apti 83rd issue

Greetings,

The month of September belongs to teachers; I salute all Noble

Gurus, who have opened the eyes blinded by darkness of

ignorance with the collyrium stick of knowledge.

There is a sudden and unplanned increase in number of pharmacy

colleges in India. In order to build higher education with the

international standards, good and strategic governance is necessary.

We live in a world where change is the only constant thing. The era of increasing globalization and

specialization reckons for revamping Pharmacy education sector including revision of curriculum

keeping in pace with the current and emerging trends in the field of pharmacy. Developing

laboratory skills for a better hand in industry, inclusion of specialization at graduation level are few

of the steps that may revolutionise the field of pharmacy. Another potential area of improvement

may be regulation of the increased number of pharmacy colleges that offer sub-standard research

facilities and this in turn affects the quality of intellect being offered to the industry. The advent of

Universities/ Colleges offering distant education schemes at Masters level as well as Doctorate

level has emanated non-qualified leaders who have further deteriorated the standard of

education.

A question here arises- who is to be blamed? The regulatory bodies of the profession simply pass

the buck from one to another. The industry simply labels the talent pool of pharmacy as

unemployable, but the root problem still stands still. The system today calls in for a paradigm shift

from textbook learning to smart learning. Quality management systems need to be incorporated

into the education system and an attempt should be made to form and interface between

education and the industry so as to realize what exactly the industry needs. Revival of pharmacy

education in India is the need of the hour and a master plan with an international perspective and

its immediate implementation is the only solution.

Reg. No: CMM/BNG/DECL/PP/182/2/2002

Vol 15, Issue 83, July - August, 2013


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Continuing Education

Dear APTI Members,

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Institutional News - 2 - 12

Ph.D Awardees - 12 - 14

Achievement - 14 - 15

Kudos - 15- 16

The call of the day in my opinion to all the Noble teachers of our country

are:-

1. Say NO to non attending B. Pharm. & M. Pharm. Courses.

2. Improve the quality of research in higher education.

3. Innovate new curriculum of B. Pharmacy.

4. Use computational gazettes / software in teaching.

thI cordially invite you all to the forthcoming 65 Indian Pharmaceutical th ndCongress, Delhi at Amity University, Noida, from 20 to 22 December,

2013 on the theme “ PHARMA VISION 2020 : EMPOWERING

PHARMACIST”.

Dr Arun Garg

Organising Secretary, 65th IPC, 2013, Delhi NCR

General Secretary – IPGA

Prof. & Head, School of Medical Allied Sciences,

K. R. Mangalam University, Gurgaon.

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information filled sessions covering various key areas like nanotechnology,

stem cell Transplantation, pharmaco-vigilance, cGMP, Clinical Research &

soft skills at this summer school where experts from industry & professionals

shared the latest technological approach of Pharmaceutical industry. Prof.

Dr Javed Ali, Hamdard University, New Delhi, and Dr Jamal Beg,

Country Head, Merck India, addressed the students and shared their

expertise on latest technologies and emerging trends in pharmaceutical

sciences.

Beside this, industrial visits were organized in reputed and well established

pharma companies like TEVA API, Unichem, Arbro Pharmaceutical and

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) towards the end of the sessions.

The students were exposed to good manufacturing practices, modern

analytical techniques and quality assurance in pharmaceutical houses. Dr

Umakant Bajaj the chairperson and Mr Sanjar Alam, the faculty coordinator

led the KSOP team to make this summer school a grand success. The

programme was concluded with valedictory proceeding along with

distribution of certificates to the students.

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th20 June 2013

TMSociety of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER) is proud to

embark on a new endeavor in 2013, The “SPER Times”. SPER Times is an

official news magazine of Society of Pharmaceutical Education and TMResearch (SPER) which is available in both print and online (electronic)

edition with a focus on important topics in the profession of pharmacy and

other allied sciences. SPER already has its own official research publication

“Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology and Research”

(JAPTR) published by Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd.

Mumbai, India (A product of Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia,

USA).

