PG Department of Chemistry organized an Interactive session on ‘Careers in Scientific Research’ by Dr. Santhosh S Kulkarni, Associate Research Director and Section Head in Discovery Chemistry, Syngene International Ltd., Bangalore on 25 January 2020. He briefed the students about various sections and types of work in Syngene. He explained about various departments which include drug discovery, synthetic chemistry, biological support, computational chemistry flow chemistry and more. A manufacturing unit is under construction at Mangalore which could provide job opportunities to local students, he added. He insisted the student inculcate soft skills and other skills required to get into the work field in Syngene. After the presentation there was an interaction with students where the students cleared their doubts regarding interview process and work culture. A total of 190 students from I and II M.Sc. Chemistry/Organic Chemistry/ Biotechnology got benefited from this programme.