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Contents • Message from PRINCIPAL• Editorial board• Historical article• News Update• Knowledge based Article• Disease Related Breaking

News• Upcoming Events• Drugs Update• Campus News• Student’s Section• Editor’s Note• Archive

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MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL

"It can happen. It does happen. But it can't happen if you quit." Lauren Dane.

‘We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.’ Aristotle

It gives me immense pleasure to pen a few words for our e-bulletin. At the onset I would like to thank the last year’s editors and congratulate the newly selected editors for the current year.

Our first consideration is always in the best interest of the students. Our goal is to promote academic excellence and continuous improvement.

I believe that excellence in education is aided by creating a learning environment in which all learners are supported in maximizing their potential and talents. Education needs to focus on personalized learning and instruction, while promoting an education system that is impartial, universally accessible, and meeting the needs of all students.

It is of paramount importance that our learners have sufficient motivation and encouragement in order to achieve their aims. We are all very proud of you, our students, and your accomplishments and look forward to watching as you put your mark on the profession in the years ahead.

The call of the time is to progress, not merely to move ahead. Our progressive Management is looking forward and wants our Institute to flourish as a Post Graduate Institute of Excellence. Steps are taken in this direction and fruits of these efforts will be received by our students in the near future. Our Teachers are committed and dedicated for the development of the institution by imparting their knowledge and play the role of facilitator as well as role model to our students.

The Pharmacy profession is thriving with a multitude of possibilities, opportunities and positive challenges. At Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, our focus is on holistic needs of our students.

I am confident that the students of GNIPST will recognize all the possibilities, take full advantage of the opportunities and meet the challenges with purpose and determination.

Excellence in Education is not a final destination, it is a continuous walk. I welcome you to join us on this path.

My best wishes to all.

Dr. A. Sengupta

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EDITORIAL BOARD

CHIEF EDITOR DR. ABHIJIT SENGUPTA EDITOR MS. JEENATARA BEGUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR MR. DIPANJAN MANDAL

HISTORICAL ARTICLE Howard Florey

Though Sir Alexander Fleming is credited with the discovery of a mould which developed on some germ culture plates, had it not been for Sir Howard Florey, this discovery would have remained only a scientific idiosyncrasy and nothing else. Florey is credited with taking the discovery further by isolating the active substance of penicillin from it. Together with Ernst B Chain, he developed a way of mass producing penicillin. The discovery of Penicillin came at a critical time and saved millions of lives during World War II and thereafter. It was due to this that he is considered by the Australian scientific and medical community as one of the greatest scientists. He was bestowed with numerous awards and honours in his lifetime including the prestigious Nobel Prize in Medicine. As a human being, he was a loner with few close friends; laboratory research and travel were among the few things that fascinated him. He was concerned about the population explosion due to improvements in the field of medicine. Childhood & Early Life

• Howard Walter Florey was born on September 24, 1898 atAdelaide, South Australia to Joseph and Bertha Mary Florey. Hewas the youngest of the eight children born to the couple.

• Academically brilliant, he completed his preliminary educationfrom Kyre College Preparatory School before enrolling at the St.Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide for higher studies.

• Following this, he gained admission at the Adelaide University in1917. After four years of studies, he graduated with a degree inMBBS in 1921. His academic brilliance and strong aptitude for

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learning earned him a Rhodes scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1924, he graduated with a degree in BA and MA.

• Upon completing his course from Magdalen College, Oxford, hemoved to Cambridge enrolling therein as a John Lucas WalkerStudent. In 1925, he shifted to United States upon gaining aRockefeller Travelling Fellowship.

• Returning to Cambridge in 1926, he studied under Fellowship atGonville and Caius College and subsequently in 1927, gained hisPhD from the University of Cambridge. Meanwhile, he also wasbestowed with the Freedom Research Fellowship at the LondonHospital.Career

• Immediately after completing his Doctorate degree, he gainedappointment as Huddersfield Lecturer in Special Pathology atCambridge. He continued in the profile for four years before takingup the Joseph Hunter Chair of Pathology at the University ofSheffield in 1931.

