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To be amongst the top ten Pharmacy colleges in India by imparting excellence in Pharmacy education.

Instilling research temperament in Pharmacy students.

Continuous up gradation of infrastructure to maintain high standards of education

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News and

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Achievements 9

Upcoming

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P H A R M A v o i c e . . A i s s m s s O C i ET Y ’ s C Ol lE gE O f p hA r mAC Y n E w sl E TT Er . . .

MISSION

Inculcating timeless values of caliber, competence, confidence and conscience in budding pharmacists.

Indoctrinate quality in all aspects of Pharmacy education thereby enabling provi-sion of better healthcare services.

QUALITY POLICY

The AISSMS College of Pharmacy is committed to empower our students to meet global challenges in Pharmacy profession through excellence in education.

Our highly qualified and committed faculty is constantly exploring newer frontiers of knowledge with the intention to build quality pharmacist.

We believe in honing the overall persona of our students through excellence in academics, co curricular and extracurricular activities.

We strive to develop a sense of social obligation and discipline among our students not only to make a better technocrat but also a better human being.

For Contact: Phone: +91-20-26058204 Fax: +91-20-26058208 Email: contact@aissmscop.com

www.aissmscop.com

OBJECTIVES

To provide sufficient understanding of scientific principlesand techniques of pharmaceutical sciences

To develop commitment for the quest of science

To provide comprehensive knowledge and experience

To provide exposure to latest techniques and technologies

To teach pharmacy ethics to students

To cater to manpower for globally growing pharmaceutical industry and for implementation of drug laws for compliance to regulatory norms.

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Editorial Committee with Principal

EDITORIAL

With renewed energy we are enthused to bring to you a fresh issue of PHARMAVOICE; the first issue for the academic year 2016-17. It is rightly said that “The more the positive energy that is put in, the more is received” That is what happened in the very first year of ‘PHARMAVOICE’, and hence, we, the committee are more than happy to enlighten you about the current scenario in the noble profession of Pharmacy and how the col-lege is taking its steps towards being a ‘mark of excellence’ Recently, the National Pharmacy Week celebra-tions, organized by various Pharmacy colleges in association with Indian Pharmaceutical Associa-tion, were held. Unwavering support from the faculty and enthusiasm of students brought home both (UG and PG) ‘General Championship’ tro-phies! Awareness regarding the rising pollution was highlighted by celebrating the ‘NO Vehicle Day’. The college is geared up for its very own State level Poster presentation competition ‘SYNAPSE 2016’ We present to you the details of these events and much more in this newsletter. Happy reading, Team PHARMAVOICE

( Sitting From L to R )

Ms. Shivani Jadhav (M. Pharm. I year)

Dr. Santosh Gandhi (Faculty Member)

Dr. Ashwini R. Madgulkar (Principal)

Mrs. Shital Patil (Faculty Member)

Mr. Deepak Patil (M. Pharm. II year)

( Standing From L to R )

Mr. Saurabh Rohom (B. Pharm. I Year)

Mr. Vaibhav Ghegade (B. Pharm. II Year)

Mr. Rushikesh Sonaikar (B. Pharm. III Year)

Ms. Aditi Kinikar (B. Pharm. IV Year)

NEWS & EVENTS

1. As a part of awareness of environment related issues, Second year B.Pharm students visited Parvati Jal Shuddhikaran Kendra, Sinhgad road, Pune on 5th July 2016. The students were accompanied by second year class teacher Prof. Shivani H. Rao and Dr. Trupti S. Chitre. The vis-it organization was directed by Dr. Shashikant V. Bhandari and Principal, Dr. Ashwini R. Madgul-kar. Students were given description of various steps involved in purification process of water used for domestic purposes. The idea was to in-culcate the initiative of maintaining clean sur-rounding especially near the dam area and the students really could see the type of impurities that have to be purified. The staff and students were guided by Mr. Sirdehpande, Chief Chemist.

2. Guest lecture was arranged by guest lecture com-mittee (Dr. MRP Rao, Mrs. R. C. Yadav) on 25th July 2016 for final year B. Pharm students on the topics “Clinical trials and Pharmacovigilance” by Dr. Vaibhav Patil and “ Oppurtunites in Clinical trials” by Mr. Sagar Bhor of MIT Bussiness In-cubator.

