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Vol Xl Issue XXXXlV Monsoon 2009

Like raindrops, be consistent, swift, flexible, pure and feel the freshness

Quarterly In-house Magazine

Message...............................................

International

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DomesticZerodol Crosses 40 Crore Mark .............................3

Target Malaria .....................................................4-5

Rapither AB attains No. 1 position ............................5

3C Dream Comes true....Yet again ..........................6

World Schizophrenia Day .......................................7

Precautions and Symptoms for Swine Flu (H1N1)....7

Nepal Team ‘Resilience’ ......................................8-9

Allsuth Lotion .........................................................9

Altus - Award Function .........................................10

Nigeria Launch .......................................................2

Human DevelopmentIn-door Games .....................................................11

Welcome ..............................................................11

Write Right ...........................................................12

TQM Champion Meet ...........................................12

Career Talk ...........................................................13

Retirement ............................................................13

PMI Session : Project Management .....................14

Congratulations - Dr. Pravin Karmuse ..................14

News

Clinical Trial :- Osteoarthritis ..................................15

US Patent for “Ondansetron” Process .................15

For Aceclofenac Paracetamol ..............................15

Publication in International Journal ........................15

World Environment Day ................ 16-17

Ratlam

Dr. Malcolm Cutler’s Visit ................................18-19

Inauguration of R&D Lab .....................................19

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IndoreMr. Kamal Jaiswal - Five Star Project ......................21

Long Service Award ...............................................21

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A Workshop on Acupressure Therapy .................21

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PithampurMeditation Training ...............................................23

Time Management ................................................23

Summer Training ..................................................23

DehradunAstra Zeneca Audit ...............................................24

WHO Audit ............................................................24

Visit on Ivory Coast ..............................................25

Safety Awareness .................................................26

Kandla

Ipca Kandla contributed to a noble cause ............26

Summer Training ..................................................26

Piparia

Training on Supervisory Skills ................................27

Quiz Contest .........................................................27

Debate Program ...................................................27

No Tobacco Day ...................................................27

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Tonira : New Block Nandesari ................................25

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Makers

Maker’s felicitated stockists ..................................28

Lighter Moments

Youngster’s Achievements ....................................29

Brain Twister, Smile a while, Did you know ..........30

Birthday Celebration .............................................28

Exon

Contents

Dear All,

In today’s circumstances, lot of adjustments and innovativeness needs to be generated to stay to grow or to sustain the present position. As it is said, you cannot use yesterday’s idea in today’s fast track competition.

The theme on our cover page talks about ; Like raindrops, be consistent, swift, flexible, pure and feel the freshness. Every minute, a new idea generates vibration and a powerful activity takes place thus putting you ahead of others. But the idea has to be pure and truthful building a positive energy not in one but every person who is associated with it.

World is going through unprecedented financial turbulence. Getting money is no longer easy but being difficult. Saving what you have is a necessity. Indian culture is all about saving for tomorrow. Many companies were able to save and stay afloat during this difficult time only by reducing workforce expenses. Hence, we have to learn to save, mould ourselves into a better situation and take advantage of the hidden creativity. The balance has to be seen as an opportunity to challenge ‘Staus-Quo’ and look newer ways of doing things. A small disturbance here and given to novel idea of making use of the smallest thing and thus inventing a pure idea of utilization. A story to be shared with all of you…

Buddha, one day, was on deep thought about the worldly activities and the ways of instilling goodness in human. The following is the text of conversation between him and his disciple.

One of the disciples approached him and said humbly “Oh my teacher! While you are so much concerned about the world and others, why don’t you look into the welfare and needs of your own disciples also”.

Buddha: OK…Tell me how I can help you?

Disciple: Master, My attire is worn out and is beyond the decency to wear the same. Can I get a new one please?

Buddha found the robe indeed was in a bad condition which needed replacement. He asked the store keeper to give the disciple a new robe to wear on. The disciple thanked Buddha and retired to his room. Though he met his disciple’s requirement, Buddha was not all that contended on his decision. He realized he missed out some point. A while after, he realized, what he should have asked the disciple? He went to his disciple’s place and asked him “Is your new attire comfortable? Do you need anything more?”

Disciple: Thank you my Master. The attire is indeed very comfortable. I need nothing more.

Buddha: Having got the new one, what did you do with your old attire?

Disciple: I am using it as my bedspread.

Buddha: Then…hope you have disposed off your bed spread.

Disciple: No…no…Master. I am using my old bedspread as my window curtain.

Buddha: What about your old curtain?

Disciple: Being used to handle hot utensils in the kitchen

Buddha: Oh…I see…Can you tell me what they did with the old cloth they used in the kitchen?

Disciple: They are being used to wash the floor.

Buddha: Then, the old rug being used to wash the floor…????

Disciple: Master, since they were torn off so much, we could not find any better use, but to use as a twig in the oil lamp, which is right now lit in your study room….

Buddha smiled in contentment and left for his room.

Moral: If not to this degree of utilization, can we at least attempt to find the best use of all our resources at home and at office….?? It becomes imperative in the critical time of Recession…..

Corporate Communications Cell

Like raindrops, be consistent, swift, flexible, pure and feel the freshness.

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Message

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Ipca launched Zerodol (Aceclofenac) in Lagos (Nigeria) thon 30 of March, ‘09, amidst extensive press coverage

from prominent news papers- The Guardian,

Pharmanews, Vanguard, The Nation, The Champion and

The Compass.

The Zerodol launch commemorated the entry of

Aceclofenace into the Nigerian NSAID market. The launch

meetings spanning 3 towns, Lagos, Kano and Aba,

garnered an impressive audience of 500 doctors from the

Medical Fraternity.

Dr. Nedumaran Doraiswamy, an eminent Rheumatologist

from India (Chennai) unveiled Zerodol during the scientific

session on “Current trends in Pain Management with a

focus on newer NSAIDS”.

Dr. Nedumaran elaborated on the Role of Zerodol in Pain

Management especially in chronic conditions like

Rheumatic Arthritis, Osteoarthritis & Ankylosing

spondylitis. He highlighted the overall safety benefit of

Z e r o d o l u n l i k e o t h e r

c o n v e n t i o n a l N S A I D s

especially Cardiac, Renal,

Hepatic and Gastro Intestinal.

Further, Dr. Ishola, one of the

renowned Or thopedic

consultants in Lagos pointed

out that, the use of NSAIDs like

Zerodol had become an

important way of pain treatment

in the world. He also expressed

his gratitude to Ipca for

introducing Zerodol in Nigeria.

Pharmanews while quoting Mr.

Clarence D’souza (Business

Head -International Marketing),

stated “Ipca’s decision to bring

Ipca pioneers in NigeriaZerodol

Zerodol into the Nigerian market was the company’s

commitment to bring in Quality products that were needed

to improve health care delivery in the country”.

The euphoria generated during the launch was palpable

with some of the doctor placing instant spot orders for

Zerodol while others committed to replace Diclofenac with

Zerodol in their clinical practice.

The Zerodol launch marked the beginning of a grand

journey and touched its first milestone within three months -

20,000 boxes of sales i.e 60,000 strips i.e. 102% of the

Quarter’s target !

Kudos to our Nigerian team for making Zerodol launch a

grand success.

Mr. Clarence D’souza and his team however believe

Zerodol has miles to go before the peak in Nigeria.