• In 1935, he gave up his chair at Sheffield to return to Oxfordwherein he filled in the position of the Professor of Pathology andFellow of Lincoln College.

• It was while working with Ernst Boris Chain and Norman Heatleyin 1938 that he first read about Alexander Fleming’s paper, which gave details about the antibacterial effects of Penicillium notatum mould, which the latter had fortuitously discovered in 1928 when it developed on some germ culture plates.

• Working along with Chain and Heatley, he conducted a series ofresearch, investigating the properties of the naturally occurring antibacterial substances.

• Initially the duo was interested in Lysozome, an antibacterialsubstance found in human tears and saliva, but this did not remainfor long as they moved to finding out in details about antibiotics.

• After months of hardship, he was finally able to produce aneffective and safe antibacterial agent from the raw mould,successfully manufacturing the same from the liquid broth inwhich it sustained.

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• After the publication of the 1940 report which gave details aboutthe chemotherapeutic agent that penicillin was and its ability tokill sensitive germs in the body, experiments and clinical trialsbegan to be conducted to find out more about its therapeuticproperties.

• First, penicillin showed promising results when tested on miceinfected with streptococci and staphylococci. Due to this, massproduction of the antibiotic was encouraged for it to be tested onhumans.

• In 1941, the first human to undergo treatment penicillin was AlbertAlexander. He was suffering from severe facial infection after beingscratched from rose thorn. His entire face, eye and scalp hadbecome swollen. Though he recovered after being given penicillin,the illness relapsed as a result of insufficient amount of penicillinand subsequently led to his death.

• Eventually, efforts were made by the government for massproduction of the antibiotic for it to be made available to thepublic for use during World War II to treat the war wounds.However, due to the inadequacy of the British industry, USAbecame the prime producer of the antibiotic.

• Penicillin claimed to have miraculous effect. It was discovered at atime when even a small scratch could lead to amputation of a limbor even death, and diseases like pneumonia, syphilis, gonorrhea,diphtheria, and scarlet fever were virtually untreatable.

• Interestingly, his original interest in the discovery of Penicillin wasto satisfy scientific interest. He barely had envisioned thatpenicillin would have therapeutic properties. As such, the medicaldiscovery was merely an added bonus that none had originallycontemplated.

• With the onset of World War II, he was given the position ofHonorary Consultant in Pathology to the Army. In 1944, he wasappointed Nuffield Visiting Professor to Australia and NewZealand.

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• In 1946, he was made Honorary Fellow of Gonville and CaiusCollege, Cambridge and in 1952, an Honorary Fellow of MagdalenCollege, Oxford.

• Meanwhile, in 1949, he contributed to and served as the editor ofthe paper, ‘Antibiotics’. Additionally, he partly authored a book oflectures on general pathology and wrote several papers onphysiology and pathology.

• In 1962, he was appointed as the Provost of The Queen's College,Oxford and chancellor of the Australian National University,Canberra (1965), positions which he held until his death.Awards & Achievements

• In his lifetime, he became honorary member of many learnedsocieties and academies in the field of medicine and biology. In1941, he was elected as the member of the Royal Society. Seventeenyears later, in 1958, he became its president. He was appointed asFellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and later RoyalAustralian College of Physicians.

• In 1944, he was bestowed with the honor of being appointed asKnight Bachelor.

• In 1945, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine alongwith Ernst Boris Chain and Alexander Fleming for jointlydiscovering and developing the antibiotic properties of the mouldthat makes Penicillin.

• In 1962, he took up the position of the Provost of The Queen’sCollege, Oxford. It was during his term as the Provost that thecollege inaugurated a new residential building in his name.

• In 1965, he was appointed as life peer. Subsequently, he becameBaron Florey of Adelaide in the State of South Australia andCommonwealth of Australia and of Marston in the County ofOxford. Same year, he was appointed as the Companion of TheOrder of Merit.

• For three years preceding his death, from 1965 to 1968, he chairedthe seat of the Chancellor of the Australian NationalUniversity. Throughout his career, he was awarded honorarydegrees by seventeen universities.

