Industry- Institute Interaction & Laboratory Animal House Facility:

Orchid Scientific is continuously involved in the process of research and development of new products. Main products of Orchid Scientific are pre-clinical instruments. For any pre-clinical instrument developed, it is necessary to be tested on laboratory animals for confirmation of working and data produced. Orchid Scientific has signed a M.O.U. with M.G.V. Pharmacy College Nashik under industry- institute interaction scheme where in Orchid Scientific will utilize the laboratory animal house facilities and technical expertise of faculty of M.G.V. Pharmacy College Nashik and students of the institute can utilize the instruments for their research work.

Under the M.O.U. signed with M.G.V. Pharmacy College, a combined lab is established having all the instruments manufactured by Orchid Scientific. These instruments will be used by M. Pharm. & Ph.D. (Pharmacology) students for research work.

Committee of Industry Institute Interaction:

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty Member	Position and Department	Experience
Institute
1	Dr. Mahalaxmi Mohan	Professor, Head of Department,Pharmacology	20 years
2	Dr. S.K. Mahajan	Professor, HOD- Dept of Pharm. Chemistry	27 years
Industry
1	Dr. Parag Jain	Director, Orchid Scientific & Innovative India Pvt. Ltd.	15 years
2	Dr. Dhara Jain	Director, Orchid Scientific & Innovative India Pvt. Ltd.	7 years

New Products Developed under M.O.U.:

- Incapacitance tester form mouse & rat

- Laboratory Animal Anesthesia System

- Thermal Place Preference Apparatus

List of Research Publication done till 2018 Under M.O.U.:

- Mahalaxmi Mohan, Hemant Vanjari, Shrey Srivastava. Effect of Methanolic extract of Solanum torvum on pA2 value of atropine by using Acetylcholine as agonist on rat ileum tissue preparation. Inventi Rapid: Ethnopharmacology, 2018(4), 1-4.

- Mahalaxmi Mohan, Mitali Dalvi, Pallavi Baviskar. Effect of Solanum torvum extract on some animal behavioral models in alloxan induced diabetic rats Inventi Rapid: Ethnopharmacology, 2018(4)

- Mahalaxmi Mohan, Hitesh V. Kachave, Gitesh N Guthale. Evaluation of nootropic activity of Solanum torvum on some behavioral models using mice. Inventi Rapid: Ethnopharmacology, 2018 (4)