The journey for Zerodol in Nigeria has just begun…

(L-R) Dr. S.C. Okolo, Dr. Dennis E. Oji, Dr. Nedumaran, Mr. Clarence D’souza

International

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Zerodol Crosses 40 Crore Mark

Zerodol is all set to create history by becoming the fastest

40 crore brand (Apr ’09 ORG). Ipca’s Pharma division will

be also making the biggest brand in the company in a very

short period of time. With the current rate we would be

crossing 50 crore mark in this financial year itself. We thank

all our contributors who toiled day/night to make this dream oa reality. 360 marketing has changed the face of Zerodol.

It was implemented by all field staff with passion. Zerodol is

setting standards everyday, which will become benchmark

for each one of us in times to come.

All the top contributors (130 field staff) were felicitated at

Singapore by Mr. A K Jain, Mr. M D Sharma, Mr. Sunil Ghai

& Mr. Manish Khandpekar. We share some of the glorious

moments of the Zerodol Carnival with you. Zerodol

salutes all of them in the creation of mega brand.

Pharma Team

Pharma Team

Mr. A. K. Jain addressing the team

Pharma : Cuttack Team

Pharma : West Bengal Team

Three sentences for getting success :

Know more than other. Work more than

other. Expect less than other.

William Shakespeare

Famous Quote

Domestic

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'TARGET MALARIA' SYMPOSIA

Malaria Par Vaar – Intima ke saath

Ipca's crusade against Malaria is effectively carried on in

the domestic market by Intima division. Having unified all

antimalarials under its banner, Intima has gone all out to

popularize use of ACT (artemisinin based combination

therapy) and promote right usage of antimalarial drugs

through numerous CMEs and other promotional of media

in the last financial year – an initiative otherwise not

undertaken by many companies in the field of malaria.

In this financial year, Intima's efforts attained a new

pinnacle when Intima organized symposia 'Target Malaria'

having highly acclaimed international authority on malaria

'Dr. Peter J Weina' as the speaker at seven cities,

addressing around 1000 Doctors across India.

Dr. Peter J Weina (PhD, MD, FACP) is the chief of the

Department of pharmacology & Director of Walter Reed

Army Institute of Research – an institute that has played

pivotal role in developing many antimalarials.

Dr. Weina, who is currently Colonel in US Army, has a rich

experience of treating malaria patients worldwide. With his

clinical expertise and high teaching skills, Dr. Weina held

the audience spellbound in all symposia. Dr. Weina shared

Dr. Peter Weina

Mr. Satish Dandekar addressing the audience

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valuable insights about role of artesunate in severe

malaria, benefits of using ACTs, their usage across the

globe and the emerging standards of malaria management

worldwide.

His talk was followed by a session by Dr. Abhyankar who

put forth the Indian scenario and touched up on Intima's

extensive antimalarial range. A question - answer session

fol lowed, wherein al l at tendees part ic ipated

enthusiastically.

The symposia empowered the top-notches of the medical

fraternity with a global perspective on Malaria, thus

equipping them for better management of malaria patients.

The symposia also served as a launch pad for Intima's

'Target Malaria' campaign – a campaign that, in many

ways, puts Ipca's initiatives and leadership in the malarial

arena.

We take this opportunity to compliment the Intima team

A Proud Moment For All Intimians

Rapither–AB attains No.1 position

Rapither-AB, along with other newer anti-malarials,

became the arrowhead brand after all anti-malarials were

brought under the banner of Intima last year. Since then,

Rapither-AB started getting a strong foothold in the

market with a perfect blend of pull & push tactics,

eventually getting well- entrenched in to various clinical

settings.

The early reflections of its success march was captured by

ORG – IMS, when Rapither-AB become no.1 brand for 3

consecutive months namely Dec'08, Jan'09 & Feb'09.

Rapither-AB started this financial year on a highly positive

note, becoming the No.1 brand on MAT basis in the ORG-

IMS report for April 2009. Rapither-AB, today, is reigning

supreme in the topmost segment of anti-malarial market

Question - Answer Round

and is being used in more than 1.5 million patients across

India.

It is truly a proud moment for all Intimians and we take this

opportunity to thank each one of them for their contribution.

Intima Team

members at all 7 locations for putting in relentless efforts

which resulted in a huge turnout of doctors at each

symposium. We are sure these symposia will have a lion's

share in establishing Ipca's leadership in the antimalarial

segment. Intima Team

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Domestic

Dream Comes true…Yet again

th5 June ‘09 saw yet another dream

come true as the 3C Tamil Nadu team

became the second victorious Team

after Kerala in the history of Ipca to

achieve a dream PMPT of Rs. 5 Lakhs.

On this triumphant occasion the entire Tamil Nadu team of

18 PSR’s, 4 ABM’s , RBM Mr. S.R. Velan, and SM Mr.

Johnny Edwin along with Marketing Manager Mr. Ganesh

Pai were all set for the grand felicitation ceremony. This

ceremony was graced by the presence of our Managing

Director, Mr.Premchand Godha and President- Marketing

Mr. M D Sharma.

The grand felicitation ceremony was organized at Hotel

Temple Bay Chennai with great delight. The program

commenced with a traditional welcome. Mr. Johnny Edwin

and Mr. Ganesh Pai gracefully compeered the event and

every team member was felicitated with a certificate,

trophy, and specially designed Blazers. Everybody was

euphoric as Mr. Premchand Godha and Mr. M.D. Sharma

shared a moment with every team member as they

expressed their success stories. Their next desire is to

achieve a monthly sale of Rs 1 crore consistently.

After the felicitation ceremony the

team enjoyed a special cultural

program followed by a dinner

party, the evening witnessed a lot

of excitement and cheers of

success.

We congratulate Tamil Nadu team

for this enthralling and an

outstanding achievement and

wish them more successful

endeavors in future.

3C Team

(L-R) Mr. M.D. Sharma, Mr. Johnny Edwin -SM South Zone, Mr. Premchand Godha, Mr. Ganesh Pai

(2nd from Left) : Mr. S.R. Velan - RBM Chennai

(Standing L-R): Mr. V Pradeep K, Mr. D Bharanidharan, Mr. Thangaraj G, Mr. Suresh K, Mr. Sabaribalan M, Mr. K Balamurugan, Mr. V Thiagarajan, Mr. J M Prabhu, Mr. R Ragu, Mr. Saravana Kumar K S ,

Mr. S Sathiyamoorthy, Mr. Janarthanan S, Mr. B Sivaraman, Mr. Dhavamoorthy R , Mr. S Ganesan, Mr. S Mahesh, Mr. Ravi S, Mr. S Deivasigamani.

(Sitting L-R): Mr. K Balaji, Mr. K Sankar, Mr. Ganesh Pai, Mr. M D Sharma, Mr. Premchand Godha, Mr. Johnny Edwin, Mr. S R Velan, Mr. R Guhanathan, Mr. M Muthaiah.

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Domestic

WORLD SCHIZOPHRENIA DAY

“If you talk to God it is a prayer

If God talks to you, then you are considered

schizophrenic…”

This is not all that ends with schizophrenics, they hear

unusual voices, they suspect that somebody is trying to kill

them; they think they are the most powerful people in the

world. All these symptoms suggest that a person may have

schizophrenia.

“Schizophrenia” – a mental illness is not just a name of a

biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated

but is the stigma that forces many to obscure the obvious.

Schizophrenia affects about 1% of population and has

gone unrecognized because of the lack of awareness

among the families.

