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A BI Monthly Official Publication ofAssociation of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India
APTI BULLETINReg. No: CMM/BNG/DECL/PP/182/2/2002
ISSN 0973-1288
Vol 20, Issue 117, January - February, 2019
Headquarters - Bengaluru
OFFICIAL DESK
INSIDE THE ISSUE
Warm greeting to all APTI members,
The APTI has been involved in various activities of Pharmacy profession for
the past 5 decades. The association is organizing various events to bring in
harmony among pharmacy teachers in India throughout the year.
APTI is contributing financially for organizing national / international
conferences as well as workshops to upgrade the knowledge in a particular
field. The APTI is actively involved in increasing the membership and has taken
discussion to provide group insurance to all members as well as death benefits.
Many awards has been instituted by APTI which will be given away at
APTICON to motivate the young teacher / researcher/principal and best
research article in all branches.
Today all the pharmacy institutions are focusing to provide modern teaching
methodology (smart board teaching) and emphasis on research to find new
molecules for future need.
However, in developing countries with huge population, it may be a long way
before this concept is put into reality. The change in government policies at
base level to ensure health for all at reasonable price may go a long way in
making this a reality. Anyway the country in turn the whole world stands to
gain by building healthy society which can contribute in much desirable means.
Regards
Dr. V. Murugan
Dr. V. MuruganTreasurer, APTIPrincipal, Dayananda Sagar College of Pharmacy
APTI Celebrates 53 Golden Year
Institutional News : 2 - 28
Ph.D Awardees : 29 - 30
Kudos : 31 - 32
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INSTITUTIONAL NEWS
Two AICTE sponsored Quality Improvement Programmes (QIP) were
organized by BVDU Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune for faculty
members of Pharmaceutical Sciences across the country on theme entitled
"Strategic Importance of Regulatory Affairs in Growth of Pharma and
Healthcare Sector" and 'Global Pharmacovigilance approaches and
Drug Safety in Healthcare Sector". Total 57 delegates were registered
for theses QIP. Hon. Dr. B. A.Chopade, Vice Chancellor of Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad in his
inaugural address emphasized the objectives of regulatory affairs,
pharamcovigilance and drug safety in healthcare sector and stated its
importance in current scenario for the teaching fraternity. A total of
around 59 resource persons were invited for sharing the knowledge. The
speakers were a blend of industry, physicians, academics and freelancers,
for sharing the recent and innovative ways of explaining the importance of
regulatory affairs in growth of pharma and healthcare sector, ensuring drug
safety and pharmacovigilance concepts, challenges and outcomes. There
were five demonstrations on various tools used to ensure drug quality,
drug information, drug quality and poison information services, trigger
tools to identify medication errors, generic safety assessment and many
more towards regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance and drug safety area.
Industry visit was organized to ACG groups (one of the leading
engineering solutions and capsule manufacturing unit) in Shirwal, Pune.
Delegates had very productive interactions with industry fraternity to
understand the engineering process of spray drying, coating, capsule
manufacturing and other pharmaceutical processes. The industrial visit met
the expectations of various regulatory and quality processes taken care for
ensuring quality and safe products. Delegates had a real-time exposure of
engineering and capsule manufacturing, pharmaceutical packaging and
quality assessment processes. The experience and learning of the sessions
were acknowledged by the delegates. Dr. Vinod Gaikwad and Prof.
Bijoy Panda co-ordinated both QIPs successfully.
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Under Savitribai Phule Pune University, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of
Pharmacy, Akurdi, Pune has organized National Social Service Special
Winter Camp at village Kanhe, Taluka. Maval, Pune. During this camp
various social activities were carried out at Kanhe village.
The Inauguration Function was conducted at Kanhegaon in presence of
Mrs. Punam Satkar, Sarpanch, Dr. N. S. Vyawahare, Principal, Dr. D. Y.
Patil College of Pharmacy, Akurdi, Dr. V. M. Wadhai, Principal, Dr. D.
Y. Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi, Dr. R. K. Dumbre, Principal,
Siddhant College of Pharmacy, Sudumbare, Dr. D. S. Shirode, NSS
Program officer, Gram panchayat members and 100 NSS volunteers.
During National Social Service Special Winter Camp, NSS volunteers
carried out various activities like Baseline survey of village, Health
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guidance, Sarpmitra by Mr. Sagar Kore, Mr. Ashish Chimbalkar
respectively for NSS volunteers. Swachatta, Higher Education,
Personality Development, Comminucation Skills, Health Care like topic
explored by NSS volunteers Kamesh Sarpe, Arpita Vellore, Sanket
Korde, Chaitrali Koli, Gurunath Pimple, and Mansi Patil for villagers.
During all the above activities villagers participated actively in large
number and presented good response. The entire NSS camp was
successful under the guidance of NSS Program officer, Dr. D. S. Shirode,
Mr. A. D. Chimbalkar, Mr. Jaydeep Khade and student volunteers
Nikhil Dhavale, Prahlad Wanve, Dnyaneshwar Chandrwansi, Madhuri
Gupta, Momin Shahnur etc.
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Pune District Education Association's Shankarrao Ursal College of
Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research Centre Kharadi, Pune organized
one-day state level seminar on " Intellectual Property Rights".
The seminar was aimed to apprise different aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights, to create awareness about IPRs, especially patents and
copy rights among faculty members, researchers/inventors in respect of
patenting their inventions.
Chief guest Hon. Rajendra Ghadge, Vice-president, Pune District
Education Association along with Mr. Sachin Itkar, Senior Programme
advisor Strategic Foresight Group, Dr. Ashok Bhosale Principal of
college, inaugurated the seminar.
Hon. Rajendra Ghadge explained about the India where knowledge is
the main driver of development and knowledge owned is transformed
into knowledge shared.
Dr. Ashok Bhosale nicely elaborated patent system in India, He said the
India where creativity and innovation are stimulated by Intellectual
Property for the benefit of all; an India where intellectual property
promotes advancement in science and technology, arts and culture,
traditional knowledge and biodiversity resources. The morning Session-I
started with the lecture of Mr. Sachin Itkar, who gave insights on
"Intellectual Property Rights and their importance". He explained Indian
Checkup Camp, Swatch Bharat Abhiyan, Tree Plantation, Water
Harvesting , Rally , Street-Play and Awareness Program on Swine Flu,
Dengue.
Total 103 people enthusiastically participated in Health Checkup Camp
where NSS volunteers actively involved in diverse activities like Blood
Pressure Checkup (84 persons), Hemoglobin Checkup (45 persons),
Eye Checkup (45 persons), Blood Group determination (31) and
Blood Donation (31 persons) etc.
Shramdaan was carried out by the students in the old age home,
Ahirwadi, where students also interacted with senior citizens. As a part
of Shramdaan activity, students also planned for pre-preparation for the
Tree plantation activity and around 26 saplings of different species were
planted at Kanhegaon. In addition to this, water harvesting project was
done where a small dam was built with the help of the villagers.
The NSS Volunteers of the institute participated in cleaning of
Kanhegaon and surrounding area. Volunteers cleaned the village roads,
removed dust heaps and cleared the stagnant drainage flows and
attempted to create awareness on Cleanliness and hygiene. They swept
with brooms on the roads of the village. NSS Volunteers also performed
various Street play and Awareness Rally were conducted on various
social issues like Women Empowerment, Lek Laadki, Soil waste
management, dengue etc.
In National Social Service Special Winter Camp, Co-ordinator Dr. D. S.
Shirode also organized divers sessions on topics MPSC/UPSC
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Polytechnic, Jalgaon. The Programme was successfully completed by
valedictory programme.
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Jaya College of Pharmacy organized one day seminar on "Stress
Management" in the College auditorium with the blessings of Prof. A.
Kangaraj, Chairman, Jaya Educational Trust and Prof. A. Maheswaran,
Principal, Jaya college of Pharmacy. Ms. R. Gowri, Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics delivered a key note address. The program
was inaugurated by the Chiefguest MFJ. Dr.Kalyani, Founder &
Director- Sri Acu Care Clinic & Institute. As a token of love and
gratitude, presented a shawl with momento to the Chief guest by Dr. D.
Saravanan, Prof. & Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and
Dr. P. Balaji, Prof. & Head, Department of Pharmacology. In her speech
she mentioned that students are one of the most common victims of stress
and suggested that they can reduce their level of academic stress by
improving skills such as time management, and relaxation. The seminar
would be very helpful for our students to identify the causes of their stress
and provide them with practical effective tools to manage, reduce and
avoid stress in daily life. The seminar was more interactive like group
discussion and feedback session. Finally it was concluded with vote of
thanks given by Ms. T.Tanamani Jenifer student of II B.Pharm course.
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Antibiotic Resistance has been recognized as one of the 10 biggest
global health threats. Globally many strategies have been initiated to
combat antibiotic resistance and preserve the antibiotics for future. As a
IP offices have undergone major improvements in terms of upgradation of
IP legislation, infrastructure facilities, human resources, processing of IP
applications, quality services to stakeholders, transparency in functioning.
Afternoon session was begun with informative and interactive talk on
"Patent filling and drafting process" by Dr. Smita Bhutkar, Senior Patent
Associate R. K. Dewan and Co. Pune. Ms. Ankita Nagarkar
enlightened us on creating public awareness about the economic, social
and cultural benefits of IPRs among all sections of society.
In valedictory programme some delegates extend their feedback about
seminar. The one-day seminar was concluded with vote of thanks by Prof.
Vipul Dhasade, coordinator of this Seminar. For this seminar nearly 90
delegates from different institutions of Maharashtra had participated and
interacted with renowned resource persons.
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Department of Pharmacy, Government Polytechnic, Jalgaon organized
MSBTE Sponsored One Week Faculty Development Training
Programme on "NBA: Norms and Preparation for Pharmacy
Programme".
The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Praveen Revankar Director,
CIT, Yashada, Pune by lightning of lamp in presence of president of the
function Dr. M. V. Ingale, Incharge Principal, Govt. Polytechnic,
Jalgaon, Dr. R. J. Dias, HOD of Department of Pharmacy, Govt.
Polytechnic, Jalgaon and Dr. C. R. Pawar, Co-ordinator of the
programme.The training programme was attended by 30 participants
from various institutes within Maharashtra.
On occasion of Inaugural function of training programme Dr. M. V, Ingale
emphasized on the significance and training of NBA. Chief Co-ordinator
of Programme Dr. R. J. Dias, in his message quoted the benefits of
training programme in the implementation of NBA process. Co-ordinator
of the programme Dr. C. R. Pawar, highlighted the objectives of training
programme.
All the participants highly appreciated the efforts put up by the
organizing committee members of Department of Pharmacy, Government
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The entire college participated wholeheartedly towards the success of
this grand event. Chief Guest invited was, Pioneer and Founder, Hon.
Chairman of Divaba Education Trust and Ex. MLA Shree N. M. Zala,
and Managing Trustee and Working MLA (Bayad & Malpur) Shree
Dhavalsinh Zala,.In this day the various awards given from different
faculties for students ,whole year different co-curricular activities like
match, chess etc. and Most prestigious scholarship scheme announced
from Ex.MLA Shree N. M. Zala.
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Industrial visit of 81 students of B. Pharm of Bharati Vidyapeeth
(Deemed to be University), Poona College of Pharmacy was
organized to Stabicon Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore. Dr. Ravindra
Kamble (In Charge Faculty for the tour) along with three faculty members,
Dr. Vividha Dhapte, Dr. Sharvil Patil, Dr. Arulmozhi S. and supporting
staff, Mr. Bhimrao Kadam accompanied the students for this tour.
Stabicon is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) Pharma Industry
with accreditations from WHO, NABL, CDSCO, HEALTH
CANADA along with USFDA, DSIR registrations. Industrial visits
sensitize students to the practical challenges that organizations face in the
pharma field. Mr. Karthikeyan (Business development process &
Customer Support), Mr. Hentry (Quality System), Mr. V Venkatesan
(Lab Process) and Mr. Madhava Rao K (Formulation Process) explained
the practical implications of various concepts and demonstrated the
GMP practices in the company.
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part of the global strategy, the students of Annamalai University tried to
reach the school children to educate them on Health, Hygiene and
Antibiotic use.
A group of Pharm. D interns under the banner of ISPOR Student
Chapter – Annamalai University participated in the cause of educating
children. They visited nearby schools and talked to the children of VI to
VIII classes. The campaign was lively interacting with the students in local
language and encouraging them to participate rather than one way lecture
by the campaigners. The campaign mainly focused in letting the children
know about Antibiotics and consequences of antibiotic resistance: how it
is going affect all of us. The children were sensitized on some good
practices: Take antibiotics only with doctor's advice; complete the dosing
as advised; and do not belief that they are the solutions for every illness.
The children are also advised that they may not need antibiotics if good
hygiene practices like hand washing after toileting and before eating are
followed.
The simple questions developed by World Health Organization were
used to assess the children's knowledge on antibiotics. All the students
were able to answer the questions correctly at the end of the sessions.
The school administration and the teachers appreciated the pharmacy
students' efforts in educating school children in the important health issue
of antibiotic resistance.
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Students of A-One Pharmacy College, Ahmedabad celebrated their
Annual Day function with great enthusiasm and zeal.
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on the topic- "Qualities of Good Teacher". Sixth lecture was delivered
by Dr. (Ms.) Anupama Gupta, Professor, Department of Pathalogy,
MGIMS, Sevagram on topic of Effective measurement and evaluation
techniques in continuous and comprehensive evaluation. Seventh lecture
was delivered by Dr. Amit Khairnar, Associate Professor, National
Institute of pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER),
Ahmedabad on the topic - "Innovative methods in teaching : Keeping
hold on old methods of learning". Eight lecture was delivered by Dr.
