UNESCO-BIOETHICS UNIT

Celebrates

“World Bioethics Day 2019”

On 12th December 2019

Organizers: UNESCO-Bioethics Unit and IQAC of SGT University Objective of the programme: Celebration of “World Bioethics Day 2019” Speaker: 1) Dr Y.K Gupta, Principal Advisor, THSTI-DBT & Chairman SGT Council of Biomedical research 2) Dr Nalin Mehta, Senior Professor(Physiology), AIIMS, 3) Dr Aditya Kaushik, Senior Research Officer, THSTI 4) Dr Pooja Gupta, Associate Professor(Pharmacology), AIIMS.

Brief profile of speakers:

1) Dr Y.K Gupta: Dr. Y.K. Gupta M.D (Pharmacology, 1979) from King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, has served asDirector Academics and Professorand Head, Department of Pharmacology All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and as Director, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow . He has been In-charge of National Poison Information Centre and he is the National Scientific Co-coordinator ofPharmacovigilance Program of India (PvPI). He is the Chairman, National GLP Technical committee,DST, Govt of India and Convener India Initiate Programme (IPS). He has been honored with multiple national and international Fellowships and awards. He has been President, Indian Society of Nanomedicine, Society of Toxicology and Indian Pharmacological Society. He has more than 275 publications in International and National journals with total impact factor of over 820. He has also served as member Ethics Committee of Medical Council of India and currently he is President AIIMS –Bhopal, Principal Advisor THSTI – DBT Vice Chairman,Standing National Committee on Medicines & Health Care Products, GOI President, National Society of Alternatives to Animals. He has been associated with SGT University for over an year now and is the chairman or SGT Council of Biomedical Research.

2) Dr Nalin Mehta: Dr. Nalin Mehta is a Professor of Physiology at AIIMS, New Delhi and has 30 years of research and teaching experience including his time

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spent at AIIMS, JIPMER, Institute of Medicine and the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Canada. His research interests includes Cellular and Molecular Reproductive Physiology, neurodegenerative disorders, Bioethics and Medical Education. An avid researcher, he was the First Indian civilian doctor to winter-over for 16 months for Human Physiology research at the Indian Antarctica Station, Maitri, as a member of the 12th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (Dec 1992-Apr 1994). He has been awarded the prestigious Fogarty International Fellowship which led to the award of a Masters’ degree in Bioethics in 2003. A renowned Bioethics expert, he has been resource person at various national and international bioethics forums and Training programs. In addition, he is the Chair of two and serves as a member of Ethics Committees for Research on Human Subjects for prominent Hospitals and Research Institutions in New Delhi as well as at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, Manipur. A well known Medical Educationist and a FAIMER Medical Education fellow, he is a prominent resource faculty at the K L Wig Centre for Medical Education & Technology (CMET) at AIIMS. He has several international and national publications, including chapters in books, and has conducted numerous training and faculty development workshops in the field of not only Physiology but also on Bioethics, Medical Education and Research Methodology.

3) Dr Aditya Kaushik: Dr Aditya Kaushik is a Medical Graduate with specialization in Pharmacology having about 20 years of clinical and Industry experience in Medical & Regulatory Affairs including Clinical Drug Development, Registration, Medical-Marketing & Pharmacovigilance procedures. He has served as Medical Affairs Lead (India Subcontinent) and Head Medical & Regulatory Affairs (India) for GSK(GlaxoSmithKline) Consumer Healthcare Ltd. And also Senior Manager & Head Medical & Regulatory Affairs, MENARINI Group. His appointment on senior leadership roles are based on demonstrated success in defining and executing short and long term strategy, directing product development, medical & regulatory strategies and clinical research initiatives and in building and leading top performing medical and regulatory teams.

