Date: 13.10.2018

Press Release 272 students awarded degrees on 10th Convocation held at NIPER SAS Nagar

“It is a red letter day, signifying the culmination of all your hard work and dedication.

Your parents would be proud of your achievements and I wish you all the very best. You are all

privileged to have studied at NIPER, Mohali that was established to provide leadership in

education and research in the field of Pharmaceutical and related sciences in the country”------

these were the words of Prof. G. Padmanaban, Former Director of Indian Institute of Science

(IISC) Bangalore and NASI Platinum Jubliee Senior Scientist, who was the chief guest here at

NIPER,s 10th convocation, organized at NIPER auditorium on October 13, 2018.

Prof. Raghuram Rao Akkinepally, the Director, NIPER presided over the

convocation. Prof. Raghuram Rao welcomed the august gathering of distinguished guests,

parents and family members of the students, faculty members, staff, students of NIPER and the

graduating students of this convocation, the press and media personnel. Elaborating about

NIPER Dr. Rao shared the history of NIPER - as an Institute of excellence for pharmaceutical

Education and Research, the NIPER had its 1st Director in 1994 It was declared as an “Institute of

National Importance” by an Act of Parliament in the year 1998. It started offering M.S. Pharm,

M. Pharm, M. Tech. (Pharm) and Ph.D. courses from the year 1998.

Chief Guest Prof. G. Padmanaban, Former Director of Indian Institute of Science

(IISC) Bangalore and NASI and the chancellor of central university, Tamilnadu, Platinum Jubliee

Senior Scientist delivered the convocation address. Prof. Padmanaban said It is indeed a great

privilege and honor for me to have been invited to address the 10th convocation of NIPER,

Mohali. First of all he congratulated all the students who will be receiving the degrees on the

convocation. . The success of NIPER, Mohali, has encouraged the GoI to set up more NIPERs

across the country to meet the growing demands of the pharmaceutical sector. Prof. Padmanaban

made audiences aware that students of this institution are in great demand by the industry.

NIPER has been a leader in pharmaceutical sciences education in the country, I feel the time has

come to reinvent itself as a powerhouse for R&D in the changing scenario of new drug discovery

and therapy. There were some questionnaire also for pharmacist too- Should India remain just as

the “World’s pharmacy” looking for patent expiry dates to make the generic versions? Should it

not live up to the original expectation that it will be a power house for new drug discovery? The

Government earlier had projected a “pharma vision 2020” that “one out of five to ten new drugs

discovered in the world originating from India by 2020”. This has been scaled down to “one

NME (New Molecular Entity) per year and 10–12 incremental innovation launches per year by

2030”.

Big pharma had the ambition to manufacture new drug entities, but long time lines,

high costs and above all knowledge gap and poor basic R&D led to a set- back in new drug

discovery. I feel that the Indian big pharma should adopt the Biotech companies and it will be a

win-win situation. I believe NIPER with a strong R&D base and linkage to industry and human

resource can play a vital role in catalysing the marriage between Indian pharma with strong base

in generics and knowledge-based, small biotech companies. This was the model adopted by US

Pharma as well. I urge the outgoing students and faculty to take up the challenge of discovering

new drug molecules for the welfare of the human kind and animals. I wish NIPER all the very

best to maintain its high standard in the field of pharmaceutical science education and also make

a mark in new drug discovery that would contribute to alleviating human suffering.

During his convocation address Director Dr. Raghuram Rao uttered NIPER

contributed to a cultural change in the Pharmacy education over the past 2 decades. Further he

added that pharmacy education needs to integrate with the modern science streams and

technology developments. It should account for all the modern changes happening in the fields

of regulation, quality, intellectual property, impurity profiling, biopharmaceuticals, etc. With

this aim NIPER has been striving to provide leadership in the field of pharmaceutical education

and research. I am sure all the alumni are making pioneering contributions and this batch of

graduating students also will follow the same path. The opportunities available are infinite, I am

sure this batch of graduating students shall embrace opportunities and challenges with great

courage and take the pharmaceutical profession to great heights. With all your hard-work and

dedication brought laurels to this great Institution, made it No.1 in NIRF – 2018 ranking among

Pharmacy Institutions in India. We look forward to global ranking too.