3. Ms. Sumedha Andure, Ms. Harshada Kakade and Ms. Jagruti Chaudhari (S. Y. M. Pharm., Depart-ment of Pharmaceutics) has participated in one day workshop on the topic “ Advances in Nano-Drug Delivery Systems” conducted on 30th July 2016 Organized by Maharashtra Academy of En-gineering & Educational Research’s Maharashtra Institute of Pharmacy, Kothrud, Pune.

He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his docter

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4. As part of the Pharmaceutical Microbiology Ex-tension work, Prof. Shivani Rao assigned a pilot survey to 2nd year students regarding HIV-AIDS awareness and supplement it with infor-mation regarding NGOs working towards upliftment and support of HIV -AIDS patients. “It was a unique experience. From this, we learnt more than we ever could in the classroom!” said Rohit Choudhari, a 2nd year student.

5. The team of Yash Nandwani from final year, Vaibhav Ghegade from second year and Aman Padamsey from third year B. Pharm. made it to the top six teams to compete for the top spot in the Annual Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Quiz. It was held on 12th August, 2016 at Ness Wadia College, Pune. They went on to secure the 5th position from a pool of about 50 teams from Pune.

6. Swachhata Abhiyan (Cleaning drive) - NSS Unit of our college has adopted Daundaj Village for three years. On 13/08/2016, our unit visited the railway station of Daundaj and carried out the cleaning of the platform and the premises. The garbage was collected in bags for disposal. The railway station staff also accompanied the stu-dents. Students also received information about railway signal system, transportation, trains on the route etc. Mr. Rahul R. Padalkar, Program officer and Dr. Sachin V.Tembhurne, member, NSS Advisory committee guided the students at the location of activity.

7. Flag hosting venue cleaning: On the next day of the independence day, i.e. 16th August 2016, NSS unit carried out the cleaning of the venue of flag hosting. The waste material collected was handed over to the waste disposal system.

8. An Orientation Programme was organized for B. Pharmacy (First Year: Semester-I) students on 16th August 2016. Students and their parents were welcomed to our family with a speech by Mrs. V. N. Wable. Mrs. Shital M. Patil highlight-ed infrastuctural facilities, College rules & regu-lations and the Examination Pattern; Mr. R.R. Padalkar emphasized on the Scope of Pharmacy; Dr. S. V. Bhandari talked about AISSMS Phar-macy Graduates Association. Information re-garding Scholarship was provided by Mr. P. Bho-sale. It was followed by address about the student welfare schemes by Dr. M. M. Bandiwadekar.

9. Canteen and classroom cleaning activities: 17th August 2016 - NSS students conducted cleaning drive in classrooms and campus canteen. Ran-domly thrown wrappers, food packs, disposable plates and garbage were collected by the stu-dents. Our students discovered many places where water was accumulated and mosquitoes were growing. Importance of cleanliness was ex-plained to the people present at the canteen.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it

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10.MEGA RALLY FOR ORGAN DONATION CAMPAIGNING - A mega Rally was organized on 30th Aug. 2016, from AISSMS college of Pharmacy, Pune campus to B. J. Medical College ground, Camp, Pune. The objective was to tune for cause of increasing awareness regarding im-portance of Organ Donation. A initiative of Govt. of Maharashtra and Govt. of India to support the needy ones. The students were sensitized to par-ticipate in the Mega Rally by way of powerpoint presentation prepared by the B. J. Medical Col-lege staff. The students of National Service Scheme and AISSMS PHARMA GRADUATES ASSOCIATION (APGA) have participated in the rally. After the rally Online blood and Organ do-nation pledge was taken by the students and staff of AISSMS College of Pharmacy, on the site http://www.dmer.org/new/organi.htm.

TEAM NSS and TEAM APGA Participated in Mega rally.

The dignitaries on the dias addressing the students from all over pune gathered at the last point of rally at B.J. medical college ground, Pune. 11.Orientation program for M Pharm I year batch

admitted in academic year 2016-17 was conduct-ed on 30th August 2016, Tuesday with the purpose of acquainting students with the college, the management, infrastructure available and various activities that are run in and by the college. The program was conducted jointly by Dr. S. V. Gandhi (Infrastructure and physical re-sources), Dr. Shashikant V. Bhandari (student body APGA, anti-ragging measures, grievance redressal mechanisms), Dr. Mithun Bandi-wadekar (student welfare activities), Dr. Mangesh Bhalekar (internal systems) and Mrs. Rashmi Yadav (placement). The orientation end-ed with question answer session and satisfactory solutions to students queries.

