5th Convocation 2017 NIPER – Kolkata

राष्ट्रीय औषधीय शिक्षा एवं अनुसंधान संस्थान, कोऱकाता औषधीय ववभाग,रसायन एवं उववरक मंत्राऱय, भारत सरकार National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India

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NIPER-Kolkata: Vision and Mission

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata (NIPER-K) was created in 2007 under the aegis of Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizer as a centre of excellence for higher education, research and development in pharmaceutical sciences. This followed establishment of NIPER Mohali, which is the first national level institute in pharmaceutical sciences with a proclaimed objective of becoming a centre of excellence for advanced studies and research in pharmaceutical sciences. NIPERs are conceived to provide leadership in pharmaceutical sciences and related areas not only within the country, but also to the countries in South East Asia, South Asia and Africa. NIPER is a member of Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities to become a globally recognized brand.

The institute was declared as an Institute of National importance by Government of India through Act of Parliament (NIPER Act 1998 & NIPER amendment Act 2007). At present the Institute is housed at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), a premier Institute of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India.

Since inception till-date,nine batches (Total 364) completed M.S.(Pharm.) degree from NIPER Kolkata.

Research done at NIPER Kolkata has led to 49 scientific publications in reputed international peer reviewed journals. In recognition of this significant input to country's drug industry covering drug development and research, Steering committee has approved starting from academic year 2016-2017, Ph.D. program in three academic disciplines of pharmaceuticals at NIPER Kolkata and 10 students have been admitted. NIPER Kolkata is happy to share that both the toppers for NIPER Ph.D. program during this academic year are from NIPER Kolkata.

NIPER Kolkata in pursuit of its mission:

Imparting quality education in the areas of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Promotion of innovative and translational research. Study of national/ international pharmaceutical policy issues. Creation of specialized centres to cater to the needs of pharmaceutical industries and

other research and teaching institutes.

Objectives

To tone up the level of pharmaceutical education and research.

To produce leaders in the field and provide opportunities for training of future teachers and research scientists for the industry and the profession.

To be a center for innovation in pharmaceutical sciences and technology.

To encourage research and studies in new and emerging areas like discovery of pharmacologically active molecules, cellular and molecular biology, immunology and immunodiagnostics, recombinant DNA technology and monoclonal antibody technology, novel drug delivery systems, chemical and biochemical process technology, etc.

To provide scientific footing to traditional medicines.

Message from the Director, NIPER-Kolkata

Dr.V.Ravichandiran

Director

NIPER has created a history in introducing a course curriculum on rare diseases leading to

2 credits (40 hours of teaching) for the first time in the global context at the master‟s level

at NIPER. Course curriculum has been designed on the initiative of DoP in collaboration of

University of Minnesota, USA.

Creating global alliance of institutes of research innovation and technology

development:

It is academic and research performance has already drawn attention to the MNC drug

industry giants in India like Sanofi and Natreon. NIPER Kolkata at the visitor‟s conference

has signed MoU with Sanofi, Natreon and ASG Biochem.. Collaboration will cover

innovation and technology up-gradationof research areas identified in the national

workshop with Industry and academic institutions.

Collaboration with National and International Institutions:

1. IIT Madras and NIPER-Kolkata on Synthetic Biological aspects.

2. National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Noida for Biological safety and quality control.

3. All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health (AIIH&PH) Kolkata on global health care solutions.

4. National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) on antibiotic resistance.

5. Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu and NIPER-Kolkata on aspects related to drug testing in animal models.

6. JSS University for research activities in the field of testing of novel active pharmaceutical ingredients in animal model & pharmaceutical studies

7. NIPER-Kolkata has signed a MoU with BMS (R&D), Bangalore on Nano-technology applications and development activities.

8. NIPER-Kolkata has initiated a process to establish a centre of excellence in rare diseases and started a dialogue with its experts and also seeking collaboration with University of Minnesota, USA.

9. NIPER-Kolkata has signed a MoU with Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Kolkata to develop a new product related to identifying and detoxifying agent, a newer adjuvant, which is least toxic to the animal and best immunogenic with regard to Anti-Snake Venom serum production.

10. Jadavpur University for Natural products.

11. Concordia University, Canada

Presently, NIPER Kolkata is working on establishing multi-centric drug discovery

platform and a unit of Genome and Personalized Medicine.

NIPER-Kolkata has initiated a process to establish a centre of excellence in rare

diseases and started a dialogue with various experts and also seeking collaboration

with NIH, USA to assist in rare diseases initiative through skill development in rare

diseases teaching and diagnosis through use of 2nd Generation genome sequencing.

Besides, following collaborative efforts are either accomplished or undergoing at

various stages –

a. Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata and NIPER-Kolkata are together

setting up a joint centre on poison information cell.

b. CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata and NIPER-Kolkata

research in technology development in medical devices.

c. Dr Reddy‟s Laboratory, Hyderabad and NIPER-Kolkata on product development.

d. Presently NIPER-Kolkata is working on establishing multi-centric drug discovery

platform.

e. Establishment of dedicated R&D lab at CSIR-IICB.

Brief profile of Dignitaries’

Dr.Soumya Swaminathan

Guest of Honour

Secretary to Govt. of India, Department of Health Research

Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, MoHFW, Govt.of India, New Delhi.

Chair, HIV Section, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Member, International Scientific Advisory Expert Group for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis (APPG T B) Member, Third World Organization of Women Scientists Member, International AIDS Committee Life Member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Member, National Editorial Advisory Board, Indian Journal of Pediatrics. Chair, Indo – Brazil Working Group on Science & Technology Member, Indo-US Joint Working Group on Maternal and Child health, ICMR Awards 1999 Dr. Keya Lahiri Gold Medal for best paper presented, XI National Pediatric Pulmonary Conference 2008 Indian Council of Medical Research, Kshanika Oration Award 2009 Elected Vice-Chair, HIV section, International Union against T B and Lung Diseases 2009 Appointed Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine 2011 Fellow, Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award, Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists 2012 Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Award 2012 Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India 2013 Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore

Dr.Shailesh Ayyangar

Special Guest

President, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI).