Innova has taken the initiative to disseminate the

awareness about the schizophrenia to the caretakers by

joining hands with the most renowned practitioners. Innova thhas observed 24 May ‘09 as ‘World Schizophrenia Day’ by

conducting CME’s all over India with the panel of leading

psychiatrists.

Bombay Psychiatry Society (BPS) conducted the first

meeting of the year in co-ordination with Innova. Second

meeting was conducted in association with SCARF.

The objective of observing ‘World Schizophrenia Day’ is to

assure that Innova – a neuropsychiatry division of Ipca has

been conforming mind molecules for better clinical

outcomes. It will also continue its efforts to provide the best

of the treatment with the best molecules like Quel SR &

Ozapin MD to the medical practitioners for their patients

whose capacities for self management has been impaired

by mental illness.

Innova Team

CME in progress in Kolkata

Precautions and Symptoms for Swine Flu (H1N1)Tulsi (Basil) leaves can fight Swine Flu (H1N1)

Symptoms : High fever Cough Runny nose or stuffy nose Sore throat Body aches Headache Chills Fatigue or tiredness Diarrhea and vomiting

Precautions :

Stay home when you are sick.

Visit your doctor immediately.

While Coughing / sneezing, cover your mouth with

tissue / handkerchief.

Take more liquids (hot water, hot milk with turmeric)

Discard tissue in dustbin only.

Put drops of Nilgiri (Eucalyptus Oil) on the cloth used to

cover your nose and mouth.

Frequently, wash hands & face with soap and water. After

drying hands use sanitizer.

Avoid people who have fever.

Tulsi can control swine flu and it should be taken in fresh form. Juice or paste of at least 20-25 medium sized leaves should be consumed twice a day on an empty stomach. This increases the resistance of the body and thereby, reduces the chances of inviting swine flu.

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Nepal, the kingdom country has always been in the news

for more than one reason - the abrupt end of monarchy, the

passing of powers to political parties, the political chaos

which is always on and tourist attraction the country offers.

If Nepal as a country has this amazement in place, the

‘Resilience’ of Ipca Nepal Team is definitely a thing to talk

about.

The team has not only proved that it can grow and double

its sales as it has done in the last two years but also looking

at opportunities available in terms of unexplored markets.

In these two years if the team has achieved set plans and

growth they have also seen and gone through

infrastructural difficulties like power load shedding for 16

hours and more....non availability of petrol, bandh, curfews

and more. The only thing that kept the team moving

towards achieving their goals was their sheer

determination to achieve success, to let the world know that

this team will jump back and emerge as winner.

The active support of Mr. A.K.Jain and others in terms of

special manufacturing of products for Nepal, renewal of

registrations on time, customized strategies and follow-ups

kept the whole team heading towards progress and made

everything look so simple and achievable. Ipca Nepal team

has been able to greatly improve its image in Nepal and are

being looked with lot of respect and sincerity. The

participation of Ipca Nepal Team in Regional and National

conferences has given us the opportunity to build our

image in Nepal. The participation of our team in Modern

Trends in the Medical Education seminar organized by

Kathmandu Medical College in January ’09 was widely

appreciated by all. Our recent participation in ANEMECON

’09 in April has made the medical fraternity of Nepal stand

up and acknowledge our participation. In both the

seminar’s, ‘Drop your visiting card’ contest was

enthusiastically played by many doctors and we were able

to collect 250 visiting cards of doctors from different places.

The winners of the contest were announced and their

names were displayed on screens, which made them come

to our stall and collect the prizes. The contest made us

register ourselves more than ever and Ipca was being

talked about by everybody.

As Nepal is getting ready to accept new challenges, build

on the lost time, make progress each day and take new

steps to bring in development and innovative challenges.

Ipca Nepal team will be a part of their new acquired

confidence accepting new challenges and making a mark

to ensure that we grow more and more.

Anand Kaushal

Nepal Team ‘Resilience’

Product Display

Domestic

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Calamine is a famous word in the Indian household. Calamine was

used as a foundation for make-up till all cosmetics launched

branded foundations. In reality, calamine is a wonderful chemical

that plays different roles. Dermatologists recommend application of calamine on the skin for it’s

soothing properties. Calamine is recommended as:

(Left to Right :)

Ms. Srijana Pradhan,

Mr. Pramod Prasad,

Mr. Anand Kaushal,

Mr. Ramdev Sharma,

Mr. Sumant Mani,

Mr. Pradip K. Sah,

Mr. Avinaw Mishra,

Mr. Atul K. Thakur,

Mr. Roshan K. Jha,

Mr. Abhay K. Pandey,

Mr. Bikash K. Verma,

Mr. Chandan K. Rauniyar,

Mr. Baburam Karki,

Mr. Jagat N. Jha,

Mr. Shivendra Kumar,

Mr. Ajay K. Singh,

Mr. Vijay S. Tiwary,

Mr. Rajesh Kumar

Bionova, the speciality division of Ipca, catering primarily to Dermatologists, have launched

Allsuth.

Allsuth is a combination of Calamine with moisturizers like Aloe vera. Thus, Allsuth, is a handy

protective and soothing skin lotion. Allsuth is available at all major leading chemist stores in

India.

A soothing agent in chicken-pox or herpes, where calamine does not treat the disease, but

soothes the pain and itchy feeling.

Anti-itching agent in sunburn, eczema, rashes, insect bites and stings.

A diluent to mix other creams or ointments.

A physical sunscreen.

A protective lotion used by cosmetologists after surgical procedures.

Nepal Team

Domestic

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Altus Stars Felicitated At Manali

Altus witnessed its first Star Award function this year at the th thqueen of hills, Manali from 7 to 9 ‘09. The venue for

the function was Ambassador Resorts.

July

The splendid performace of Altus top performers last year

had fetched them the opportunity to be felicitated by the

organisation . In all 17 PSRs qualified for the award.

The award function was graced by our VP Sales &

Marketing, Mr. Sunil Ghai, Deputy General Manager

Marketing, Mrs. Chakshu Momin, Sales Manager, North,

Mr. Surinder Kapoor, Sales Manager, North presenting the bouquet to Mr. Jigar Modi of Mehsana HQ

Mrs. Chakshu Momin, DGM Marketing presenting the certificate to Mr. Niranjan Kori of Bellary HQ

Mr. Sunil Ghai, VP Sales & Marketing presenting the trophy to Mr. Shammi Sharma of Pathankot HQ

Altus team alongwith the star awardees

Altus Team

Mr. Surinder Kapoor and the Product Management Team.

Mr. Sunil Ghai then congratulated the group for their

performance and also motivated them by saying that a

change in mindset can take them miles ahead . Following

this, we had a brief presentation on the achievement of all

the stars with a very personalized touch in the presentation.

All of them mentioned that they would want to be present at

the next star award function in Bangkok in 2010.

The evening ended on a very positive note and all of them

left the resort with a vow, to meet in Bangkok next year.

Domestic

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WELCOME

Mr. Sanjay B. AmrutkarD.G.M.Tech Transfer

Ipca Ratlam

Mr. Vinod Kumar SinghManager CRMIpca Mumbai

Mr. Deepak Kumar J SinghManager R&DIpca Mumbai

Mr. Sanjay N. BhatiaBusiness Manager - CIS

Ipca Mumbai

Mr. Manoj KumarBusiness Manager - CIS

Ipca Mumbai

Mr. Vikrant BendreBusiness Head - S.E. Asia

Ipca Mumbai

Mr. Kavish AgrawalSr. Mgr. - Internal Audit

Ipca Mumbai

Game a day, keeps idleness away.