TMSociety of Pharmaceutical Education & Research [SPER] released the thinaugural issue of "SPER Times" [SPER Official News Magazine] on 20

June 2013 at ICMR Sponsored National Conference held at Shoolini

University, Solan. The Chief Guest for the conference was Dr. Neeraj

Tandon, Deputy Director General, ICMR, New Delhi, along with Guests

of Honor: Prof. P. K. Khosla, Vice-Chancellor, Shoolini University, Solan,

Prof. S. S. Handa, Dr. V. K. Kapoor, Dr. K. L. Dhar, Prof. P. L. Sharma and

Dr. Upendra Nagaich, Editor-in-Chief, SPER Times and Secretary, Society

th st17 -21 June, 2013

KIET School of Pharmacy (KSOP), Ghaziabad organized summer school th stfrom 17 -21 June on the theme “Exploring Pharmaceutical Challenges

and its Applications”. The programme commenced with inaugural session

which included the release of abstract book and inaugural address by Dr.

Narendra Kumar, Director-KIET, Dr Gajendra Singh, Additional Director-

KIET and Dr. Umakant Bajaj, Principal-KSOP.

The program highlights included academic lectures in morning session

followed by instrumentation & demonstration as post lunch sessions which

helped the students to learn various analytical techniques as well as novel

technologies for product development. There were a dynamic and

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Group and Dr. Abhijit Sengupta, Director cum Principal of GNIPST with

lamp lighting. The programme started with an opening song performed by

the B.Pharm students of this institute. The seminar consisted of a series of

lectures, video presentations and poster session. In the prelunch session 4

lectures were given by Dr. Lopamudra Dutta, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar,

Swati Nandy and Tamalika Chakraborty. On their presentation the speakers

enlightened the recent developments of Pharmacy, Genetics and

Microbiology and their correlation with Life Sciences. In the postlunch

session, Saini Setua and Sanchari Bhattacharjee explained the recent

development and career opportunities in Biotechnology and Hospital

Management. The programme concluded with valedictory session and

certificate distribution.

About 50 Higher secondary school teachers from different schools of

Kolkata and North& South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal

participated in this programme. A good interactive session between

participants and speakers was observed in the seminar. It was unique

discussion platform for school teachers and professionals of the emerging

and newer branches of Life Science.

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3rd July, 2013

AICTE sponsored, two week, faculty development program was organized

on “ Drug Delivery System : Preformulation to Industrial Development” at

Bansal College of Pharmacy, Bhopal. Program was inaugurated by Chief

Guest, Dr. Vinod K. Dixit, Retd. Prof., Department of Pharmaceutical

Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidhyalaya, Sagar, Guests of honour

Dr. S. C. Dubey, Retd. Director, HSADL, Bhopal, Dr. Subhash Pandey,

Director, Rambaxy Laboratories, Dewas, and special guest Mrs. Pooja

Bansal, Treasurer , Bansal Group on 03 June 2013. During two week 35

experts from various places delivered lecturers. 80 Faculty from number of

pharmacy college of Madhya Pradesh and other states participated in this

program. Valedictory function was inaugurated by Chief Guest Prof. Piyush

Trivedi, Vice Chancellor, RGPV, Bhopal, Guest of honor, Shri Sunil

Bansal, Secretary, Prof. Sanjay Jain, Joint Secretary, Bansal Group. On

this occasion certificates were distributed to faculty participant, Mr. Ashish

Singhai received best participant award. Dr. S. Nayak, Principal, Bansal

College of Pharmacy, co-ordinated the program.

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TMof Pharmaceutical Education & Research (SPER), Editor, Journal of

Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research [JAPTR].

The conference was organized on the theme “Research Trends in Future

Drug Development: Exploration of Medicinal and Aromatic Flora”. Various

students and research scholars presented their posters in the conference.

Dr. Upendra Nagaich congratulated the Vice-Chancellor, Shoolini

University, Solan for organizing the conference and working hard towards

developing the newer research concepts.

SPER Times will broadly cover novel researches and updates from

pharmaceutical industry as well. It will benefit many throughout our

community and further demonstrate pharmacy's ever expanding roles. SPER

Times is fortunate to have an editorial board of highly recognized and

reputed personalities of pharmacy field who will direct us in a progressive

and positive manner.