Managing Director, Sanofi India Limited & Vice President, South Asia for Sanofi Groups.

He Started his career with Ranbaxy, moved on to SmithKline Beecham and has been the Vice President. He then took over as Executive Vice President, in GlaxoSmithKline in India, and subsequently took over as Managing Director of Sanofi - Synthelabo in India. He is a topper in the Post Graduate Programme in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. V.M.Katoch

Chief Guest

NASI-ICMR Chair on Public Health Research at RUHS Jaipur Former Secretary, Department of Health Research, Govt of India Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research Chairman, Board of Governors, NIPER-SAS Nagar, Punjab Recipient of various awards : Young Scientist Award of IAMM 1985; Shere-I-Kashmir Shiekh Abdulla Memorial Oration Award 1989; Dr.CGS Iyer Oration Award of ICMR 1990; Erwin Stindl Memorial Oration Award of German leprosy Relief -Organization 1991; Dr.S.C.Agarwal Oration Award of IAMM 1994; Dr.Manu Patel Prize of IADVL 1999; JALMA Trust Fund Oration Award 1999 of ICMR, IAMM Endowment Award 2003; Ranbaxy Science Foundation Award 2004. „Excellence in Science & Technology Award’ for the year 2010-2011 by Indian Science Congress Association.

Fellow of all prestigious academies of country : National Academy of Sciences (FNASc); Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS); Fellow of Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (FASc); Fellow of Indian Academy of Science (FNA).

Courses offered at NIPER-Kolkata

Masters/Doctoral Degree Disciplines

Masters

M.S.(Pharm.)

Medicinal Chemistry

Natural Products

Pharmacoinformatics

Doctorate

Ph.D.

Medicinal Chemistry

Natural Products

Pharmacoinformatics

Special Course: Rare Diseases (2 credits)

A special course on Rare Diseases leading to 2 credits was introduced at NIPER Kolkata for

the first time during 2016-17. This is a unique course and has been taken up for the first time at

the university level in the global context. A total of 39 students from all the disciplines namely

PI, MC and NP went through the course. During the course several seminars on

interdisciplinary areas were also conducted and poster presentation was done by all the

students. They also visited during the course TATA Medical Centre and Apollo hospital,

Kolkata during the course to attend seminars on rare diseases. All the students successfully

completed the course.

Important MoUs with Institutions and Industries at a

Glance:

1. NIPER-Kolkata & Sanofi Indian Ltd.

16/11/2016 Collaboration, research& development

2. NIPER-Kolkata &Natreon INC 16/11/2016 Opportunity of internship project of PG & Ph.D. students and collaboration

3. NIPER-Kolkata & ASG Biochem 16/11/2016 Opportunity of internship project of PG & Ph.D. students and collaboration

4. NIPER-Kolkata & Alagappa University, Karaikudi

28/11/2016

Joint research activity in the field of testing novel active, pharmaceutical ingredients in animal model and pharmaceutical studies

5. NIPER-Kolkata & IIT Madras 30/11/2016 Synthetic Biology

6. NIPER-Kolkata & All Indian Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Kolkata

01/01/2016 Global healthcare

7. NIPER-Kolkata & National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, Kolkata

11/01/2016 Antibiotic resistance

8. NIPER-Kolkata & National Institute of Biologicals, Noida

19/02/2016 Biological safety and quality control

9. NIPER-Kolkata & Jadavpur University, Kolkata

30/06/2016 Natural Products

10. NIPER-Kolkata & J.S.S. University

11/03/2017

Joint Research activities for Anti Snake Venom Product Development and in the field of testing of novel active pharmaceutical ingredients in animal model.

11. NIPER-Kolkata & Concordia University, Canada

11/05/2017 Academic and Research collaboration.

Various Initiatives @ NIPER-Kolkata

Public Financial Management System (PFMS) has been implemented. Expenditure bookings are being done w.e.f. 01.01.2017.

Initiative has been taken for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to NIPER-Kolkata MS. Pharm. & Ph. D Students.

All Tenders are being floated through Central Public Procurement Process (e Procurement) of Govt. of India.

NIPER-Kolkata hold a Certificate issued by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt.of India for Duty Exemption and Central Excise Duty Exemption.

The process of digitalization of all documents and files has been initiated as part of Digital India Mission.

Official Notifications are being circulated through Website and other Social Networking Sites like Facebook/ Twitter/ Whatsapp.

NIPER-Kolkata is now been registered at GeM (Government e Marketplace).

Endowment Funds

Two endowment funds were received during the year: Rs.1.25 Lakh from Natreon Inc. Pvt Ltd-USA and Rs. 2 Lakhs from Prof.B.C.Pal.

Training at NIB,Noida

25 students underwent training at NIB and participated in iBEM at JNU, New Delhi.

Sanofi Project Work Three students have been selected for dissertation work at Sanofi India Ltd.

NIPER Kolkata is engaged in providing consultancy support to Emcee Pharmaceuticals (P) Ltd, Kolkata for developing oral liquid solution. As a part of this project Emcee Pharmaceuticals (P) Ltd is providing man power support by sponsoring one Research Assistant.

PradhanMantriBhartiyaJanaushadhiPariyojana (PMBJP) NIPER Kolkata is now initiating to be part of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).

Course Curriculum review Curriculum Review is undergoing in collaborative efforts of Sanofi India Pvt.Ltd. and ASG Biochem Ltd. With focus on strengthening Industries requirement areas.

Trainer's Training (TT) Program 2017 NIPER-Kolkata has taken initiative to conduct a Trainer‟s Training(TT) Programme in collaboration with Pharmacy Council of India (PCI).

