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'Aarogyam' - A Health Club was inaugurated by Sandip

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SIPS), Mahiravani,

Nashik, Maharashtra at Sandip Foundation as a interactive and

informative platform on 6th August 2013. This innovative idea of

SIPS staff was supported by Principal, Dr. G.N. Chaudhari and

the motivating management of Sandip Foundation.

The function begun with the lamp lightening by the chief guest

and Sarswati Vandana. Dr. Nitin Ghaisas, M.D. Consultant

Cardiologist graced the event as the chief guest; Dr. S.T.

Gandhe, Principal, SITRC; Dr. P.N. Patil, Principal, Sandip

Polytechnic and Prof. D.D. Shinde as guests of honor. Dr. G.N.

Chaudhari gave the vision behind this innovative lead and

focused on added responsibilities of Pharmacist in finding the

ultimate solution to every health problem. On this occasion,

the chief guest - Dr. Nitin Ghaisas expressed his views on

'Healthcare through Heart Care'. Looking to day-today’s life

style, health is getting the secondary importance. Apart from

that, in the society, there are many doubts as well as many

misunderstanding regarding health issues.

Dr. Ghaisas told that pharmacist, as a part of community and

crucial element of health care segment of the country, is

having the prime responsibility to make community aware

about health, health care, health issue and treatment.

The event was witnessed by Prof. Anil Maheshwari, Prof.

Shantanu Kale, Prof. Aashoo Gupta Khan, Dr. Brijesh Ghosh, Mr.

Sudhakar Jadhav, Mr. Ganesh Shinde and Mr. Ajit Wankhede,

Secretary of Maharashtra State Branch of Association of

Pharmacy Professionals. The episode was concluded with the

thanking speech of Mrs. S.G. Talele at the end.

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A One-day Workshop on ‘Research Methodology and

Biostatistics’ was organized by P.S.G.V.P. Mandal’s College of

Pharmacy, Shahada, Maharashtra to provide information and

new ideas for future research activities on 21st September

2013 at the College Campus. This workshop was sponsored by

North Maharashtra University (NMU), Student Welfare Section,

Jalgaon, Maharashtra.

The programme was inaugurated by the chief guest Prof. (Dr.)

V.K. Mourya, Principal, Govt. College of Pharmacy, Amravati;

guest of honor Dr. P.S. Nannaware, Director of Student Welfare

Section, Jalgaon; Dr. A.S. Patil, Director PG, P.S.G.V.P. Mandal’s

Colleges, Shahada; Mr. Amit Page from SVKM’S NMIMS, Shirpur.

Principal Dr. S.P. Pawar introduced the mandal and the

president Hon. Shri Annasaheb P.K. Patil. The workshop was

attended by more than 200 students/research

scholars/faculties from various colleges of North

Maharashtra University and over 70 participants presented

research and review articles in oral and posters. The scientific

session comprised of lectures by eminent speakers like Prof.

V. K. Mourya, Mr. Amit Page who expressed their views on

‘Meaning, Objective and Types of Research’ and ‘Basic

Concepts of Biostatistics’.

To encourage and motivate the students, six best oral and

poster presentation awards were given in each discipline by

Prof. S. P. Pawar and Mr. Amit Page at the valedictory function.

Winners of research methodology presentation competition

were R. S. Marathe (A.R.A. College of Pharmacy, Dhule); M. V.

Bhagyavant (P.S.G.V.P. Mandal’s College, Shahada); S. G. Mule

(HRPIPER, Shirpur); V.S. Palkhe (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

College, Amalner); R. P. Sharma (G.T.P. College, Nandurbar) and

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R. H. Rajpal (IMRD, Shahada). The teaching staffs have

collectively put their efforts under the leadership of Co-

ordinators Dr. S. T. Patil, Student Welfare Officer and Mrs. S. L.

Borse to make this programme successful one.

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A National Seminar on ‘Techniques of Taste Masking and

Evaluation, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Patent

Drafting’ was organized by H.K. College of Pharmacy,

Oshiwara, Jogeshwari, Maharashtra on 28th September 2013.

The function was inaugurated by Chief Guest of the day - Dr.

Ashok Omray, President, Ideal Cures Private Limited, Mumbai

who advised students to equip and arm themselves as much as

they can and mentioned not to stop learning and try to absorb

maximum information now before contributing in the

specialized areas.

