Seminar on “Thrust Areas in Pharmaceutical Sciences – An Update”

One day seminar on ‘Thrust Areas in Pharmaceutical Sciences – An Update’’ was organized by Consortium of Manipal Progressive Pharmaceutical Professional Associations of Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MCOPS) in association with MCOPS, Manipal Academy of Higher Education on 6 March, 2016. The seminar was partially sponsored by Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd., Manipal. The program was inaugurated by lighting the lamp in presence of the chief guest, Dr. Raviraja N Seetharam, Business Executive, Stempeutics and Dr. C. Mallikarjuna Rao, Principal, MCOPS. Dr. N. Udupa, Program Convener and Director-Research (Health Sciences), Manipal Academy of Higher Education gave welcome address. Dr. Raviraja addressed the gathering by emphasizing recent research in pharmacy, present need/areas in drug discovery and development. The program was concluded with the vote of thanks by Dr. M. Sreenivasa Reddy, Vice-Principal, MCOPS. The inauguration program was followed by the scientific session which included guest lectures by eminent speakers Dr Alex Joseph, Dr KB Koteshwara, Dr Anantha Nagappa Naik, Dr KM Bhat, Dr Saleemullah Khan, Dr Angel Alex, Dr Manthan D Janodia, Dr Yogendra Nayak, Dr Pradeep Muragundi and Dr Surulivel Rajan from MCOPS. The program was concluded with the valedictory function and distribution of certificates to the participants by Dr N Udupa.