Students’ Record:

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (2014-16) Reg. No. Roll. No. Name of Student CGPA REMARKS

NK14MCAF243 MC-12 Tripta Kumari 9.54 P

NK14MCAF232 MC-01 Anupama Roy 9.20 P

NK14MCAM246 MC-15 Yash Pal Singh 8.96 P

NK14MCBM237 MC-06 Kancham Sreenath 8.74 P

NK14MCAF236 MC-05 Kadam Vijaya Adhikrao 8.70 P

NK14MCBF244 MC-13 Shaifali Sartaliya 8.62 P

NK14MCAM247 MC-16 Yeddula Nikhileshwar Reddy 8.52 P

NK14MCAF234 MC-03 Bommagani Sravanthi 8.44 P

NK14MCCM242 MC-11 Thumpati Prasanth 8.28 P

NK14MCAF233 MC-02 Bandaru Ramya 8.14 P

NK14MCCF245 MC-14 Sonypriya Kurati 8.12 P

NK14MCAM238 MC-07 Kasireddy Nagireddy 8.02 P

NK14MCBF239 MC-08 Mestri Ravikumar Maheshwari 7.84 P

NK14MCAM235 MC-04 Divine P Daniel 7.82 P

NK14MCBM241 MC-10 Teli Sangappa Garuppa 7.76 P

NK14MCCM240 MC-09 Nandigama Sandeep 7.70 P

NATURAL PRODUCTS (2014-16) Reg. No. Roll. No. Name of Student CGPA REMARKS

NK14NPAF254 NP-07 Meenakshi Singh 9.64 P

NK14NPAF259 NP-12 Sneha Saha 9.36 P

NK14NPAF258 NP-11 Shivani Chandel 9.06 P

NK14NPAF257 NP-10 Ritu Kalia 8.88 P

NK14NPAF253 NP-06 Guntipally Mounika 8.86 P

NK14NPCF255 NP-08 M Swathi 8.84 P

NK14NPAM256 NP-09 Rajveer Singh 8.40 P

NK14NPAM250 NP-03 Ashutosh Sahoo 8.30 P

NK14NPAM248 NP-01 Abdul Jalil Shah 8.26 P

NK14NPBM249 NP-02 Arup Ghosh 8.24 P

NK14NPBF251 NP-04 Baribaddala Ramyakrishna 7.66 P

NK14NPCM260 NP-13 Suryawanshi Harinath 7.58 P

PHARMACOINFORMATICS ( 2014-16)

Reg. No. Roll. No. Name of Student CGPA REMARKS

NK14PIAM265 PI-05 Ketan Ghosh 9.52 P

NK14PIAM269 PI-09 Pathan Mohsin Khan 9.52 P

NK14PIAF263 PI-03 Bolisetty Bhavya Naga Sree 9.50 P

NK14PIAM271 PI-11 Sabyasachi Chaudhuri 9.40 P

NK14PIBM266 PI-06 Mrinmay Paul 9.34 P

NK14PIBF270 PI-10 Preety Choudhary 9.32 P

NK14PIAM267 PI-07 Navneet Kumar 9.10 P

NK14PIAM261 PI-01 Ajay Kumar 9.06 P

NK14PIAF273 PI-13 Thokala Ravali 9.06 P

NK14PIAM262 PI-02 Bilal Ahmad Rather 8.68 P

NK14PIBF274 PI-14 Thorati Anusha 8.64 P

NK14PIBM272 PI-12 Saurabh Verma 8.42 P

NK14PICF264 PI-04 Ipshita Kayal 8.10 P

NKPI14CF268 PI-08 Panga Nagajyothi 7.68 P

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (2015-17)

Reg. No. Roll No. Name of Student CGPA REMARKS

NK15MCM281 EXMC-07 Mahesh P 9.66 P

NK15MCF283 EXMC-09 Javaji Anuradha 9.26 P

NK15MCM286 EXMC-12 Abhik Paul 9.08 P

NK15MCF284 EXMC-10 Y Nidarshini 8.76 P

NK15MCM282 EXMC-08 Saidalavi 8.56 P

NK15MCF279 EXMC-05 K. S. Haseena 8.54 P

NK15MCF290 EXMC-16 N.V. Sreedevi 8.50 P

NK15MCF277 EXMC-03 Nisha Nair 8.48 P

NK15MCM276 EXMC-02 Parag Savla 8.48 P

NK15MCM285 EXMC-11 Surjit Bhai 8.46 P

NK15MCM287 EXMC-13 Avunuri Rajkumar 8.06 P

NK15MCF291 EXMC-17 Oni Anitha 8.04 P

NK15MCF289 EXMC-15 B. Jayamma 8.02 P

NK15MCM275 EXMC-01 Ravuri Subbarao 7.70 P

NK15MCM278 EXMC-04 Kotla Naveen Kumar 7.70 P

NK15MCF280 EXMC-06 Shaik Khasimbi 7.64 P

NK15MCM288 EXMC-14 Ambure Atish Sidharth 7.28 P

NATURAL PRODUCTS (2015-17)

Reg. No. Roll No. Name of Student CGPA REMARKS

NK15NPF295 EXNP-04 Ch. Naga Lakshmi 9.72 P

NK15NPF293 EXNP-02 Shivani Puri 9.56 P

NK15NPM299 EXNP-08 Anand Ganapathy A 9.30 P

NK15NPM294 EXNP-03 Ashish Kumar Swain 8.90 P

NK15NPF300 EXNP-09 Priya Darshni 8.76 P

NK15NPF298 EXNP-07 Yatham Priynka 8.58 P

NK15NPM297 EXNP-06 Purna Chandra Pal 8.54 P

NK15NPM292 EXNP-01 Nipun Abhinav 7.86 P

NK15NPM301 EXNP-10 Shiv Kumar 7.56 P

NK15NPF296 EXNP-05 Naru Anjani Kumari 7.52 P

NK15NPM302 EXNP-11 Sagili Pradeep Kumar 7.06 P

NK15NPF303 EXNP-12 Usha Rani T 6.98 P

NK15NPM304 EXNP-13 Shayamji Tantuway 6.86 P

PHARMACOINFORMATICS (2015-17)

Reg. No. Roll No. Name of Student CGPA REMARKS

NK15PIF306 EXPI-02 Wakchaure Padmaja Dadasaheb 9.58 P

NK15PIF309 EXPI-05 Gagneet Kaur 9.32 P

NK15PIM308 EXPI-04 Anupam Gautam 9.30 P

NK15PIF311 EXPI-07 Sadhineni Bhargavi 9.28 P

NK15PIF312 EXPI-08 Kollu Priyanka 8.66 P

NK15PIM314 EXPI-10 Kodidasu Satish Kumar 8.36 P

NK15PIM310 EXPI-06 Ravinuthala Venkata Sriram Uday

8.32 P

NK15PIM307 EXPI-03 Khan Kabiruddin 8.08 P

NK15PIM313 EXPI-09 Vinay Kumar 7.72 P

Institute’s Toppers of Batch: 2014-16

S.N. Name Subject Examination Position CGPA

1. Tripta Kumari Medicinal Chemistry M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.54

2. Meenakshi Singh

Natural Products M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.64

3. Ketan Ghosh

Pharmacoinformatics

M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.52

4. Pathan Mohsin Khan

Institute’s Toppers of Batch: 2015-17

S.N. Name Subject Examination Position CGPA

1. Mahesh P.

Medicinal Chemistry M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.66

2. Ch. Naga Lakshmi Natural Products M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.72

3. Wakchaure Padmaja Dadasaheb

Pharmacoinformatics M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.58

Achievements of NIPER-Kolkata’s Students in NIPER JEE for Ph.D. Course:

NIPER-JEE,2016

All India Rank Name of the Topper

1 Meenakshi Singh

2 Ritu Kalia Sharmistha Pal

NIPER-JEE,2017

1 Thumpathi Prashanth Navneet Singh

2 Ketan Ghosh

Medal(s) Awardees on the occasion of 5th Convocation (4th September,

2017)

Batch : 2014 – 2016

S.N. Name Subject Examination Position CGPA Medal

1. Tripta Kumari Medicinal Chemistry M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.54 Gold

2. Meenakshi Singh Natural Products M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.64 Gold

3-4 Ketan Ghosh Pathan Mohsin Khan

Pharmacoinformatics M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.52 Gold

5. Meenakshi Singh Topped in all 3 disciplines M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.64 Gold

6. Meenakshi Singh Topper among all girls M.S. (Pharm.) 1st 9.64 Gold

Tripta Kumari Meenakshi Singh Ketan Ghosh Pathan Mohsin Khan

Batch : 2015 – 2017

S.N. Name Subject Examination Position CGPA Medal

1. Mahesh P. Medicinal Chemistry M.S. (Pharm.)

1st 9.66 Gold

2. Ch. Naga Lakshmi Natural Products M.S. (Pharm.)

1st 9.72 Gold

3. Wakchaure Padmaja Dadasaheb

Pharmacoinformatics M.S. (Pharm.)

1st 9.58 Gold

4. Ch. Naga Lakshmi Topped in all 3 disciplines

M.S. (Pharm.)

1st 9.72 Gold

5. Ch. Naga Lakshmi Topper among all girls

M.S. (Pharm.)

1st 9.72 Gold

Mahesh P. Ch. Naga Lakshmi Wakchaure Padmaja Dadasaheb

Special Awards in Rare Disease :

S.N. Name Position Discipline Medal (Gold/Silver)

1. Sharyu Kesharwani

1st Medicinal Chemistry Prof. Siddhartha Roy

Award

2. Arina Yasmin

2nd

Pharmacoinformatics Prof. Siddhartha Roy

Award

3. Arunima Sengupta

2nd

Pharmacoinformatics Prof. B.K. Gupta Award

4. Manisha Jha

3rd

Medicinal Chemistry Prof. B.K. Gupta Award

SharyuKesharwani ArinaYasmin Arunima Sengupta Manisha Jha

Endowment Award(s):

Sl. No.

Name Natreon Medal (Gold/Silver)

1. Ch. Naga Lakshmi Natural Products Gold

Sl. No.

Name Dr. B.C. Pal Medal (Gold/Silver)

1. WakchaurePadmajaDadasaheb Pharmacoinformatics Gold

2. Mahesh P. Medicinal Chemistry Gold

Placements On/Off-campus

Most of the students have been absorbed in the industries, colleges and research institutes. A

number of students are pursuing higher studies within the country as well as abroad. Placements

were achieved for these students according to their options for employment in companies as well

as in national and international Institutes of higher studies.

Placement status till 2017

Masters M.S.(Pharm.)

Year (Batch) Total No. of students No. of students placed (%) (*As per available records)

2007-2009 29 24 (83%)

2008-2010 32 26 (81%)

2009-2011 40 29 (73%)

2010-2012 49 33 (67%)

2011-2013 47 30 (64%)

2012-2014 37 29 (78%)

2013-2015 49 20 (41%)

2014-2016 42 29 (69%)

2015-2017 39 24 (62%)

2016-2018 42 Pursuing 3rdSemester

2017-2019 44 Pursuing 1stSemester

Total 450 247

Doctorate Ph.D.

2016-2020 10 Pursuing

2017-2021 09 Pursuing

Total 19 -

Training Program held during the year 2016 & 2017

S.N. Title Location Duration

1. National Skill Development and Hand-on Training Programme 2016

National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Noida, UP, India

25.07.16 to 05.08.16

2. Industrial tour/visit program Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Kolkata

26.08.16

3. Skill Training on Chromatographic Analytical Methods

Natreon Inc., Kolkata 15.03.17 to 17.03.17

4. National Skill Development and Hands-on Training Programme 2017

National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Noida, UP, India

15.03.17 to 31.03.17

Scholars’ Bio Laboratory Skill Training at NIB,Noida

Interaction of Participants with Dr.Surinder Singh, Director NIB

Laboratory Resources @ NIPER-Kolkata

Faculties‟, Young scientists and National Post-doctoral Fellows of all the departments

(Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products and Pharmacoinformatics) at NIPER-Kolkata are

working on for the synthesis of intermediates/bioactive molecules, methodology

development, isolation, characterization, semisynthetic modification and bioactivity

evaluation of novel molecules from various medicinal plants along with target identification

for various diseases via computational design.

Laboratory Resources are improved during the recent period.

Lab Resources:-

Digital pH meter

Shaking/Thermostatic water bath

Autoclave

Refrigerator (4°, -20° and -80° C)

Centrifuge and shaker incubator

UV white transluminator and multimode microplate reader

Bio safety cabinet

Digital Balance and digital magnetic stirrer with heating

PCR

Smart Flash Chromatography AKROS

Computer HPZ work station

Electrophoresis unit with power supply

Hot air oven

Vortex shaker

Vacuum pump

LC-MS HPLC UV-Visible spectrophotometer Rotary Evaporator Gel documentation Fume hood Inverted fluorescence microscope Vacuum concentrator

Details of activities and projects

In implementation of our commitment for the financial year 2016-17, NIPER-Kolkata following

Research Project from the Dept. of Science & Technology (DST) and DST-Science and

Engineering Research Board (SERB) as detailed below. The research activities of these projects

are undergoing at NIPER-Kolkata being Host Institute.

Project No.

Project Code/File No.

Name & Designation of Awardees

Total Research Grant

Period of Project

Topics of research project

1. File No. YSS/2015/001141

Dr.AbhijitHazra, Young Scientist

₹31,62,000/- 3 years

Synthesis of Enantiopure, Regio&DiastereomericBis-pyrrolizidine fused-di-spiroOxindoloCurcuminoids; A Novel Class of Natural Product Hybrids via Application of An „Age-Old Reaction‟ on „An Age Old‟ Substrate.

2. File No.PDF/2016/000088

Dr.YogeshPandharinathBharitkar, National Post Doctorate Fellow

₹19,20,000/-

2 years

Natural product hybrids of Withaferin-A as NF-KB inhibitors via 1,3 dipolar cycloaddition reaction: Experimental and computational approach towards their anti-cancer/inflammatory activities.

3. File No. SB/S2/JCB-65/2014

Dr. Syamal Roy, Professor & J. C. Bose Fellow

Total amount of Rs.68,00,000/-

Fellowship transferred to NIPER-Kolkata w.e.f. 01/12/2016 with a sum of ₹ 11,94,677.50

5 years w.e.f. 16/06/2015 and transferred to NIPER-Kolkata w.e.f. 01/12/ 2016

Immunobiological studies on Leishmaniasis

List of Publications

[1] V. K. Gupta, N. M. Chaudhari, S. Iskepalli and C. Dutta; Divergences in gene repertoire among the reference Prevotella genomes derived from distinct body sites of human. BMC Genomics 2015, 16, DOI 10.1186/s12864-015-1350-6. [Impact factor 3.986].

[2] S. Nath Das, A. Chowdhury, N. Tripathi, P. K. Jana S. B. Mandal, Exploitation of in situ generated sugar-based olefin keto-nitrones: synthesis of carbocycles, heterocycles and nucleoside derivatives; J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 1136–1148. [Impact factor: 4.72].

[3] Y.P. Bharitkar, M. Das, N. Kumari, M.Padma Kumari, A. Hazra*, S., S. Bhayye, R. Natarajan, S. Shah, S. Chatterjee, N. B. Mondal. Synthesis of Bis-pyrrolizidine-Fused Dispiro-oxindole Analogues of Curcumin via One-Pot AzomethineYlideCycloaddition: Experimental and Computational Approach toward Regio- and Diastereoselection. Organic Letters 2015, 17, 4440–4443. [Impact factor: 6.36].

[4] Y. P. Bharitkar, A. Hazra*, S. Shah, S. Saha, A. K. Matoori& N. B. Mondal. New flavonoid glycosides and other chemical constituents from Clerodendrumphlomidis leaves: isolation and characterisation, Natural Product Research 2015, 29, 1850-1856, DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2015.1009457. [Impact factor: 0.92].

[5] Y. P. Bharitkar, S. Kanhar, N. Suneel, S. K. Mondal, A. Hazra*, N. B. Mondal, Chemistry of withaferin-A: chemo, regio, and stereoselective synthesis of novel spiro-pyrrolizidino-oxindole adducts of withaferin-A via one-pot three-component [3+2] azomethineylidecycloaddition and their cytotoxicity evaluation Mol. Divers 2015, 19: 251–261. [Impact factor: 1.896].

[6] T. Y. Chaudhari, A. Hossian, M. K. Manna and R. Jana. Chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective Heck–Matsuda arylation of allylic alcohols under mild conditions. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2015, 13, 4841. [Impact factor: 3.56].

[7] S. Das, D. Singh, M. Madduluri, M. M. Chandrababunaidu, A. Gupta, S. P. Adhikary, S. Tripathy. Draft Genome Sequence of Bioactive-Compound-Producing CyanobacteriumTolypothrixcampylonemoides Strain VB511288. Genome Announc. 2015 Apr 2; 3[2]. pii: e00226-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00226-15. PubMed PMID: 25838485.

[8] A. Das, A. Panda D. Singh, M. M. Chandrababunaidu, G. P. Mishra, S. Bhan, S. P. Adhikary, S. Tripathy. Deciphering the Genome Sequences of the Hydrophobic CyanobacteriumScytonematolypothrichoides VB-61278. Genome Announc. 2015 Apr 2; 3[2]. pii: e00228-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00228-15.

[9] Kumar, D., Tejaswi, C., Rasamalla, S., Mallick, S., Pal, B.C. Bio-assay Guided Isolation of Anti-cancer Compounds from Anthocephaluscadamba Bark. Natural Product Communications 2015, 10, 1349-1350. [Impact factor: 0.906].

[10] K. Mal, A. Kaur, F. Haque, I. Das, PPh3.HBr-DMSO: A Reagent System for Diverse Chemoselective Transformations J. Org. Chem. [Article], 2015, 80, 6400-6410. [‡These authors contributed equally] One of the Top 20 most read articles [most downloaded articles] in the month of May, 2015. [Impact factor: 4.72].

[11] J. Majumder, P. Yedoti, P. Dastidar. A supramolecular topical gel derived from a not steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, fenoprofen, is capable of treating skin inflammation in mice, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry 2015, 13, 2300-2309. [Impact factor: 3.56].

[12] P. Manoharan, K. Chennoju and N. Ghoshal. Target specific proteochemometric model development for BACE1–protein flexibility and structural water are critical in virtual screening, Mol. BioSyst., 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5MB00088B. [Impact factor: 3.21].

[13] A. Kumar, S. Roy Chowdhury, K. K. Jatte, T. Chakrabarti, H. K. Majumdar, TarunJha, S. Mukhopadhyay. “Anthocephaline, A New Indole Alkaloid and cadambine, A potent Inhibitor of DNA Topoisomerase IB of Leishmaniadonovani [LdTOP1LS] Isolated from Anthocephaluscadamba [Roxb.] Miq” Natural Product Communications 2015, 10, 297-299. [Impact factor: 0.906].

[14] Lavakumar V, Masilamani K, Ravichnadiran V, Sowmya , Sai Gopal DVR. Promising upshot of silver nanoparticles primed from Gracilariacressa against bacterial pathogens. Chemistry central Journal 2015; 9(1):42:1-8.

[15] U. Pal, M. Maity, N. Khot, S. Das, S. Das, S. Dolui, N. C Maiti. Statistical insight of binding regions in disordered human proteome, J. Proteins and Proteomics 2016, 7, 47-60.

[16] B. Chakraborty, N. V. Sejpal, P. V. Paygan, N. Ghosal, J. Sengupta. Structure-based designing of sordarin derivative as potential fungicide with pan-fungal activity, Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 2016, 66, 133–142. [Impact factor: 1.95].

[17] Lavakumar V, Ravichnadiran V , Nazeer Ahmed KFH., Sowmya C, Bhaskar Reddy K. The protective effect of dietary flavonoid fraction from Acanthophoraspicifera on streptozotocin induced oxidadtive stress in diebetic rats. Food science and human wellness 5 (2016) 57-64.

[18] A. Kumar, S. Roy Chowdhury, T. Sarkar, T. Chakrabarti, H. K. Majumder, T. Jha, S. Mukhopadhyay. “A New bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid isolated from Thalictrumfoliolosum, as a potent inhibitor of DNA Topoisomerase IB of Leishmaniadonovani”, Fitoterapia 2016, 109, 25-30. [Impact factor: 2.345].

[19] S. Chattopadhyay, A. Haresh G. Basu, Effect of introducing Aib in a designed helical inhibitor of Hdm2- p53 interaction: A molecular dynamics study, Biopolymers 2016, 106, 51-61, doi: 10.1002/bip.22761. [Impact factor 2.385].

[20] Chowdhury G, Pazhani GP, Sarkar A, Rajendran K, Mukhopadhyay AK, Bhattacharya MK, Ghosh A, Ramamurthy T. Carbapenem Resistance in Clonally Distinct Clinical Strains of Vibrio fluvialis Isolated from Diarrheal Samples. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Oct; 22(10):1754-61.

[21] Chowdhury G, Bhadra RK, Bag S, Pazhani GP, Das B, Basu P, Nagamani K, Nandy RK, Mukhopadhyay AK, Ramamurthy T. Rugose atypical Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor responsible for 2009 cholera outbreak in India. J Med Microbiol. 2016 Oct; 65(10):1130-1136.

[22] Das B, Pazhani GP, Sarkar A, Mukhopadhyay AK, Nair GB, Ramamurthy T. Molecular evolution and functional divergence of Vibrio cholerae. CurrOpin Infect Dis. 2016 Oct; 29(5): 520-7.

[23] Adewale AK, Pazhani GP, Abiodun IB, Afolabi O, Kolawole OD, Mukhopadhyay AK, Ramamurthy T. Unique Clones of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor with Haitian Type ctxB Allele Implicated in the Recent Cholera Epidemics from Nigeria, Africa. PLoS One. 2016 Aug 1; 11(8): e0159794.

[24] Anirban Ash, Yogesh P. Bharitkar, SanatanMurmu, Pradip Kumar Kar, Hazra A.; Ravichandiran V., NirupBikashMondal. Ultrastructural changes in Raillietina (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda), exposed to Sulfonoquinovosyldiacylglyceride (SQDG), isolated from Neem (Azadirachtaindica). Natural Product Research, 2017 (Accepted-under proof correction).

[25] FatemaCalcuttawala, ChellaramHariharan, Gururaja P. Pazhani, Dhira Rani Saha and Thandavarayan Ramamurthy. Characterization of E-type Colicinogenic Plasmids from Shigellasonnei. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 2017 (In Press).

[26] V. Ravichandiran, M. Veerapandian, K.T. Manisenthil Kumar. Kampo medicine for renal inflammatory conditions, In. Japanese Kampo Medicines for the Treatment of Inflammatory. Editors: SomasundaranArumugam and Kenichi Watanabe, 2017 Elsevier Publication (In Press).

[27] M.Marimuthu, P.K. Avti, V. Ravichandiran, M. Veerapandian*, Hybridized GrapheneNanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Cyto-Compatibility and Electrochemical Biosensor Application. Editor: A.M. Grumezescu, 2017, Elsevier Publication (In Press)

[28] M.B. Gumpu, M. Veerapandian, U.M. Krishnan, J.B.B. Rayappan. Simultaneous electrochemical detection of Cd (II), Pb (II), As (III) and Hg (II) ions using ruthenium (II)-textured graphene oxide nanocomposite. Talanta, 2017, 162, 574-582

[29] M. Veerapandian, P.K. Avti, V. Ravichandiran. Ruthenium bipyridine sensitized MoO3 multifunctional nanostructures: Study of opto-electrochemical properties, biocompatibility and bioimaging. Colloids and Surface B: Biointerfaces, 154 (2017) 315-320.

[30] Dharmendra K. Yadav, Yogesh P. Bharitkar, AbhijitHazra, Uttam Pal, SugreevVerma, Sayantan Jana, Umesh P. Singh, Nakul C. Maiti, Nirup B. Mondal, SnehasiktaSwarnakar. Tamarixetin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside isolated from neem leaves: A potent gastro-protective agent through inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity. Journal of Natural Products, 2017, 80, 1347−135.

[31] Yogesh P. Bharitkar, SuhanaDatta, Saurov Sett, NeerajaMarathee, Preeti Khan, AbhijitHazra, Meenakshi Singh, AshutoshSahoo, ShekharGhosh, SusantaMondal, Arup K. Mitra, Ravichandiran V., Nirup B. Mondal. In Vitro Antimicrobial, Antiproliferative, and Antioxidant Activities of BisPyrrolizidine Fused DispiroOxindoloCurcuminoids. Chemistry & Biology Interface, 2017, 7, 19-31.

[32] Anirban Ash, Yogesh P. Bharitkar, SanatanMurmu, AbhijitHazra, V. Ravichandiran, Pradip Kumar Kar, NirupBikashMondal. Ultrastructural changes in Raillietina (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda), exposed to Sulfonoquinovosyldiacylglyceride (SQDG), isolated from Neem (Azadirachtaindica). Natural Product Research, 2017, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2017.1305383].

[33] Kuldeep K. Roy. Targeting the active sites of malarial proteases for antimalarial drug discovery: Approaches, progress and challenges. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2017 (Accepted, Article in Press).

Poster Presentations in International Conferences

1. WakchaurePadmaja D., V. Ravichandiran and Kuldeep K. Roy. Structure-based Virtual Screening for the Identification of Dual Kinase-Bromodomain Inhibitors for the Treatment of Drug Resistant Cancers. Poster Presentation in International Conference on Drug Design 2017 (ICDD-2017), JNU, New Delhi, April 7-9, 2017.

2. K. Satish Kumar, V. Ravichandiran and Kuldeep K. Roy*. Drug Repurposing for Osteoarthritis: Structure-based Virtual Screening of FDA-approved drug(s) to Identify Selective Inhibitors of the Human Matrix Metalloproteinase 13. Poster Presentation in International Conference on Drug Design 2017 (ICDD-2017), JNU, New Delhi, April 7-9, 2017.

3. M. Veerapandian, M. Marimuthu, P.K. Avti, K. Balamurugan and V. Ravichandiran. Metal-Dye Polymer Nanosystem Engineered with Biomacromolecules as Sensor Platform for Diagnosis of Dengue Antigen. Poster presentation in International Biological Engineering Meeting 2017 (IBEM-2017), JNU, New Delhi, Mar. 26-28, 2017.

4. M. Mohana, K. Balamurugan, M. Veerapandian and V. Ravichandiran. Lab-on-a-Chip Technology: An Innovative Approach for Biological Engineering. Poster presentation in International Biological Engineering Meeting 2017 (IBEM-2017), JNU, New Delhi, Mar. 26-28, 2017.

Manuscript under Communication

Research Article

1. Geraldo CélioBrandão, Franciele C. Rocha Missias, Lucas MiquéiasArantes, Luciana Ferreira Soares, Kuldeep K. Roy, Robert J. Doerksen, Alaíde Braga de Oliveira, Guilherme Rocha Pereir. Naphthoquinone antimalarials via click chemistry. In vitro, SAR and docking studies of lapachol-based compounds. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2017 (Under Review).

2. Jeff Pressly, Suni M. Mustafa, AmmaarSahar, PankajPandey, Kuldeep K. Roy,

Robert J. Doerksen, Bob Moore and Frank Park. Selective cannabinoid 2 receptor stimulation reduces tubular epithelial cell injury following renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. British Journal of Pharmacology 2017 (Under Review).

3. WakchaurePadmaja D., K. Satish Kumar, V. Ravichandiran and Kuldeep K. Roy.Computational Investigation of BET-family of Bromodomains Provided Detailed Structural Insights Useful for Structure-based Drug Design.Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design 2017 (Submitted)

Guest Lecturers Series at NIPER Kolkata during the year 2016 & 2017

SN Name of the Invited Guest Lecture

Topic Date

1. Dr. Angela Slitt Associate Professor Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island-RI 02881 USA

Pharmaceutical Research Program & Infrastructure at University of Rhode Island. Nutraceuticals from Natural Products.

21.06.2016

2. Dr. Nakul C. Maiti Senior Scientist Structural Biology & Bioinformatics Division CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Assistant Professor, AcSIR Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032

Intrinsically disordered proteins & probing chemical structure of protein using Raman Method.

22.08.2016

3. Dr.Sreya Gupta SERB-Young Scientist Fellow (National-PDF) Laboratory of Catalysis and Chemical Biology; Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry; CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032

Novel Organic/Inorganic Fluorescent Molecules and Their Applications in The Field of Pharmacy.

30.08.2016

4. Dr. S. Swarnakar Senior Principal Scientist & Professor (AcSIR) Cancer Biology & Inflammatory Disorder; CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032

Inflammatory Disorders and Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs).

01.09.2016

5. Dr. Ashok Behra CSIR-Research Associate Organic & Medicinal Chemistry Division; CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032

Preparation and Concept Generation Techniques forGraduate Research.

09.09.2016

6. Dr. T. Velpandian Professor & In-Charge of Ocular Pharmacology & Pharmacy All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110016

Smart Ports of Blood Ocular Barriers in Ocular Pharmacokinetics.

15.09.2016

7. Dr. Anil NilkanthGaikwad Senior Scientist Pharmacology Division CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Sector-10, Jankipuram Extension, Lucknow-226031

Metabolic Homeostatis and Adipocyte Biology: Basic and Applied Aspects

22.09.2016

8. Dr. Manish Bhuwan Postdoctoral Research Fellow Hasnain Lab Kusuma School of Biological Sciences; Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi HauzKhas, New Delhi-110016

Deciphering the role of Mycobacterial secretion protein RipA in host–pathogen interaction and BioBrick construction for drug repurposing

19.10.2016

9. Dr.Utpal Mohan Assistant Professor Department of Biotechnology NIPER-Guwahati Bhangagarh, Assam-781 032

Revisiting the four letters of Life with a new outlook.

20.10.2016

10. Dr.SomaleeDatta Director of Bioinformatics, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Standford University, USA

Genome and Personalized Medicine.

27.10.2016

11. Dr. Animesh Dhar Associate Professor Adjunct faculty, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology University of Kansas, Medical Center USA

Prevention and Treatment For Pancreatic Cancer Using Crocetin Compound Derived From Saffron.

29.12.2016

12. Dr. P.A. Sivakumar Associate Vice President Formulation Development Biological E. Ltd, Shameerpet Hyderabad -500078, India (via Video Conference)

Research Activities at Biological E Ltd.& Scientific Interaction on Vaccine-related Project.

