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TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF GLORY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BY KNOWLEDGE

BASED LEARNING AND PRACTICE

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 ARTICLESir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

One of the most prominent Indian scientists in history, C.V. Raman was the first Indian person to win the Nobel Prize in science for his illustrious 1930 discovery, now commonly known as the “Raman Effect”. It is immensely surprising that Raman used equipment worth merely Rs.200 to make this discovery. The Raman Effect is now examined with the help of equipment worth almost millions of rupees. Early Life: Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu on 7th November 1888 to a physics teacher. Raman was a very sharp student. After doing his matriculation at 12, he was supposed to go abroad for higher studies, but after medical examination, a British surgeon suggested against it. Raman instead attended Presidency College, Madras. After completing his graduation in 1904, and M.Sc. in Physics in 1907, Raman put through various significant researches in the field of physics. He studied the diffraction of light and his thesis on the subject was published in 1906. Raman was made the Deputy Accountant General in Calcutta in 1907, after a successful Civil Service competitive examination. Very much occupied due to his job, he spent his spare time in the evenings conducting scientific research at the laboratory of the Indian Association for Cultivation of Sciences. On certain occasions, he even spent entire nights there. Such was his passion that in 1917, he resigned from the position to become the Professor of Physics at Calcutta University.

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Contributions and Achievements: On a sea voyage to Europe in 1921, Raman curiously noticed the blue color of the glaciers and the Mediterranean. He was passionate to discover the reason for the blue color. Once Raman returned to India, he performed many experiments regarding the scattering of light from water and transparent blocks of ice. According to the results, he established the scientific explanation for the blue color of sea-water and sky. There is a captivating event that served as the inspiration for the discovery of the Raman Effect. Raman was busy doing some work on a December evening in 1927, when his student, K.S. Krishnan (who later became the Director of the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi), gave him the news that Professor Compton had won the Nobel Prize on scattering of X-rays. This led Raman to have some thoughts. He commented that if the Compton Effect is applicable for X-rays, it must also be true for light. He carried out some experiments to establish his opinion. Raman employed monochromatic light from a mercury arc which penetrated transparent materials and was allowed to fall on a spectrograph to record its spectrum. During this, Raman detected some new lines in the spectrum which were later called ‘Raman Lines’. After a few months, Raman put forward his discovery of ‘Raman Effect’ in a meeting of scientists at Bangalore on March 16, 1928, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. The ‘Raman Effect’ is considered very significant in analyzing the molecular structure of chemical compounds. After a decade of its discovery, the structure of about 2000 compounds had been studied. Thanks to the invention of the laser, the ‘Raman Effect’ has proved to be a very useful tool for scientists. Some of Raman’s other interests were the physiology of human vision, the optics of colloids and the electrical and magnetic anisotropy. Later Life and Death: Sir C.V. Raman became the Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1924. A year later, he set up Raman Research Institute near

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Bangalore, where he continued scientific research until his death which was caused by a strong heart attack on November 21, 1970. His sincere advice to aspiring scientists was that “scientific research needed independent thinking and hard work, not equipment.”

NEWS UPDATE Protein's work in eye lens suggests a way to

tame cancer: (12th November, 2015) How does a protein called connexin put the clamps on cancer? Researchers have now reported an explanation. In the future, cancer therapies could potentially be based on connexin molecules, the study suggests.

Thyroid cancer biomarker assays may show inaccurate readings: (12th November, 2015) Two thyroid cancer biomarkers go through a clumping cycle that may interfere with cancer detection tests. New research explores a driving force behind the problem: a protein with a sweet tooth.

HIV spreads faster as violent conflict looms: (12th November, 2015) A new analysis of HIV incidence in 36 sub-Saharan African countries finds that new HIV infections rise significantly in the five years before armed conflict breaks out. The new study tracked HIV incidence statistics in 36 sub-Saharan countries from 1990 through 2012 and correlated them with periods of conflict and peace in each country. The research team was therefore able to calculate how the incidence rose and fell in each country in relation to violence, while controlling for other factors such as

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economic development, refugee influx, and the year of the region's broader epidemic, which generally peaked in 1996.

