10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 2 2013 (April - June) Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health concern nowadays. It is considered to be one of the three most important health problems by the World Health Organisation (WHO).To cope with this, large worldwide surveillance systems are set up to identify early trends of resistance. At the same time, active protection of antibiotics by adopting Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs is advocated among prescribers. For the future, discovery and development of novel and more efficient antibiotics is emphasized for containment of resistance. The burden of antibiotic resistance will continue to increase, unless aggressive control measures are implemented globally, as resistant microorganisms do not recognize geographic boundaries. Need of the hour is international coordinated actions where individual strategies are combined into one integrated venture to fight this impending crisis. KAVITA SEKHRI Antimicrobial resistance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Multidrug resistance. 338-343