4) Dr Pooja Gupta: Dr Pooja Gupta is MD (Pharmacology), DM (Clinical Pharmacology) and is currently Associate Professor in Pharmacology at AIIMS, New Delhi. She is trained in clinical research,Bioethics, Pharmacovigilance, GCP and is observer for GLP, National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority. She is AIIMS center coordinator for Pharmacovigilance Program of India and Materiovigilance Program of India She is a member of Institute Ethics Sub-Committee for reporting of Serious Adverse events (SAEs) in Clinical Trials. She has organized several workshops and training courses in research methodology, GLP, GCP, Ethics and Pharmacovigilance.

She is a member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS); Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS) under Indian National Science Academy; associate executive member of Indian Pharmacological Society (IPS), Convener of young pharmacologist forum under IPS.

Audience : The PG Students. Ph.D Scholars , interns and faculty members of the University from faculties of Dental, Ayurveda, Pharmacy, Allied Health, Behavioural Sciences, Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medical Sciences. Brief Report of the programme: The establishment of UNESCO Bioethics Unit is one of the successful collaboration initiatives of the University. The unit was incepted on 30th June 2017 and is affiliated to UNESCO Chair in BIOETHICS established at Haifa, Israel. The objective was to increase the awareness and importance of ethics in medical education and related health sciences. The Unit includes the members from medical, dental, Ayurveda, pharmacy, allied health, physiotherapy, nursing, behavioural, agricultural sciences and law faculties. The unit has been actively conducting lectures, symposiums related to multiple bioethics issues and encourages students and faculty to undertake research projects and publish papers related to same. The World Bioethics Day is celebrated all over the world on 19th October on a particular theme. This year it is celebrating article 12 of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, dedicated to respect of cultural diversity and pluralism. It says: "The importance of cultural diversity and pluralism should be given due regard. However, such considerations are not to be invoked to infringe upon human dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms nor upon the principles set out in this Declaration, nor to limit their scope. So, the UNESCO Bioethics unit of SGT University celebrated “World Bioethics Day 2019” on the theme “Respect for Cultural Diversity” with the luminaries in the field of ethics on 12th December 2019. The actual celebrations of World Bioethics started in July when multiple competitions were held in all faculties for students. The competitions included:

1) Artistic poster 2) Scientific Poster 3) Photography 4) Short film/video

The competitions were conducted in multiple faculties of SGT University before 31st July 2018. The entries were evaluated by IQAC and shortlisted for the international competitions. The students of Faculty of Dental Sciences, Indian Medical System, Nursing and Physiotherapy participated with full zeal and gave multiple entries in the category of artistic poster, scientific poster, Photography and short Film/video. The theme for the competitions was “Respect for Cultural Diversity ”. 1 artistic poster from Faculty of Nursing, 1 photograph from Faculty of Dental Sciences, 1 scientific poster from Faculty of Nursing and 1 short film/video from Faculty of Dental Sciences were shortlisted for international competitions.

The entries submitted internationally were certified by Unit Head as follows:

Best Photograph- Ishpreet Kalra

Best Artistic Poster- Riya

Avradita Biswas, BDS Final YearAyesha Gupta, BDS Final YearJyoti Saini, BDS Final YearAishwarya Sharma, BDS Final YearAnkita Sehgal, BDS Final YearArchit Singh, BDS Final YearChetna Bambhu, BDS Final YearAnkita Thakur, BDS Final Year

Best Short Film/Video

Avradita BiswasAyesha GuptaJyoti SainiAishwaryaSharmaAnkita Sehgal,Archit Singh,Chetna BambhuAnkita Thakur

The other participating entries included:

1) Faculty of Nursing

2) Faculty of Indian Medical System

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3) Faculty of Physiotherapy

4) Faculty of Dental Sciences

The shortlisted entries were sent for International competitions to be held at

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics at Haifa, Israel by 10th August 2019.

The communications were started with the resource persons regarding their time

and for delivery of guest lecture on the aforementioned theme. After multiple

communications, 12th December 2019 was finalized for the celebration of the

event.

