A Three days national workshop on “A Modernized virtual era in quality assurance on industrial perspective” was organized by the Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty from 1st to 3rd December 2016. The workshop was jointly sponsored by JSS University Mysore and Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Nilgiris Local branch. The workshop was inaugurated on 1st December 2016 by Mr. D. Raghavendra, Manager, Global QA, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Hyderabad and Dr. S. P. Dhanabal, Principal, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty. Various lectures and demonstration session by eminent scientists from industry and academia were organized for the benefit of the participants. The scientific lectures were delivered by Mr. D. Raghavendra, Manager, Global QA, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Hyderabad, Dr. AjitDatar, Advisor, Shimadzu India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, Mr. Sindhur Nag, Team Lead for Technology transfer, QMS and QRM, The Himalaya Drug Company, Mr. U. Sivakumar, QA & RA Manager, SMC Medical Manufacturing Pvt. LTD, Bangalore and Dr. Srinivasan Viswanathan, Sr. Group Leader, Analytical R & D, Piramal Pharma Solutions, Chennai.