 16. Electrically conductive polymers for drug delivery 17. Polymeric nanomedicine: Principles, Properties, and Regulatory Issues 18. Smart drug delivery systems and their clinical potential 19. Polymer-matrix nanocomposites and its potential applications