The minute to minute program schedule for the event was follows:

The program started with the welcome and introduction of the Unit by Dr Astha Chaudhry, Secretary, UNESCO Bioethics Unit, Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology and Member Secretary IQAC. She apprised the audience about the Unit, its activities and the celebration of World Bioethics Day 2019 and its theme.

Following the brief introduction, all the guest speakers were formally welcomed by presentation of sapling by University authorities.

Dr Astha Chaudhry introducing the program and the apprising about the Unit and its activities

Dr M. S Sidhu, Unit Head, welcoming Dr Y.K Gupta, Principal Advisor, THSTI with a sapling

Dr Rajiv Khanna, Senior Professor Law welcoming Dr Nalin Mehta, Professor AIIMS with a sapling

Dr Ravindra Arahunsi, Dean, FIMS welcoming Dr Aditya Kaushik, Senior Research Officer, THSTI with a sapling

The formal welcome of the distinguished speakers was followed by Lamp lighting ceremony by the dignitaries.

Dr KVS Chaudhary,Addl Dean, Nursing welcoming Dr Pooja Gupta, Asso. Professor AIIMS with a sapling

The dignitaries lighting the ceremonial lamp

Following this, the inaugural address was given by Dr M. S Sidhu, Head, UNESCO

Bioethics Unit of SGT University, Director IQAC and Dean Research and Development. Dr Sidhu stressed upon the initiatives our University is taking to increase the awareness of ethics and to inculcate values among its stakeholders as ethics is one of the core values of the Institution and a strong pillar of foundation for the University. The introduction of value added course on Professional ethics and human values is one such step in that direction.

This was followed by address of Dr Y K Gupta, Principal Advisor Translational health Science and technology Institute(THSTI) & Chairman SGT Council of Biomedical Research.

Dr M.S Sidhu, Unit Head, delivering the inaugural address

Dr Y.K Gupta, principal Advisor, THSTI delivering the address

Dr Y.K Gupta stressed upon the importance of ethics education for academicians, students and researchers by giving relevant examples explaining the consequences, if ethical guidelines are not followed. He emphasized that even though ethics are an integral part of everyday life for every human being but it becomes extremely important for professionals of any field to follow the ethical norms and guidelines created for responsible practice and conduct otherwise the consequences of not abiding by them may ruin the careers. After the insightful address and setting up of mood for education of ethics, felicitation of speakers was done by the university officials by presenting the University memento and certificates of appreciation as a token of gratitude.

Dr M.S Sidhu felicitating Dr Nalin Mehta with University memento and certificate of appreciation

The certificate of appreciation for the distinguished speaker was as follows:

Dr Manjula Batra, Dean, Law felicitating Dr Aditya Kaushik, SRO, THSTI with University memento and

certificate of appreciation

Dr Vijay Bhalla, Principal SGTCOPS felicitating Dr Pooja Gupta, Asso. Prof, AIIMS with University memento and certificate of appreciation

Dr V.K Govila, Dean, FAHS felicitating Dr Y.K Gupta, Principal Advsior, THSTI with certificate of appreciation

As a part of celebrations of World Bioethics Day, the unit also acknowledged the efforts of the members who have been actively contributing to the various activities of the unit. The award for the “Most active member of the Unit” was presented to Dr Vijay Bhalla, Principal, SGT College of Pharmacy for his contributions in the conduction of lectures and undertaking research projects in the field of bioethics particularly in the field of safe disposal of unused medicines.

Dr Vijay Bhalla receiving the award for “Most active member of Bioethics Unit” by Dr M.S Sidhu, Unit Head

This marked the conclusion of inaugural ceremony and scientific session were initiated starting with Dr Nalin Mehta on the topic “Cultural Diversity and ethics in India”.

Dr Nalin Mehta, Professor AIIMS delivering his lecture on “Cultural Diversity and Ethics in India”.