Researchers identify liver pathway linked to negative impacts of high-fat, high-cholesterol diet: (12th November, 2015) It's no secret that a high-fat, high-cholesterol "junk food" diet has been linked to major health problems, including high blood cholesterol and the buildup of plaques in the arteries, known as atherosclerosis. Now new research has identified a pathway in the liver, controlled by a protein known as BAF60a, that contributes to these negative effects by stimulating the production of bile—which helps the body to absorb more cholesterol and other fats from the foods we eat.

Grabbing a parasite by the tail: Team solves 'jumping gene' mystery: (12th November, 2015) Deep within your DNA, a tiny parasite lurks, waiting to pounce from its perch and land in the middle of an unsuspecting healthy gene. If it succeeds, it can make you sick. Like a jungle cat, this parasite sports a long tail. But until now, little was known about what role that tail plays in this dangerous jumping.

Molecular mechanism at root of familial amyloidosis and other diseases: (12th November, 2015) A team of local researchers has proposed a molecular mechanism that may be responsible for the development of life-threatening diseases called amyloidoses. The best known of such diseases is Alzheimer's disease, but there are many others that are receiving

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increased scrutiny, in part because of mounting evidence linking them to atherosclerosis and aging.

Study sheds light on side effects of COX-2 drugs: (12th November, 2015) It's been about a decade since the promise of COX-2 inhibitors -- drugs that relieve arthritis pain and inflammation without the gastrointestinal side effects of other painkillers -- was tempered by the realization that they could cause heart problems in some patients.

Less effective antimalarial therapies can help fight malaria better: (12th November, 2015) Scientists have found that the more effective way to beat malaria is to use less effective drugs some of the time: simultaneously using a non-artemisinin therapy amongst more effective artemisinin-based combinations slows the spread of artemisinin-resistant parasites.

Lenalidomide plus rituximab produces durable responses in mantle cell lymphoma patients: (12th November, 2015) The drug combination rituximab plus lenalidomide has been found to be effective and produced long-term responses in patients with mantle cell lymphoma, scientists report.

New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma: (12th November, 2015) A new study involved mimicking asthma symptoms to see how anxiety sensitivity affected asthma sufferers. The researchers recruited 101 college undergraduates who reported having asthma. The experiment aimed to mimic asthma symptoms by having study

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participants breathe in-and-out through a narrow straw, about the width of a coffee-stirrer straw.

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KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

National Science Day National Science Day is celebrated all over India with great enthusiasm on 28th of February every year in order to commemorate the invention of the Raman Effect in India by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on the same day in the year 1928. For his great success in the field of science in India, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded and honored with the Nobel Prize in the Physics in the year 1930.

History of National Science Day Celebration in India 28th of February, 1928 was the great day in India when an invention in the field of Indian science was completed by the famous Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. He was a Tamil Brahmin and first one in the science, who had researched such invention in India. To commemorate and honor this event always in the future, 28th of February was asked to the Indian Government to designate as a National Science Day in India by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) in the year 1986. From then, the national science day was started celebrating all across the India as a great event in the field of Indian science. It is celebrated every year by students, teachers, scientists and researchers in all the schools, colleges, universities, educational institution including scientific, academic, medical, technical and research institutions of India. On the first celebration ceremony of the National Science Day in India, the National Council for Science and Technology Communication had declared the institution of the National Science Popularization awards in order to recognize