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Personal Life & Legacy • He first met Ethel while the two were studying at the University of

Adelaide. The two eventually married in 1926. Ethel studiedmedicine and went on to become a surgeon and scientist. Sheassisted her husband in the latter’s penicillin research team. Thecouple was blessed with a daughter and a son.

• Following his first wife’s death in 1966, he tied the nuptials for asecond time with lab assistant Dr Margaret Jennings. Their maritallife did not last long as Florey died seven months later.

• He breathed his last on February 21, 1968 at Oxford, UnitedKingdom due to heart attack. He was honoured with a memorialservice at Westminster Abbey, London.

• Posthumously, his portrait appeared on the Australian $50 note for22 years.

• In 2006, the federal government of Australia renamed theAustralian Student Prize as Lord Florey Student Prize. The awardis given to outstanding high-school leavers.

NEWS UPDATE New drug protects against the deadly effects of

nuclear radiation 24 hours after exposure: (21st August, 2015) A new breakthrough has been reported in countering the deadly effects of radiation exposure. A single injection of a regenerative peptide was shown to significantly increase survival in mice when given 24 hours after nuclear radiation exposure.

Diabetes linked to bone health: (21st August, 2015) A link between diabetes and bone health has been found by researchers. Clinical trials have revealed a startling elevation in fracture risk in diabetic patients, the investigators note.

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Genetic ancestry partially explains one racial sleep difference: (21st August, 2015) Study is first to show that race differences in slow-wave sleep may have an independent, significant genetic basis.

Improving cardiorespiratory fitness reduces risk of arrhythmia recurrence: (21st August, 2015) Obese atrial fibrillation patients have a lower chance of arrhythmia recurrence if they have high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, and risk continues to decline as exercise capacity increases as part of treatment, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Weak doses of radiation prolong life of female flies, scientists find: (21st August, 2015) Scientists have revealed that weak doses of gamma radiation prolong the life of drosophila flies (fruit flies), and that the effect is stronger in females than in males. These findings could reveal the genes that enable the prolongation of life and in the future lead to the creation of a means to prevent aging in humans.

US hospitals flout CDC recommendations that prevent infections: (20th August, 2015) There is significant variability regarding how clinicians manage catheters placed in the arteries of patients in intensive care units, research shows. Some practices may increase risk of infection associated with these catheters. Fewer than half of those surveyed complied with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention infection prevention guidelines for arterial catheter insertions.

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Heart attack patients without obstructive coronary artery disease at high risk of residual angina: (19th August, 2015) Patients without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) are just as at risk of angina as those with obstructive CAD, according to new research. This is the first study to focus on the burden of residual angina after an initial heart attack and re-hospitalizations in patients without versus with obstructive coronary artery disease.

'Basket study': Clinical trial design explores responses to drugs based on specific mutations in patients' tumors: (19th August, 2015) Results from the first published basket study have been released, discussing a new form of clinical trial design that explores responses to drugs based on the specific mutations in patients' tumors rather than where their cancer originated.

Working long hours linked to higher risk of stroke: (19th August, 2015) Working 55 hours or more per week is linked to a 33 percent greater risk of stroke and a more modest (13 percent) increased risk of developing coronary heart disease compared with working a standard 35 to 40 hour week, according to the largest study in this field so far involving over 600,000 individuals. For detail mail to editor

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KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

Extract shuts down staph without boosting its drug resistance

Leaves of the European chestnut tree contain ingredients with the power to disarm dangerous staph bacteria without boosting its drug resistance. Chestnut leaf extract, rich in ursene and oleanene derivatives, blocks Staphlococcus aureus virulence and pathogenesis without detectable resistance. The use of chestnut leaves in traditional folk remedies inspired the research, led by Cassandra Quave, an ethnobotanist at Emory University. The discovery holds potential for new ways to both treat and prevent infections of methicillin-resistant S. aureus, or MRSA, without fueling the growing problem of drug-resistant pathogens. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria annually cause at least two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MRSA infections lead to everything from mild skin irritations to fatalities. Evolving strains of this "super bug" bacterium pose threats to both hospital patients with compromised immune systems and young, healthy athletes and others who are in close physical contact. Quave, who researches the interactions of people and plants -- a specialty known as ethnobotany -- is on the faculty of Emory's Center for the Study of Human Health and Emory School of Medicine's Department of Dermatology. She became interested in ethnobotany as an undergraduate at Emory. For years, she and her colleagues have researched the traditional remedies of rural people in Southern Italy and other parts of the Mediterranean. Hundreds of field interviews guided her to the European chestnut tree, Castanea sativa. "Local people and healers repeatedly told us