29.12.2016

13. Dr. S. Balasubramanian Director- Research Dr. J.R. Kumar Assistant Professor Faculty of Life Sciences JSS University, Mysuru 570 015 Karnataka

Anti-Snake Venom related Project Work” and Departmental Research Expertise and Facilities at Life Science Research Division, JSS University.

17.01.2017

14. Dr.Papri Banerjee Project & Business Development Manager of Genomics Facility, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), NCBS-TIFR Campus, Bengaluru

Presentation on Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG)Scheme and C-CAMP research facilities.

03.02.2017

15. Dr.Soumen Paul Postdoctoral Research fellow National institutes of Health (NIH, NIMH), Bethesda, USA.

Positron Emission Tomography: Tools to facilitate Drug development and to study Pharmacokinetic.

21.02.2017

16. Dr.PazhanimuthuAnnamalai AURA Biotechnologies Private Ltd., Chennai-600095, Tamil Nadu (via Video Conference)

Synthetic Biology tools for microbial metabolic engineering and mammalian expression of biopharmaceutical products.

24.02.2017

17. Dr.Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay Jefferson Science Fellow, The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Fellow, American Ceramic Society Director, Center for Nanoscale Multifunctional Materials Professor of Mechanical & Materials Engineering Wright State University

Next Generation Biomaterials: Hierarchical Carbon Scaffolds for Bio-sensing and Tissue Engineering.

09.03.2017

18 Dr. Amit Ghosh J C Bose Chair Distinguished Professor - National Academy of Sciences, India, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR), (JICA Building), Kolkata 700 010; Email: amitghosh24@yahoo.com

Seminar on Anti-Microbial Resistance

17.04.2017

19 Dr. Shanta Dutta Scientist G & Director National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010

Seminar on Anti-Microbial Resistance

17.04.2017

20 Dr. Syamal Roy Former Chief Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata (1990-2016) Vice-Chancellor, Cooch-Behar PanchananBarma University, Cooch Behar, (WB), 2016- till-date

Seminar on Anti-Microbial Resistance

17.04.2017

21 Dr.Vineet Kumar Chadha Head, Epidemiology and Research Division, National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore

Seminar on Anti-Microbial Resistance

17.04.2017

22 Dr.Shashikhare Ex additional director & HOD Micro & CARDS currently consultant biosafety & biosecurity, New Delhi Email-ID: Shashi.khare@hotmail.com

Seminar on Anti-Microbial Resistance

17.04.2017

23 Dr.ChinmoyPatra

Head-Max Plank Partner Group, Agarkar Research Institute,Pune (Maharastra)

17.05.2017

24 Dr.AnimeshDhar Associate Professor Adjunct faculty, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology University of Kansas, Medical Center, USA

Novel Natural Compounds Suppress Pancreatic Cancer Progression

07.06.2017

25 Dr.Ankan Gupta Institute of allergy and immunology at the university of California, San Diego

Late rising CD4 T cells resolve viral persistence.

14.07.2017

26 Mr. Manoj Gupta Industrial Recruitment Expert

Career in Industry

18.08.2017

Dr. V. Ravichandiran, Director, NIPER-K greeting Hon’ble President of

India during Visitor’s Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi in

November, 2015.

Visit of Hon’ble Union Minister at NIPER-Kolkata on 15.06.2017.

Shri Ananth Kumar, Hon’ble Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers & Parliamentary Affairs , Govt.

of India inaugurating NIPER’s Biology Laboratory at BCPL, Maniktala Main Road, Kolkata on

15.06.2017.

Hon’ble Union Minister Shri Ananth Kumar with Director, Scholars, Faculty and Officers of

NIPER-Kolkata.

Hon’ble Union Minister Shri Ananth Kumar in interaction with Scholars.

Photo Gallery

Director, NIPER-Kolkata along with Staff and Students.

Dr. V. Ravichandiran, Director, NIPER-Kolkata; Dr. James C. Griffths, Vice President,

Council for Responsible Nutrition, USA; Dr. A.V. Muruganandam, Director R&D Natreon

Inc., Kolkata; Dr. Jayram Hazra, Director National Research Institute of Ayurvedic Drug

Development (NRIADD), Kolkata; Dr. S.K. Sharma, Former-Advisor AYUSH in the event

of Symposium on Nutraceuticals 27-29th Jan. 2017.

National Workshop on Technology up-gradation & Pharmaceutical Promotion held on

29-30 July,2016.

Dr.V.Ravichandiran, Director administering Swachhta Pledge on 16.08.2017.

Director, NIPER-Kolkata closely monitoring Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at NIPER-Hostel on

16.08.2017.

Plantation on Republic Day @ NIPER-Hostel Campus by Dr. V. Ravichandiran, Director,

NIPER-Kolkata on 26.01.2017.

Dr.V.Ravichandiran, Director, NIPER-Kolkata with Dr.Somalee Datta, Director of

Bioinformatics, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Standford

University, USA and other Faculty members & students.

Director, NIPER-K with staff members at Vigilance Awareness Week of NIPER-Kolkata.

Director, Staff and Students of NIPER-Kolkata at iBEM,JNU,New Delhi on valedictory

day (28.03.2017) of three days long event.

NIPER-Kolkata’s 9th

Foundation Day Celebration on 26.11.2016.

Course Curriculum Review Meeting at NIPER-K on 01.07.2017.

Dr.V.Ravichandiran,Director,NIPER-Kolkata,Dr.Saumitra Bandyopadhyay(ASG Biochem )

Dr.Partha Chakraborty(ASG Biochem,Dr.Prashant Bulakh (Sanofi Ind.Ltd.), Dr.Shankar

Markad(Sanofi Ind.Ltd.),Dr.K.K.Datta,Academic Coordinator along with other Faculty at

Course Curriculum Review Meeting at NIPER-Kolkata.

Dr. V. Ravichandiran, Director ,NIPER Kolkata with Dr. David Gross, Nobel Laureate &

Prof. Dr. Mani L. Bhaumick on 04.Jan.2017 in Kolkata.