Shreenivas Deshpande, Professor, HSK College of Pharmacy, Bagalkot,
Karnataka on the topic – "Strategies for Effective Teaching learning In
Higher Education".
Total 85 delegates participated from different Universities & other states
and faculty from different disciplines like Engineering, B.Ed., Polytechnic,
D. Pharm, MBBS, BDS, BAMS. The Seminar was conducted with
Valedictory function in presence of guests Dr. Shreenivas Deshpande and
Dr. Amit Khairnar and Vote of thanks by Dr. S.K. Bhosale. The seminar
was successfully conducted by organizing committee members Dr. M.R.
Kumbhare, Dr. A.R. Surana, Mr. P.R. Dighe, Ms. H. I. Narkhede, Mr.
P.B. Ghogare, Ms. S.V. Lambe, Ms. K. M. Khedkar, Mr. S.B. Dhikale
and all supporting staff.
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Two days International Conference on Challenges and Opportunities for
Clinical Pharmacists (ICCOPharma) sponsored by College of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore in
Assosiation of Pharmaceuticals Teachers of India (APTI) was conducted
by Department of Pharmacy Practice.
Around 480 delegates including Pharm D students, faculties, pharmacy
professionals and research scholars of 28 different colleges from within
and outside Karnataka attended the conference. A total of 10 scientific
sessions were conducted by eminent resource persons. On each day oral
presentations were conducted for the delegates on the following topics
such as pharmaceutical care, pharmaco-epidemioloical and pharmaco-
economical studies, drug safety and efficacy, drug utilization and disease
management.
S.M.B.T. College Pharmacy, Dhamangaon, Dist. Nashik hosted The
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune sponsored Two days National
Level Seminar on "Innovative Pedagogy and Effective Teaching
Learning Process".
The National Seminar was inaugurated by Dr. N.K. Vashist, Dean
S.M.B.T. Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre,
Dhamangaon, Nashik and function was presided by Dr. P.R. Bhabad,
Principal, SMBT College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Dhamangaon, and
Dr. Y.V. Ushir, SMBT Institute of Pharmacy, Dhamangaon. Principal Dr.
A.S. Dhake welcomed the delegates and Dr. S.K Bhosale, Director of
Seminar, elaborated on the theme of the seminar.
On first day Dr. Amit S. Naik, Associate Professor, SMBT IMSRC,
Dhamangaon delivered session I on "Pedagogy V/s Androgogy. How to
conduct a lecture more effectively". Second session was delivered by Dr.
Shankar Laxman Laware, Principal and Professor, Mula Education
Society's Arts, Commerce and Science College, Sonai, Ahmednagar on
the topic- "Teaching Pedagogy for students in life sciences". Third lecture
was delivered by Ms. Vandana Manwani, Senior Management
Professional and Leadership Coach, Pune on the topic- "Capacity
building of teachers from philosophical, Social and psychological
perspective". Fourth lecture was delivered by Dr. Nirmala V. Shinde,
Associate Professor, SMBT COP, Dhamangaon on the topic- "Effective
Teaching Learning Process in view of NBA and NAAC".
On Second day Fifth lecture was delivered by Dr. Raja D. Pechimuthu,
Associate Professor, V. O. Chidambaranar Medical College, Tamilnadu
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The valedictory function was arranged on the second day at 4.30 pm
where participation certificates were given to all the participants. Best
oral presentation awards and certificates were awarded to four
participants. Mrs. Sapna Gore, Assistant Professor, Department of
Pharmacy Practice in her vote of thanks proposed gratitude to all the
organizing members who worked hard for the success of conference. All
the delegates appreciated the efforts made by the organizing institute and
the feedbacks were collected from participants.
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A Five day national level Faculty Development Program (FDP) on
"Experimental Techniques in Preclinical Drug Discovery and Hands-on
Training" was organized by Department of Pharmacology, G Pulla
Reddy College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, in Association with AD
Instruments. 30 Faculty members from different colleges were attended
the workshop. The program was inaugurated by lighting of lamp and
prayer song. Dr. B. Veeresh, Professor and Chief Coordinator of FDP
gave welcome speech. Principal Dr. B. Madhava Reddy and Guest
Speaker Dr. Manoj Ande, Senior Manager, Dept. of Pharmacology,
NATCO Research Center, Hyderabad addressed the participants.
Each day the sessions were started with presentation of overview
followed by demonstration and hands-on training on preclinical stexperimental techniques. The 1 day session was conducted by Dr.
Manoj Ande about techniques of animal handling, various routes of drug nd rdadministration and blood collection techniques. The 2 and 3 day, the
sessions were conducted by Experts from ADI instruments, about
recording of ECG and non-invasive BP measurement, invasive BP
measurement and nerve impulse conduction measurement; Dr. B.
Veeresh, Dr. R. Padmavathi and Dr. A. Lalitha Devi of Department of
Pharmacology about endothelium dependent and independent response
on isolated aortic preparation, carotid artery ligation and coronary artery thligation. The 4 day session was conducted by Dr. R. Padmavathi and
Dr. A. Lalitha Devi about "Pharmacokinetic Data Analysis" using Excel
Add-In "PK Solver"; Dr. Y. Padmavathi and Mr. P. Ravikumar, Dept. of
Pharmaceutical Analysis about "Invivo PK Studies of Paracetamol in Rats thusing HPLC". The 5 day session was conducted by Dr. N. Balakrishna,
Dr. V. Murugan, Dean, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, DSU
delivered the welcome speech in the inaugural function. Dr. (Prof.) M.D
Karvekar, member of Pharmacy council of India was the chief guest and
Dr. T.K. Ravi, Principal of Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Coimbatore was the Guest of Honor. They both appreciated
the theme of the conference and informed the delegates about upcoming
opportunities for Pharm. D students and graduates. He admired the
delegates for showing interest and active participation in conference to
upgrade the existing knowledge and to learn the different challenges for
clinical pharmacists. Dr.V. Murugan, Dean, College of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, DSU in his presidential remarks highlighted the objectives and
detailed protocol of two days conference.
The different national and international speakers who conducted the
scientific sessions were as follows:- Dr. M Chandra Sekar, professor in
University of Findlay, USA on the topic Challenges and Opportunities
for Pharmacy Practitioners in India. He has enlightened the importance of
clinical pharmacists and their opportunities. Dr. Scott Gier, Pharmacy
Director at Wyandot Memorial Hospital, USA on the topic “A Day in
the life of a pharmacist at Wyandot Memorial hospital”, followed by Dr
Isha Patel, Assistant Professor at Marshall University, USA on the topic
“Recent Trends in Clinical care and Applications for Pharmacy and
Technological advances in Health care”. Next three sessions were given
by three students who are pursuing Pharm D in University of Findlay,
USA. Speakers included Mr Vincent Morocco, Ms Laura Schwartz and
Mr Thomas Kyle Finnerty and the topics were “Mental Health and the
Role of Pharmacists in the care of patients affected by mental health”,
“Clinical Pharmacists and their need”, Role of Pharmacists in the use of
antimicrobials and the prevention of Disease Progression. Dr Karthik
Rakam, Assosiate Director-Tychee Innovations and his session was on the
topic “Conceptual Learning- Beyond exams and marks”.
A total of 45 oral presentations were conducted which was evaluated by
eminent judges such as Dr T.K. Ravi and Dr Isha Patel, Dr Chandrasekhar
and Dr Scott Gier. Certificates were given for all the participants who did
oral presentations.
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BHU) gave talk on 'Commercially Potential Herbs of The Ayurvedic
Pharmacopoeia of India'.
Dr. D. B. Ananthnarayana (Ex-Head Research, Hindustan Lever, India,
expert member FSSAI) showed chances for natural medicines of known
uses to have great status in global market if regulatory aspects are
followed precisely. Dr. Rajesh Ramsamy (Associate Professor,
Immunology unit, Dept. of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences, University Putra, Malaysia) explored the sight of herbal
medicines which can induce stem cell generation in adulthood. Dr.
Chaitanya Joshi (Director, Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre,
Anand) explored the area of gene sequencing in different therapies
(known as Epigenetics) like in breast cancer, spinal muscle atrophy, infant
diseases, muscle dystrophy etc. Dr. Sasisdharan Sreenivasan (Associate
Professor, Unviversiti Sains, Malaysia), gave expert lecture on
'Multidisciplinary Modern Scientific Approaches for the Discovery of
Natural Products Anticancer Agent: From Myth to Science'.
Dr. Jiradej Manosroi (Professor, University of North-Chiag Mai,
Thailand) gave his talk on Scope of Herbal drug Industry in Asia. Dr.
Aranya Manosroi (Professor, University of North-Chiang Mai, Thailand
& Creator of Manose database and cosmetic expert, Thailand) explained
different aspects of herbs based cosmetics and their better efficacy due to
multi-component effect compared to synthetic single or few component
cosmetic formulations. Dr. Sundaram Ramchandran (Head, R & D,
Himalaya Drug Company, Bengaluru) demonstrated many sophisticated
methods of analysis (HPTLC) and their applications for herbal
formulations so that they can get better quality assessment and exportable
market approval. Dr. Nandkumar Sarma (Director, Dietary Supplements
and Herbal Medicines United States Pharmacopoeia Rockville, USA)
have discussed in his talk about how any herb or food based medicinal
product can get place in US Pharmacopoiea. Dr. Rajiv Kumar Sharma
(Former Director, Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and
Homeopathy, Ghaziabad) shared his views and expertise on the
regulations and quality issues of herbal drugs.
More than 200 delegates have presented their research work in oral or
Retired Scientist-E, Division of Bio-statistics, NIN, Hyderabad about
various concepts of biostatistics and statistical software "SPSS". Mr. Y.
Sreehari, Mr. S. Viswanth Reddy, and Mr. A. Lingesh coordinated
various activities all the 5 days.
Certificates were presented to the participants in the valedictory
program at 4.00 pm on 21-12-2018 by Principal Dr. B. Madhava
Reddy and Guest Speaker Dr. N. Balakrishna and vote of thanks was
given by Prof .B. Veeresh.
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L. M. College of Pharmacy, one of the premier Institutes of Pharmacy in
India, takes pride in the successful organization of the three days
International Conference on 'Herbal Medicines: Research and
Commerce – Global Perspectives' from at Ahmedabad Management
Association.
The conference marked the presence of various esteemed national as well
as international personalities from the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
especially Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, life science and Ayurveda.
The gathered experts discussed the different issues related to research,
quality and commerce of Herbal Medicines. More than 400 delegates
from all over India and abroad participated in this conference. We were
obliged to have some eminent faces – Prof. Navin Sheth (Vice
Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University) as our Chief Guest and
Dr. Lal Hingorani (Director, Pharmanza Herbal Pvt. Ltd, Anand) as our
keynote speaker in the inauguration ceremony.
Dr. Arun Gupta (Head Medical affairs at Dabur Research &
Development Centre) gave talk on 'Herbal Drug Development in India'.
Dr. Manoj Nesari (Advisor, AYUSH, New Delhi), gave a detailed talk
on 'Challenges in Developing Monographs on Ayush/Herbal Drug/s'. Dr
A. K. S. Rawat (Executive Director, Ethno-medicine Research Centre,
DST support) did speech on 'Challenges and issues of quality in
developing novel herbal drug /formulation'. Dr. J. L. N. Sastry (Head
Health Care, Dabur R&D Centre, New Delhi) had explored on
impurities in crude materials and final products made up of herbs. Dr. V.
K. Joshi (Professor, Dept. of Dravyaguna, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS,
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from Department of Neurobiology, University of Vienna, Austria was
invited to speak on “Understanding folding and trafficking aspects of
neurotransmitter transporters from a fly lens”. Around 200 delegates
including students, research scholars and faculty from various institutions
attended and participated in the seminar. The inauguration ceremony
commenced with lighting of lamp by Chief Guest Dr. Ameya Kasture as
well as other other renowned dignitaries. Prof. Raman Dang, Registrar
DPSRU, Prof. D.P. Pathak Director, DIPSAR, Prof. S.K. Gupta
Distingushed Professor and Dr. Madhu Gupta, OSD to VC Co-
ordinator, DPSRU, Dr. Rajni Mathur, Co-ordinator welcomed the
resource persons and delegates. Prof. Gupta addressed the gathering by
empahasising the primary objective of national seminar and importance of
neurotransmitter transporters.
The seminar was enriched with plenary lecture of Chief Guest Dr. Ameya
Kasture on topic “Understanding folding and trafficking aspects of
neurotransmitter transporters from a fly lens”. Prof. Gupta presented
mementos to the guest and inaugural function ended with vote of thanks
and concluded with national anthem with photo session.
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A Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi sponsored three day
Continuing Education Program (CEP) on the theme, "Empowering
Teachers to achieve Excellence in Pharmacy Education" was held at
Sinhgad Technical Education Society's Smt. Kashibai Navale College
of Pharmacy (SKNCOP) Kondhwa (Bk.), Pune from January 3 to 5,
2019. The CEP was designed with objectives to enhance the academic
poster presentation sessions. Dr. K. Punderikakshudu (Director L.J.
Institute of Pharmacy), Dr. Devang Pandya (Professor and Dy. Director,
School of pharmacy, RK University, Rajkot), Dr. Neeta Srivastava
(Assistant Director, PERD centre, Ahmedabad), Dr. Ravindra Mali
(Principal, KES College of Pharmacy, Maharashtra), Dr. Sama
Venkatesh (Professor, G.Pulla Reddy College of Pharmacy,
Hyderabad), Dr. Manan Raval (I/C Principal, Ramanbhai Patel College
of Pharmacy, CHARUSAT campus, Gujarat), Dr. Umesh Patil
(Professor, Dr. S. H. Gaur Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh),
Dr. Niyati Acharaya (HOD Pharmacognosy, NCIP, Nirma University),
Dr. Pratima Tatke (Principal CU Shah), Dr. Vinit Jain (Principal,
Bhagwan Mahavir College of Pharmacy, Surat) were the esteemed
dignitaries who chaired various sessions.