The session by Dr Nalin Mehta was very interesting and interactive. He highlighted the ethical issues according to different cultures not only in India but globally as well and gave onpoint examples which were refreshing and made everyone glued to their seats. He emphasized the significance of ethical values, their practice, follow up of policies and abiding by the guidelines and laws related to ethics. The next session was the felicitation of students who have represented our unit at International platform and for the students who have participated enthusiastically in the World bioethics day competitions. The students who represented the UNESCO BIOETHICS unit of SGT University at UNESCO Chair in Bioethics at Haifa during the WBD 2019 competitions included:

S.No Name of Student Category

1. Ishpreet kalra(Intern, Dental Sciences) Photography

2. Khushboo, BSc Nursing 3rd semester Scientific Poster

3. Ms Riya, BSc Nursing 3rd semester Artistic Poster

4. Avradita Biswas, BDS Final Year Short film/Video

5. Ayesha Gupta, BDS Final Year Short film/Video

6. Jyoti Saini, BDS Final Year Short film/Video

7. Aishwarya Sharma, BDS Final Year

Short film/Video

8. Ankita Sehgal, BDS Final Year Short film/Video

9. Archit Singh, BDS Final Year Short film/Video

10. Chetna Bambhu, BDS Final Year Short film/Video

11. Ankita Thakur, BDS Final Year Short film/Video

They received the International participation certificates from UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa and certificates of appreciation from the University for standing first in the respective category of competitions.

Template of certificate of Appreciation for Winners of the WBD 2019 competitions

Representative sample of International certificates of participation who represented the Unit on International Platform at UNESCO Chair in Bioethics at Haifa, Israel.

Award for Best Photograph to Mr Ishpreet kalra presented by Dr M.S Sidhu and Dr Y.K Gupta

Award for Best Scientific Poster to Ms khushboo presented by Dr M.S Sidhu and Dr Y.K Gupta

Award for Best Artistic Poster to Ms Riya presented by Dr M.S Sidhu and Dr Y.K Gupta

Award for Best Short Film to team of 8 members presented by Dr M.S Sidhu and Dr Y.K Gupta

Following the presentation of awards to the winners, the participants were presented with certificates of participation who have put in much of their hardwork and creativity in making the posters that were also displayed in the gallery to the auditorium.

Participation certificates to students by Dr Aditya kaushik, distinguished speaker and Dr Manjual Batra , Dean Law

Participation certificates to students by Dr Ravindra, Dean FIMS and Dr Vijay Bhalla, Principal, SGTCOPS

The list of students who received the participation certificates included: 1) FACULTY OF NURSING

ARTISTIC POSTER COMPTETION

S.NO. NAME BATCH 1) Vishal B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 2) Ritika B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 3) Meenakshi GN.M 2nd year 4) Jaspreet Kaur Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 5) Mamta B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 6) Samiksha B.SC.Nursing 3rd sem. 7) Nancy Dayal B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 8) Komal B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 9) Nancy B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 10) Manshi B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 11) Nisha B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 12) Aakanksha B.Sc.Nursing 5th sem. 13) Kanika Kushwaha B.Sc.Nursing 5th sem. 14) Gayatri B.Sc.Nursing 5th sem.

Display of all students posters in the gallery of the auditorium

15) Neha B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 16) Nitika B.Sc. Nursing 4th sem. 17) Priyanka B.Sc. Nursing 4th sem. 18) Sejal B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 19) Jatin Kaushik B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 20) Aakansha Shokeen B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem.

LIST OF STUDENT FOR SCIENTIFIC POSTER COMPETITION

S.NO. NAME BATCH 1. Gayatri B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 2. Kanika Kushwaha B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 3. Vanshika B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 4. Vikas Sangwan B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. LIST OF STUDENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION S.NO. NAME BATCH 1. Jhanvi Sharma B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem.