Dieting is the only game where you win only when you lose

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12.Ms. Sumedha Andure and Ms. Jagruti Chaudhari (S. Y. M. Pharm, Department of Phar-maceutics) has participated in One Day Course-work on the topic “ Road map to Formulation Development-Scientific and Regulatory Perspec-tive ” conducted on 27th August 2016 Organized by Maharashtra Academy of Engineering & Edu-cational Research’s Maharashtra Institute of Pharmacy, Kothrud, Pune.

13.Organ donation awareness rally (30th Aug 2016) - On the occasion of organ donation day, a rally was organized by Government of Maha-rashtra. Our NSS students were participate in rally which was started from our college and end at B.J. Medical ground. Our students were also participated in poster competition. First prize was given to Ms. Manal Shaikh from Third year and second prize to Mr. Sidharth Bhalerao. The facul-ty and the student who were present at the time of rally were felicitated by B.J. Medical College.

14.The football team from Second Year B. Pharm., captained by Atharva Muley, took part in the 5- A side football tournament. It was organized by B.J Medical College as part of their college fest ‘Vedant’ in September 2016. In a closely contest-ed tournament, the team made it till the quarter final round, beating a number of college teams from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

15.A session “Techniques for safe handling of glass” was organized for F.Y. B. Pharm. and F.Y. M.Pharm. was organized on Thursday, 1st Sept. 2016. Mr. Prashant Lokare, RSM- Borosil, deliv-ered a lucid presentation that covered types of glasses and glassware, use and care, manufactur-ing and calibration of volumetric glassware.

16.BLOOD DONATION CAMP:-"A Life May Depend On A Gesture From You, A Bottle Of Blood You Donate Gives Someone Another Chance Of LIFE " Blood Donation Is An Integral Part Of The Health And Well Being Of The Community. Each Blood Donation Is A Service To Humankind. Donation Can Help Save Up to Three Lives. AISSMS PHARMA GRADUATES ASSOCIATION (APGA) has organized blood donation camp at AISSMS College of Pharmacy on 7th Sept.2016. Pre blood donation session was conducted to motivate the students. Various pam-phlets and posters were put across the premises. The APGA members strived hard to explain the importance of blood donation to students and staff, campaigned in all the other colleges in the campus. The organization at each and every step took all of the possible efforts to increase the number of volunteers for blood donation. More than 150 volunteered to donate the blood and ac-tually 100 plus persons donated the blood. Teaching and non teaching staff from our college and other colleges supported the campaign. The volunteers were appreciated with a token of love. Bottles were collected by our organization and were donated to B.J. Medicals (Sassoon hospital) Blood bank. In all the efforts from the APGA members resulted in an overwhelming response from our campus. The event took placed in an exuberant and contented manner.

17. Our M.Pharm students Abhilash Ghanwat, Shreya Bedekar, Laxmi Babrekar, Monali Jadhav, Chhavi Singh attended a seminar on Dis-solution Method Development and regulatory Aspects organized by Dr.H.L.Hiranandani Col-lege of Pharmacy, Mumbai on 3rd Sept 2016.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

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18.The AISSMS College of Pharmacy has had a long reputation of being an eco-friendly college. To further the cause of environment protection on the 22nd September 2016, the AISSMS Col-lege of Pharmacy celebrated NO-VEHICLE-DAY. On this day, the students and staff were appealed not to use their own automobiles for transport and to rely mostly on more eco-friendly ways of transportation like the Municipal Transport or cycling or walking. The day was celebrated to reduce, for at least a day, the ever-increasing load on the environment via air-pollution and also to promote the use of public transport. The event received a thunderous re-sponse from the students, as well as the staff, which was evident from the fact that even though it had been raining all day, there were more um-brellas on the road than vehicles, with almost everyone coming to the college using public transport.

19.Rushikesh Sonaikar studying in T. Y. B. Pharm. got first prize in poetry competition held as a part of Vedant festival, organized by B.J. Government Medical College, Pune, on September 8, 2016.

20.Pratiksha Deodhar and Akanksha Khushu from T. Y. B. Pharm. won the first prize in debate competition held as a part of Vedant festival or-ganized by B.J. Government Medical College, Pune, on September 10th, 2016.