In valedictory function Dr. K. S. Dhiman (Director General, Ministry of
AYUSH, India) graced the dais as our Chief Guest. He presented a talk
on 'General Guidelines for Research and Development in Ayurveda'. In
his address he said that India is very far in setting a good business out of
Ayush drugs in world market while China became biggest trader of
Chinese medicinal products in last 10 years. He emphasised that
Pharmacognosy is the only field which can lead to have great status of
Indian traditional medicinal system in world market by linking these
traditional knowledge with modern science.
The conference was concluded by Vote of thanks delivered by Convener
Prof. Dr. Mamta B.Shah. Patrons Shri B. M. Shah and Prof. A. H. Karlo
and Conveners – Dr. Mahesh Chhabria and Prof. Mamta B. Shah did
the best job in organizing such mega and meaningful event. We are also
thankful to our sponsors GUJCOST (Gujarat Council on Science &
Technology), DST (Department of Science), AES (Ahmedabad
Education Society), our co-sponsors Advance Phototherapy Pvt. Ltd
Ahmedabad, Pharmanza Herbal Pvt. Ltd, Anand for their contribution
and Society of Pharmacognosy (India) for the kind association.
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Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University (DPSRU)
organized a seminar for Post Graduate and Doctoral students on
Neurotransmitter transporters and their impact. Dr. Ameya Kasture,
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overview of outcome based education (OBE) and various essential
components of OBE. A workshop on Problem Based learning (PBL)
was also conducted by Dr. Ms. Jyotsana Madan. The concluding
session was valedictory function, wherein participants were awarded
with certificates of participation.
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The 6th World Congress on Nanomedical Sciences and Chemistry-
Biology interface: Synergistic New Frontiers (CBISNF-2019)
Science and Technology for the Future of Mankind (STFM) organized
by Jamia Hamdard & University of Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan, New
Delhi, India from January 7 to 9, 2019 under the chairmenship of Prof.
(Dr.) Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard and
Presidentship of Prof. (Dr.) Ramesh Chandra, University of Delhi. The
organizing secretary was Prof Farhan J Ahmad from School of
Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard and Prof Indrajit
Roy from University of Delhi.
The congress saw a huge response from delegates, around 1100
participated. The speakers were amongst several distinguished scientists
and physicians from the frontier areas of Nanomedical Sciences and allied
areas.
In the three days of conference a total of four Key note addresses, twelve
Plenary lectures, Seventy four Invited lectures, sixty nine Oral lectures
and 497 Posters were presented by speakers and research scholars from
39 different countries.
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A National Social Service (NSS) Special Winter Camp 2019 was
organized by Poona College of Pharmacy (Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed
University, Pune) at Bhode village in Mulshi taluka of Pune district from
January 10 to 16, 2019. Abhiyaan, Street Plays, Gram Sarvekshan,
Water Conservation, Gender Sensitization, Competition for School
Kids, Free Medical Check Up were undertaken successfully for the
villagers in this NSS winter camp. Also, sessions on leadership skills,
disaster management, self confidence, motivational talk, first aid practices
and self defense were conducted for NSS volunteers in the camp. Dr.
and intellectual environment in the Pharmacy institutions by empowering
Pharmacy teachers
The inaugural function commenced with lamp lighting ceremony followed
by preamble of the CEP delivered by Dr. (Ms.) J. R. Madan, CEP
Coordinator. The welcome address was delivered by the CEP Convener
& Principal of SKNCOP, Dr. S. D. Sawant. The inaugural function was
presided over by Mr. G. K. Shahani, Trustee & Member of the
Managing Council of Sinhgad Technical Education Society, Pune. Prof.
(Dr.) D. B. Shinde, Vice Chancellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, (MS)
was Chief Guest and delivered the inaugural address. Dr. Shinde
highlighted the key issues in the present health care profession and
stressed upon changes required in Pharmacy curriculum to make it more
focused as per profession's needs. Prof. Dr. M. D. Karvekar, Member,
Executive Committee, Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi was
present as Guest of Honour and delivered the Key Note address. He
emphasized on the key role teachers play in education and stated that
continuous training of teachers was very essential to maintain quality of
pharmacy education. Eminent personalities were invited to share their
expertise during Technical/Scientific Sessions held post lunch and on the
next two days. Dr. Ms. Urvashi Rathod (Director, Symbiosis Centre for
Research and Innovation (SCRI), Pune) spoke about Innovation and
Creativity in Teaching. Dr. Dipak Chavan (Associate Professor, Tilak
College of Education, Pune) delivered a talk on microteaching. Prof. Dr.
Sanjeev Sonawane (Director, Faculty Development Centre, UGC-
Human Resource Development Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University
(SPPU), Pune) delivered a talk on Research methodology for research
aspirant teachers . Dr. Ms. Varsha Sarode, (Associate Professor, Dept of
Physiology B. J. Govt. Medical College, Pune) gave an in-depth
understanding to participants regarding Assessment and evaluation tools.
Dr. Sachin Surve (Coordinator, Faculty Development Centre, UGC-
Human Resource Development Centre, SPPU, Pune) spoke on the topic
"Soft Skills, mentoring, counseling skills essential for teachers". , Dr. S. D.
Sawant explained "Faculty contribution in Institutional Accreditation".
Dr. Dr. Vikas M. Phalle (Associate Professor, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, V.J.T.I. Matunga, Mumbai) in his talk gave an
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a comprehensive insight on "Synthesis of Novel Architecturally Complex
Anticancer Beta-Lactams: Preclinical Evaluation". He has also discussed
about the development of education and research in India. All the
delegates were benefitted with the thought-provoking and interactive
lectures of the international speaker. Dr. Biswa Mohan Sahoo, Professor
& Head, Department of Pharmacy, Vikas Group of Institutions,
enlightened the gathering about the impact of pharmaceutical research on
the Health care system. Convenor, Dr. B. Rama Mohan Rao has presided
the inaugural function. Dr. Devala Rao Garikapati, President, APTI, AP
State Branch was the Co-convenor for the program. The organizing
committee is thankful to speaker, guests, participants, faculty members
and management whose contribution made this event grand success.
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Guntur, lam: on January 11, January, Dr. Rama Rao Nadendla,
principal CLPT conveyed that Indian Pharmaceutical Association
(IPA) Lam Local branch has conducted health and Medicine
awareness program (HMAP) at tatireddypalem, tadikonda manadal,
near lam. About 107 visitors availed the services rendered by IPA-lam
local branch. In this session, screening of blood glucose, blood pressure
was tested. Awareness on nutrition, life style modification, cold and
cough etc was created to the visitors. They clarified myths associated with
self-medication and drug abuse. Some of the drug administration
methods were also demonstrated orally. Patient counselling on various
aspects drug interactions with grapefruit juices, smoking and alcohol was
also deliberated. Apsects about dietary in-take and nutrition for health
Ravindra Kamble (NSS co-ordinator) along with Dr. Vividha Dhapte,
Dr. Deepali Bansode, Prof. Shakuntala Chopade, Prof. Bijoy Panda and
Dr. Vaibhav Shinde organized the camp successfully.
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Vikas Group of Institutions, Department of Pharmacy, Nunna,
Vijayawada Rural, Andhra Pradesh has organized an International
Seminar on "Emerging Trends in Chemical and Pharmaceutical
Sciences" (ISETCPS) in association with Association of Pharmacy
Teachers of India (APTI)-AP State Branch on January 11, 2019. A
total of 350 delegates from various colleges of Andhra Pradesh were
actively participated. Professor Bimal Krishna Banik, Vice President of
Research and Education Development (Former President's Endowed
Professor and Tenured Full Professor University of Texas Pan American),
Community Health Systems of South Texas, Edinburg, Texas, USA was
the invited speaker for the occasion of international Seminar. He has given
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carriers. She explained the isolation, purification and loading of diatoms.
She also explained the advances in this type of drug targeting using
genetically engineered diatoms which can be used in cancer therapy. Dr.
C. R. Kokare, Professor, Sinhgad Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Pune explained the isolation, characterization and antineoplastic use of
few marine products like actinomycetes and other antibiotics from
Streptomyces species. He explained the production and characterization
of bioemulsifiers. Dr. Sathiyanarayan explained the various marine
resources of therapeutic compounds and their uses in varied ailments. He
explained various examples of drugs from marine origin which are used as
anticancer agents and explained the process of drug discovery from
marine sources. He described the challenges in using marine sources for
new drugs discovery. This two day seminar also included e-poster
presentation competition in which almost 16 delegates from various
institutions presented their work. This session was evaluated by peer
review committee member, Dr. Urmila Tambe, Associate Professor,
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Poona College of Pharmacy. The session concluded
with prize distribution to the winners and runner-ups in the competition.
Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. D. S. Patil.
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Prof. B.M. Mithal Memorial Lecture was organised on January 21,
2019 at BITS Pilani, (Pilani Campus) Rajasthan. This memorial lecture
has been initiated since 2001 as a mark of respect to the great teacher,
educationist, administrator and philosopher. The event was jointly
organised by Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani and Prof. B.M.
Mithal Endowment Trust, Pilani.
In this grand event, "Prof. B.M. Mithal Memorial Gold Medal'' and
"CNVHB Gupta Memorial Gold Medal" were given to those B.
Pharmacy and M. Pharmacy students, who showed exceptional
performance in academics, extracurricular and departmental activities.
The event was inaugurated by worshipping the Goddess of wisdom,
Maa Saraswati, followed by lamp lightening by Prof. A.K Sarkar,
Director BITS-Pilani (Pilani campus), Chief guest Prof. M. Chandra
Sekar (University of Findlay, USA), Prof. R.N. Saha, Director BITS-
Pilani (Dubai campus), Mr. ML Bansal (Trustee, Prof. B.M. Mithal
Endowment Trust) and Dr. Atish T. Paul (Head, Department of
Pharmacy).
Dr. Atish T. Paul, welcomed the audience and highlighted the
educational background and contribution of Prof. B.M. Mithal to the
field of Pharmacy. Prof. A.K Sarkar, addressed the gathering and shared
his views on contributions made by Prof. B.M. Mithal to the institute.
Prof. Anil B. Gaikwad introduced Prof. M. Chandra Sekar to the
audience. Prof. Sekar delivered the memorial lecture on "Prescription for
Pharmacy Education and Practice in India". He shared his experiences on
and hygiene was propagated to the rural residents. IPA Lam office
bearers viz. Mr.B.Valli Manalan, vice president, Dr.S.S.Mani Kiran,
secretary, Mr. V.Pradeep Kumar, treasurer and executive council
members were, Prof.K.N.Rajinikanth, Ms. N.Santhi Priya, and Mr.
G.Madhu were present.
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Sinhgad College of Pharmacy recently organized two days state level
seminar titled "Exploring the potential of marine natural products for
management of cancer" sponsored by Savitribai Phule Pune University
on January18 and 19, 2019. The seminar was inaugurated at the hands
of Dr. K. N. Gujar, Principal, Sinhgad College of Pharmacy, Dr. D. S.
Patil, Co-ordinator of the seminar, Dr. S. L. Bodhankar. and Dr. S. Y.
Gabhe, Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bharati
Vidyapeeth's Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune. Opening remarks were
addressed by Dr. S. L. Bodhankar. He explained the painful side-effects
of chemotherapy and the need for alternative safer drugs. He also
emphasized use of biotechnological methods such as recombinant DNA
technology to obtain the drugs from natural resources thereby preserving
the natural flora and fauna. Dr S. Y. Gabhe explained the eco-friendly
synthetic startegies for some of the drugs belonging to natural origin. Dr.
D. G. Naik, Project Coordinator, Biodiversity Department, Pune
emphasized the importance of marine biomolecules in treating cancer. He
explained the benefits of natural molecules over the synthetic ones and
the methods by which toxicity could be reduced. Dr. S. D. Sawant,
Principal & Professor at Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Pharmacy, Pune
discussed the critical issues in standardization of herbal drugs. He
emphasized on the reproducibility, efficacy and safety of the drugs of
natural origin. Dr. Abhay Harsulkar, Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology,
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune highlighted the
importance of omega-3-fatty acids as nutrients from ocean. He explained
the importance of marine ecosystem and the food chain and explained the
stages in biosynthesis of omega-3 and omega-6-fatty acids. He also
highlighted the biological importance of various marine compounds. Dr.
Alaknanda Karthick, DST-SERB Post Doctorate Fellow at BV's Poona
College of Pharmacy, elaborated the importance of diatoms as drug
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th thDrug Molecule- Design to Approval on 24 & 25 January 2019
Students and faculty from H. K. College of Pharmacy, Jogeshwari and
Faculty Delegates from D. D. Vispute College of Pharmacy & Research
Center, Panvel participated the event
Chief Guest Dr. Tarur Radhakrishnan enlightened the audience by his
keynote address on Challenges to drug discovery process in India. He
gave an entire statics on Countries with maximum Pharmacy growth rate,
Number of new molecules released every year, Time and cost of bringing
NCE to market, Expenses and revenue curve for a new drug, Steps in
drug discovery, Drugs recalled during Phase IV Clinical Trail Studies and
Relationship between Generic and branded drugs, current scenario for
research in India.
The sessions began with the lecture on "Drug Design and Synthesis" by
Dr. Shrikant Sakhalkar (Director New Business Development, Pact Labs
Pvt Ltd.). He spoke about Non-Infringing Process Design and
Development and steps involved in it, Various challenges in synthetic
route, Process Optimization, importance of Scale up, Safety process and
effluent control in Process R &D.
The next session was about "Drug Characterization" by Dr. Kapil Juvale
(Assistant Professor, SVKM's SPPTM NMIMS). He spoke about the
need for characterization, process before characterization, Workflow for
the process of characterization. He also gave a complete idea of
principal, and examples of various spectroscopies like UV-Visible, IR,
NMR, Mass and HPLC.
The second half of this day was dedicated to Workshop for all the B.
Pharm students.
First Year B. Pharm: Laboratory Safety and First-Aid by Dr.
Chandrashekhar Barhate Manager, Analytical Research, IPCA
Laboratories Ltd.
Second Year B. Pharm: Basic Analytical Skills by Dr. (Mrs.) R. K.
Raheja Assistant Professor, SVKM's BNCP, Mumbai.
Third Year B. Pharm: In-silico drug design (Schrödinger, India) by Dr.
(Mrs.) Arundhati Abhyankar, Assistant Professor, HKCP
teaching and practising pharmacy in USA and emphasized its importance
with respect to current scenario in India.
Prof. M. Chandra Sekar and Prof. AK Sarkar honoured the students with
the gold medals. The best B. Pharmacy graduates for the award of Prof.
B.M. Mithal Memorial Gold Medal for the session 2016-2017 and
2017-2018 were Mr. Ayush Gupta and Ms. Kirti Singh, respectively.
The best M. Pharmacy graduates for the award of CNVHB Gupta
Memorial Gold Medal for the session 2016-2017 and 2017-2018
were Ms. Shravya Bhatt and Mr. Vishal Girdhar, respectively. The event
was concluded by vote of thanks by Prof. S. Murugesan.
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Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Poona College of
Pharmacy had organized 33rd State Level Pharmacy Cricket
Tournament for men and women during January 21 to 25, 2019 with
the objective of cricket for interaction. This tournament was inaugurated
by Ranji and IPL player Shri. Harshad Khadiwale. He emphasized the
importance of sports in our school and college life. Principal Dr. K. R.
Mahadik highlighted the enthusiastic participation of women teams in the
tournament. During the Prize distribution ceremony, Mr. Shridhar Joshi
(Director and MD, J B Chemicals, Pune) cited the transformations that
such tournaments bring about in the personality of students and create
bountiful opportunities for his future. This tournament was played on the
National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) cricket ground in Pashan, Pune.
Various men and women teams from different pharmacy colleges,
industries, retail pharmacists and the entire pharma fraternity of state
participated in this prestigious state level cricket cup. Sinhgad College of
Pharmacy, Kodhwa Men Team and Poona College of Pharmacy Women
Team were the Winners. Runner up Cup was conferred to Sinhgad
College of Pharmacy, Vadgaon Men Team and Indira College of
Pharmacy Women Team. Dr. Savita Yadav and Dr. Ashwin Mali co-
ordinated this tournament successfully.
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Maharashtra Education Society's, H.K. College of Pharmacy,
Jogeshwari (W), Mumbai organised Two-Day Seminar on Journey of a
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The cold, yet sunny, day was a power packed day beginning with the
celebrations of our country’s 70th Republic Day with our hon’ble Vice
Chancellor Prof. Ramesh K. Goyal hoisting the pride of our country, our
National flag. This was followed by cultural celebrations & the National
Voter ’s Day celebration in the university auditorium.
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Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) First Meeting.
This day also marked so many firsts for the university & its innovation cell.
The first innovation council meeting of DPSRU Innovation & Incubation
Foundation (DIIF) was successfully held under the leadership of Dr.
Harvinder Popli, Dean DPSRU & President IIC (Institution’s Innovation
Council). Prof. Raman Dang, Registrar DPSRU was the convener of the
meeting, along with an esteemed panel of Mr. Ravi Bhatia, Dr. Poulomi
Final Year B Pharm & M. Pharm: Clinical Research & Associated Domains
by Mr. Vishal Chaudhari Head of Operation (W), CLINI INDIA,
Clinical Research Services.
The second day began with welcoming the guests followed by first
session on "Soft Skill Training For Managing Research" By DR. Milind
Deshpande (Co-founder & Managing Director TriGnosis Infotech
Private Limited, Mumbai). He discussed about why companies gives
more importance to soft skills with details about hard skill and soft skill
balance. He highlighted the qualities of a performer like communication,
time management, motivation, adaptability, collaboration and leadership
skills. He elaborated the importance of emotional intelligence, self-
awareness, self-regulation, empathy skills, internal motivation, social skills
and mindfulness.
This was followed by the next session on "New Drug Discovery- An
Introspection" by Dr. V. Addepalli (Director, SVKM's C B Patel
Research Center). He began his discussion with a brief introduction to
the ethics and recent attritions in the process of drug discovery. He
discussed about safety pharmacology and importance of safety, efficacy
and rationality of new molecule in drug discovery. He elaborated about
the benefits of the parallel study of pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamic parameters in the process. At last he highlighted the
importance of biomarkers and drug repurposing.
The next session was on "Approval process for NCE's" by Mr. S. W.
Deshpande (Former joint commissioner, FDA - Maharashtra and Hon
Director All India Drugs Control Officers Confederation /AIDCOC).
He discussed the approval process in detail with explaining the
importance of each step. He talked about the regulatory set-up in the
state licensing authority and central licensing authority with different
conditions, prohibition and exceptions for clinical trials.
Seminar concluded with the vote of thanks by organizing committee.
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The day before the 70th Republic Day of India was a day of so many
activities for Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research University
(DPSRU), New Delhi.
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Ganguly, Mr. Sameer Ahuja, Ms. Reena Bhattacharya & Dr. Arundhati
Bhattacharya. The panel was a representation of expertise in the areas of
innovation, finance, marketing & IPR.
MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) has established
MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC) to foster the culture of innovation
amongst all higher education institutions. The primary mandate of MIC is
to encourage, inspire & nurture young students towards a culture of
innovation.
A team of 16 young energetic students pursuing B.Pharm., M.Pharm. &
MBA (Pharmaceutical Management), forming the part of the IIC, were
divided into chairs for taking up various roles & responsibilities towards
the functioning of the innovation council. The student members of the
innovation council held positions of chairs for workshops, networking,
membership, social media coverage, innovation challenges, finance &
hospitality. We look forward to an environment of innovation spreading
its wings through this innovation council.
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The First ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ at DPSRU
A great deal of conversations can happen over a cup of tea. That’s what
happened, in real, for the first of its kind ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ event held at
DPSRU. The alumni of DIPSAR (College of Pharmacy) & DPSRU
gathered under one roof with the students of the university for a
mentor-mentee interaction. This event was the first such event from DAF
(DPSRU Alumni Forum), with a membership of 1200 members &
increasing, and soon to be a registered alumni forum of DPSRU.
We had alumni such as Dr. Roop Kishen Khar, Former Dean, Jamia
Hamdard University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Dr. Naresh
Sharma, Deputy Drug Controller, CDSCO & President, IPA Delhi state
branch; Mr. Rajiv Duggal, MD Pheasantz Dermatologica, along with the
alumni of the university who have graduated from the university more than
20 years back.
There were discussions from the experienced professionals from their
respective fields of research, quality control, analysis, clinical research,
regulatory, marketing & sales that enlightened the students. Suggestions
were formulated & discussed about how the distinguished alumni from the
university can collaborate for a better engagement with the students.
The engaging discussions were given an inspiring direction by the hon’ble
Vice Chancellor of DPSRU, Prof. Ramesh K. Goyal, who enlightened
the audience on the path followed by an idea when it moves from
ideation to commercialization.
An engaging day, where time knew no boundaries, where knowledge
expanded from the board room of the university to across the globe, what
an enriching day it was, to welcome the country’s 70th Republic Day.
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Guntur, lam: Dr. Rama Rao Nadendla, principal, Chalapathi Institute of
Pharmaceutical Sciences (CLPT), Guntur conveyed that the institute
conducted Continuing Education program (CEP) on “Effective tools to
improve quality of teaching and learning pharmacy Education”
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3D printing in pharmaceuticals a new vista in pharmaceutical automation
technology (01) delivered by Dr.Falguni Pati, IIT, Hyderabad; In
pharmaceutical analysis (01) Mr. A.Narayana Murthy, Spinco Biotech
on Systematic easy approach on HPLC troubleshooting, understanding
the Herbal drug technology covering (03) topics viz., “Problems faced
in effective teaching in pharmacognosy and their solution” by
Dr.V.Gopal, principal, Mother Theresa, post graduate and research
institute of Health sciences, Pondicherry; Herbal technology concepts
and approaches presented by Dr.K.Srinivasa Rao, principal, Vasavi
institute of pharmacy, Phytopharmaceuticals from plants by
Dr.C.Veeresham, professor, Kakatiya University, Warangal;
Pharmacology and toxicology discipline covering (01) History of
Pharmacovigilance and safety monitoring by Dr.K.Ravisankar, Aditya
college of pharmacy, Kakinada and Pharmacy practice (01) “Social and
preventive pharmacy in delivered topic on by Dr.G.P.Mohanta,
professor, Annamali University, Chidambaram. In valedictory Sri
Y.V.Anjaneyulu, president, Chalapathi Educational Society (CES),
Guntur and Dr.Rama Rao Nadendla felicitated Dr. C.Veerasham, Dr.
K.V.Ramana Murthy, Dr. G.Chandraiah and conveyed heartfelt thanks
and gratitude to all the resource persons for gracing and sharing their
expertise. The program was close on heels with presenting certificates to
participants.
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The First National Conference on "Current Trends and Future Scope of
Clinical Research Industry" was conducted on February 2, 2019 by A.
M. Reddy Memorial College of Pharmacy in association with Axis
Clinicals Pvt. Ltd and Stansys Software Solutions. The National
Conference provided the students an ideal platform to interact with the
Directors of top Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research companies in India.
The students also came across the new upcoming avenues such as Clinical
Data Management for growth in the Clinical Research Industry. Dr. M.
U. R. Naidu, Director, NATCO Pharma was the Chef Guest for the
Conference and shared his thoughtful experiences with the students and
advised them regarding their future in the Clinical Research Industry.
Other Distinguished guests included Dr. Jayachandra Reddy, Director
sponsored by Pharmacy council of India (PCI) from 29th -31st January
2019 for three days. Thirty faculty delegates enrolled for this program.
The dignitaries graced were Prof. A.S. Rama Krishna, MLC, Govt.of
Andhra Pradesh; prof. Om Prakash Katare, panjab university,
Chandigargh; Dr. V.Gopal, principal, Mother Theresa, post graduate
and research institute of Health sciences, Pondicherry; Dr.M.V.Ramana,
member, PCI, Dr.C.Veerasham, Dr. K.V.Ramana Murthy, Sri. Y.V.
Anjaneyulu, president, Chalapathi Educational Society, Guntur and
Principal, Dr. Rama Rao Nadendla. During three days training period, the
delegates were enriched on fourteen (14) core modules circumscribed
on teaching methodologies (03) viz., Teacher – The effective tool for
teaching and student learning by Dr.T.Gopal Krishna Reddy. Retd.
Professor, Dept of zoology, Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU),
Guntur;, 21st century teaching role models in pharmaceutical sciences
by Mrs.B.Varalakshmi, retd. English professor, Govt women’s college
Guntur and Dr.Ch.Tulasi, HOD, Govt Womens college Guntur spoken
on ICT tools in classroom teaching; focus on novel drug delivery
systems(04) viz., Liposomes the vehicle for success: From idea to
product beyond by Dr.Om Prakash Katare, panjab university,
Chandigargh, opportunities and challenges involved in nanotechnology
based cancer therapy delineated by Dr. Chandraiah Godugu, NIPER,
Hyderabad; Drug delivery to brain deliberation by Dr. K.V. Ramana
Murthy, professor, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam and Dr.Suryakant
Swain, SIMS College of Pharmacy, Guntur discussed on “Applications
of quality by design and formulation by design in drug delivery system ;
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Nirbhaya in today's era. Prof. Mr. Sandeep P. Gadhve, Student
Development Officer, SCOP coordinated the workshop. Around
100delegates were benefited from the workshop.
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Recently Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) was conducted
by National testing agency. Shri Bhagwan College of Pharmacy,
Aurangabad broke in celebrations after GPAT results were declared on
Wednesday 6 February, 2019. Ansari Md.. Faraz Zubair a student of
final has got 99.85 percentile marks in GPAT with 62nd rank all over
India while Mangesh Lavange got 99.55 percentile marks. Total 21
students of Shri Bhagwan Pharmacy College are qualified in GPAT
2019. Harishchandra Pandhare, Jagdish Jadhav, Umesh kathar, Neha
Shukla, Neha Pandit, Amol Harer, Renuka Ambekar, Gajanan
Athawale, Varsha Sarose, Rupali Giri, Dipika Dhakane, Sandhya
Shewale, Anil Lahane, Vaidehi Rathod, Kiran Divekar, Ashish Ghate,
Sundara Khandare, Diksha Narwade and Pandurang Dakhore are
amongst other qualified students. What is more heartning is that the
students have performed well despite various difficulties they faced this
year from time to time in college campus. Dr. Dipak Gadade, Prof. Kiran
Bhusare, Prof. Nanasaheb Dharbale, Prof. Ganesh Gajare, Prof. Pavan
Rathi, Prof. Prabhakar Panzade, Prof. Parikh Gajanan, etc. faculty from
college had given guidance to these students for preparation of GPAT.
The qualified students were congratulated by Prof. Dr. A.R. Siddiqui,
Prof. Prakash Maske, Neelam Saraf, Prof. Bhama Sudarshan, Prof.
Gaikwad Mahesh, and Prof. Vilas Arsul. All Students are getting words
of appreciation from the whole Pharma-fraternity.
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V. V. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (VVIPS), Gudlavalleru, had
organised Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) sponsored three day th thContinuing Education Program from 06 to 08 Febrauary, 2019.
VVIPS is one among six colleges from Andhra Pradesh selected by PCI
to conduct the program. The theme of the program was "Refinement of
Teaching Methodologies for Effective Outcome". 30 teachers from
various pharmacy institutions of A.P and Telangana region were
participated in this program. The motto behind organizing CEP was to
Axis Clinicals Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Mujeebuddin C.S, Director Stansys
Software Solutions, Mr. Poornachander Independent Consultant and
MedDRA certified Medical Coder.
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Sinhgad Technical Education Society's Sinhgad College of Pharmacy
(SCOP), Vadgaon, Pune organized Savitribai Phule Pune University th thsponsored a workshop on 'Nirbhay Kanya Abhiyan" during 5 and 6
February 2019. The target audience for the workshop was girl students
of first and second year B. Pharmacy. The workshop was aimedto increase
the awareness amongst the girl students regarding the proper life style and
to tackle various problems of their age. Dr. Gauri Godbole, Professor
and Head Dept. of Respiratory Medicines, Smt. Kashibai Navale
Medical College and General Hospitals, Narhe, Pune, elaborated a talk
on "Nirbhaya in Mind and Body". Adv. Renuka Vishnu Ghule, a
practicing lawyer at High Court, Aurangabad enlightened the girls and
ladies faculty members regarding various laws and legal aspects of women
safety. Dr. Sadhana Dharmadhikari, a leading practicing gynecologist in
Pune gave a talk on the topic "Be Healthy Be Beautiful" where she
explained the importance of being healthy in today's era and the different
ways of maintaining health. On the second day, Ms Ashwini Kale, a
Taekwondo Trainer demonstrated the self defense session to the
delegates. Dr. H. K. Jain, Associate Professor, SCOP demonstrated the
importance of YOGA.
Dr. K N Gujar, Principal, Sinhgad College of Pharmacy welcomed all the
speakers and delegates and also highlighted the importance of being
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Tirupathi, Dr. M.M. Annapurna, Professor, Gitam University,
Visakhapatnam.
The third day continued with three lectures by Dr. K.P.R. Chowdary,
Former Principal, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam, Dr. N. Shankaraiah, Associate Professor,
NIPER, Hyderabad, with main emphasis on teaching methodologies and
scientific paper writing. The three day program concluded with a
valedictory session where Dr. K.P.R. Chowdary highlightened the
importance of research in uplifting the teaching profession and program
was curtained down by presenting the certificates to the participants.
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School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, IFTM University, Moradabad
organized a quiz and debate competition on Role of Pharmacist in
Swachh Bharat-Swasth Bharat on February 08, 2019 in grand fashion.
The programme was organized with full zeal and enthusiasm. The
programme was inaugurated by lamp lightening by Honourable Vice
Chancellor Prof. Ashoke K Ghosh. In this event, all the students of
Diploma in Pharmacy actively participated. The aim of organizing this
programme was to circulate the information among people about the
cleanliness in the society and with an aim to assist in development of clean
India. During the speech by Honorable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ghosh
remarked that imagination of healthy India is difficult without active
contribution of Pharmacist in society. He further narrated that Pharmacist
is linking person to make bridge between patients and doctors. If the
train the teachers about digital learnig methodologies and advancements
in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The inauguration ceremony
commenced with lighting of lamp by Chief Guest Dr. M. Radha Krishna
Murthy, Central Council Member, PCI, New Delhi. The program was
presided by Dr. A. Lakshmana Rao, Convener of program and Principal,
V. V. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He addressed the gathering
by emphasizing the primary objective of this conference. Chief Guest
Dr.M. Radha Krishna Murthy advised the faculty delegates to updated
their knowledge and should share quality education to students and make
them responsible pharmacists for society. Later the souvenir containing
scientific abstracts was released by chief guest.
On the first day the resource persons Dr. S. Satyanarayana, Former
Principal, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Visakhapatnam, Dr. K.V. Ramana Murthy, Professor, University College
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Visakhapatnam, Dr. B. China Raju, Principal
Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemicall Technolgy, Hyderabad, Dr. A.
Lakshmana Rao, Principal VVIPS, Gudlavalleru have enlightened the
participants with latest advancements in pharmacy field.
The second day of the program covered 5 plenary lectures about the
technical knowledge of newly included topics in PCI prescribed syllabus.
The resource persons are Dr. Y.Rajendra Prasad, Professor, University
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Visakhapatnam, Dr. Kathiresan,
Associate Professor, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, Dr. P. Giridhar,
Principal Scientist, Central Food Technology Research Institute, Mysur,
Dr. B. Sailaja, Professor, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam,
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(SAGTE). Totally 1000 students from 25 different colleges of the
state has participated in this event. Competitions were conducted in
Volley Ball, Cricket, Throw Ball, Caroms, Tennikoit and Badminton. The
overall Championship is won by KVSRSCOPS and the runners are
Chebrolu Hanumanaih Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CHIPS),
Guntur. The valedictory was held on 9th February 2019 and the chief
guest is Dr. E.Trimurthy, Sports Secretary, Dr. NTR University of Health
Sciences, Amaravati, Vijayawada. Dr.Devala Rao Garikapati, Principal
and Mr. L.Vinay Sekhar, Physical Director, monitored the Two –Day
Activities. These events are sponsored by Alumni Association of
KVSRSCOPS.
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4th two days refresher course for the pharmacist was organized by SAL
Institute of Pharmacy, Science City Road, Ahmedabad, sponsored by
Gujarat State Pharmacy Council on 9th and 10th February 2019. The
program was aimed to upgrade and enhance knowledge of pharmacy
pharmacist has decided to make healthy India, the mission Swachh
Bharat-Swasth Bharat may be easily achieved..
The Chief Orator of the event, Dr. Arun Kumar Mishra, Dean, Students'
welfare in his speech stated that if Pharmacist performs his duty with
highest level of sincerity, this will ultimately result in mission fulfillment of
Swachh Bharat-Swasth Bharat. The right dose selection, proper drug
administration, dosing frequency, awareness about how to live clean and
healthy, vaccination, and disposal of waste material etc are the key
aspects in which pharmacist have to play active role. All these aspects
will definitely assist in fulfillment of mission of Swachh Bharat-Swasth
Bharat. In the next step of event, quiz and debate competition was
organized among the students and the successful contestants were
awarded prizes. Prof. Sushil Kumar, Director, School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, IFTM University, Moradabad congratulated all the budding
Pharmacist on this occasion and also suggested some guidelines about
how to live healthy. He further narrated that cleanliness is to be
amalgamated in every aspects of life including daily routine work.
Afterwards, Pharmacy oath taking ceremony was conducted under
leadership of Prof. Nazam Ali Khan.
The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Kavita Gahlot. Chief
coordinator of the event Dr. Amrita Mishra, and her team members
including Ms. Alka Lohani, Mr. Arvind Kumar, Mr. Adity Sharma, Ms
Hina Farooqui were congratulated by Prof. Sushil Kumar for successful
organization of this very event. During the event, Prof. Rahul Kumar
Mishra- Director (Computer Complications), Sri Sanjeev Agarwal,
Registrar, Dr. M.P. Pandey Finance Officer, Faculty members of different
schools and students were present.
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KVSR Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(KVSRSCOPS), Vijayawada, has conducted Two-Day State Level
Sports Competitions for students of Pharmacy in Andhra Pradesh by
name “SCOPS ALIANZA 2K19” during 8th and 9th February
2019. This was inaugurated on 8th February 2019 by Sri Perla Bhima
Rao, Member Siddhartha Academy of General and Technical Education
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destination of Seminar Hall. It involves participation of Chief Guest Dr.
Wadekar Sir, Principal Dr. G. Y. Dama sir chairman of the event, College
Examination Officer Prof. Jayant S.Bidkar secretary of the event,
Student welfare officer Prof. Nitin V. Devhadrao, Sports Incharge Prof.
Vijaykumar S. Wakale sir followed by all the B. Pharm. graduates.
Inauguration of the event was done by enlightening lamps and poojan of
frame of deity lord Shri Gajanan Maharaj and Founder President Late
Shri. Vilas Tambe sir and Saraswatimata poojan playing Vidyapeeth geet
at the time of inauguration.
Program was started with the felicitation of chief guest Dr. Wadekar at the
hands of Dr. G. Y. Dama sir by offering flower bouquet and shawl.
Continued with the speech of chief guest covering benefits of Ayurveda
over Allopathy, challenges of allopathy to overcome side effects, adverse
effects, reduction of unit cost, quality products, and maximum placement
of B. Pharm. graduates, etc. He focused on many more points to be
considered by B. Pharm. graduates after of degree course as goal setting,
self confidence, skill development, communication and language
enhancement, utilization of social media for the up gradation of daily
updates. He has congratulated all the B. Pharm. graduates and wishes
them best luck for their bright future. Further Principal Dr.G. Y. Dama has
held the mike and advised some tips for graduates to move ahead in their
career. He added to his speech to become an entrepreneur and provide
jobs to others rather to become a worker.
B. Pharm. degree certificates were delivered to graduates at the hands of
chief guest and dignitaries on the dais. Sequence of distribution of
certificates was like first class with distinction, first class, higher second
class followed by second class at the last. Graduates with distinction
were appreciated by offering flower bouquet. Program was ended up
with the vote of thanks and lastly playing national anthem. Procession at
the end of event was there as like procession at the beginning of event.
Ceremony was coordinated and hosted by academic HOD Prof. Sunil L.
Harer under the guidance of Prof. Principal Dr. G. Y. Dama sir.
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Sinhgad Technical Education Society's Sinhgad College of Pharmacy
(SCOP), Vadgaon, Pune organized Savitribai Phule Pune University
professionals. This program was inaugurated on 09-02-2019, by Dr.
K. N. Patel Principal SAL Institute of Pharmacy. Dr. K. N. Patel served
as course director of this program. This program was coordinated by Dr.
Riddhi Trivedi and managed by Dr. Switi Buch. In total, 214
pharmacists from different areas like industry, hospital, retail and
wholesale medical store and academia from different parts of Gujarat
have participated in this two days programme. The two days were
enriched with sessions by renowned speakers from various industries and
academia like Dr. K. N. Patel, Dr. Niyati Acharya, Dr. Hardik Bhatt, Dr.
Anita Lalwani, Dr. Sunita Goswami, Ms. Dipali Savaliya and Dr. J. K.
Patel. The valedictory function was held on 10-02-2019; Chief Guest
for it was Dr. J.K. Patel, Principal, Nootan College of Pharmacy,
Visnagar, Gujarat. During the valedictory function, all participants were
felicitated with certificate by the chief guest. All the participant
pharmacists have participated very actively and went back with lot of
experience given by the Resource Persons.
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th“Convocation Ceremony-2019" for B. Pharm. graduates on 10 Feb.
2019 (Sunday) in the college premises of Shri Gajanan Maharaj
Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's, Sharadchandra Pawar College of
Pharmacy, Otur, Tal-Junner, Pune. Invited chief guest for this event was
Prof. Dr. Wadekar Subhash Kashinath, Principal, Gramonnati Shikshan
Mandal's, Balasaheb Jadhav College of Arts, Commerce and Science,
Alephata, Tal Junner, Pune.
Event was opened up with procession from college entry gate to
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Navale-Ashtekar, Vice President (Administration), Mr. Rohit M.
Navale, Vice President (HR) of STES.
21 Colleges of Sinhgad Technical Education Society participated in the
ceremony. Commencing right on time with the ceremonious lighting of the
lamp, followed by rendition of Saraswati Vandana and welcome address
by Dr. M. S. Gaikwad, Campus Director of Lonavala, the Team of
Faculty and staff under the guidance of Campus Directors and Principals
of respective Colleges ensured that the ceremony was conducted
flawlessly. Vote of thanks was given by Dr. K. N. Gujar, Principal
Sinhgad College of Pharmacy.
6843 of students received their degrees in Engineering, Architecture,
Pharmacy, Arts, Science, Commerce, Education, Hotel Management
and Law.
Speaking on the occasion the Chief Guest Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar, Ex-
Vice Chancellor, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University,
Nanded delivered an inspiring message to the young graduates that
learning is an ongoing process which lasts all through life and they should
never ever give up the urge for learning. He urged them to be passionate
to bring about positive change, to be a part of the change and make the
world a better place for all with their sincere efforts.
Mr. Sanjay Nibandhe, Deputy Director, Automotive Research
Association of India (ARAI) said that Sinhgad Institutes is well known
for academic excellence from the very beginning since the last 25 years.
Degree from Savitribai Phule Pune University secured from Sinhgad
Institutes is a lifelong asset and a stepping stone to progress and
prosperity. As future leaders he urged them to retain their competitive
spirit always and be winners. Noting the enthusiasm of the youngsters, he
felt confident that they will take our country on the fast track to progress
and prosperity, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof M. N. Navale the Founder President said
that Sinhgad Institutes belongs to not only the entire country but to the
entire globe as there are students from almost 50 countries studying the
colleges of STES. 'If you have to succeed in the competitive global
scenario then you must dream big and have the courage to face and
overcome all challenges as these challenges are opportunities many times'
he said. He urged them to work with utmost integrity and diligence
always.
He also said that Sinhgad Institutes recorded largest campus placements
in Maharashtra last year and the institute is making new strides in campus
placements in the region with many of the students obtaining very good
campus placements year after year consecutively. He congratulated the
graduating students, wishing them a bright future ahead.
