Dr Srinivas Mutalik, Professor of Pharmaceutics received "STARS Award 2015 for Teachers" for 'Excellence in Academic Research' in recognition of his merit in academic research and motivating young pharmacy students on 12 December 2015 in Bengaluru by [AAGCPA ] American Association of Government College of Pharmacy Alumni, New York. Dr G Jagadeesh (Scientific Coordinator, AAGCPA and Senior Pharmacologist, USFDA), Prof K S Ravindranath (Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru), Prof Vijay Chandru (Chairman, Strand Life Sciences, Bengaluru) and Sri Raghuram Bhandary (Drugs Controller of Karnataka) presented the award. Pharmaceutical professionals, teachers, students and alumni members of GCP were present at the occasion