SPER Times aiming to communicate short reviews, short communications,

society's activities, conference/seminar news, publications, placements,

achievements, awards recognitions received, institutional profile, Classic

ads, guest editorials, advertorials, web advertising and recognitions

received by our members, any other information to be shared among our

members that contribute significantly to further the scientific knowledge

related to the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Articles with judicious

interest and novel research concepts will be given more preference.

Moreover, members can also share recent advancements in Pharmacy

discipline like innovation in techniques of drug delivery and targeting, new

patient healthcare systems, Drug Designing, Expansion in Pharmacy

Practice, Encroachment of herbal medicines in management of diseases,

progression in clinical research trials in India, launching of new drug products

and others.

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th29 June, 2013

One day seminar cum teachers' development programme for school teachers

on the theme of “Recent Trends of Life Sciences in Higher Education”

organized by Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & thTechnology(GNIPST), Sodepur, Kolkata was held on 29 June, 2013

at GNIPST Auditorium. The programme was inaugurated by Prof . Asit

Guha, Director of JIS Group, Mr. U.S. Mukherjee, Dy Director of JIS

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rd th3 -16 July 2013

Shri Sarvajanik Pharmacy College, Mehsana organized AICTE, New Delhi

sponsored and jointly with Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad

a national level two week faculty development programme on Newer rd thPerspectives in Clinical Research from 3 -16 July 2013., speaking as

speaker Dr. R. K. Goyal, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Life Sciences,

Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad delivered key note address in rdinaugural function on 3 July 2013 and discussed the challenges for clinical

research organizations in India and emphasized on enhancing quality

standards in pharmacy education.

In all total 36 brain-storming scientific sessions were conducted during this

programme. 15 experts from academia, 10 experts from industries and 3

eminent clinicians including Dr. Kiran Marthak, Dr. Lalit Vaya, Dr Bhaswat

Chakraborthy, Dr. Chirag Shah, Dr. B. G. Patel shared their knowledge and

expertise with the delegates from all across the country. 07 practical

demonstrations, industrial visit to Torrent Research Centre, Bhat,

Gandhinagar and a visit to voluntary blood bank in Mehsana were also

arranged.

Dr. Bhaswat Chakraborty, Senior Vice President, Cadila Pharmaceuticals

Ltd, Ahmedabad made a presentation on In vivo in vitro correlation and

later talked about promoting innovation in pharma products and services in ththe valedictory function on 16 July 2013. Dr. C. N. Patel, Principal of

the college delivered welcome address and touched upon academia's

perspective to subject. Dr. J. B. Dave gave a brief overview of clinical

research in India. Dr. Jigna Shah, Chief Convener of the programme spoke

about the objective and organization of the seminar. About 50 teachers

from Gujarat and other states of India participated. Dr. Kamal Modh served

as co convener of program. The presentation of most speakers are uploaded

on website www.sspcmsn.org

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th6 July, 2013

Shri Sarvajanik Pharmacy College, Mehsana organized an AICTE thsponsored one day workshop on “Patenting in Pharmaceuticals” on 6 July,

2013. 61 participants including 29 faculty from 26 institutes

participated in the workshop. Dr. C. N. Patel, Principal of the institute

welcomed all the resource persons, guests and participants. Dr. I. S.

Anand, Convener of the workshop gave a brief background of the

workshop. Professor (Dr.) M. C. Gohel, Ex-Principal, L. M. College of

Pharmacy and presently Course Co-ordinator, School of Pharmacy,

Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad delivered the key note address. He

gave a brief background about Intellectual Property and discussed the need

and importance of patents. Mr. Padmin Buch Managing Director, GITCO

Limited, Ahmedabad, made a presentation on “The context and strategic

implications for the Pharma Industry & Academia”. He also gave examples

of how one can generate revenue from patents. Ms. Srividya Ravi, Patent

Associate, Gopakumar Nair Associates & Intellectual Property Group,

Pune gave an overview on Indian, US and European patent laws and types

of patenting in pharmaceuticals. She explained the similarities and

differences in patent laws in India, US and European countries. Dr. Manish

A. Rachchh, Associate Professor, Center for Pharmaceutical Studies &

Drug Delivery Technologies, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad

described the Patent Search Methodology with the help of live

demonstration using various websites and databases. Dr. Unnat Pandit, Dy.