Over Five thousand students receiving their degrees could well be
thsponsored two days workshop on 'Disaster Management" during 10 th and 11 February 2019. The target audience for the workshop was first
and second year B. Pharmacy students. The workshop was aimed to
increase the awareness about the various disasters and the various ways to
manage them. Mr. Anil Dandekar, former Principal, MIT School,
Kothrud, Pune, Smt. Sujata Kodag, an architect by profession alongwith
Mr. Chandrakant Maduskar and Mr. Vivek Naydu renowned trainers in
first aid, fire fighting, rescue operations and disaster management
demonstrated various rescue operations to the participants. Various
safety measures that could be undertaken during accidents and disasters
with the help of easily accessible tools like handkerchiefs and ropes were
elaborated. The demo sessions also included the application of fire
extinguishers, earthquake and flood rescue operations and cardiac
resuscitation.
DR K N Gujar, Principal, Sinhgad College of Pharmacy welcomed all the
speakers and delegates and also highlighted the importance Disaster
Management. Prof. Mr. Sandeep P. Gadhve, Student Development
Officer, SCOP, coordinated the workshop. Around 200 delegates
were benefited from the workshop.
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Sinhgad Technical Education Society, comprising of many premier th institutes of academic excellence conducted the 4 Graduate
Convocation Ceremony on behalf of Savitribai Phule Pune University thon Monday 11 February 2019. Attended by more than four thousand
students, parents and renowned academicians, it was a grand gala event
hosted at the Cultural Centre in the vast, sprawling lush green Vadgaon
campus.
Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar, Ex-Vice Chancellor, Swami Ramanand Teerth
Marathwada University, Nanded was the Chief Guest and Shri. Sanjay
Nibandhe, Deputy Director, Automotive Research Association of India
(ARAI), Pune was the Guest of Honour. Prof. M. N. Navale Founder
President of Sinhgad Technical Education Society presided over the
function. The other dignitaries on the dais who graced the occasion were
Dr. (Mrs) Sunanda M. Navale, Founder Secretary, Mrs. Rachana
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department, Manufacturing (Preparation of granulation, compression,
coating of tablets, capsule filling, polishing, IPQC analysis, Packaging,
and testing, etc.). The interactions with Department Heads and HR
Managers were much informative to explore the students in real practical
world of manufacturing. The HR department head at Glenmark Pharma
were also impressed with curiosity of our students to learn the subject
related problems and how to deal with each and they also give
information about the career opportunities and challenges in various
department of companies like Quality Assurance, Quality Control,
Manufacturing etc. The students were accompanied by faculty of college
Dr. Anilkumar Shinde (Training and Placement Officer), Mr. Sunil
Mali& Mrs. Snehal Patil. We are thankful to Mr. Utkarsh Patil, Mr. Rama
Malvankar & Mr. Rohit Gupta. for allowing a visit.
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Shree Dhanvantary Pharmacy College, Kim managed by Shree Sahkar thEducation Trust has organized 6 International Conference on "Recent
counted amongst the largest group amongst Graduate Convocation
ceremonies. These graduates join the vast and esteemed group of Sinhgad
Institutes Alumni spread across the globe numbering over two lacs, a
strong network of powerful professionals.
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Himachal Pharmacy College, Nalagarh, Solan Distt. Himachal Pradesh
organize Industrial visits for B. Pharmacy Students Dated February 11
to 14,2019 upgrade the Students with Current updates about the
Industrial Profession and to provide knowledge of new Industries.
Students of second B. Pharmacy has visited the reputed Industry
Biodeal Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd, Saini Majra, Nalagarh Himachal
Pradesh. The official of Industry of the particular unit explained our
students about various Compounding Dispensing and Packaging
Department. It was very Informative & Learning Experience for Student &
Faculty members. Mr. Bhartendu Sharma, HOD, Mr. Brij Bhushan,
Associate Professor , Ms. Saroj Kumari, Assistant Professor, Ms.
Navita, Assistant Professor are Coordinates the Visit Industrial.Dr.
Ashma Singla, Managing Director & Dr. Debjit Bhowmik, Principal,
Himachal Pharmacy College Thankful to the Biodeal Pharmaceuticals
Pvt. Ltd. give us permission to organize the Industrial Visit. Such Visits
also useful Information related to the Practical aspects of the Educational
Course which cannot be visualized in Lectures & It Provides the Students
Practical perspective on the world of work.
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Third year B. Pharm. about 40 students of Bharati Vidyapeeth College
of Pharmacy, Kolhapur, Maharashtra visited Unichem Laboratories
Ltd. Goa & Glenmark Pharma. Ltd. Goa Ltd, on 16th February
2019.
Mr. Rohit Gupta (HR Manager, Glenmark Pharma, Goa), Mr. Santosh
and Mr. Utakarsh Patil ( Plant Head, Unichem Pharma Goa) and Mr.
Rama Malvankar ( HR manager, Unichem Pharma. Goa & other officials
of company has briefed the students about companies business,
manufacturing, Formulation Development and Research development
departments, including Quality control, Quality assurance, Store
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Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
(RIPER) in association with Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA)
Ananthapuramu Branch and Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of
Pharmaceutical Science (GIPS) Guwahati organized One Day
National Seminar "Industrial Pharmacy – Global Trends and Future
Challenges" on February 19, 2019 at A C Auditorium RIPER. The
Seminar was chaired by Prof. Dr. Y. Padmanabha Reddy (Principal –
RIPER), and Co-chaired by Dr. P. Ramalingam (Research Director-
RIPER); Prof. Dr. Devanna (Director, JNT University Anantapur-
OTPRI); and Dr. Hindustan Abdul Ahad, Dr. C. Suryaprakash Reddy,
Dr. C. Haranath were the Organizing Committee members. The seminar
drew nearly 200 delegate participations of both students and faculty
members. The seminar included lectures by eminent speakers of GIPS:
Dr. Pulak Deb and Dr. Abdul Baquee Ahmed. The programme ended
with paying homage for the brave hearts of Indian soldiers and concluded
with National anthem.
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Indian Pharmaceutical Association, D.K District Local Branch,
Mangalore in association with Srinivas College of Pharmacy has
orgnaised two day National conference with theme “Innovative
Practices in Clinical Training & Patient Safety” on 22nd and 23rd
February 2019.
The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Sachidanand Rai, President,
Indian Medical Association, Mangalore on 22nd February 2018. He
advised the delegates to develop confidence in the knowledge of
Advances In Nanotechnology & Radiopharmaceutical Drug Discovery
& Development" and "Annual Function Symbioz – Yugantar 2019" on
16 & 17th February 2019. Conference was inaugurated with prayer &
lighting of lamp. Dr.N.D.Jivani, President, Shree Sahkar Education Trust
was delivered an inspiration speech in the inauguration session. Professor
Dr.Carolina BELVER & Dr. Jorge BEDIA , Autonoma University of
Madroid, Cantoblanco from Spain was Chief Guest of the Conference.
Dr.Ashutosh Dash, Member Secretary Radiopharmaceuticals Division,
BARC, Trombay, Mumbai, Dr. Hemant G Koshia, Commissioner,
(FDCA), Gujarat, Dr. Ramanuj Narayan, Seniour
scientist,IICT,Hyderabad, Dr.Shivendra Gupta, Vice- Chancellor
VNSGU, Surat., Prof. Dr. Roop Krishen Khar, Professor & Principal, B.
S. Anangpuria Inst. of Pharmacy Sciences, Faridabad, Haryana were
Special Invited guest. Professor Dr. Carolina BELVER & Dr. Jorge
BEDIA and Dr. Sudipta Chakraborty (Scientific officer-F, Group Leader
Radiochemical group, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai), Senior scientistS,
Radiopharmaceuticals Division, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai, Dr.
Ramanuj Narayan, Dr. Vimalnath Nair, Dr. Madhava B. Mallia
delivered lecture on "Recent Advances In Nanotechnology &
Radiopharmaceutical Drug Discovery & Development." In the scientific
session of the conference, Speeches were delivered by the invited guests
& Poster presentations competition were also held in this International
Conference. Trophy & cash prize have been given to the Winners of the
Competition. More than 400 persons from Pharmacy Colleges &
Pharmaceutical Industries were actively participated in this conference. thCultural program were also organized in conference. This 6 International
conference was organized under the guidance of Dr.Tejraj Aminabhavi.
Dr.M.N.Noolvi, Principal, Pharmacy College were the Conveners of
the Conference. Dr.Bhavesh Akbari & Dr.Suresh Jain, Professor, Shree
Dhanvantary Pharmacy College Professor, were the Coordinators of the
Conference. Dr. Manish Goyani and Dr.Pallavi KJ, Associate professor,
Shree Dhanvantary Pharmacy College Professor, were the Co-
Cordinators of the Conference. This international conference aims to
bring together academicians, research scholars, and industrialists on a
common platform for the varied fields of Pharmaceutical.
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Pharmacy, Sangareddy. The conference was greatly inaugurated by the
most respected personality in the field of education, known for his
knowledge, hard work and leadership – Shri. M. N. Raju, Chairman,
MNR Educational Trust, Hyderabad and Mr. Ravi Varma Manthena,
Vice Chairman, MNR Educational Trust, Hyderabad. Shri. M. N. Raju
guided the delegates through his encouraging words in presidential
address. The programme was honoured by chief guest Shri.
Chandrashekhar Kandi, Vice President, R & D Formulations, Aurobindo
Pharma Ltd. In his address he showed the direction to fill the gap
between academia and industry by sharing his experience. The
conference was convened by the convener Dr. V. Alagarsamy, Principal,
MNR College of Pharmacy, Sangareddy & Dr. Ramesh Pennamareddy,
Academia and Industrial Bridging Association.
The featured speaker Dr. Ramesh Pennammareddy, Assistant General
Manager, Regulatory Affairs, introduced the generic drug industry to
delegates and briefed the role of regulatory affairs. Dr. Apar Dholakia,
General Manager, ARD/Quality, Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc,
addressed the gathering about “Sterility assurance in pharmaceutical
industries”. Dr. Issac Akunuri, General Manger, Operations, Amneal
Pharmaceuticals Inc, focussed on “Overview of pharmaceutical
operations”. Dr. Subramanian Iyer, Vice President, Head of OSD
Quality-India, Finished Dosage Form, Mylan Laboratories Limited,
stressed the importance of “Overview of quality system in pharmaceutical
industry”. Mr. Santanu Chakraborty, Vice President & Head, Product
Development, Mylan Laboratories Limited, highlighted the
“Pharmaceutical industry over view and expectation”. Mr. Purab Jajoo,
Associate Director, IPR, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited, made a
presentation on “Role of intellectual property in pharmaceutical
industry”. Dr. B. V. Subba Raju, Asst. General Manager,
Biologics/Biosimilar, Aurobindo Pharma Limited, highlighted the
“Biologics/Biosimilars global regulatory perspective”. “Business
development opportunities in life sciences” are highlighted by Mr. Ravi
Varahalu, Principle Consultant, Business Development, Infosys.
In addition, scientific poster session was conducted for budding
pharmacist to encourage their research skills and the best posters are
research acquired by them, to be used for the development of society at
large.
Dr. A.R.Shabaraya, Principal Srinivas College of Pharmacy and
President, IPA, Mangalore has exhorted the participants to make use of
the knowledge and information gained from this type of conference and
utilize them in furthering the research in the investigation of new areas.
Dr. EVS Subrahmanyam, Professor, Srinivas College of Pharmacy and
Vice president, IPA, Mangalore welcomed the participants and
introduced the guests. Other guests of honour and resource persons
include Dr. P Ajith Kumar, Principal, Malik Deenar College of Pharmacy,
Kasargod, Kerala, Sri. Rendeep Rajendran, Health and safety specialist,
Pharmacovigilance cell, Accenture operations, Chennai, Dr. Jagadish
Kamath, Principal, Sridevi College of Pharmacy, Mangalore, Dr.
Mohammed Gulzar Ahmed, Principal, Yenepoya Pharmacy College &
Research Centre, Mangalore, Dr. Saleemulla Khan, Principal, P.A
College of Pharmacy, Mangalore, Dr. Vishnu Sharma, Professor &
HOD, Department of Respiratory Medicine, A. J. Institute of Medical
Sciences & Research Centre, Mangalore, Dr. Vrinda Bhat Kamath,
Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Srinivas Institute of
Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Mukka, Surathkal and Dr. Anitha
Sequeira, Asso. Professor, Department of Medicine, Srinivas Institute of
Medical Sciences, Mukka, Mangalore were present.
This conference had oral and poster scientific sessions. More than 180
original scientific papers were presented in the poster scientific session.
Apart from this, conference also conducted quiz and collage
competitions on topics of professional interest.
More than 250 delegates had participated in the conference. Dr.
Padmavathi P Prabhu, Professor, Ms. Ashwini and Abid Al Rahiman
Ismail conducted the proceedings.
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MNR College of Pharmacy, Sangareddy in collaboration with
Academia and Industrial Bridging Association (AIBA) organized
National Conference on “Pharmaceutical Industry Overview and
Expectations” on 22nd to 23rd February 2019 in MNR College of
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Branch and Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of
Medicine, MAHSA University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Prof.
Jainendra Jain, President, APP Uttar Pradesh State Branch and
Principal, RamEesh Institute of Vocational and Technical Education
(Pharmacy), Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh who addressed the
professional gathering on diverse topics of pharmaceutical interest viz.
components of research proposal and its significance, application of
molecular docking in drug design.
During the valedictory function, Prof. C. S. Chauhan, Dr. Pradeep K.
Goyal, Dr. P. S. Naruka, Dr. Amit Bhargava, Dr. Deepak Marothiya, Dr.