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an excellent and wonderful endeavor in the field of science communication and popularization. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman had worked from 1907 to 1933 at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal in India during which he had researched on many topics of the Physics from which the Raman Effect (effect on scattering of light when passing through different materials) became his great success and discovery which has been marked in the Indian history. For his big invention he was honored through the various Indian awards including the Nobel Prize in the year 1930. From the year 2013, the “Raman Effect” has been designated as an International Historic Chemical Landmark by The American Chemical Society. During the national science day celebration of the year 2009, the Indian Department of Science and Technology has awarded the five Indian institutions through the National Award for Science Communication in order to recognize the big efforts and achievements of the Indian scientists of the government and non-government organizations for popularizing and leading the modern science in the country. The Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Centre was given the highest award in the year 2009 to recognize its big contribution to the science. The national science day has been started getting celebrated as the Science Carnival to recognize scientific activities and programs by the participation of students from school and college, scientists from the state and national faculties. This event celebration has provided a real platform for various new comer scientists to fix their feet and bright their career in the science profession.

Objectives of Celebrating National Science Day • National Science Day is being celebrated every year to widely

spread a message about the significance of scientific applicationsin the daily life of the people.

• To display the all the activities, efforts and achievements in thefield of science for human welfare.

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• To discuss all the issues and implement new technologies for thedevelopment of the science.

• To give an opportunity to the scientific minded citizens in thecountry.

• To encourage the people as well as popularize the Science andTechnology.

Themes of National Science Day• The theme of the year 1999 was “Our Changing Earth”.• The theme of the year 2000 was “Recreating Interest in Basic

Science”.• The theme of the year 2001 was “Information Technology for

Science Education”.• The theme of the year 2002 was “Wealth from Waste”.• The theme of the year 2003 was “50 years of DNA & 25 years of

IVF – The blue print of Life”.• The theme of the year 2004 was “Encouraging Scientific

Awareness in Community”.• The theme of the year 2005 was “Celebrating Physics”.• The theme of the year 2006 was “Nurture Nature for our future”.• The theme of the year 2007 was “More Crop Per Drop”.• The theme of the year 2008 was “Understanding the Planet Earth”.• The theme of the year 2009 was “Expanding Horizons of Science”.• The theme of the year 2010 was “Gender Equity, Science &

Technology for Sustainable Development”.• The theme of the year 2011 was “Chemistry in Daily Life”.• The theme of the year 2012 was “Clean Energy Options and

Nuclear Safety”.• The theme of the year 2013 was “Genetically Modified Crops and

Food Security”.• The theme of the year 2014 was “Fostering Scientific Temper”.• The theme of the year 2015 was “Science for Nation Building”.

Jeenatara Begum Assistant Professor

GNIPST

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DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

(MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia: (13th November, 2015) Between 26 October and 1 November 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 7 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including 1 death. Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS National Seminar on Recent Advances in Natural Products

Chemistry for Drug Discovery will be held on 28th to 29th November, 2015 at Department of Chemistry, Netaji Subhash Mahavidhylaya, Udaipur, Tripura. National Conference on “Medicinal Chemistry Perspective in Drug

Discovery and Therapy” will be held on 3rd December, 2015 at Pacific College of Pharmacy, Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

DRUGS UPDATES FDA Approves Cotellic (cobimetinib) for the

Combination Treatment of Advanced Melanoma: (10th November, 2015) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Cotellic (cobimetinib) to be used in combination with vemurafenib to treat advanced melanoma that has spread to other parts of the body or can’t be removed by surgery, and that has a certain type of abnormal gene (BRAF V600E or V600K mutation). Read more

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CAMPUS NEWS Swarangam:

On 9th November, 2015 GNIPST organized the post puja and pre Kalipuja celebration programme ‘Swarangam’. National Science Day 2015:

On 7th November 2015, GNIPST organized a National Seminer on “Current Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare”, on the occasion of Science day 2015 on the theme of “Science for Nation Building”. Sponsored by West Bengal State Council of Science & Technology, Catalysed & Supported by National Council for Science, Technology & communication, DST, New Delhi.

Winners of Intracollege Football Tournament: Congratulations to B.Pharm final year for their victory in Intracollege Football Tournament.

Intracollege Football Tournament: On 9th October and 10th October, 2015 GNIPST has organized the Intracollege Football Tournament.

EN BIOLET: On 5th and 6th October, 2015 seminar was held on EN-BIOLET by Stone India Ltd. INDOOR BATTLE 2015

On 24th September, 2015 GNIPST organised the Indoor games (Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess for both Boys and Girls) Indoor Battle 2015. Congratulations to all winners and participants. The Winners are: Table Tennis (for Boys): 1st: Soumen Dhara (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmacology]) 2nd: Ratul Banduri (B.Pharm, 3rd year) 3rd: Sneham Sen (B.Pharm, 3rd year) Table Tennis (for Girls): 1st: Sweta Saha (B.Sc [BT], 3rd year)

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2nd: Moutan Roy (B.Pharm, 2nd year) Carrom (for Boys): 1st: Sk. Sajjat Ali (B.Pharm, 4th year) and Sk. Abdul Aslam (B.Pharm, 3rd year) 2nd: Sourabh Saha (B.Pharm, 4th year) and Rajib Singha Roy (B.Pharm, 4th year) 3rd: Arnab Banerjee (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmaceutics]) and Achinta Banerjee (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmaceutics]) Carrom (for Girls): 1st: Sreyashee Mitra (B.Pharm 4th year) and Rituparna Das (B.Pharm 4th year) 2nd: Rinita DasBhowmik (B.H.M, 1st year) and Tania Datta (B.H.M, 1st year) 3rd: Sushmita Sen (D.Pharm, 2nd year) and Keya Das (D.Pharm, 2nd year) Chess (for Boys): 1st: Sayantan Dutta (B.Pharm, 3rd year) 2nd: Tanmoy Das Biswas (B.Pharm 4th year) 3rd: Sourabh Saha (B.Pharm 4th year) Chess (for Girls): 1st: Rituparna Das (B.Pharm 4th year) 2nd: Suchetana Dutta (B.Pharm 4th year) 3rd: Krishnakali Basu (B.Pharm 4th year) SAGAR DUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE FEST-ASTERICA 2015

WINNER: The students of GNIPST stood first in the FASHION SHOW competition of Sagar Dutta Medical College Fest: Congratulation to the participants- Souvik Ganguly (B.H.M 2nd year) Riya Taran (B.Pharm 4th year) Moktar Hossain (B.Pharm 4th year) Chandrika Saha (B.Pharm 4th year) Swaranjeet Banik (B.Pharm 4th year) Sampita Pal (B.Pharm 3rd year) Ranit Kundu (M.Pharm 1st year)

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Susmita Kar (B.Pharm 2nd year) Md. Nadeem Shah (B.Pharm 4th year) Sreyashee Mitra (B.Pharm 4th year) Sunanda (M.Pharm 1st year) Best Male Model of ASTERICA 2k15: Souvik Ganguly (B.H.M 2nd year) Best Female Model of ASTERICA 2k15: Sampita Pal (B.Pharm 3rd year) Anchor: Sreejita Roy (B.Sc ) Solo Singing competition: Sayantan Goswami (B.Pharm 4th year):winner Arpita (B.Sc) :2nd runner up

CARNIVAL OF CANVASS: On 4th September the Students of GNIPST celebrated the freshers party for Masters degree students. On 4th September the students of GNIPST celebrated Teachers’ Day.

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.

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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• 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):

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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:

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

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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:

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

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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. 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)

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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 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????

What is Limnology ?

Answer of Previous Issue’s Image: Inability to understand

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

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EDITOR’S NOTE It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 4th issue of 50th 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 differentaspects of pharmacy education. Five nonmember participantsapplied 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.

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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/- onlyd. Approved duration: 3 years

e. Title of the project: Screening and identification of potentialmedicinal 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.

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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