GM – IPR Cell, Research & Development, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.,

Ahmedabad explained about Patent Drafting & Filing Procedures. The

informative sessions were well appreciated by the participants. The

workshop ended with words of appreciation by Dr. J. B. Dave, Professor

and P. G. Director of the institute.

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th th15 July - 27 July 2013

Sinhgad College of Pharmacy (SCOP), Vadgaon (Bk), Pune had

organized AICTE sponsored two weeks faculty development programme th thfrom 15 July to 27 July 2013 on Research and Practice in metabolic

disorder: Past, Present and future.

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All India Council for technical education (AICTE) is always encouraging

institutes and faculty for the up gradation of knowledge and be at par with

current development in the profession and has sponsored this programme

under Quality Improvement Schemes.

Prevalence of metabolic disorders is increasing at an alarming rate all over the

world. Metabolic disorders and further complications associated with it are

becoming one of the most common reasons for death. To motivate the

faculties working in this area and to evoke response from the new researchers

Dr. K.N. Gujar, Principal Sinhgad College of Pharmacy designed this

faculty development programme.

The program was inaugurated at the hands of Dr. A. G. Unikrishnan, CEO

and Chief endocrinologist at chellaram diabetes centre, Pune. During the

entire fortnight academicians, scientists and medical practitioners made

intensive deliberations and shared their experiences to increase the

awareness amongst the pharmacy teachers about the limitations of current

therapies for the prevention and management of various metabolic disorders

and related co-morbidities. An attempt was made to discuss the changing

epidemiology of obesity and metabolic syndrome with emphasis on role of

lifestyle, pharmacological, traditional, surgical, and novel approaches to

control the situation.

The coordinator of the programme, Prof. Dilpesh Jain, SCOP, also

arranged visit to Pioneer Diagnostic Centre and Chellaram diabetes institute

to explore latest in technology for diagnosis and treatment of metabolic

syndrome. The event was a grand success; more than 50 faculty members

from different institutes in and around Pune actively participated in the event

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th20 July, 2013

The NSS unit of KCT's R. G. Sapkal College of Pharmacy, Anjaneri,

Nashik affiliated with University of Pune has conducted health checkup and

blood donation camp on 20 July 2013 in association with Jankalyan

blood Bank, Nashik. The Programme was inaugurated by Kalyani

Charitable Trust, Chairman & Managing Director Hon. Shri. Ravindra G.

Sapkal, Vice-Chairperson Mrs. Kalyani Sapkal and CEO, Dr. Madhav

Dev Saraswat. More than 120 donors donated blood. Dr. R. B. Saudagar,

Principal coordinated the event. All the faculty members, research scholars

and students actively participated in the event.

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th st20 & 21 July, 2013

Hindu College of Pharmacy, Amaravathi Road, Guntur had organized 2 th stdays AICTE sponsored National Conference on 20 & 21 July, 2013.

The topic was on “Innovative Formulations for Chronic Disorders”.

Dr.A.Seetha Devi, Professor & Head of Department of Pharmaceutics gave

the welcome address and explained about the research work going on

various Innovative Formulations for Chronic Disorders. Dr.M. Radhakrishna

Murthy, Chairman, Hindu College of Pharmacy presided over the function.

In his presidential address he has informed about the importance of

Innovative Formulations in the treatment of Chronic Disorders like

Hypertension and diabetes etc. The Principal Dr.Govindarajan R.

addressed the gathering and informed about the various courses available in

our college. The conference was inaugurated by Prof. Devaraj Rambhau, on th20 July, 2013 and gave plenary lecture on “Nanodermal Formulations of

Antifungals”. Sri Y.Ramalingeswara Rao, M.Pharm, Fellow, Technical

Research & Development, PHAD-Novarties Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad who

came as guest of honour addressed the students on “Novel Drug Delivery

System for Pulmonary & Cerebral Disorders”.

500 students & faculty members attended the seminar from 30 different

colleges from various places. They have presented 160 posters

presentations, 60 oral presentations and 55 e papers in various subjects. A

souvenir was released on this occasion giving the abstracts of poster/oral/e

paper presentations.

stThe valedictory function was organized on 21 July, 2013. Dr.K.V.