Anirudh S. Deora, Mr. Alok Bhargava, Mr. Uttam Ojha, Ms. Foziya
Khan, Ms. Kirti Jhalora, Ms. Yamuna Chaudhary, Ms. Isha Pokharna,
Mr. Rajat Vaishnav were felicitated with Appreciation Award, Best
Achiever Awards, Best Researcher Award, Young Pharmacist Award,
Young Performer Award, Best Teacher Award, Best Student Awards,
Best Research Scholar Award respectively. Programme ended with
distribution of medals and certificates to Ms. Ishita Sharma, Ms. Yamuna
Chaudhary (BNIPS, Udaipur), Mr. Moin Khan Pathan (B.R. Nahata
College of Pharmacy, Mandsaur) and Ms. Prachi Agarwal (U.S.
Ostwal Institute of Pharmacy, Mangalwad) who won best poster awards
for their presentations on ‘Personalized medicine: an approach towards
accuracy’, ‘Mosquito attractant’, ‘A perusal on ideal pharmacy
educator’ and ‘Guanabana fruit is more stronger than chemotherapy’.
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Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) Malaysian
International Branch organized 5th Indo-Malaysian Conference on
"Advances and Global Challenges in Pharmaceutical Research" at
Babaria Institute of Pharmacy, BITS Edu Campus, Vadodara, Gujarat
on 27th February 2019, in collaboration with APP Gujarat State
Branch and APP Drug Design MedChem Division. During this APP-BIP
collaborative conference, Shri Dhruv J. Patel, CMD-Governing Body,
BITS Edu Campus, Vadodara acted as ‘Patron’; Prof. Navin Sheth, Vice
Chancellor, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad as ‘Chief
Guest’; Prof. B. G. Patel, Advisor & Ex-VC, Charotar University of
Science and Technology, Changa, Anand, Gujarat as ‘Guest of Honor’;
awarded with meritorious certificate and momentous by the chief guest of
valedictory function Prof. Kavitha Waghray, University College of
Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad. The conference was
concluded with conference summary by Dr. P. Subhash Chandra Bose,
Professor, MNR College of Pharmacy, Sangareddy and vote of thanks by
Dr. G. Saravanan, Professor, MNR College of Pharmacy, Sangareddy
followed by National Anthem. All delegates enjoyed the conference
and acquired more perspectives on pharmaceutical industry. They are
very much inspired about the environment in MNR Campus and on the
dignified scientific sessions on both days. Around 1000 delegates from
50 different pharmacy colleges attended the program and nearly 200
scientific posters are presented by the young pharmacists.
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Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) Uttar Pradesh State
Branch organized 4th Indo-Malaysian Conference on "Future Scenario
and Present Trends in Drug Design and Pharmacological Aspects" at
Bhupal Nobles' Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of
Pharmacy, Bhupal Nobles' University, Udaipur, Rajasthan on 26th
February 2019, in collaboration with APP Malaysian International
Branch and APP Drug Design MedChem Division. During this
APPBNU collaborative conference, Sh. Gunwat Singh Jhala,
Chairperson, BNU acted as ‘Patron’; Prof. Chetan Singh Chauhan,
Principal, BNIPS, BNU, Udaipur and Dr. Sunita Dahiya, General
Secretary APP from School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, San
Juan, PR, USA as ‘Conveners'; Dr. Anju Goyal, Professor, BNIPS,
BNU, Udaipur as ‘Organizing Secretary’; Dr. Rajiv Dahiya, Founder
President APP and Director, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical
Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad &
Tobago as ‘Scientific Committee Chairman’ and Prof. Alka Agarwal,
Head, APP Drug Design MedChem Division and Principal, U.S.
Ostwal Institute of Pharmacy, Mangalwad, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan as
‘Scientific Committee Co-Chairman’ and Dr. Meenakshi Bharkatiya from
BNIPS, Faculty of Pharmacy, BNU as ‘Coordinator ’ of the event.
Scientific sessions of the conference were enriched with lectures of Dr.
Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Vice President, APP Malaysian International
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season. In addition, screening of blood glucose, blood pressure was
tested. Some of the drug administration methods were also demonstrated
orally. Patient were counseled on medicine intake heamatinics,
antibiotics, and other drug-drug or food complications likely to arise with
grapefruit juices, smoking and alcohol was also deliberated. Aspects
about dietary in-take and nutrition for health and hygiene was
propagated to the rural residents. Dr.S.S.Mani Kiran, IPA lam secretary
told a team of memembers Mr.K.Maneesh Kumar Reddy, K.Krishna, IPA
Lam office bearers viz. Dr.Rama Rao Nadendl, Mr.B.Valli Manalan, vice
president, Mr. V.Pradeep Kumar, treasurer and executive council
members were, Prof.K.N.Rajinikanth, Ms. N.Santhi Priya, and Mr.
G.Madhu were present.
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KVSR Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(KVSRSCOPS), Vijayawada, has organized “National Science Day”
(NSD) on February 28, 2019 to Commemorate the Discovery of the
“Raman Effect” , which led to Sir C V Raman winning the Noble Prize in
1930. The theme for this year ’s NSD is ‘Science for the People and the
People for the Science”. On this occasion, an invited Guest lecture is
arranged for all the B Pharmacy and Pharm D stuents by Dr P Veera
Brahmachari, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Krishna
University, Machilipatnam. He has delivered a talk on “Antibiotic
Resistance-A Global Public Health Crisis”. In his talk, he has clearly
explained the importance of Antibiotics, their use and indiscriminate
misuse. Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health,
Prof. Vandana B. Patel, Principal, Babaria Institute of Pharmacy,
Vadodara as ‘Convener'; Prof. B. N. Suhagia, Dean, Faculty of
Pharmacy, DD University, Nadiad as ‘Organizing Chairman’; Dr. Rajiv
Dahiya, Founder President APP and Director, School of Pharmacy,
Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St.
Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago as ‘Scientific Committee Chairman’; Dr.
Rita Mourya, Joint Secretary, APP Ethiopian International Branch from
School of Pharmacy, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia as
‘Scientific Committee Co-Chairman’.
Scientific sessions of the conference were enriched with lectures of Dr.
Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Vice President, APP Malaysian International
Branch and Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of
Medicine, MAHSA University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Prof. Alka
Agarwal, Head, APP Drug Design MedChem Division and Principal,
U.S. Ostwal Institute of Pharmacy, Mangalwad, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
who addressed the professional gathering on diverse topics of
pharmaceutical interest viz. ‘Basic research fundamentals and its
components’, ‘Cancer: facts and awareness’.
During the valedictory function, Prof. Vandana B. Patel, Prof. Naazneen
I. Surti, Prof. Ashok N. Mahajan, Prof. Dimalkumar A. Shah, Dr. Falgun
A. Mehta, Dr. Farhatjahan I. Shaikh, Dr. Deepti K. Jani, Ms. Deepika
R. Patil, Ms. Vrunda S. Patel, Ms. Payal M. Parmar, Ms. Mrunali A.
Nemade were felicitated with ‘Appreciation Award’, ‘Best Achiever
Award’, ‘Best Performer Award’, ‘Best Researcher Award’, ‘Best
Teacher Award’, ‘Young Performer Award’, ‘Young Pharmacist Award’
and ‘Best Student Awards’ respectively. Programme ended with
distribution of medals and certificates to winners of best poster awards.
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Dr. Rama Rao Nadendla, Principal CLPT conveyed that Indian
Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) Lam Local branch has conducted
outreach activity health and Medicine awareness program (HMAP) at
Lam Panchayat office premises, Tadikonda Manadal, near lam on 28th
February 2019. About 110 visitors availed the services rendered by
IPA-lam local branch. In this session, awareness on dehydration, use of
ORS solutions, fruit juices for energy boosting keeping in view of summer
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Ÿ Regulate and promote the appropriate use and disposal of quality
medicines.
Ÿ Make information available on the impact of antibiotic resistance.
Health professionals
To prevent and control the spread of antibiotic resistance, health
professionals can:
Ÿ Prevent infections by ensuring your hands, instruments, and
environment is clean.
Ÿ Only prescribe and dispense antibiotics when they are needed,
according to current guidelines.
Ÿ Report antibiotic-resistant infections to surveillance teams.
Ÿ Talk to your patients about how to take antibiotics correctly,
antibiotic resistance and the dangers of misuse.
Ÿ Talk to your patients about preventing infections (for example,
vaccination, hand washing, safer sex, and covering nose and mouth
when sneezing).
Healthcare industry
To prevent and control the spread of antibiotic resistance, the health
industry can:
Ÿ Invest in research and development of new antibiotics, vaccines,
diagnostics and other tools.
Agriculture sector
To prevent and control the spread of antibiotic resistance, the agriculture
sector can:
Ÿ Only give antibiotics to animals under veterinary supervision.
Ÿ Not use antibiotics for growth promotion or to prevent diseases in
healthy animals.
Ÿ Vaccinate animals to reduce the need for antibiotics and use
alternatives to antibiotics when available.
Ÿ Promote and apply good practices at all steps of production and
processing of foods from animal and plant sources.
Ÿ Improve biosecurity on farms and prevent infections through
improved hygiene and animal welfare.
This NSD was Organised by NSS Division of KVSR Siddhartha College
of Pharmaceutical Sciences (KVSRSCOPS), Vijayawada in association
with APTI-AP State Branch and Siddhartha Academy. The Overall
programme is coordinated by Dr. Devala Rao Garikapati, Principal and
Mr Ch Nagabhushanam, NSS Programme Officer of the College.
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Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) Telangana State Branch
and IIHMR University, Jaipur, Rajasthan jointly organized National
Symposium on "Industry-Academia Interaction - Future of Pharmaceutical
food security, and development today. Antibiotics are medicines used to
prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance occurs when
bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. Antibiotic
resistance leads to higher medical costs, prolonged hospital stays, and
increased mortality. The world urgently needs to change the way it
prescribes and uses antibiotics. Even if new medicines are developed,
without behavior change, antibiotic resistance will remain a major threat.
Behavior changes must also include actions to reduce the spread of
infections through vaccination, hand washing, practicing safer sex, and
good food hygiene. Where antibiotics can be bought for human or animal
use without a prescription, the emergence and spread of resistance is
made worse. Similarly, in countries without standard treatment
guidelines, antibiotics are often over-prescribed by health workers and
veterinarians and over-used by the public. Without urgent action, we are
heading for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor
injuries can once again kill. Antibiotic resistance is accelerated by the
misuse and overuse of antibiotics, as well as poor infection prevention
and control. Steps can be taken at all levels of society to reduce the
impact and limit the spread of resistance:
Individuals
To prevent and control the spread of antibiotic resistance, individuals
can:
Ÿ Only use antibiotics when prescribed by a certified health
professional.
Ÿ Never demand antibiotics if your health worker says you don’t need
them.
Ÿ Always follow your health worker ’s advice when using antibiotics.
Ÿ Never share or use leftover antibiotics.
Ÿ Prevent infections by regularly washing hands, preparing food
hygienically, avoiding close contact with sick people, practicing safer
sex, and keeping vaccinations up to date.
Ÿ Prepare food hygienically, following the WHO Five Keys to Safer
Food (keep clean, separate raw and cooked, cook thoroughly, keep
food at safe temperatures, use safe water and raw materials) and
choose foods that have been produced without the use of antibiotics
for growth promotion or disease prevention in healthy animals.
Policy makers
To prevent and control the spread of antibiotic resistance, policy makers
can:
Ÿ Ensure a robust national action plan to tackle antibiotic resistance is in
place.
Ÿ Improve surveillance of antibiotic-resistant infections.
Ÿ Strengthen policies, programmes, and implementation of infection
prevention and control measures.
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Industry vis a vis Pharmacy Education in India” at Hotel Swagath Grand,
Hyderabad, Telangana. The event started with lightening of lamp and
welcome of the guests with bouquet of flowers. During the symposium,
Dr. Nikhil Agarwal, Vice Chairman, MILAP, Govt of Maharashtra and
Ms. Apeksha Jaiswal, Group Product Manager, Dr. Reddy's
Laboratories, Hyderabad addressed the professional gathering on
concerns related to future of pharmaceutical industry and pharmacy
education in India.
The organizing committee of the symposium included Dr. S. D. Gupta,
Chairman, IIHMR University, Jaipur; Prof. Pankaj Gupta, President,
IIHMR University, Jaipur; Dr. Rajiv Dahiya, Founder President APP and
Director, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago; Prof.
A. Muralidhar Rao, President, APP Telangana State Branch and
Principal, St. Mary’s College of Pharmacy, Secunderabad, Telangana;
Prof. G. Tulja Rani, Principal, Malla Reddy Pharmacy College,
Secunderabad; Dr. Saurabh Kumar Banerjee, Executive Member, APP
Rajasthan State Branch and Associate Professor, School of
Pharmaceutical Management, IIHMR University, Jaipur.
Symposium was witnessed by the faculty members and students of St.
Mary’s College of Pharmacy, Malla Reddy Pharmacy College, MLR
Institute of Pharmacy, Malla Reddy Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
CMR College of Pharmacy etc. During the valedictory function,
Chairman and President of the IIHMR University, Jaipur were conferred
with ‘APP Appreciation Awards’ by Prof. A. Muralidhar Rao,
President, APP Telangana State Branch and Prof. G. Tulja Rani,
Principal, Malla Reddy Pharmacy College, Secunderabad. The event
ended with vote of thanks by Dr. Saurabh Kumar Banerjee, Organizing
Secretary of the symposium.
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Dr.Rama Rao Nadendla, principal Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences (CLPT) Guntur conveyed that department of Pharmacy
practice in association with International Society of Pharmacoeconomics
and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)- India Amaravathi Chapter
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conducted one day National Conference on “Health Technology
Assessment and Clinical Data Management”, for the Pharm.D students.