2) FACULTY OF INDIAN MEDICAL SYSTEM

Students in Artistic Poster 1. Priyanka Anand 2. Ashu Chaudhary 3. Kumud Rani 4. Rajni

3) FACULTY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY Students in Artistic Poster

1) Shweta 2) Mahima 3) Anjali 4) Panya 5) Hitesh 6) Gauravi

4) FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES

Students in Artistic Poster

1) Dr Ankita MDS 1st Year 2) Dr Prerna MDS 1st Year

Students in Scientific Poster

1) Dr Ishita Singhal, MDS, Oral path

Students in Photography

1) Dr Aanchal MDS 2nd Year PHD 2) Dr Priyanka MDS 2nd Year PHD 3) Ayesha Gupta BDS, Final year 4) Ishpreet Kalra BDS, Intern

Students in Short Film

1) Nisha Jakhar BDS Intern 2) Nisha Yadav 3) Mukul 4) Mansi 5) Nikita Yadav 6) Jasmeet

The next session was by Dr Aditya Kaushik on “Ethical issues in Clinical trials in India”. He stressed upon the importance of language for communication to patients especially in research and clinical trials and greatly emphasized the difference in difficulties of interpretation of spoken Hindi and written Hindi language. He explained that for any successful completion of research or clinical trial from ethical perspective, it is important that the patient is properly communicated about all aspects of research method to be followed.

Delivery of Lecture by Dr Aditya Kaushik on “Ethical issues in Clinical trials in India”

The next session was by Dr Pooja Gupta, Associate professor, Pharmacology, AIIMS on “Issues in Informed Consent’. The session was very interesting and explained the concept of “Understood Consent” instead of informed consent as it is extremely crucial for the clinician to explain and communicate to the patient about the procedure in a way they understand, in the language they are comfortable with. It was stressed that when it comes to ethics, the process is more important than the outcome achieved. So, for clinicians it is important to follow the protocols and procedures to refrain from falling under the unethical practices.

The next session was by Dr Y.K Gupta, Principal Advisor, THSTI-DBT and Chairman, SGT Council of Biomedical research on the topic “Ethical issues in Marginalized Population”. He explained the various challenges and ethical issues when doing and field research involving the tribal and other marginalized population as there is always a barrier of communication and the literacy rate in these populations may pose more challenges while conducting research on these groups of populations. He gain emphasized on the importance of Understood consent and the nominees who are eligible to give consent by citing various examples of the ethical challenges that have been faced in the past. By mentioning the earlier researches conducted that failed on ethical norms, he apprised the audience about take home messages about do’s and don’ts while taking consent and conducting research and trials involving human subjects.

Delivery of Lecture by Dr Pooja Gupta on “Issues in informed Consent”

This session was followed by Question and Answer session which was very interactive and witnessed active participation by the faculty members as well as the students.

Delivery of Lecture by Dr Pooja Gupta on “Issues in informed Consent”

Dr V.K Govila questioning about the prescription writing of generic names of drugs

There were many questions about the use of “Off-label drugs”, the people responsible for giving consent if patient is unconscious and when patient is lucid and many more which actually apprised the audience about various ethical issues and the need to understand and implement the ethical guidelines in daily practice as well as particularly when dealing with research on live subjects. This was followed by conclusion of the scientific session and proposal of Vote of Thanks by Dr Astha Chaudhry, Secretary UNESCO Bioethics Unit. Following the National Anthem at the conclusion of the program, the dignitaries were accompanied by all the members of the Unit for sumptuous lunch in Dental Committee Room. The list of certificate numbers of all certificate holders as submitted to Registrar office included:

LIST OF STUDENTS RECEIVING APPRECIATION CERTIFICATES AND INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES

S.No Name of Student Category Certificate numbers 1. Ishpreet kalra(Intern, Dental Sciences) Photography 32660 2. Khushboo, BSc Nursing 3rd Semester Scientific Poster 32661