21.Manal Shaikh from T. Y. B. Pharm won first prize in poster competition organized by B.J. Government Medical College, Pune as a part of organ donation campaign

22.Students of T.Y. B. Pharm. Participated in bad-minton tournament held as a part of Vedant festi-val organized by B. J. Government Medical Col-lege, Pune between September, 7th to 10th 2016.

23.Students of T. Y. B. Pharm. Participated in Cricket tournament held as a part of Vedant festi-val organized by B. J. Government Medical Col-lege, Pune between September, 23rd August to 15th September 2016.

24.Guest lecture was arranged by guest lecture committee (Dr. MRP Rao , R. C. Yadav) in co-ordination with Mrs. K. D. Asagaonkar on 13th Sept 2016 for M. Pharm. (First and second year) on the topic “Online Courses available in Pharma Field” by Mr. Amit Karmarkar of Inclintion, Mumbai.

25.Teachers’ Day Celebration - Each teacher that has ever come into our life has helped us grow into a better person and open up a window to something new that this world has to offer. Keep-ing our traditions in mind, The AISSMS College of Pharmacy celebrates the teachers’ day with much awaited enthusiasm each year.This year students showed their love and appreciation for the teachers by gifting them with articles like pen-stands, paper flowers and various other decora-tive items that the students made with their own hands. And as the cherry on top of the cake, all the articles were made out of recycled materials like plastic bottles, paper, threads, beads, etc. Through this the students acknowledged the teachers efforts while caring for the environment.

Health is much more dependent on our ' habits ' and ' nutrition ' than on medicine

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26.APGA awarded prizes to Best student teachers on occasion of Teacher’s DAY Celebration:-On 14th September Teacher's day was celebrated in AISSMS College of Pharmacy. The whole day academic sessions of the day were conducted by the final year B. Pharm and M Pharm. students. Prizes to best student teacher were sponsored by APGA. In the afternoon, the opening of the function was done with the lightening of the lamp by Principal Dr. Ashwini .R. Madgulkar and Dr. Mrunal C. Damle followed by the ad-dress from the Principal. Various cultural pro-grams, games and some competitions were orga-nized and later on prizes were given at the hands of Principal Dr. Ashwini R. Madgulkar and Dr. Shashikant V. Bhandari, Advisor, APGA. All the APGA members took efforts to organize the pro-gramme. All the Students expressed their grati-tude and respect for teachers. The celebration was done in an exuberant manner.

Team of Ms. Sharvari Kshirsagar and Aditi Kinikar (Final year B.Pharm.) receiving Best Student Teacher (Practical)

Ms. Chavi Singh (S.Y.M.Pharm.) receiving Best Student Teacher Award (Theory) 27.Seminar on ‘Applications of texture analysis in

pharmaceuticals’ was conducted on 23/09/2016 at AISSMS college of Pharmacy, in association with Brookfield Engineering, The session was addressed by Mr. Manish Mistry, product spe-cialist with BRK industries. Teachers and stu-dents of various colleges in and around Pune were participated in the seminar.Mr. Manish il-lustrated various applications of texture analysis to the audience with the help of lucid PowerPoint presentation and through short videos. A live

demonstration of spreadability test with equip-ment available with AISSMS college of Pharma-cy was shown to audience. Various queries of students were addressed and all expressed happi-ness upon getting acquainted to a new field in product development. The activity was co-ordinated by Dr. M. R. Bhalekar in association with students and staff of Department of Pharma-ceutics.

28.National Pharmacy Week 2016 was celebrated

by IPA, Pune branch from 19th Sept 2016 to 25th Sept 2016. Events were organised in various pharmacy colleges across Pune during this inter-val. Various Competitions were organised name-ly, Essay, Debate, Pharma mad ad, Interview skills, Group discussion, Quiz, Paper presenta-tion, Patient counselling, Drawing, Elocution, Poster presentation, Extempore, WhatsApp best quote, General aptitude and Pharma detailing. All the participating colleges performed well in the above competitions. The students of AISSMS College of Pharmacy also participated in all the competitions and performed extremely well.

29.As per the guidelines of SPPU the T. Y. B.

Pharm. students were directed to pursue the One Month Inplant training for hands on experience during the course and built the industry – insti-tute rapport which helps in skill development and identify the their own thurst area .The students were successfully guided to do so in the month of June – July 2016 and submit a compiled report of it to the T and P Cell.