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how they would make a tea from the leaves of the chestnut tree and wash their skin with it to treat skin infections and inflammations," Quave says. For the current study, Quave teamed up with Alexander Horswill, a microbiologist at the University of Iowa whose lab focuses on creating tools for use in drug discovery, such as glow-in-the-dark staph strains. The researchers steeped chestnut leaves in solvents to extract their chemical ingredients. "You separate the complex mixture of chemicals found in the extract into smaller batches with fewer chemical ingredients, test the results, and keep honing in on the ingredients that are the most active," Quave explains. "It's a methodical process and takes a lot of hours at the bench. Emory undergraduates did much of the work to gain experience in chemical separation techniques." The work produced an extract of 94 chemicals, of which ursene and oleanene based compounds are the most active. Tests showed that this extract inhibits the ability of staph bacteria to communicate with one another, a process known as quorum sensing. MRSA uses this quorum-sensing signaling system to manufacture toxins and ramp up its virulence. A single dose of the extract, at 50 micrograms, cleared up MRSA skin lesions in lab mice, stopping tissue damage and red blood cell damage. The extract does not lose activity, or become resistant, even after two weeks of repeated exposure. And tests on human skin cells in a lab dish showed that the botanical extract does not harm the skin cells, or the normal skin micro-flora. The Emory Office of Technology Transfer has filed a patent for the discovery of the unique properties of the botanical extract. The researchers are doing further testing on individual components of the extract to determine if they work best in combination or alone. Potential uses include a preventative spray for football pads or other athletic equipment; preventative coatings for medical devices and products such as tampons that offer favorable environments

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for the growth of MRSA; and as a treatment for MRSA infections, perhaps in combination with antibiotics.

Jeenatara Begum Assistant Professor

GNIPST

DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus

(MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia: 12th August, 2015 Between 10 and 12 August 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 12 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including 1 death. Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmacognosy,

Phytochemistry & Natural Products will be held on 26th to 28th October, 2015 at Hydrabad.

DRUGS UPDATES FDA Approves Expanded Label for Procysbi to

Treat Children Aged 2-6 Years With Nephropathic Cystinosis: (17th August, 2015) Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (NASDAQ:RPTP) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the expanded use of Procysbi (cysteamine bitartrate) delayed-release capsules to treat children two to six years of age with nephropathic cystinosis. The approved supplement was based on

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efficacy and safety data from an ongoing long-term extension study in which a cohort of children aged 2 to 6 years were enrolled and treated with Procysbi for 12 months. The long-term maintenance of white blood cell cystine levels and renal function in all age groups studied during extended treatment with Procysbi. Procysbi is now approved for the treatment of nephropathic cystinosis in adult and in pediatric patients 2 years of age and older in the U.S. Read more

CAMPUS NEWS ESPERANZA:

On 21st August, 2015 the 1st year students of GNIPST were welcomed in the Freshers Welcome Programme ‘ESPERANZA’.

HOMAGE TO FORMER PRESIDENT DR A P J ABDUL KALAM: On 31st July, 2015 all the students and teachers of GNIPST paid their homage for our former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION:

GNIPST has been certified by the Alumni Association under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961. FAREWELL PROGRAMME:

On 15th May 2015 GNIPST celebrated the farewell programme ‘Sesh Chithi’ for the final year students of M.Pharm, M.Sc, B.Pharm, B.Sc and BHM. JIS SAMMAN 2015

On 11th May, 2015 GNIPST attended the JIS SAMMAN 2015. JIS SAMMAN Awards: • Best College (Non Engineering):

GNIPST• Best Principal:

Dr (Prof.) Avijit Sengupta• Best HOD:

Mr. Jaydip Ray

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• Best Faculty:Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar (Pharmacy)Dr. Swati Chakraborty (Life Sciences)

• Best faculty since inception:Mr. Jaydip Ray

• Best Office Staff:Ms. Jaya Banerjee

• Best technical Assistant:Mr. Somnath Majhi • College Blue:Avik Paul • Highest DGPA of 2014:

B.Pharm:Purbali Chakraborty (4th year)Diksha Kumari (3rd year)Aishika Dutta (2nd year)Sampita Paul (1st year)M.Pharm:Aritra Mukherjee (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)Mounomukhar Bhattacharya (Pharmacology)B.Sc (Biotechnology):Papiya Saha (3rd year)Shomasree Das (2nd year)Ayanita Basak (1st year)B.Sc (Microbiology):Bonhisikha Chatterjee (3rd year)Riaz Hossain (2nd year)Soumi Chowdhury (1st year)BHM:Bishal Roy (3rd year)Shreyabhanja Chowdhury (2nd year) Recitation:

Udita Majumder Debate:

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Srijita Roy Poushali Ganguly Quiz:

Arani Ray Dipayan Nath Band:

Syantan Ghoswami Anurag Ghosh Atanu Mondal Arka Khamaru Ritobroto Paul Abhirup Dasgupta

Fashion: Md. Nadeem Shah Koustav Sarkar Shaksar Saha Avirup Dasgupta Ranit Kundu Namrata Ganguly Shreyasee Mitra Chandrika Saha Debopriya Chatterjee Riya Taran

Innovative Modeling: Ankit Chowdhury Kartik Koley Mudasar Manna Dipan Chaterjee Abhishek Singh Kaustav Pal Manojit Dutta SPIRIT JIS 2015

On 03th to 05th April, 2015 JIS organised SPIRIT JIS 2015. GPAT 2015 Result:

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The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT-2015. We congratulate them all. Diksha Kumari Rupanjay Bhattacharya Avik Paul Xtasy 2015: GNIPST is going to organize the Tech Fest ‘Xtasy 2015’ from 30th March, 2015 to 1st April, 2015.

FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME: The FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Training & Placement Cell, GNIPST in collaboration with Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association (IPGA), Bengal Branch from 21st February to 11th April, 2015 at GNIPST Auditorium. On 21

st February, 2015 the Finishing School Training Programme of

GNIPST was inaugurated by Sri Soumen Mukhopadhyay, Deputy Director, Drug Control Office, Goutam Kr. Sen, President, IPGA, Mr. Subroto Saha, Asst. Directorate, Drug Control Office, Mr. Ranendra Chakraborty, Sales Manager and Associate Director Dr. Reddys Laboratory. On 28th February, 2015 Dr. D. Roy, Former Deputy Drug Controller, Mr. Sujoy Chakraborty, divisional Therapy Manager, Cipla and Mr. Vikranjit Biswas, Senior Manager, Learning & Development, Cipla delivered their valuable lectures in the 2nd day

FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST. On 14th March, 2015 Mr. Milindra Bhattacharya, Senior Manager, QA & QC, Emami Ltd. and Mr. Joydev Bhoumik, Manager, Operation, Ranbaxy Laboratory Limited delivered their valuable lectures in the 3rd day FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST. On 21st March, 2015 Mr. Tridib Neogi, Associate Vice-President (Quality Assurance), Albert David Ltd. delivered his valuable lectures in the 4th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST.

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On 28th March, 2015 Dr. Gautam Chaterjee, an Alumni of Jadavpur University and presently associated with NIPER delivered his valuable lectures in the 5th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST. On 11th April, 2015 the closing ceremony of the FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was held in GNIPST Auditorium.

JOBS: All the students of Final Year B. Pharm and M. Pharm are hereby informed that an interview will be conducted on 23rd May, 2015 by Standard Pharmaceuticals Ltd. GSK for post: Production, QA, QC. All the students of Final Year B. Pharm and M. Pharm are hereby informed that an interview will be conducted by GSK for sales and marketing job. Details given below:

Date: 27.03.2015Time: 09:45 amVenue : GSK Consumer Healthcare Limited, Unit No. 208,

2nd Floor, Ecospace Campus B (3 B), New Town, Rajarhat, 24 Pgs (N). Kolkata-700156.