272 students including M.Pharm(21)/ M.S. Pharm.(165)/M. Tech(23)/MBA Pharm.(35)/

Phd -28 were awarded degrees on this convocation. Ms. Tanya Ralli, MS (Pharm.) batch 2016-18

and Mr. Misbah Ajaz Lone, MBA (Pharm.) batch 2016-18 were the gold medalists among the

degree recipients. Over the years NIPER has added new and industrially relevant courses.

Currently, NIPER is offering 15 MS and PhD Courses in 10 Departments. The first convocation of

this institute was held in 2001, it was addressed by Professor M.M. Sharma from ICT, Mumbai, a

doyen of chemical Technology in India.

Till now, 9 convocations were held which were addressed by pioneers like Dr. A.P.J.

Abdul Kalam, Prof. V. Krishnamurthy, Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Prof. M.V.S. Valiathan, Dr. M.S. Gill,

Prof. G. Mehta, Prof. C.K. Kokate and Prof. G.D. Yadav. During the past convocations, a total of

2698 masters students and 270 Ph.D. students were offered Ph.D. degrees.

Vijay K. Sharma

PR Cell, NIPER Mohali

95920-95994

13.10.2018

परस नोट नाईऩय, एस.ए.एस. नगय क दसव दीाात सभायोह भ 272 छातरो स समभाननत ककमा

"मह एक रार ऩतर ददवस ह , जो आऩकी कडी भहनत औय सभऩपण को दरापता ह। आऩक भाता-पऩता को आऩकी उऩरबधधमो ऩय गवप ह तथा भ आऩको रबकाभनाएा दता ह ा। नाईऩय, भोहारी भ अधममन कयना आऩ सबी क लरए गौयव की फात ह बजस दर भ पाभापसमदटकर औय साफाधधत पवऻान क तर भ लरा औय अनसाधान भ नततव परदान कयन क लरए सथापऩत ककमा गमा था – म रधद परोपसय जी ऩदभनाफन क थ जो बायतीम पवऻान सासथान (आई.आई.एस.सी.), फगर र क ऩ वप ननदरक औय परदटनभ जफरी वरयषठ वऻाननक ह , जो आज 13 अकट फय, 2018 को नाईऩय सामोजन क दर भ आमोबजत 10 व दीाात सभायोह क भखम अनतधथ थ। परोपसय यघयाभ याव अबककनऩलरी, ननदरक, नाईऩय न दीाात सभायोह की अधमता की। परोपसय यघयाभ याव न छातरो, साकाम सदसमो, कभपचारयमो, नाईऩय क छातरो औय इस दीाात क सनातक छातरो, परस औय भीडिमा कलभपमो का सवागत ककमा। नाईऩय क फाय भ जानकायी दत हए िॉ याव न सासथान का इनतहास साझा ककमा - पाभापसम दटकर पवऻान एवा अनसाधान क लरए उतकषट सासथान क रऩ भ, नाईऩय क ऩहर ननदरक 1994 भ ननमकत हए थ । वरप 1998 भ सासद क एक अधधननमभ दवाया सासथान को "याषडीम भहतव का सासथान " घोपरत ककमा गमा था। वरप 1998 स सासथान भ एभ.एस. पाभप., एभ. पाभप., एभ.टक (पाभप) औय ऩीएच.िी. ऩाठमकरभ परायाब हआ था । परोपसय जी ऩदभनाफन जो बायतीम पवऻान सासथान (आई.आई.एस.सी.), फगर र क ऩ वप ननदरक औय परदटनभ जफरी वरयषठ वऻाननक ह, न दीाात अलबबारण परसतत ककमा । परोपसय जी ऩदभनाफन न कहा कक नाईऩय , भोहारी क दसव दीाात सभायोह को साफोधधत कयन क लरए भझ आभातरतरत कयना वासतव भा एक समभान औय गवप की फात ह। सफस ऩहर उनहोन उन सबी छातरो को फधाई दी बजनह दीाात सभायोह भ डिधिमो स समभाननत ककमा गमा । उनहोन आग कहा कक नाईऩय , भोहारी की सपरता न बायत सयकाय को औरधीम तर की फढती भाागो को ऩ या कयन क लरए दर बय भ अधधक नाईऩय सथापऩत कयन क लरए परोतसादहत ककमा ह। परोपसय जी ऩदभनाफन न सभसत वऻाननको एवा छातरो को फतामा कक उदयोग जगत भ उनकी फडी भााग ह। नाईऩय दर भ पाभापसम दटकर पवऻान लरा भ अिणी यहा ह, भझ रगता ह कक नई दवा खोज औय धचककतसा क फदरत ऩरयदशम भ अनसाधान एवा पवकास क लरए एक ऩावयहाउस क रऩ भ खद को ऩनजीपवत कयन का सभम आ गमा ह। भया भानना ह कक भजफ त अनसाधान एवा परगनत क आधाय क साथ नाईऩय उदयोग जगत औय भानव सासाधन स जडी जनरयक औय ऻान आधारयत छोटी फामोटक का ऩननमो भ भजफ त आधाय क साथ भहतवऩ णप ब लभका ननबा सकता ह। भ इसक लरए भानव जानत औय जानवयो क कलमाण क लरए नई दवा अणओा की खोज की चनौती रन क लरए छातरो औय साकाम स आिह कयता ह ा। भ नाईऩय को औरधीम पवऻान एवा लरा क तर भ अऩन उचच भानक को फनाए यखन क लरए फधाई दता ह ा।