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30.Guest lecture was arranged by guest lecture committee (Dr. MRP Rao, R C Yadav) in coordi-nation with Mrs. K D Asagaonkar on 10th Oct 2016 for M.Pharm (II year) and Final Year B. Pharm on the topic “Online courses available in Pharm Field” by Mr. Sumit Gupta of GIRA, Pu-ne.

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DRAWING

UG: Nazneen Pathan, Aditi

Lodhi

PG: Madhuri Rathod,

Aparna Zirange 10

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TION

UG: Neha Shirude, Vaibhav

Ghegade

PG: Priyanka Rasal, Pallavi

Shirsat 11

POSTER

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UG:Yash Nandwani, Aman

Padmsey

PG: Abhilash Ghanwat,

Shreya Bedekar 12

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UG: Aman Padmsey, Pratik-

sha Deodhar

PG: Neeraja Sathe, Vivek

Sonwane 13

WHTSAPP

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QUOTE

UG: Shubham Lahoti, Kunal

Gaikwad, Pranali Shelar

PG: Sadhna Mahajan, Pri-

yanka Rasal 14

GENERAL

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UG: Yash Nandwani,

Sushmita Satpute

PG: Pranoti Chandanshive,

Sadhna Mahajan 15

PHARM

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UG: Neha Shirude, Aditi

Kinikar

PG: Neeraja Sathe,

Harshada Kakde

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ESSAY

UG: Sharavari Kshirasagar,

Aditi Kinnikar

PG: Sadhana Mahajan, Vishal

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DEBATE

UG: Pratiksha Deodhar,

Rushikesh Sonaikar

PG: Shweta Padher, Pallavi

Shirasat 3

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MAD ADD

UG: Aditya Kirad, Pradeep

Naik, Indrajeet Mohite,

Shubham Lahoti, Yash Nan-

dawani, Varun

Tapadiya, Umesh Laddha,

Kunal Gaikwad 4

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UG:Vaibhav Ghegde, Nimish-

raj Panase

PG: Sadhna Mahajan, Madhuri

Rathod 5

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SION

UG: Pratiksha Deodhar, Aman

Padmsey

Himani Patwardhan, Sharavari

Kshirasagar

PG: Shreya Bedekar, Chhavi

Singh

Priyanka Rasal, Vishal Tayde 6

QUIZ

UG: Yash Nandwani, Aman

Padmsey

PG: Sarita Mane, Chhavi Singh

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TATION

UG: Meghna Mokashi,

Vaibhav Ghegade

PG: Neeraja Sathe, Snehal

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PATIENT

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CELLING

UG: Sharavari Kshirasagar,

Aditi Kinnikar

Himani Patwardhan, Shanisha

Mehetre

Vrushali Bhalchim

PG: Sadhna Mahajan, Vivek

Sonwane, Yogesh

Rewachandani, Madhuri

Rathod, Monali Jadhav

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Excuses don't burn calories, exercise does .

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS

NPW-Winners AISSMS College of Pharmacy -

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Event UG PG

Winner

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Runner up

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Winner

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Runner Up

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1 Debate - - Pallavi Shirsat Shweta Padher

2 Essay - Aditi Kinikar - -

3 Interview

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4 Group Dis-

cussion

- Aman Padmasey,

Pratiksha Deodhar

- Shreya Bedekar,

Chhavi Singh

5 Quiz Aman Padmasey,

Yash Nandwani

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6 Paper - - Neeraja Sathe -

7 Elocution

Competition

Neha Shirude - - -

8 Poster - Aman Padmasey

Yash Nandwani

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Competition

Pratiksha Deodhar,

Aman Padmasey

- Neeraja Sathe Vivek Sonavne

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Best Quote

Shubham Lahoti - Sadhana Mahajan -

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APTITUDE

Yash Nandwani - - -

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TAILING

- Aditi Kinikar Neeraja Sathe Harshada Kakade

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Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to body " - Joseph Addison

STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Dr. Ashwini R. Madgulkar, Dr. Monica R. P. Rao, Dr. Shashikant V. Bhandari, Dr. Santosh V. Gandhi, Mr. Padmanabh B. Deshpande and Mrs. Shital M. Patil has participated and pre-sented research work in the Regional Research Conference ‘INNOVATION – 2016’ for Savit-ribai Phule Pune University College Teachers in the subject Pharmaceutical Chemistry con-

ducted on 27th September 2016 organized by Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College of Phar-macy, Thergaon, Pune. .

