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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

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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.

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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


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,


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,


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,


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.


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