New ideas, new initiatives keeps all of us going and that’s

how ‘Ipca In-door Games’ was born.

We had inaugurated ‘Ipca In-door Games’ by getting few

carom boards, chess boards, dart boards. To make best

use of these boards, a tournament was organized which th rdstarted on 13 April, ’09 and ended on 23 June ’09 (after a

month break in May i.e. vacation season).

Ipca In-door Games

Deepak Suradkar

Nitin Sawant Dr. Mahesh Abhyankar

Avinash Chouhan

Game Category Winnerst1 Runner Up

Carrom Single

Carrom Double

Carrom Mixed Double

Male

Female

Mr. Nitin Sawant (Shipping)

Ms. Priya More (Pharma, Mktg)

Mr. Kunal Sawant (Mktg)

Ms. Harsha Jadhav (3C, Mktg)

Mr. Avinash Chouhan. & Mr. Deepak Suradkar (MKtg-Admn)Male

Mr. Prasad K & Mr. Sarvesh Mistry (Shipping)

Mr. Priya More & Ms. Bhavna Singh (Pharma, Mktg),

Ms. Harsha Jadhav & Ms. Sukanya Sawant (3C)

MixedMr. Nitin Sawant & Ms. Manjiri Alve (Shipping)

Mr. Swapnil Balde (A/c’s) & Ms. Harsha Jadhav (3C)

Female

ChessMale

Female

Dr. Mahesh Abyankar (Medical) Mr. Bala Raju (CRD)

Ms. Kalyani Chavan (IT) Ms. Dipti Patil (CRD)

It was a long event and we had 146 individuals participating

in carrom-singles, doubles, mixed-doubles and chess.

Every tournament was a nail-biting experience not only for

the player but also for his / her department colleagues. Total

matches played were 157 in 27 working days.

The 27-day event was an amazing experience. Post-rains

we plan to include other games to keep the spirit going and

rising. In short, message is : Take time to play, that is how

one can be alert, active and young.

Priya More Priya More &Bhavana Singh

Nitin Sawant &Manjiri Alve

Kalyani Chavan

Winners

Human Development

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Business Writing Skills Workshop

It is a good habit to, re-read what we have written and avoid

committing any mistake. For developing this skill, attend

‘Business Writing Skills Workshop’. Trends are changing

and youngsters are developing the habit of using short

forms as they use in sending an SMS. But the same form

can never be used in writing a Business letter or an email.

Write Right

thOne day program : Managers & above (HO & Location) 27 July ‘09

rd thTwo day program : Executives & Officers (HO)23 & 24 July ‘09

(L-R) Mr. J.L. Nagori (President Operations) with Mr. Y.M. Joshi (GM-Business Excellence, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.)

TQM Champions meetrdTQM champions meet was organized on 3 July ‘09 at H.O.

The theme of the Champion’s meet was “How to improve

involvement of people in TQM journey”. Mr. Ashok Sharma,

DGM- HR explained the objective of the program and

management’s expectations to participants. Mr. D. P. Anjne

(TQM Manager) and Mr. Md. Ismail (TQM-Consultant)

explained role and responsibilities of Local Steering

Committee(LSC) members to all participants. All

participants discussed various issues and concerns in

TQM journey and brainstormed on various steps to be

taken for further improvements under guidance of Mr. Md.

Ismail and Mr. Harish Kamath (V.P.- Legal & Company

Secretary). During this meeting, Summary of action plan

was prepared to improve the overall effectiveness of TQM

program. Mr. Prakash Shanware (President, HR)

addressed participants on their active participation and

contribution in TQM journey. He also said that we should

organize visits to various organizations to study their

culture and system and should implement the good

practices in our company. We must encourage people who

are enthusiastic to come forward and join the journey.

Addressing the participants, Mr. J. L. Nagori (President

Operations) said that we must encourage more and more

employees to join TQM journey. He emphasized that

everyone should make TQM as their way of life. To facilitate

participants about in depth knowledge of Total Quality

Management, we had invited Mr. Y M Joshi (G. M. –

Business Excellence, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.). He

provided an insight about TQM journey of M&M to

participants. He also explained how to achieve excellence

with live example of M&M. It was a knowledge enriched and

eye opener session for all participants.

Two programs on Business Writing Skills workshop were

planned. 2-day program for Officers & Executives and 1-rd thday program for Managers was scheduled on 23 , 24 &

th27 July, ‘09 respectively. Mr. Sunil Gwalani of ‘The

Human Impact’ was the program facilitator.

Human Development

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It’s better to have an idea, than to have thousand opinions.

To lend a hand to our future stars (of our universe) i.e.

children...or better to call them youngsters, a program was thorganized on Career Talk during vacation season, on 9

May ’09 at Plot No. 47, Training Centre.

The program was facilitated by Young Buzz India

Limited, India’s Premier Career Guidance and

People Development Company. Over 350

Education Institutes and over 30 corporate houses

including Fortune 500 companies use their

services. They are also in Limca Book of Records

for being the first company in the organized sector

into Career Guidance.

It was a Two-Hour-Talk wherein the parent and

youngster attended the program to have common

understanding about the field to choose. Talk was on all

field existing, likewise after Commerce, Arts or Science

there are variety of fields to be chosen. Topics like

Healthcare & Allied Fields, Art & Design, Finance &

Career Talk

Management, Engineering & IT were discussed. This is

only a headline but there were inter-related areas which

only a smart child would understand which would be of his /

her interest. Those parents who felt the need and dreamt

about their children reaching a topmost position attended

the program. Undoubtedly, they are the ones building and

shaping their child’s future.

Niveditha Rai

Not in time, place or circumstances, but in the man lies

success. Our two Ipca family members, Mr. K M Rao & Mr.

P. Balagopalan retired in the month of June and July ‘09

subsequently. A grand farewell party was organized by

department team members and those present would

vouch that it was an impressive retirement party. All close

to Mr. Rao and Mr. Balan were invited for conveying their

Mr. P. Balagopalan with his image drawn by Mr. Amit Sawant of A/c’s

‘ Happy Retirement ’

IT Team with Mr. K.M. Rao IT Team with Mrs. & Mr. Balan

wishes. Mr. K M Rao had completed 10 years of service and

retired as G.M. – IT. Mr. Rao shared fond memories of his

experiences in Ipca. Mr. Balagopalan completed 30 years

of service and Mrs. Balagopalan was also invited for the

event. Snapshots of office life of Mr. Rao & Mr. Balan were

displayed by the team. Each team member spoke fondly of

both the senior members.

Parents with their youngsters

Human Development

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To introduce formal methods of “Project Management”

tools and techniques and to create value addition in

organizational business success, we had organized

“Project Management Awareness Session” on June-12,

‘09 at H.O., Mumbai.

Purpose of this program was to discuss “Value of Project

Management for business success and its application to

Pharma industry”.This program was conducted by M/s.

Project Management Institute (PMI®)–India. PMI is the

world’s leading not-for-profit association for the project

management profession. It is recognized for the advocacy

programs conducted with governments, organizations and

industries around the world as they recognize and

embrace project management to achieve business results.

PMI® Educational Foundation is a not-for-profit, non-

political organization that champions project management

knowledge and skills for educational and social good.

With more than half a million members and credential

holders in over 170 countries, PMI is the leading

membership association for the project management

profession.

How to manage Project Effectively

Key Highlight of the Presentation was:-

Understand about the Project management tools and

process used for increasing productivity & new product

development.

Importance of Work Breakdown Structure.

