A workshop on ‘Clinical Research and Evidence Based Medicine’ was conducted by Department of Pharmacy Practice at Seminar Hall, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru on 11-12 July 2017. This workshop was aimed to provide highlights of drug development process and the concepts & clinical applications of evidence based medicines. Students of V Pharm.D and II M.Pharm Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacology attended this workshop. Mr. Tapankumar Shah, Country Head, Clinical Operations, AstraZeneca Pharma India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore was a speaker and workshop resource person. During the inaugural event, Mr. Tapankumar Shah, Dr. T M Pramod Kumar, Principal, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore, Dr. M. Ramesh, Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Mr. Himanshu Patel, Coordinator and Department staff & students were present. On day one, Mr. Tapankumar Shah discussed about drug development process from industry perspective with real life stories of success and failure of few drug molecules. Also, he had discussed evidence based approach to select most effective treatment for individual patient taking diabetes as an example. On day two, during forenoon session workshop on critical appraisal of composite end points in clinical study was conducted which thoroughly covered concepts, needs, interpretations and clinical applications of studying composite end points. During afternoon session, participants had opportunity to have ‘hands on’ session on research protocol writing and its presentation. During the course of workshop, participants had opportunity to interact with the speaker and discussed on research questions and planning of their academic research projects. Participants appreciated all the sessions of two days program and provided positive feedback. We thank Mr. Tapankumar Shah for his incredible support and courage extended to us in conducting the said workshop.