2. Dr. Mithun Bandivadekar has participated in one day Seminar “Applications of Texture Analysis in Pharmaceuticals”conducted on 23rd September 2016 organized by AISSMS College of Pharmacy, Pune.

COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENTS

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UPCOMING EVENTS

1. AISSMS College of pharmacy is organizing a state level poster presentation competition “SYNAPSE 2016”. With a Total of 67 participants screened from all over the state this grand event is scheduled to be conducted on 14th October 2016.

2. The EVS field trip for 2nd year has been scheduled on 15th October 2016. They will be visiting the precints of Sajjangad in Satara district.

3. Guest lecture will be organized for students by Svetlana Tatuskar of IES, Mumbai during the event of Synapse in the month of October.

4. Following Students will be participating in IPA - 68th IPC National Pharma Quiz .Preliminary online exam will be held on 30th October 2016. Semifinals and Finals will be held at A.U College of Pharma-ceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Vizakhapatnam,India.

Ms. Aditi Kinikar- Final year B. Pharm. Ms. Pratiksha Deodhar- - Third year B. Pharm. Mr. Yash Nandwani-Final year B.Pharm Mr. Aman Padmasey- Third Year B.Pharm

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DID YOU KNOW: ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES

Recently, from March 15, 2016, Indian drug au-thorities have banned a list of 344 combination drug, of which, many of them were available as OTCs with famous and reliable brand names. Why this step was taken is an important point we should know since we, being the biggest market for ag-gressively marketed OTC products, were being af-fected by these products.

Combination drugs are basically the products which contain two or more active ingredients in a suitable combination. The ingredients are intended to show synergistic effect on the same disease or disorder, ideally with different ways of acting on the body and are should have different properties related to spreading into the body and getting at proper site through blood flow.

Basically, such products are formed to provide dif-ferent ways of treating a disease or a combination of diseases by using single dosage form that is, a tablet or a syrup. Ultimate aim of these products is to improve patient compliance and encourage the patient to stick to the therapy. The products have been proved immensely beneficial in TB, AIDS, treatment, to some extent in diabetes and hyperten-sion which come hand in hand in some patients, where patient adherence to the therapy is of utmost importance.

Then what leads us to avoid such a useful idea? The answer has several aspects.

1. The combination of these drugs is fixed in a giv-en tablet and cannot be altered to suit the specific requirements of every patient, hence does not provide flexibility in therapy. Therefore, the number of patients actually needing the product narrows down, but due to availability and aggres-sive marketing they are prescribed even when not needed. This is irrational use of the combination drugs. This happens in case of OTC products al-so. For example,

2. Phenylephrine + paracetamol + caffeine, Citre-zine + paracetamol + caffeine, Paracetamol + phenylephrine + chlorphenera-mine + dextromethorphan + caffeine. These com-binations were being sold OTC as nasal decon-gestives and common cold remedies.

3. Few NSAIDs combinations are also in the banned list such as, Tamsulosin+Diclofenac, di-clofenac+paracetamol+magnesium trisili-cate,diclofenac+paracetamol injection . Such combinations had different side effects such as hepatotoxicity and stomach and intestinal ulcers.

4. Also, many of the irrational combination prod-ucts used in treatment of diabetes, diabetes and hypertension combination were banned in this important decision Still it is a small step towards ultimate aim of healthcare system is to give safest yet effective therapy to patient. Pharmacists, phy-sicians and patients should contribute their knowledge and expertise in the same purpose.

5. To upgrade the future avenues of B. Pharm students, guest lecture for T. Y. B. Pharm. students on Higher education abroad followed by a one hour mock written GRE test by Global oppurtunities, Pune is being arranged by the Dr. MRP Rao and Mrs. R. C. Yadav in the month of November.

6. The T and P cell will be organizing faculty development program for upgrading the teaching skills and soft skills of all the faculty members which will improve their skills and ultimately cause effective conduct of lecture and practicals for students benefit in the month of November.

7. To fulfill the gap between industry- institute and get practical exposure the correspondence and organ-izing of Industrial visit for B. Pharm is scheduled by Dr. MRP Rao and Mrs. R. C. Yadav in the month of November.