The dignitaries graced the occasion were, chief guest Dr.G.Subba Rao,
principal, Guntur Medical College, Guntur and guest of honors include
Dr. S. Kumarvelu, Senior consultant Neurologist, Ramesh Hospitals ,
Guntur, Sri. Vara Prasad Nagadi, Founder and CEO, Arete IT services,
Vijayawada; Dr. Devarshi Bhattacharya, Assistant Director, Kallam
Institute of Health Technology, (KHIT), Dept of biotechnology, Govt.
of India Project, Andhra Pradesh, Medtech Zone, Visakhapatnam;
Mr.Hari Krishna Chanda, Sr. Clinical data analyst, Hyderabad; Mr.
Sandeep Kumar, Associate Manager, IQVIA, Bangalore; Sri. Y.V.
Anjaneyulu, President, Chalapathi Educational Society (CES), Guntur,
Sri Y.Sujith Kumar, Secretary, CES, Guntur and Dr.Rama Rao Nadendla,
Principal, CLPT; Mrs.P.Sharmila Nirojini, HOD, Pharmacy Practice and
Sri N.V.Rama Rao, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice department,
CLPT were present. Dr.Devarshi Bhattacharya delivered current scenario
of health technology assessment (HTA) in India and opportunities for
healthcare. Mr.Hari Krishna Chanda highlighted about clinical data
management and tools like software viz., Oracle Clinical, Clintrial,
Macro, Rave, and eClinical Suite. Mr.Sandeep Kumar imparted hands-
ontraining in clinical data management. Eventually the session conducted
open forum. The delegates who fared well in answering the questionnaire
were given prizes by the dignitaries. Sri.Y.V.Anjaneyulu and Dr.Rama
Rao Nadendla felicitated the resource person and expressed their
gratitude towards their august presence in this conference.
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Prakash, Professor & Principal, SSJ College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad.
Three years of journey as research fellow from July 2012 to June 2015
assisted in acquiring skills related to design of molecules by computational
tools, synthesis, purification and characterization of small molecules,
identifying molecular mechanisms by in vitro cytotoxicity assays and
mechanistic studies related. Research tenure accomplished with two
research articles in highly reputed and cited European Journal of
Medicinal Chemistry (EJMC) of Elsevier Publishers and three
conference presentations at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore,
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) Hyderabad and Institute
of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai.
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Mrs. K.B.Premakumari currently
working as Assistant professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, Dayananda Sagar College
of Pharmacy, Bengaluru has been
awarded with the
in Rajiv
Gandhi University of Health sciences
on the title "Development of
sensitive analytical methods for the
determination of some NSAID's
and Ophthalmic drugs". The research work was carried out under the
guidance of Prof. Dr.V.Murugan, Principal, Dayananda Sagar College of
Pharmacy, Bengaluru. She has 12 years of teaching experience and
received a research grant from RGUHS, Bengaluru. she has Published
more than 10 Papers in National and International Journals and
presented research papers in various National and International stconferences and was awarded as best poster in 1 Pharmaceutical
Sciences congress 2017, at Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
Bengaluru.
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Mr. Naga Ravi Kiran.T, Associate. Professor, Department of
Pharmaceutical chemistry, Narasaraopeta Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Narasaraopeta, Andhra Pradesh, has been awarded with
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Pharmaceutical chemistry under
Faculty of Pharmacy by Andhra University, Vizag, Andhra Pradesh for
his thesis entitled "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Some Novel
Ferulic Acid Derivatives As Potential Cytotoxic, Ant diabetic And
Antioxidant Agents". He carried out research work under the guidance
of Dr. Y. Rajendra Prasad, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Pharmaceutical
Degree of Doctor
of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Dr. Ranjit Prasad Swain currently
working as Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical
Technology, MANSAS trust's
Maharajah's College of Pharmacy,
Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh has
been awarded with the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in
the Pharmaceutical Sciences from
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(SPS), , Siksha O Anusandhan
(SOA) (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha for his
research work entitled "Effect of carriers on self-emulsifying solid
dispersions of poorly water soluble antidiabetic drugs nateglinide and
pioglitazone HCl: In vitro and in vivo evaluation". The research was
carried out under the guidance of Prof. Bharat Bhusan Subudhi, SPS, ,
Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University). He has 10 years of
teaching experience. He published 24 papers in national and
international journals and presented and presented 32 research papers in
various conferences. He received best paper presentation award at IPC
(2014).
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with the
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.)
Dr. Manikanta Murahari currently
working as Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy,
M.S. Ramaiah University of Professor
and also serving as an active member
of research center, Pharmacological
Modelling & Simulation Centre
(PMSC) has been awarded
in Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad th(JNTUH) on 25 January 2019 for his research work entitled-
"Design and Synthesis of novel acridone based derivatives and their
anti-cancer and mechanistic studies". The research work was carried out
for full-time on DST-SERB funded project SR/FT/LS-186/2009 at
SVKM's Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy, Mumbai under
the guidance of Dr. Mayur C. Yergeri presently working as Professor &
Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shobhaben Pratapbhai
Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management (SPP SPTM),
NMIMS University, Mumbai and Co-supervision of Dr. Vanitha
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in the Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
on 4th October 2018 for her
r e s e a r c h w o r k e n t i t l e d
“Phytochemical and Pharmacological
studies of Ecbolium viride and
Stability Indicating Methods for the
S imu l taneous Es t ima t ion o f
Flavonoids Isolated”. The research
work was carried out under the
guidance of Prof. Dr. Ganga Rao
Battu, Professor, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University.
She has 2 Years of teaching experience. Dr. M. S. Keerthana Diyya has
published several research articles in peer-reviewed journals and gave
poster and oral presentations in National and International Conferences.
She has been awarded with Maulana Azad National Fellowship by
UGC for the 5-Year tenure. She has 5 Years research experience as
Senior Research Fellow with the A.U. College of Pharmaceutical
Sciences. During this period she has been an active member in the 68th
Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) as LOC-Office member as well
worked as organizing member in International Conference of Society for
Pharmacognosy-2015 conducted in Andhra University.
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Dr. Dipak Dilipkumar Gadade
currently working as Assistant
Professor and Head, Department of
Pharmaceutics (PG), Shri Bhagwan
College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad
(Maharashtra) has been awarded the
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) i n t h e f a c u l t y o f
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swami
Ramanand Teerth Marathwada
University, Nanded, Maharashtra in
Feb 2019 for his research work
entitled "Solubility enhancement of poorly water soluble drugs by
crystal engineering approach". The research work was carried out under
the guidance of Dr. Sanjay S. Pekamwar, Professor & Head, Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, SRTM University,
Nanded. He has a total of 17 national and international research
publications and One Patent publication to his credit. He has recently
received Professor M.L. Khorana Memorial Best Research Paper Award-
2017 for his research related to crystal engineering. He also a recipient
of Publons peer review award-2018 for his scholarly peer review
contributions to National and International Journals.
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chemi s t r y, AU Col lege o f
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vizag,
Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Naga Ravi
Kiran has more than 9 years of
teaching experience. He has more
than 13 research and review papers
in various national and international
journals to his credit. He has
presented various papers in state level
and national level seminars and
conferences. He is a registered
pharmacist of Andhra Pradesh pharmacy council. He is grateful to his
parents, family members, Supervisor, College of Pharmacy, the
management, principal, teaching and nonteaching staff members for their
help, encouragement and co-operation during the research work.
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Mr Srikanth.I, Associate. Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical
Analysis, Narasaraopeta Institute of
P h a r m a c e u t i c a l S c i e n c e s ,
Narasaraopeta, Andhra Pradesh, has
been awarded with Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in
Pharmaceutical Analysis under
Faculty of Pharmacy by Acharya
Nagarjuna University, Guntur,
Andhra Pradesh for his thesis entitled
"Analytical Method Development And Validation Of Selected Anti
Neoplastic Agents In Biological Matrices By Liquid Chromatography
Coupled With Tandem Mass Spectrometry". He carried out research
work under the guidance of Dr. A. Prameela Rani, Prof. and Principal, of
University college of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna
University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Mr Srikanth.I has more than 9 years
of teaching experience. He has more than 21 research and review papers
in various national and international journals to his credit. He has
presented various papers in state level and national level seminars and
conferences. He is a registered pharmacist of Andhra Pradesh Pharmacy
council. He deeply acknowledge to his Guide, family members,
Principal, Staff, Colleagues, Friends and Management for their
motivation and kind support.
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Dr. M. S. Keerthana Diyya, currently working as Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Viswanadha Institute of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Anandapuram, Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh has been awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
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He is a recipient of Career Award for Young Teachers and Fast Track
Fellowship for Young Scientists. He has received the total research funds
of around one crore rupees from various agencies like AICTE, DST, CSIR
and UGC.
He has established collaborations with various institutes of international
repute like National Institute of Health-USA, University of Bonn-
Germany, University of Wuerbzerg-Germany etc for his research work.
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Dr. Vividha Dhapte Pawar working
as Associate Professor in Bharati
Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be
Univeristy) Poona College of
Pharmacy, Pune won the National
Level Essay Competition on
Advertising in Pharmaceuticals :
Therapeutic or Toxic' organized by
Shri. B. V. Patel Education Trust
PERD centre, Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
She was awarded with Gold Medal thand Cash Prize during 70 Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) held at
st rdAmity University, Noida, Delhi from 21 -23 December 2018. Dr.
Vividha is a distinct faculty of the institute and has shown meritorious
performance throughout her career.
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Dr. Atmaram Pawar, Professor and Vice Principal at Poona College of
Pharmacy (Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University) was conferred
with the national level IPA Fellowship 2018. This award is given by
Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA). Dr. Atmaram Pawar was thawarded with this fellowship during 70 Indian Pharmaceutical
st rdCongress, held at Amity University, Noida from 21 -23 December
2018 in a programme organized by Indian Pharmaceutical Association
(IPA).
Dr. Atmaram Pawar has delivered several lectures for public on fixed drug
Prof. Nirav Soni got the invitation as a Guest lecturer for the
entrepreneur from SAL Institute of Management, in Prarambh the
entrepreneur week". SAL Institute of Management proudly
commemorates Prof. Nirav Soni in recognition of his outstanding
contribution in the guest lecture.
National Award- "Special Achievement Award"-19 It is a moment of
pride for Prof. Nirav Soni, of (Quality Assurance Department (QA),
secured "Special Achievement Award " at Delhi, Noida 29.01.19,
Education Expo TV, organized by the EET CRS Research wing for
Excellence in Professional Education & Industry presents Academic
Brilliance Award - 19, Research and Branding company. The award was
given under Science and Medical and Pharmaceutical Science discipline.
The participants were present different institutes and National
laboratories, like AIIMS, ICAR RCER, VJTI, SRM etc. . He was
conferred with the trophy of the award.
International Award- " Young Scientist": Prof. Nirav soni got the
international award entitled "Young Scientist" in invited International
Award Conference on Research, Analyze, Communicate and Evaluate -
IARDO , RACE- 2019' Bangkok Ceremony at KU Home, Kasetsart thUniversity, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday 10 February
2019 in the presence of Dr. A K. Sharma and other Juries.
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A patent has been granted for the
Novel Chemical Entities [NCE's]
designed and synthesized by Dr. M.
Raghu Prasad et al., Professor &
HOD, Dept. Pharm. Chem., Shri
Vishnu College of Pharmacy,
Vishnupur, Bhimavaram, AP by
Indian Patent Office, Chennai. These
N C E ' s e x h i b i t e d p o t e n t
antimycobacterial activity in XDR &
MDR TB- both in replicating and
latent state. They also exhibited antimalarial activity.
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Professionals (APP) Malaysian International Branch in collaboration
with APP Gujarat State Branch and APP Drug Design MedChem
Division.
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Prof. B. G. Patel, Advisor & Ex-VC, Charotar University of Science and
Technology, Changa, Anand, Gujarat was conferred with ‘APP Life
Time Achievement Award 2019’ during 5th Indo-Malaysian
Conference on "Advances and Global Challenges in Pharmaceutical
Research" by Dr. Vetriselvan Subramaniyan, Vice President, APP
Malaysian International Branch and Prof. Alka Agarwal, Head, APP
Drug Design MedChem Division, at Babaria Institute of Pharmacy, BITS
Edu Campus, Vadodara, Gujarat on 27th February 2019, organized
by Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) Malaysian
International Branch in collaboration with APP Gujarat State Branch and
APP Drug Design MedChem Division.
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combinations (FDC) and generic medicines. He strives very relentlessly
for creating social awareness about medicine and pharmacy among society
by writing several books. His books in Marathi – 'Aushadhe ghetana' and
'Generic aushadhe: samaj gairsamaj' have crossed more than 15000 and
5000 readers. Dr. Pawar frequently authors pharmacy and medicine
related articles in newspapers to educate people about proper use of
medicines and role of pharmacists.
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Prof. (Dr.) Navin Sheth, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Technological
University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat was conferred with ‘APP
Outstanding Achievement Award 2019’ during 5th Indo-Malaysian
Conference on "Advances and Global Challenges in Pharmaceutical
Research" by Prof. B. N. Suhagia, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, DD
University, Nadiad and Chief Advisor, APP Gujarat State Branch, at
Babaria Institute of Pharmacy, BITS Edu Campus, Vadodara, Gujarat on
27th February 2019, organized by Association of Pharmacy
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Stewart Sanders Adams1923 - 30 January, 2019
was a British Pharmacist, who was the main part of a team from Boots which developed the painkiller ibuprofen in early 1960s. Ibuprofen is now world Health Organisation’s Model list of essential Medicines and is one of the
world best-selling drugs.
APTI Bulletin, Vol 20, Issue 117, January - February, 2019