The guest lecture by honoured speaker Mr. Prathamesh Walse, Ayur Vibes, Bengaluru on the subject translational research with a holistic approach was organized by JSS College of pharmacy Mysore on may 12, 2022. Dr. Mahalakshmi A.M, Assistant Professor, Dept. Pharmacology, JSS college of pharmacy Mysore, gave a brief introduction about the speaker before the commencement of the talk. The session began at 11:40am and it was taken forward by Mr. Prathamesh Walse on the subject translational research with a holistic approach. He started off with the importance of the clinical trials and explained about the current five challenges faced during the translational process. He then emphasized on the quote “the valley of death” where he discussed about the drawbacks of transition from basic to clinical science and briefed about the different phases involved in clinical trials and the problems associated with it. Following his talk there was an exchange of thoughts with the students on how to improve the current clinical trials sector. His talk was then concluded with the quote from Archimedes “Give me but one firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth”.Overall, the talk was found to be very informative and interactive. It focused on the holistic approaches towards the clinical trials or the translational science. The session was concluded by Dr. Amit B Patil, Department of Pharmaceutics by thanking the speaker for sharing their vast experience and knowledge.