Mrs. Soumya Pujari, PhD Scholar, Department of Pharmacy Practice, MCOPS received First Prize for her research entitled " Exploring Health Dynamics: A Comprehensive Study on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Parents/ Guardians of 5-10 years olds in the Koraga Tribal Community of Udupi District, augmented by Anthropometric and Laboratory Correlations" under Translational Medicine category in NIPiCON 2024 organized by Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad during February 7-9, 2024. The conference theme was NextGen Therapeutics: Multidisciplinary Research Approaches for Drug Development and Delivery - Bridging the Gaps: From Drug Discovery to Patient Care. Mrs. Soumya is currently pursuing her PhD under the guidance of Dr. Sreedharan Nair, Associate Professor at the department.