दीाात सभायोह क दौयान ननदरक िॉ यघयाभ याव न कहा कक नाईऩय न पऩछर 2 दरको भ पाभसी लरा भ साासकनतक ऩरयवतपन भ मोगदान ददमा ह। इसक अरावा उनहोन कहा कक पाभसी लरा को आधननक पवऻान धायाओा औय परौदयोधगकी पवकास क साथ एकीकत कयन की आवशमकता ह। इस उददशम क साथ नाईऩय औरधीम लरा औय अनसाधान क तर भ नततव परदान कयन का परमास कय यहा ह। उनहोन कहा कक भझ मकीन ह कक सबी ऩ वप छातर इसभ अऩना अिणी मोगदान द यह ह औय इस फच क सनातक छातर बी उसी भागप का ऩारन कयग। भझ मह फतात हए हरप हो यहा ह कक इस भहान सासथान भ सबी की कडी भहनत औय सभऩपण क दवाया बायत भ पाभसी सासथानो क फीच नाईऩय, एस.ए.एस. नगय को एन.आई.आय.एप. - 2018 यकका ग भ नाफय 1 सथान परापत हआ ह । हभ वबिक यकका ग भ बी इस परकाय की उमभीद कयत ह। इस दीाात सभायोह भ एभ. पाभप (21) / एभ.एस. पाभप. (165) / एभ. टक. (23) / एभ.फी.ए. पाभप (35) / ऩीएचिी क 28 छातरो को डिधिमो स समभाननत ककमा गमा। सशरी तानमा यलरी, एभएस (पाभप) फच 2016-18 औय शरी लभसफाह अजाज रोन, एभफीए (पाभाप) फच 2016-18 डििी परापतकतापओा को सवणप ऩदक स समभाननत ककमा गमा । पऩछर कछ वरो भ नाईऩय न नए औय औदयोधगक समफनधी ऩाठमकरभ औय जोड ह। वतपभान भ, नाईऩय 10 पवबागो भ 15 एभ.एस. औय ऩी.एच.िी. ऩाठमकरभ आमोबजत कयवा यहा ह। 2001 भ इस सासथान का ऩहरा दीाात सभायोह आमोबजत ककमा गमा था बजस परो. एभ.एभ. रभाप, आईसीटी, भाफई, बायत दवाया साफोधधत ककमा गमा था। अफ तक कर 0 9 दीाात सभायोह आमोबजत ककए जा चक ह बजनह िॉ ए.ऩी.ज. अधदर कराभ जस अिणीा, परो वी. कषणभ नत प, परो. सी.एन.आय. याव, परो. एभ.वी.एस. वालरथन, िॉ एभ.एस. धगर, परो. जी. भहता, परो. सी.क. कोकाट औय परो. जी.िी. मादव न साफोधधत ककमा था। पऩछर सभसत दीाात सभायोह क दौयान कर 2698 भासटसप छातरो औय 270 ऩीएच.िी. छातरो को डिधिमाा परदान की जा चकी ह ।