THYROCARE provisionally selected 15 students from JIS Group. Amongst these, 3 students of B. Sc (H) Biotechnology and M. Sc Biotechnology have been selected. Ipsita Mondal (M. Sc Biotechnology)Debriti Paul (M. Sc Biotechnology)Debopriya Chatterjee {B. Sc (H) Biotechnology}

The final year students of B.Pharm (31 students) and B.Sc (11 students) attended the pooled campus drive of Abbott India Ltd. on 10th March, 2015 at Jadavpur University. Among them 17 students have gone through to the final round of this pooled campus drive and short listed for final selection.

ACHIEVEMENT: Congratulations to Anurag Chanda, student of B.Pharm final year

who have got the 1st prize in poster presentation event in Prakriti

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2015 at Department of Agricultural and Food engineering, IIT, Kharagpur. OTHERS: On 24th and 25th February, 2015 Swamiji of Gourio Math wasdelivered some motivational lectuers in GNIPST. The students of GNIPST participated in the 4th Sardar JodhSinghTrophy organised by NIT on 20th February, 2015. On 8th February, 2015 Gnipst celebrated the Reunionprogramme“Reminiscence Reloaded 2015”.

STUDENTS’ SECTION WHO CAN ANSWER FIRST????

Which animal's common name isderived from Indonesian word for

person of the forest?

Answer of Previous Issue’s Questions: PH meter

Identify the person

Answer of Previous Issue’s Image: Arnold Orville

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Send your thoughts/Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any other contributions for Students’ Section& answers of this Section at gnipstbulletin@gmail.com

EDITOR’S NOTE

It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 2nd issue of 48th Volume of GNIPST BULLETIN. All the followers of GNIPST BULLETIN are able to avail the bulletin through facebook account ‘GNIPST bulletin’ I am very much thankful to all the GNIPST members and readers who are giving their valuable comments, encouragements and supports. I am also thankful to Dr. Abhijit Sengupta, Director of GNIPST for his valuable advice and encouragement. Special thanks to Dr. Prerona Saha, Mr. Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar and Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for their kind co-operation and technical supports. Thank you Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for the questionnaires of the student section. An important part of the improvement of the bulletin is the contribution of the readers. You are invited to send in your write ups, notes, critiques or any kind of contribution for the forthcoming special and regular issue.

ARCHIVE The general body meeting of APTI, Bengal Branch has been

conducted at GNIPST on 15th June, 2012. The program started witha nice presentation by Dr. Pulok Kr. Mukherjee, School of NaturalProducts, JU on the skill to write a good manuscript forpublication in impact journals. It was followed by nearly two hourlong discussion among more than thirty participants on different

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aspects of pharmacy education. Five nonmember participants applied for membership on that very day.

GNIPST is now approved by AICTE and affiliated to WBUT forconducting the two years’ post graduate course (M.Pharm)in PHARMACOLOGY. The approved number of seat is 18.

The number of seats in B.Pharm. has been increased from 60 to120.

AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under ResearchPromotion Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13toGNIPST as per the details below:a. Beneficiary Institution: Guru Nanak Institution of PharmaceuticalScience & Technology.

b. Principal Investigator: Dr. LopamudraDutta.

c. Grant-in-aid sanctioned:Rs. 16,25000/- only

d. Approved duration: 3 yearse. Title of the project: Screening and identification of potential

medicinal plant of Purulia & Bankura districts of West Bengal with respect to diseases such as diabetes, rheumatism, Jaundice, hypertension and developing biotechnological tools for enhancing bioactive molecules in these plants.

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Activity Clubs of GNIPST: Name of Club Member Faculty SPORTS Mr. Debabrata GhoshDastidar LITERARY AND PAINTING Ms. Jeenatara Begum SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE MODELLING

Mr. Samrat Bose

ECO Ms. Sumana Roy SOCIAL SERVICES Dr. Asis Bala PHOTOGRAPHY Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharya CULTURAL Ms. Priyanka Ray DEBATE AND EXTEMPORE Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya

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