8. One day personality development session" Self defence" for students will be tentatively conducted in November under the scheme of Vidyarthini Vyaktimahtva Vikas Yojana of Savitribai Phule Pune Uni-versity

9. "One day state level seminar sponsered by Savitribai Phule Pune University is going to be organised in January 2017 on the topic of “INSIGHTS ON DIFFERENT RESEARCH FUNDING AGENCIES AND RESEARCH PROPOSAL WRITING”

10.IPC 2016 - 68th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress is to be held in the Andhra University campus, Visa-khapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from Dec 16 to 18, 2016

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SCOPE OF PHARMACY-GOVERNMENT SECTOR:

SENIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER- GRADE 1

1. The Joint Drugs Controller is another im-portant position in the Central Drug Stand-ards Control Organization, India.

2. This is the penultimate position in the hierar-chy of the CDSCO. It sits right below the post of Drugs Controller General of India.

3. Just like the Deputy Drugs Controller, the Joint Drugs Controller is tasked with the en-forcement of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and allied legislations.

4. However, selections are made by deputation only.*(*‘Deputation’ :When an officer is ap-pointed from outside the cadre or from out-side the direct line of promotion for a limited period by the end of which he will have to revert to his parent cadre, he is known to be on deputation or on short-term contract. The term deputation is used when officers from Central Government Departments, State Government or Union Territories are consid-ered for appointment. Short-term contract is also in the nature of deputation and this method is followed when services of suitable officers belonging to Non-government Or-ganizations, e.g. Universities, Recognized Research Institutions, Public Sector Under-takings etc., are required for appointment to Teaching, Research, Scientific or Technical posts.)

EMPLOYED BY Central Drug Standards Control Organisation

(CDSCO) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India. ELIGIBILITY 1. AGE The maximum age limit for appointment on

deputation (ISTC) shall not exceed 56 years as on the closing date of receipt of applications

2. ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES This includes officers under the Central / State

Governments / Recognized Research Institu-tions / Public Sector Undertakings / Semi Gov-ernment / Autonomous Statutory organizations:

i) holding analogous posts on regular basis in the

parent cadre/department; Or ii) with five years' service(on a regular basis) in the

preset grade (in posts having pay band-3 (scale of Rs. 15600-39100 withGrade Pay Rs.7600/-) or equivalent in the parent cadre/department.)

Note: i) The departmental officers in the feeder category

i.e. Deputy Drugs Controllers (India) who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment on deputation

ii) The period of deputation must not exceed four years.

3. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS A) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS i) Graduate degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical

Chemistry or in Medicine with specialization in Clinical Pharmacology or Microbiology from a recognized University.

(ii) Post-graduate degree in Pharmacy or Pharma-ceutical Chemistry or Biochemistry or Chemis-try or Microbiology or Pharmacology from a recognized University or equivalent

( B) EXPERIENCE Twelve years' experience in dealing with prob-

lems connected with drugs standardisation and control of drugs standards out of which not less than five years experience should be in the manufacture or testing of drugs or enforcement of the provisions of the Drags and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

DESIRABLE Experience in import and export of Drugs, and/

or administration of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules.

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. DUTIES i) To supervise the overall activities of Deputy

Drugs Controllers (India)/ Administrative Drugs Controllers (India).

ii) To co-ordinate administrative activities at the headquarters, Zonal, Sub-Zonal and Port Offices.

iii) To assist the Drugs Controller (India) in drugs-related matters and standardization of drugs iv)To control the licensing and approval of new drugs and import-export of drugs.

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PAYSCALE Payment Band-4 (Rs.37400-67000) +Grade Pay Rs.8700 EXAMINATION/APPLICATION The completed application must reach the publish-ing officer(signatory of the vacancy circular) with-in 60 days from the publication of the vacancy. Applications must be made in the provided pro-forma.

REFERENCES: 1. Recruitment to the post of Joint Drugs Con-

troller (India), Directorate General of Health Services. Accessed: 7/10/2016

2. Available from:http://mohfw.nic.in/showfile.php?lid=729

3. Appointment by Deputation - Absorption - Composite Method.Accessd:7/10/2016

4. Available from: 5. Joint Drugs Controller in UPSC –

12/2014.Accessed:8/10/2016

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