Ramana Murthy, Prof. Department of Pharmaceutics, Andhra University,

Visakhapatnam who came as chief guest spoke on “Influence of Biological

Rhythm in the Design of Chronotherapeutic Drug Delivery Systems”. Sri K.

Krishnam Raju, M.Pharm (Ph.D), Senior Research Scientist from Hospira

Health Care India Pvt. Ltd., Visakhapatnam spoke on “Parenteral Product

Development”.

The students who have presented best poster/oral and e presentations were

awarded prizes/mementos by the Chairman Dr.M. Radhakrishna Murthy,

Vice Chairman Dr.Madhusudhana Rao, and Correspondent Sri Jupudi

Rangaraju. Vote of thanks was proposed by Vice-Principal Sri

P.Seetharamaiah.

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th th26 & 27 July 2013

Two days AICTE sponsored National Seminar on 'Frontiers in Cancer

Chemotherapy' was organized by Pune District Education Association's thSeth Govind Raghunath Sable College of Pharmacy, Saswad on 26 &

th27 July 2013. The function was inaugurated at the auspicious hands of

Dr. V. M. Kulkarni, Emeritus Professor, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Poona

College of pharmacy, Pune, Dr. Jayant Gawande, renowned Oncologist,

Dr. M.R. Yadav, HOD, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, MS University,

Baroda. On this occasion Principal Dr. Ashok Bhosale delivered welcome

note and highlighted the need to focus the Cancer Chemotherapy which

was followed by keynote address by Dr. V. M. Kulkarni. He mentioned

that development of potential anticancer agent is big challenge for

researchers. The first day's session was filled with profound knowledge

spread by eminent speakers from the academia, industrial and medical field,

Dr. V. M. Kulkarni, Dr. M. R.Yadav, Dr. Jaynat Gawande and Dr.

Sharmila Bapat.

The second day began with a talk by Dr. K.S. Jain on Protein Kinase

Inhibitors which was followed by deliberation on Targets in Anticancer

Drug Discovery by Dr. Sanjay Kumar. Dr. Mandar Bhonde highlighted on

Targeted Drug Delivery System for treatment of cancer. The last session was

conducted by Dr. Sandip Inamdar focusing on vital aspects of anticancer

therapy. 75 delegates attended the seminar.

Poster presentation competition was also held during National Seminar.

Total 37 participants from different colleges from Pune region participated

in this competition. The posters were evaluated by Dr. V. M. Kulkarni and

Dr. Sharmila Bapat. Ms. Priyanka Khopade of S.G.R.S. College of

Pharmacy, Saswad won first prize, Ms Bhakti Joshi student of AISSMS's

College of Pharmacy, Pune won second and Ms. Paratiksha Shetty won

third prize.

The programme was coordinated by Prof. Dr. M. N. Deodhar and Mrs.

M. M. Abhyankar.

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th27 July, 2013

Indian Pharmaceutical association (IPA) Pune branch proudly announces ththe launch of its official publication in the form of a Journal on 27 July

2013 in a formal function at Sinhagad College of Pharmacy (SCOP)

Vadgaon, Pune. The first issue of Journal of Pharmaceutical Association,

India (JPAI) was released by President IPA, Pune branch, Dr. A.P. Pawar

and Ex president Dr. S.D Sawant and Dr. K.N. Gujar. Dr. R.V. Shete, Dr.

S.B Kasture and Dr. Anil Ghate senior research scientist were present for

the release of the Journal.

JPAI the peer reviewed Journal will be published quarterly and is also

available online on www.jpai.in said Dr. Gujar, Editor in chief at the time of

release.

The Executive Editors Dr. S.D. Sawant, Dr. A.P. Pawar and Dr. N.S.

Vyawahare confirmed that the Journal will consider original research and

review papers as well as letters, experimental and theoretical works in all

areas of pharmaceutical, chemical and biological sciences,. The journal will

provide a platform for Rapid communication in Pharmaceutical sciences.

Dr. M.K. Kathiravan and Mr. P.B. Dudhe, Professor SCOP have taken

special efforts for the journal publication and are expecting a large response

from the researchers working in the field of Pharmaceutical sciences for their

contribution to Journal of Pharmaceutical Association, India

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27th July, 2013

The second meeting of local organising committee of the 65th IPC was held

at Hotel Central Bluestone, Gurgaon, Haryana on the evening of 27th

July to felicitate President of IPCA and also to discuss the progress of

preparation 65th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, 2013.

Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA) is a federation of Five

National Pharmaceutical Associations as its constituents viz: IPA, IPGA,


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IHPA, APTI & AIDCOC. This year 65th Indian Pharmaceutical

Congress is to be hosted by Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association

(IPGA) and Shri Atul Kumar Nasa, President of IPGA is honored with

the prestigious position of President of Indian Pharmaceutical Congress

Association (IPCA).

The meeting was organised in the run up to the 65th Indian

Pharmaceutical Congress 2013, scheduled to be held from December

20-22 at Amity University Campus, Noida, Delhi NCR. The event

saw participation from around 30 members of different task committees.

Mr R.C Juneja, CEO & Chairman of Mankind Pharma Limited, also the

Chairman of the LOC of 65th IPC, thanked all the chairpersons for

sparing their valuable time. He expressed “The purpose of IPC is to

ensure empowerment of Indian pharma companies. It is a big event for all

of us and unitedly we can make a difference in this conference” He

added.

Mr. Atul Kumar Nasa, President, Indian Pharmaceutical Congress

Association (IPCA), thanked all the members for giving him the

opportunity to serve the profession by holding this prestigious position.

He briefed that I was associated with the 53rd IPC 2001 and 60th

IPC, 2008 held at Delhi as an organizing secretary and both the

conferences were bench mark conferences being appreciated by everyone

and requested all members to support for the success of 65th Indian

Pharmaceutical Congress. He expressed that the 65th IPC will be a

different one from the past IPCs and bring about a definite change in the

national policies empowering the pharmacists.

Dr Arun Garg, Organising Secretary of LOC of 65th IPC, given a

presentation about the progress of 65th IPC. The theme of the

conference is “Pharma Vision 2020: Empowering Pharmacists”. As the

title suggests, the conference would deliberate on the development of

Pharmaceutical Sciences, New Drug Development, R&D and Academic

Reforms. The Registration brochure with all details will be sent to all the

members of Various Federating Associations of IPCA by 16th August,

2013. Also the details of the Registration & other information about

65th IPC, 2013 can be obtained from the official website i.e.

www.65ipcdelhi.com.

The important dates for Registration for 65th IPC, 2013 are as follows:-

1st Cutoff Date : 31-10-2013

2nd Cutoff Date : 30-11-2013

Spot Registration : 01-12-2013

The Last date for Submission of Scientific Abstracts for 65th IPC,

2013 is 31st August, 2013 (Please visit www.scientificipca.org)

Pharmaceutical Expo-2013: FICCI will be the exhibition partner and

this year we are hopeful to have more than 300 exhibitors from various

countries participating in the exhibition. For participation in the exhibition

the details can be obtained from the official website i.e.

www.pharmaexpo.in . Express Pharma will be the media partner for the

conference and yatra.com will be the travel partner. He explained the

duties and responsibilities of various task committees.

Prof. Dr. S.S. Agarwal, Advisor and Chairman of Scientific Services

Committee, thanked Dr. Ashok Kumar Chauhan, founder president,

Amity Group of Institution for his support. He added that this year the

scientific sessions will be of more technically based and some nobel

laureates will be delivering their talk. Shri B.R. Sikri, Advisor and

Chairman of Finance Committee also requested to support for the 65th

Indian Pharmaceutical Congress. Later on the chairpersons of different

task committees including key committees like registration,inauguration,

volunteers, entertainment, press & publicity, accommodation, venue,

transport, exhibition, reception, security, ladies hospitality etc. presented

their views and discussed the progress of their respective committees.