Dr Reshu Madan questioning about the kind of language to be used while interacting as well as writing case records in case of literate patients

3. Ms Riya, BSc Nursing 3rd semester Artistic Poster 32662 4. Avradita Biswas, BDS Final Year Short film/Video 32663 5. Ayesha Gupta, BDS Final Year Short film/Video 32664 6. Jyoti Saini, BDS Final Year Short film/Video 32665 7. Aishwarya Sharma, BDS Final Year Short film/Video 32666 8. Ankita Sehgal, BDS Final Year Short film/Video 32667 9. Archit Singh, BDS Final Year Short film/Video 32668 10. Chetna Bambhu, BDS Final Year Short film/Video 32669 11. Ankita Thakur, BDS Final Year Short film/Video 32670 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR WORLD BIOETHICS DAY 2019 COMPETITIONS

1) FACULTY OF NURSING ARTISTIC POSTER COMPTETION S.NO. NAME BATCH Certificate numbers

1) Vishal B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 32671 2) Ritika B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 32672 3) Meenakshi GN.M 2nd year 32673 4) Jaspreet Kaur Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing

3rd sem. 32674

5) Mamta B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 32675 6) Samiksha B.SC.Nursing 3rd sem. 32676 7) Nancy Dayal B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 32677 8) Komal B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 32678 9) Nancy B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 32679 10) Manshi B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 32680 11) Nisha B.Sc. Nursing 4th year 32681 12) Aakanksha B.Sc.Nursing 5th sem. 32682 13) Kanika Kushwaha B.Sc.Nursing 5th sem. 32683 14) Gayatri B.Sc.Nursing 5th sem. 32684 15) Neha B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 32685 16) Nitika B.Sc. Nursing 4th sem. 32686 17) Priyanka B.Sc. Nursing 4th sem. 32687 18) Sejal B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 32688 19) Jatin Kaushik B.Sc. Nursing 3rd sem. 32689 20) Aakansha Shokeen B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 32690

LIST OF STUDENT FOR SCIENTIFIC POSTER COMPETITION S.NO. NAME BATCH Certificate numbers

1. Vanshika B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 32691 2. Vikas Sangwan B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 32692

LIST OF STUDENT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION S.NO. NAME BATCH Certificate Number

1. Jhanvi Sharma B.Sc. Nursing 5th sem. 32693

2) FACULTY OF INDIAN MEDICAL SYSTEM Students in Artistic Poster S.No Name Certificate number

1. Priyanka Anand 32694 2. Ashu Chaudhary 32695 3. Kumud Rani 32696 4. Rajni 32697

3) FACULTY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY

Students in Artistic Poster S.No Name Certificate number

1. Shweta 32698 2. Mahima 32699 3. Anjali 32700 4. Panya 32701 5. Hitesh 32702 6. Gauravi 32703

4) FACULTY OF DENTAL SCIENCES

S.No Name Certificate number Students in Artistic Poster

1. Dr Ankita MDS 1st Year 32704 2. Dr Prerna MDS 1st Year 32705

Students in Scientific Poster 3. Dr Ishita Singhal 32706

Students in Photography 4. Dr Aanchal MDS 2nd Year PHD 32707 5. Dr Priyanka MDS 2nd Year PHD 32708 6. Ayesha Gupta 32709 7. Ishpreet Kalra 32710

Students in Short Film 8. Nisha Jakhar BDS Intern 32711 9. Nisha Yadav BDS Intern 32712

10. Mukul BDS Intern 32713 11. Mansi BDS Intern 32714 12. Nikita Yadav BDS Intern 32715 13. Jasmeet BDS Intern 32716

Certificates for Speakers S.No Name Certificate numbers

1. Dr Y.K Gupta 32717 2. Dr Pooja Gupta 32718 3. Dr Aditya Kaushik 32719 4. Dr Nalin Mehta 32720 5. Dr Vijay Bhalla 32721