Key steps in structuring project teams and process in

growing organisations.

Learn about inherent risk in project management and key

mitigating steps.

Discover the importance of program management and

how to implement it.

30 employees from different departments including CMT

members participated in this program. The participants

found the session very knowledgeable. This program

provides them different aspects of project management.

They also suggested to conduct in-depth training on project

management for all concerned.

(L-R) Mr. V.K. Shrivastav, Dr. Anil Pareek (Ipca) Ms. Leena Samant, Mr. P.V. Narayanan (PMI)

Dr. Pravin Karmuse

Congratulations

Mr. Pravin Karmuse has been qualified for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy (Science) from University of

Mumbai, for the thesis, Title - “Impurity Profile study of

some Antimalarial and Antifungal Drugs by Mass

Spectrometry and Related Techniques” submitted in the

month of November 2008.

We congratulate Dr. Pravin Karmuse, on his

achievement.

I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will

say that I discovered 1000 ways that

can cause failure.

Thomas Alva Edison

Famous Quote

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Human Development

Clinical Trial : Osteoarthritis

Clinical trial conducted by clinical research department of

Ipca entitled “A randomized, multicentric, comparative

evaluation of aceclofenac-paracetamol combination with

aceclofenac alone in Indian patients with osteoarthritis

flare-up” has been published in “Expert Opinion on

Pharmacotherapy.” (Expert Opin. Pharmacother.

(2009)10(5):727-735). Expert Opinion on

Pharmacotherapy aims to provide users with a

comprehensive collection of content, in both original article

and review format, spanning the drug discovery and

development pipeline-from target to market. This was one

of the 2 original research articles published in the month of

April 09 (Vol. 10) in this journal.

This study was conducted in 199 patients with OA flare up

at four leading medical institutions of the country; namely;

King George Medical University & G.M. & Associated

Hospital, Lucknow; Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM

Hospital, Mumbai; Topiwala National Medical College and

B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai; B.J. Medical College and

Sassoon Hospital, Pune.

The findings of this first study is to demonstrate safety and

efficacy of this combination therapy with aceclofenac-

paracetamol b.i.d for painful OA flare patients decreases

the pain intensity and increases the pain relief with the

faster onset of action. The data in this study provides

substantial evidence for the efficacy and safety of

US Patent for “Ondansetron” process

Title:- A randomized, comparative, multicentric evaluation of atenolol/amlodipine combination with atenolol alone in essential hypertensive patients

Authors: - Pareek A, Chandurkar N, Kulkarni S, Sharma M, Jha M, Salkar H, Mulay P, Desai S, Redkar N

Journal: - American Journal of Therapeutic 2009 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print]

United States patent office has issued patent rights to Ipca

for its method of making Ondansetron with patent number

US7547791. The issued patent covers one-pot process for

making Ondansetron. The one-pot process obviates the

isolation and purification of intermediates. The issued

patent has 29 claims and it now gets market protection until

26/10/2024.

Ondansetron has annual sales amounting 295.3 million

USD in USA and 862.3 million USD world-wide. Ipca holds

DMF for this product. This is the sixth patent granted by US

Patent office. Ipca has filed over 126 patents through out

the world on API’s only. The patent can be viewed from US

patent office web site

aceclofenac-paracetamol combination in OA flare up

patients.

Pareek A, Chandurkar N, Sharma VD, Desai M, Kini S,

Bartakke G, Talekar S; A randomized, multicentric,

comparative evaluation of aceclofenac-paracetamol

combination with aceclofenac alone in Indian patients with

osteoarthritis flare-up.

Achievements for Clinical Research Department

In last quarter, 3 clinical trials conducted by clinical

research department of Ipca were accepted in

International Peer Reviewed Journals for publication as

original research articles. This is for the first time that 3

consecutive studies were accepted for publication in such

a short span of three months. We acknowledge the efforts

put in by the clinical research department for the execution

and completion of these studies. The publication of these

articles in reputed journals demonstrates the advancement

made by Ipca in the field of clinical research. Following are

details of publications:

Title: - Aceclofenac-tizanidine in the treatment of acute low back pain: a double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, multicentric, comparative study against aceclofenac alone

Authors: - Pareek A, Chandurkar N, Talekar S, Sharma M, Jha M, Chandanwale AS, Ambade R, Gupta A, Bartakke G

Journal: - European Spine Journal 2009 May 7. [Epub ahead of print]

Title:- A randomized, comparative study evaluating the efficacy and tolerability of losartan-low dose chlorthalidone (6.25 mg) combination with losartan-hydrochlorothiazide (12.5 mg) combination in Indian patients with mild-to-moderate essential hypertension

Authors: - Pareek A, Chandurkar N, Kulkarni S, Sharma M, Basavanagowdappa H, Zawar S, Kumar A,

Journal: - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 2009 Jul; 10(10):1529-36

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Athal : Mr. Pranay Godha graced the occasion along with Mr. V S S Kushwaha,

Mr. Y K Bansal & Ms. Kavita Sehwani. Mr. Pranay Godha and others planted a Bili

Patra Plant which is a holy tree.

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Environment Safety awareness amongst the employees was

presented. Maximum employees took keen part in the events. The importance and

relevance of safety in our work and industry was explained to one and all.

Emphasis was laid on keeping our environment clean and conducive for healthy

living. Tree plantation was also carried out by employees in the plant premises with

an aim to achieve green surroundings.

Pithampur :

Ratlam

Ratlam

Piparia

Indore : Tree plantation was done in and around areas of the plant. A sense of

motivation filled the air that at last what mistakes humans have committed in the

past is being corrected.

Silvassa : Tree Plantation is the best way to keep the environment clean

and green. Employees of Ipca Piparia along with Mr. Sujit Kumar Rath ( Production

– Head ) & Mr. Vinod K.V ( Ware House – Head ) encouraged team member to

plant sapling near and outside area of factory premises.

Athal Athal

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World Environment Day

Aurangabad : A tree plantation program was organized. Mr. Phulse (SRO-

MPCB) and Mr. Kurmude (Field Officer- MPCB) attended the program as a Chief

Guest. About 90 employees have planted saplings in company premises.

Mahad Aurangabad

Exon Mahad : Plantation was done in presence of all employees, Mr. G. B.

Kale M.P.C.B.(S.R.O), Mr. Rahul Mote (F.O.M.P.C.B) Mahad & Mr. K. K.

Mandwaria, G.M. Operation. It is everybody’s prime social responsibility to do little

bit to plant sapling and save trees from being cut. A small program was arranged to

support and motivate employees to take care of ‘Mother Nature’.

Kandla : GM, Mr.T.S.Menon addressed on the following topics: Working

principle of ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) and its importance of working.

Requirements of plantations upgrowing. Science of “Global Warming” & “Climate

Crisis”. Consequences of Global Warming. What exactly are Greenhouses Gases

(GHGs) Global Warming Potential (GWP) of various GHGs. “Who” contributes

“How much” to “Global warming” The solution to Global Warming & its outcome.

What is Carbon Trading Carbon Credits /CERs. Potential Clean Development

Mechanism (CDM) pipeline by Country & Technology. Sharing of vehicle when

coming to the plant and while going home. No wastage of water, no cutting of

trees, unnecessary wastage of electricity.

Aurangabad

Dehradun

Dehradun : Looking at Ipca’s commitment towards the community, World

Environment Day was celebrated with much enthusiasm and free plantation was

done in and around Ipca plant – Selaqui. An awareness class and presentation

was taken by GM, Lt. Col. Sanjay Kapur to motivate the young generation, to take

active part in keeping their surrounding green and knowing its benefits. In all these

activities the message conveyed was that every bit of effort will go a long way in

changing attitude towards environmental issues and taking individual

responsibilities in fulfilling them.The day witnessed a number of events such as

plantation, slogan writing, poster presentation, quiz competition to create

awareness in respect of environment.

Dehradun

Kandla

Kandla

World Environment Day

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Mr. Malcolm Cutler’s visit

Ipca has a long established expertise in the production of

antimalarials including artemisinin-based drugs. Mr.

Malcolm Cutler is also working for Mission Malaria Venture

(MMV) being conducted by World Health Organization.

The aim of his visit was to assess present status of

Artemisia annua cultivation in India for the production of

Artemisinin and contribution of Ipca in this area. He visited thIpca – Ratlam unit on 11 May, ‘09 together with Mr. J. L.

Nagori and Mr. Murli Sarma.

During introduction session, he was introducted to ‘Present

status of Artemisia crop and Extraction facilities’ by Dr. D.

C. Jain (G. M. – Green Technology Department); ‘Arte-

range products’ by Mr. S. B. Nigudkar (IBD-XII). After the

introduction Mr. Cutler visited the Artemisia crop site, IBD-

XV extraction facilities, manufacturing block, powder

processing area, RM/PM Warehouse, Finished Goods

Warehouse, Green Technology Lab and Sterile area. Mr. Cutler agreed with Mr. Ashish Bharillya (Officer-

Agriculture) that higher biomass can be obtained with

lesser spacing between plantlets and good quality seeds

should be produced from mass selection technique. Dr.

Jain told Mr. Cutler that Ipca, in collaboration with Jamia

Humdard University, is developing genetically engineered

plants with higher content of artemisinin than the routine

plants and seeds of these plant will be used in commercial

production of the crop. During discussion with Mr. Amit Jain

(Officer-Agriculture), Mr. Cutler suggested that seeds can

be used for a long time if stored below 25°C.

Mr. Cutler visited Ipca, Baroda plantation site together with thMr. J. L. Nagori and Mr. Murli Sarma on 12 May, ‘09.

During discussion with Ms. Alka Dangash, he said that

even in hot climatic conditions crop response (~ 8 feet

height) is really good. Ipca also shares agriculture

experience and facilitation of agriculture by AVT Natural

products, Kerala and M/s Herbochem Lab. Ltd.,

Hyderabad. On his discussion Mr. V. Rawal, he said that

65-70% recovery is good with respect to global status and

appreciated Green Technology team for establishment of

Ultrasonic Extraction facility.

During technical discussion with Mr. Himanshu Misra

(Executive - R&D - ADL) on methodologies used to extract

artemisinin and importance of analytical tools for quality

monitoring of raw and batch-process monitoring, Mr. Cutler

agreed on Mr. Misra’s points that microwave extraction

and HPTLC determination is better and cost-effective than

Mr. Malcolm Cutler with Mr. J.L. Nagori

(L-R) Mr. Malcolm Cutler, Mr. Murli Sarma, Mr. Himanshu Misra

Dr. D.C. Jain,

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"If someone feels that they had never

made a mistake in their Life, then it

means they had never tried a new thing

in their Life"

Albert Einstein

HPLC. He also put emphasis that few related substances

of Artemisia annua should be isolated and a repository

should be maintained. He also discussed with Mr. Raj

Kumar (Officer-R&D) about arte-products new

development.

Mr. Malcolm Cutler was very impressed with facilities,

setup and collaborations of Ipca and suggested Ipca to

conduct trials on high content CNAP (Center for Novel

Agriculture Products, U.K.) seeds in India. He invited Dr. D.

C. Jain to participate in a one-day seminar conducted by

Inauguration

“R&D Lab” of Pharma at Ratlam was inaugurated by thMr. Prashant Godha during his visit to Ratlam on 19 June

‘09. On this occasion, Mr.J.L. Nagori, Mr. L.K.Gupta, Mr.

D.K. Singhai, Mr.Dinesh Siyal, Mr. Akhilesh Gupta and

Inauguration of R & D lab at Ratlam

other staff / workmen were present. The new Research Lab

will fulfill the requirements of Clinical trial batches,

alternate vendor approval trials, trouble shooting and new

product development.

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MMV in U.K. to finalize a common analytical procedure for

analysis of Artemisinin in Artemisia annua plants and crude

extracts. Mr. Cutler suggested Dr. Jain to establish a

repository of reference standards isolated from Artemisia

annua. This will be important to develop impurity profile for

Artemisinin analysis and synthetic reaction of arte-

products and carry forwarding impurities. Mr. Malcolm

Cutler also added that this type of project would be funded

by MMV.

R.K.Unnithan

Famous Quote

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Ratlam

Mr. Kamal Jaiswal - Five Star Project

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(L-R) Mr. C.S. Hillal, Mr. S.K.Kanojia, Ms. Archana Mehta(Back),Mr. Brajesh Kumar Shekhawat, Mr. R.K. Surana, Mr. Pranay Godha,

Mr. V.K. Paranjape, Mr. Manoj Nigam

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izlkfjr fd;k x;k A

‘Way of Living’

thA workshop on Acupressure Therapy was organized on 4

June ‘09 for its employees where Dr. A.K. Jain shared his

knowledge and valuable experience.

Acupressure is the simplest way to keep the health

problems away. It’s an ancient method which assumes that

each part of body is connected through veins. Acupressure

therapy has divided body into various zones. Body parts

like thumb, finger and nose are pressed to cure various

problem and illness. The best part of Acupressure therapy

is that there are no side effects and it has also been

recognized by World Health organization(WHO). Dr. Jain

mentioned Acupressure therapy tricks for treatment in

various illness and problems like cough & cold, acidity, high

& low BP, poor eye-sight, swelling, digestion problems,

body pain, kidney & stone problem, diabetes, loose

motions, cancer, malaria, fevers, poor memory and other

mental problems.

Jitendar Prajapat

Indore

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xjhek tks'kh

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Indore

There is a definite need to inculcate among our employees

the correct utilization of time so as to avoid any backlog of

activities. With this backdrop, a training on time

management was imparted through external trainer, Mr.

Rahul Priyadarshi (ICFAI Institute-Indore) which was

attended by employees of supervisory and managerial

cadre.

During this session, stress was laid on obstacles to, Time

Management and ways and means to overcome these

obstacles. Few important topics covered were:-

Priorities of taskScheduling time for your taskBrainstorming tips for better time management

and decision making.

The employees are making efforts to follow the suggestion

and recommendations suggested during the training

To attain stress free environment in day-to-day functioning

of employees and increase their efficiency and

participation in their activities, training on meditation was

planned and organized. The training was imparted by

external trainer Ms. Vidhya (Bramahkumari Ishwari

Vishwavidhyalaya) in Training hall for three days for

technicians. During this session employees learned what

meditation is. They learned all Sacred Mantras “Om Mani

Padme Hum’, Om namah Shivaya’, Om Shanti Om’, Hari

Time Management

Meditation Training

Summer Training

Graduate and Post Graduate management student strive

to gain knowledge and functioning of the pharma industry

which is provided through summer training. This training

covers Manufacturing, Quality Control, Quality Assurance

and Warehouse wherein the functioning of the

departments is explained.

Also, the students are assisted in undertaking their projects

by guiding them and imparting details on the use of various

equipments in these departments. 45 students underwent

this summer training at Pithampur.

Om Tatsat...

They also became aware of various techniques of

Meditation such as:-

Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Yoga Nidra Meditation

Breath Meditation

Walking Meditation

Participants expressed satisfaction and effectiveness of

training in their daily routine works.

program. There has been considerable improvement in the

functioning and working mindset of the employees. The

employees are making efforts to set their goals, prioritize

their requirements and maintain work-life balance.

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Pithampur

Audit is not new to the world of manufacturing in pharma

sector. It was a matter of great pride and honor, when the

audit of Astra Zeneca took place in the baby plant (Cepha) th thof Dehradun unit from 25 to 27 March ‘09. Knowing well

about the importance and impact, the entire team of

Dehradun plant under the leadership of GM - Lt Col (Retd)

Sanjay Kapur took up the gigantic challenge and left no

stones unturned for its success. And as they say, rest is

history. The audit was successful and it added another

feather to the cap of Ipca's list of achievements and glory.

Astra Zeneca Audit

Astra Zeneca and Ipca - Dehradun Team

thJune 26 ‘09 was fixed for WHO audit at Ipca Unit-II,

Dehradun.

Mr. Sanjeev and Mr. Ganesh, Drug Inspectors arrived in

the plant and were given a warm welcome. The auditors

were escorted by Lt. Col (Retd) Sanjay Kapur to the

conference hall where, they were given a brief introduction

about all the Managers and Department Heads of Cepha

Block, and a formal introduction on the plant, its facilities,

manufacturing activities and all other relevant activities.

After the presentation of Lt. Col (Retd) Sanjay Kapur the

auditors visited the shop floor of the Cepha Block. The

auditors were briefed about the shop floor by Mr. Manoj

Mathur and he explained the production procedures of Dry

injection. Quality Assurance & Quality Control

Departments. Mr. Anurag Gupta from Q.A. and Mr. C.P.

Singh also addressed their respective work area.

The Auditors took immense interest in utility, water plant

and the Effluent Treatment Plant. Mr. Bharat Soni from the

Engineering Department was complimented. After

checking the documents for the first day, the auditors

visited the stores department on the second day of their

stay. Mr. D.K. Shukla explained to them with detail the

procedure of stores alongwith a brief on Supply Chain

WHO Audit

Management System. The stores too were cleared by the

auditors without any hindrance. After that the auditors

briefed the HOD’s about their visit and appreciated.

Mr. Sanjeev & Mr. Ganesh (WHO) being welcomed by Col. Kapur and Mr. P.K. Sharma (left)

Never break four things in our life -

Trust, Relation, Promise & Heart

because when they break, they don't

make noise but pains a lot !

Charles Dickens

Famous Quote

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Dehradun

Moving forward in its quest to improvement, Ipca - thDehradun organized a visit from Ivory Coast on 30

May, 2009. The visit included Dr. Kiki Epse Baroo &

Dr. Medeba Youossi Evelyne. It was a learning

process for all the employees of Ipca at Dehradun.

Lt. Col. (Retd) Sanjay Kapur received them at the

gate. They were welcomed by the H.R. department.

At the gate itself, the security introduced them about

the company briefing them about the safety checks

and the rules to be followed by the visitors while

they are in the premises. Lt. Col. (Retd) Sanjay

Kapur escorted them to the conference hall. The

presentation was given in the conference hall which

included the briefing of the project. And salient

features along with the production facilities, Q.A.,

Q.C. Facilities and all other facilities in the

premises.

After the brief presentation, the guests were

escorted by Mr. G.V. Bajaj for visit of the shop floor

of Unit-I. During the visit, shop floor was

appreciated for the cleanliness maintained in the

area. Dr. Kiki Epse Baroo & Dr. Medeba Youossi

Evelyne then visited the Q.A. department where they were

pleased to see the proper documentation of all the work

being done. The Q.C. lab of Unit-I also received praises for

maintaining a good standard in its testing procedures.

Unit-II, was also visited and the Shop floor, Q.A. & Q.C.

areas were seen and the Utility and the ETP were

explained.

The stores department gave its live presentation in

maintaining and handling all inward and outward material

in quite a professional manner and that delighted the

visitors to a great extent.

Dr. Kiki Epse Baroo & Dr. Medeba Youossi Evelyne were

offered Indian lunch. Ipca, Dehradun took a good care of

the visitors and we are confident our guests also felt so.

AUDITORS FROM IVORY COAST

Lt. Col. Sanjay Kapur and Mr. R.D. Sharma with Dr. Medeba Youossi Evelyne & Dr. Kiki Epse Baroo

Tonira New Block Nandesari - Gujarat

In the inauguration of the new block at Nandesari factory thon 15 April ‘09, where the project work of Famotidine for

Astella has started.

Dehradun & Tonira

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It is important for each and every individual to be aware

about his own safety. To educate employees safety

awareness programme was held in Ipca-Dehradun to

make the working environment safe, healthy and hazard

free.

Mock Drills and other safety programme were held in both

the units of Ipca Dehradun at regular Intervals. Mock drills

in both the units take place monthly, in which a situation is

selected that would lead to an emergency. The emergency

team also deals with the situation as they would do in a real

situation. During the mock drills the employees are also

trained on how to evacuate an area when any emergency

Dehradun - Safety Awareness Programme

Help in Need Students to visitIpca Kandla employees have generously contributed to a

noble cause for treatment of their colleague. Mr. Anil

Patel’s (Q.C. Dept) younger son is suffering from a disease

which is preventing proper growth of the body.

Summer training imparted to 25 students of B.Pharm,

M.Pharm, M.Sc., B.B.A & M.B.A from “Kutch University”.

Approximately 250 hours for each was planned, covering

all key departments.

arises and how to deal with that situation, ie. whom to

contact and inform.

Types of fires and fire extinguishers were also displayed.

Chemical spillage, gas leakage and other such risks and

the way to deal with them were explained. The use of

emergency exits and the use of signals in the industry were

explained in this program. The security officers are also

given intense training on how to use the Fire Hydrant

system and are given details about its operation,

maintenance and use during emergency. Live

performances are given by experts at times to enhance

their ability to counter severe situations.

Fire during a Mock DrillSecurity using Hydrant System Employees at Assembly Point during Mock Drill

Kandla

Dehradun & Kandla

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Supervisory Excellence

A Leader is one who has good ability, skills and knowledge

to lead the group. To be a good leader, a leader must have

the ability of communicating, Decision making ability and

who can own responsibility.

In view of this, a Supervisory Excellence Training was

conducted in Ipca-Piparia for Employees of supervisor nd rdLevel on 2 & 3 June ‘09 by well known facilitator Mr. Jai

Prakash Kabra from (Mind’s Mover Institute). During

Training session many practical demonstration and ethical

study was given. At the end of Training Session,

employees felt motivated and learned tips on being a

successful leader.

Participants with Mr. J.P.Kabra (centre)

thQuiz Contest Competition was held on 14 June ’09. Four

Teams were divided from Production, Quality Control,

Quality Assurance & HR / Accounts / Engineering & Ware

House Department.

Program started with a mind blowing anchoring of Mr.

Shrivastav (External Facilitator). Quiz Question was asked

related to Geography, General Science, History, Indian

political Affairs, Current Affairs, Sports, Ipca &

Pharmaceutical industry and Film Entertainment. Quality

Control Department was declared ‘Winning Team’ &

Quality Assurance, the 1st Runner up.