Other speakers were Mr. Sourabh Dhopade, Mr. Afroj Sayyed,

Mr. Kamlesh Rathod from S. Zhaveri Pharmakem Private

Limited; Mr Sandeep Mane from Roquette India Private Limited

and Ms. Andreya Fernandes, Ms. Bina Dandekar from

Gopakumar Nair Associates. Taste Sensing Machine, Co-

Processed Technology Product, Pre-Lubricated High

Functionality Composite, Cyclodextrins Complexes in

Pharmaceutical Applications, IPR and Patent Drafting were the

highlights of the seminar. Programme was witnessed by Dr.

Rajani Athawale, C.U. Shah College of Pharmacy; Mr. Arvind

Naik, St. Johns College of Pharmacy; Dr. Rashmi Srivastava

and Mrs. Sheeja Koliyote from MET College of Pharmacy; Dr.

MrunmayeeToraskar from Bharati Vidyapith College of

Pharmacy and students/faculties of diverse surrounding

pharmacy institutions.

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Sixth International Conference on ‘Recent advances in

Cardiovascular Sciences’ was organized by International

Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences-India Section at Delhi

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (DIPSAR),

New Delhi from 31st January-1st February 2014. The conference

was attended by more than 300 Delegates. The inauguration

was chaired by Nobel Laureate Dr. Ferid Murad and graced by

Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury (National Professor of

Pharmacology); Dr. Jagdish Prasad (DGHS, Ministry of Health &

Family Welfare, India); Dr. G.N. Singh (DCGI, India); Dr. N.K.

Ganguly (Former Director General, ICMR, India); Dr. S.K. Gupta

(President IACS, India Section); Dr. S.S. Agrawal (Secretary

General IACS, India Section) and B. Ostadal (Academy of

Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague).

The scientific session of conference started with a plenary

lecture by Dr. Ferid Murad on “Application of Nitric Oxide

Research to Drug Development and Disease Therapy” and was

followed by six plenary sessions covering topics such as

Recent Techniques in Therapeutics of Heart failure; Stem cell

Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases; Role of Genetics in

Development of New Treatment Strategies; Molecular

Mechanisms Involved in Heart Failure. Besides plenary

sessions, an oral session as well as poster session was

organised and student delegates showed active participation.

During valedictory function, Medal of Merit was awarded to Dr.

Ferid Murad, Nobel Laureate for Medicine (1998), Washington,

University, USA; Distinguished Leadership Award to Dr. S.K.

Gupta, President-International Academy of Cardiovascular

Sciences, India Section; ‘Suresh K Gupta Oration Award’ to

B. Ostadal, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the

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Czech Republic, Prague; ‘Ramesh K Goyal Oration Award’ to

Grant N. Pierce, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba,

Winnipeg, Canada; ‘Harpal S Buttar Oration Award’ to K.K.

Aggarwal, President-Heart Care Foundation of India and Sr.

Consultant Medicine, Cardiology, Moolchand, India. Efforts of

Prof S.K. Gupta, Prof. D.P. Pathak, Dr. Wakode and other faculty

members of DIPSAR made the conference a successful one.

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A National Symposium on ‘Phyto-Zoo-Medicine and

AYUSH Therapy: Total Health Management’ was organized

by Oriental Education Society’s Oriental College of Pharmacy,

Sanpada, Navi Mumbai on 21st-22nd February 2014. The

symposium was sponsored by Department of AYUSH, Ministry

of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The event

was inaugurated by Dr. Ashok Vaidya, Research Director, ICMR

Kasturba Health Society, Mumbai as chief guest; Dr. Varsha

Jadhav, Professor, BVC Pharmacy, CBD, Belapur, Navi Mumbai

as guest of honor; Dr. Sudha Rathod, Principal, Oriental College

of Pharmacy as chairman of symposium; Dr. Mohib Khan,

Professor, Oriental College of Pharmacy as convener and

organizing secretary of event.

The programme was held to explore importance of Ayurvedic,

Unani and Homeopathic formulations, further to explore

safety, quality and efficacy of herbal and animal formulations

and to discuss nutraceuticals, functional foods, cupping

therapy, Yoga etc. This National Symposium provided

opportunities for the participants all over India to get

knowledge about Phyto-Zoo medicines and AYUSH therapy in

health management. During the event, faculty members of

hosting institute and surrounding colleges imparting

pharmaceutical education with Ayurvedic, Unani and

Homeopathy showed their presence with enthusiasm.

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A Workshop on ‘Handling of Analytical Instruments’ was

organized by Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA

University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on 8th March 2014. The

workshop was inaugurated by Prof. R.K. Agrawal, Dean, Dr.

Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.

