Mr Beere Vishnusai, Junior Research Fellow of the Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MAHE, Manipal, was awarded consolation prize in the oral presentation category at the 73^rd IPC 2024 Hyderabad on July 5-7, 2024. His work entitled "Phytoconstituents Targeting PI3K/Akt Pathway in Pulmonary Fibrosis – An in silico Approach," was carried out under the supervision of Dr Yogendra Nayak, Assoc Prof, Department of Pharmacology and co-supervision of Dr Harikumar B. Mr Vishnusai is currently executing a collaborative SERB-CRG project at MCOPS, Manipal and Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.