Quiz Contest

(Right) Q.C. Team(winner) receiving award from Mr. R.B.Panchalst (Left) Q.A. Team(1 Runner Up) receiving award from Mr. Sujith Rath

Debate Program ( Manthan )

Knowledge is gained by sharing of ideas and opinion with

each other and through group discussions. People are

busy in their daily routine schedule and hence there is no

time to update knowledge rather than professional work. A thDebate Program of employees was organized on 28 June

‘09 on “ Reservation for Women in India in today’s context”.

An active participation of Employees was seen during the

program, with Department Heads also taking part and

making the program more interesting. Participants were

divided in two groups and a long discussion was held in

which views and opinions were shared. It was an enriching

“Group Discussion”.

No Tobacco Day

thOn 30 May, ‘09 a Programme was Organized on “No

Tobacco Day” where all Employees were gathered and

took oath. Mr. R.B.Panchal (AGM – Q.A.) gave a short

speech on awareness on the subject and explained that

how Tobacco is harmful for our health. The victims who are

addicted suffer and his family also suffers leading to family

victimization. Mr. N.B.Sinha (HR) and Mr. Ketan Mistry

(Quality Control) also gave speech on awareness with

many examples.

Piparia

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For the second successive year, “Makers” felicitated the

“Achiever Stockists”.

59 Stockists from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Madhya

Pradesh & Rajasthan opted for our Goa Scheme and

achieved their targets and in return “Makers” rewarded

them with an unforgettable trip to Goa - the land of sand sun

and fun.

The stockists were treated with an exquisite cocktail,

beach games, sight seeing, goan cultural dances, cruise

boat party and if that was not enough, to put an icing on the

cake, a surprise Lucky Draw for stockists with exciting

prizes were given away.

This was a valuable opportunity to come closer to our

stockists and to take their feedbacks-good or bad. All the

stockists at the end of 2 nights and 3 days were delighted.

They wished the company could do more such schemes in

future.

This year, Makers is heading for a leap jump and Makers

stockists are being invited to participate in the “Dream

Scheme” to Bangkok.

Purnima Jain

Grand, Great, Going…….Makers felicitated “Acheiver Stockists”

On 1st June,16 employees out of

28 employees birthday was

celebrated by giving them one

rose, one gift (pen set) and sweet in

presence of Mr. K.K.Mandwaria &

all HOD’s. On every employee’s

birthday, ‘Birthday Greetings’ are

displayed on the notice board and

gift (pen set) is given by his senior

in presence of department

colleagues. But as 16 employees stbirth date fell on 1 June, hence a

small function was arranged and

celebrated to make a difference.

Birthday Celebration at Mahad

Birthday Boys

Makers & Exon

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Shreya S. Menon daughter ofMr. T.S.Menon stood 1st in

Classical DanceShreya S. Menon daughter of Mr.

T.S.Menon (G.M.) Kandla stood 1st in

Classical Dance competition out of

120 competitors. It was Inter

University Competition Program was

held at Tagore Hall, Ahmedabad.

Shreya S. Menon, is a final year

student of Institute of Technology,

Ahmedabad.

Article was published in all local

newspapers of Gujarat. In the article it

stated that an engineering student has shown efficiency in

dancing also. There were many foreigners present on this

event.

CongratulationsYoungster’s Achievements

In honor to my Parents.. This is a feeling of every

successful son/ daughter. And it is a matter of pride for

Mrs.Meenakshi & Mr. Rajesh Thakkar (Sr. Executive –

Finance – Ipca Laboratories), that their only son has

achieved a remarkable milestone at a young age.

Rajeshbhai (as fondly known in Ipca) is strongly supported

by his better half, Mrs. Meenakshi who works as a Manager

in Bank of Baroda. Both had dreamt to give the best to their

son Nilay who also strived hard to do the best and get the

best. With his efforts and parents support and blessing, he

is now studying in University of Missouri Kansas city, USA.

He is currently pursuing M.S. Ph.D., 5-years course with

specialization in Pharmaceutics and drug designing.

Nilay, age 23 has made his parents proud, as he is the

second author of a paper ‘Transporter-targeted Drug

Delivery’ published in an eminent foreign journal Retina

Today, issue : June 2009.

The article is on drug delivery to retina by means of nutrient

transporter.Retina is most important part of the eye. It is

very difficult to administer drugs in this area. Presently,

topical drugs, oral drugs (drugs taken by mouth) and

injectable drugs are available. But it is difficult to

administer drops in eye.Most of it fall out and do not enter

the retina. The article mentions about various nutrient

transporters which can be used to administer the drugs in

the eye. This will enable the drug to reach the target site i.e.

retina and exert its efficacy. Cheers to three great people.

Mr. T.S. Menon Ms. Shreya S. Menon

Mr. Rajesh Thakkar with family

Concise of the article published:

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A grade 5 teacher one day asked the children in her

class to make rhymes with their names.

First up was Dan. A very adventurous child.

My name is Dan,

When I grow up to be a man,

I want to go to India and Japan ,

If I can, If I can, If I can.

'Very good' , the teacher said to Dan.

She then asked Sally that it was now her turn. My name is Sally,

When I grow up to be a lady,

I want to have a baby

If I can, if I can, if I can.

'That is good Sally,' the teacher said.

'But maybe one day you will change your mind.' Next up was Glenn.

He was the naughty one in the class.

Here is his rhyme:

My name is Glenn,

When I grow up to be a man,

Never mind India and Japan ,

I 'm gonna help Sally with her plan,

I know I can, I can, I can.

Smile a while

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Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.

It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to

your stomach.

Your brain is more active during the night than the day.

The tooth is the only part of the human body that can’t

repair itself.

Your body requires 1000-1500 calories per day just to

simply survive (breathing, sleeping, eating).

Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.

You use 200 muscles to take one step.

Muscle cells live as long as you do while skin cells live less

than 24 hours.

A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.

Your brain operates on the same amount of power that

would light a 10-watt light bulb.

There are 5 million hair follicles on an average adult.

The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve

razorblades.

The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much

information as the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

The white part of your fingernail is called the Lunula.

There is enough iron in a human being to make one small

nail.

A shank is the part of the sole between the heel and the

ball of the foot.

The talus is the second largest bone in the foot.

The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes

dimples.

Your thumb is the same length of your nose.

A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.

Dogs and Humans are the only animals with prostates.

Did you knowBrain Twister # 44

Brain Twister # 43 Winners

Word Power ‘J’

Q: Does the law allow a man to marry his widow’s sister ?

A:

Rules: Contest restricted to employees of Ipca group of companies only. Last thdate of receiving the entries is 30 September 2009. Please send your replies

to Ms. Niveditha Rai, Mumbai.

Ms. Priyanka JainPurchase Dep. - Indore

Mr. Harish MadankarQA (API) - Silvassa

Ms. Beena NaikQ.C. - Athal

Mr. Abhimanyu KulkarniPharma - Akola

Ms. Sharmila GujaranExports - Mumbai

Q: Train travels from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train takes 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train takes an hour and 20 minutes. Give Reason ?

Jack-ass : noun : a stupid person

Janitor : noun : caretaker

Jaunt : noun : a short journey that you make for pleasure

Jekyll and Hyde : noun : a person who is sometimes very pleasant (Jekyll) and sometimes very unpleasant (Hyde) or who leads two very separate lives

Jingoism : noun : a strong belief that your own country is best, especially when this is expressed in support of war with another country.

Of course not. If he has a widow, then he is dead. And dead people cannot marry.

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