The workshop was aimed at providing common platform to

scientists, researchers, academicians and technologists

engaged in pharmaceutical analysis for the exchange of

innovative ideas and forum for discussion on the use of the

technologies. The workshop started with welcome address by

Prof. Pradeep Mishra, Director, Institute of Pharmaceutical

Research (IPR) and discussion on the theme of workshop by

Mr. Kamal Shah, Convener of the workshop. Prof. R.K. Agrawal

and Mr. Santosh Bhardwaj from Shimadzu Analytical (India)

Pvt. Limited, delivered scientific talks.

The main attraction of the workshop was the handling of

UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, FT-IR Spectrophotometer, HPLC,

Bioanalyzer, Phase Contrast Microscope and Brookfield

Viscometer supervised by Mr. Kamal Shah, Mr. Prabhat Kumar

Upadhyaya, Ms. Shruti Tandon, Mr. Gopal Prasad Agrawal, Mr.

Jeetendra Kumar Gupta, Mrs. Sonia Sharma, Mr. Yogesh Murti

and other faculty members of IPR. Around 64 participants

from various institutes attended the workshop and expressed

their satisfaction over the usefulness of the workshop. The

workshop ended with the vote of thanks by Dr. H.N. Yadav, HOD,

Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University, Mathura.

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A National Seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Spectroscopic

Analysis of Phytoconstituents in Herbal Drug Technology’

was organized by RKDF College of Pharmacy, Bhopal, Madhya

Pradesh on 28th March 2014 at its campus. Event was

sponsored by Madhya-Pradesh Council of Science and

Technology (MPCST) and inaugurated by Dr. Pradeep Mishra,

Director, Institute of Pharmacy, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar

Pradesh and presided over by Mr. Rajeev Chandhok, Director,

RKDF College of Pharmacy, Bhopal. Welcome speech was

delivered by Dr. Jay Ram Patel, Principal, RKDF College of

Pharmacy and Convener of the function.

The scientific session was started with the lecture of Dr.

Pradeep Mishra who gave insights on “Phytochemistry and

Chromatography”. His interactive lecture was followed by

keynote address by Dr. Rajesh Singh, Post-doctoral fellow at

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER),

Bhopal who enlightened the professional gathering on

“Interpretation of Exact Masses and Isotopic Abundances into

Mass Spectral Patterns”. In the afternoon session, informative

and interactive talk on “Supercritical Fluid Extraction in Herbal

Drug Technology” was delivered by Dr. Surendra Jain,

Director, SIRT-Pharmacy, Bhopal. The day came to end with

lecture by Dr. Love Kumar Soni, Reader, School of Pharmacy,

Devi Ahilya University, Indore on “Intellectual Property

Protection for Herbal Drugs: Approaches and Legal

Implication”. For this programme, nearly 95 students and staff

delegates from different colleges of MP, UP, Maharashtra,

Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh gathered and finally event

was concluded by vote of thanks by Dr. Neeraj Upmanyu.

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A National Conference on ‘Nanodermatology, Advances,

Pitfalls and Future Challenges’ was organized by Institute of

Pharmacy, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur,

Chhattisgarh on 28th-30th April 2014 on the occasion of golden

jubilee celebration of Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University,

Raipur. The conference was inaugurated by Hon. Vice

Chancellor Prof. S. K. Pandey; Prof. V.K. Dixit, Dean and

Academic Head, Bhagyoday Tirth Pharmacy College, Sagar and

Dr. Ajay Sachan, Asst. Drug Controller, New Delhi. Hon. Vice

Chancellor also inaugurated the sophisticated pilot plant

laboratory and biotechnology laboratory of the pharmacy

department which was funded by UGC-BSR and DST-FIST. Prof.

Swarnlata Saraf, convener of the conference, welcomed all the

guests, keynote speakers, delegates and participants. She

discussed about the new and potential findings in the field of

nanodermatology focusing the development of effective

formulations with maximum benefits and minimum harm.

Prof. Shailendra Saraf highlighted the importance and

significance of various events, conferences and seminars

organized by the institute and gave a brief introduction about

the institute. Dr. Amber Vyas, Organizing secretary of the

conference, focused on the coming opportunities for the

pharma personnel, research scholars, academicians,

industrialists and dermatologist regarding the use of powerful

nanotechnology in field of dermatotherapy. Prof. V.K. Dixit

discussed about the biotechnological aspects of research and

development in nanodermatology. Around 85 participants

attended the conference and at last, Dr. Vishal Jain proposed

the vote of thanks to conclude the event.

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