Nanomedicines/ nanopharmaceuticals have been considered to provide various advantages over the currently used dosage forms. The present National Seminar will be focused to educate the professionals of health sciences with these issues. This seminar will provide an overview of – i) Preparation and characterization, of nano-pharmaceuticals ii) Applications of Nano-pharmaceuticals iii) Regulatory, IPR and ethical issues iv) Commercialization & marketing of Nano-pharmaceuticals The National Seminar will be conducted on 17 and 18 October, 2015 in Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences