Department of Pharmacy Practice, MCOPS organized a guest lecture on the role of Industry-Academia integration for pharmaceutical innovation. Mr. Anirban Roy Chowdhury, Sr. Director-Global Clinical Trail Operations, MSD Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd delivered the lecture which was followed by a brain storming interactive session on different aspects of clinical trial and academic collaboration of pharma industry by the enthusiastic students of the department and exchange students from University of Findlay, USA. Mr. Anirban who is also an alumnus of the college, shared his memories to delight the students. Dr. M. K. Unnikrishnan, Head of the Department, delivered the welcome address. On behalf of the department, Dr. M Chandra Sekar, University of Findlay, USA felicitated Mr. Anirban.