Dr. Srinivas Mutalik, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MAHE, Manipal has been awarded the prestigious Sir CV Raman Young Scientist State Award in the field of Life Sciences, instituted by the Government of Karnataka. He received the award on 23rd March 2023 at J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru from Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education, Electronics, IT, BT, and S&T, Government of Karnataka in the presence of Bharat Ratna Prof CNR Rao. Other dignitaries present at the function were Sri A S Kiran Kumar (Former Chairman of ISRO), Prof. Govindan Rangarajan (Director, IISc), and Dr. E V Ramana Reddy (Additional Chief Secretary).

Dr. Mutalik is an eminent researcher in the area of Novel Drug Delivery Systems and Nanomedicine. He has more than 200 publications in reputed journals and 7 patents to his credit. He has received several research grants (more than Rs 6 Cr in total as Principal Investigator) from various funding agencies and received several awards. Dr. Mutalik is a Ph.D. guide for more than 15 Research Scholars and more than 40 MPharm students. He has set research collaborations within the university and at national and international levels.

Team MCOPS wholeheartedly congratulates Dr. Mutalik for this prestigious State Award of the Government of Karnataka and wishes him all the best in future endeavors!!!