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7th August, 2013

The Asbasjsm College of Pharmacy, one of India's largest and pioneer

pharmacy college in Punjab organized “Blood Donation Camp” on

07.08.13. The camp received good response and about 100

students, staff and general public donated their blood. A team of doctors

from Ropar Hospital collected the blood from the volunteers after due

screening and general medical check up. Sr. Vice President, Sardar

Sangat Singh Longia, Retd. Deputy Director, Govt. of Punjab and

Secretary, inaugurated the camp. He said the blood donation is valuable

donation which helps the needy ailing patients. During the camp

following dignitaries Dr. B. S. Bola, S. Devinder Singh, Dr. Sandeep

Kumar, Dr. Nitin Bansal, and Prof. Surmukh Singh actively took part,

professors of institute motivated the students for donation of blood. Prof.

(Dr.) G. D. Gupta, Director at the end expressed votes of thanks and

the younger generation for coming forward to give blood voluntarily. The

camp was successfully coordinated by Dr. Rajeev Garg, Dr. Shailesh

Sharma, Ms. Neelam Sharma, Mr. Abhishek Bhanot, Mr. Baljeet Singh

and was duly assisted by M. Pharm. students of Pharmaceutics.

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th th10 to 12 August 2013

Sinhgad College of Pharmacy (SCOP) Vadgaon (Bk) had organized

three days national seminar on “MDR/ XDR Tuberculosis: A healthcare th thmenace to developing countries” From 10 to 12 August 2013. The

seminar was sponsored by All India council of Technical Education

(AICTE). Dr. K. N. Gujar, Principal, SCOP has taken an initiative to

bring together all healthcare professionals on a common platform and

exchange the ideas to provoke research in the area of Tuberculosis, one of

the dreaded diseases leading to global emergency today.

Dr. K.G. Akamanchi, Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ICT,

Mumbai and Dr. Dhananjay Bakhle, Executive Vice President - Medical

Research, Lupin Research, Pune inaugurated the seminar. Researchers and

scientists from National center for cell science (NCCS), National

chemical laboratory (NCL), Pune, professors from B.J. Medical

College, Bombay College of Pharmacy and various other reputed

institutions were invited to deliver the lectures. Topics such as new drug

discovery, novel formulation approaches, microbiological and

immunological aspects, role of pharmacists in TB care and control, role of

WHO and RNTCP in TB management, diagnosis of TB, TB HIV co-

infection, clinical perspectives of TB and how the menace can be tackled

by all healthcare professionals working as a team were discussed in depth

during the three day deliberations.

Dr. (Mrs.) A.M. Avachat Professor at SCOP and coordinator of the

programme proposed the vote of thanks. Around 100 students and

faculty representing various institutes all over India were present for the

seminar. The seminar created awareness amongst all the delegates as well

as the invitees towards “stop TB mission.”

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th th13 & 14 August 2013

Sinhgad College of Pharmacy (SCOP) Vadgaon (Bk) had organized

two days national seminar on “Problem Based Learning: A Self-directed

Learning Strategy for Solutions to Real World Problems”. The seminar

was sponsored by All India council of Technical Education (AICTE) and th thwas conducted on 13 & 14 August 2013.

Traditional form of teaching is more often lecture based and students tend

to become passive learners with minimal retention and are many a times

unable to apply the knowledge in their profession. Keeping this in mind

to adapt to the modern tools of education Dr. K.N. Gujar, Principal

SCOP had organized this seminar. Problem Based Learning (PBL) is an

instructional method that challenges students to "Learn to Learn,"

working cooperatively in groups to seek solutions to real world problems.

PBL can help students to develop reasoning and critical thinking skills as

well as presentation and communication skills.

Mrs. M. A. Nagras, Professor at SCOP and coordinator of the

programme gave the preamble of the seminar and explained different

objectives of the seminar. Speakers from various institutions all over India

who are practicing PBL were invited to share their knowledge and

expertise in the field. Experts covered a variety of case studies in different

subjects and guided the audience on how to plan and conduct effective

PBL sessions, explained the theory and practice of PBL and discussed

how to engage faculty in considering PBL as an instructional strategy.

Around 100 students and faculty from various institutes all over India

were benefited from the seminar and gave a positive feed back about it.

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17th August, 2013

LNCT Group, Bhopal (MP) organized one day national conference on thAugust 17 , 2013 on “Advances in Nanomedicine, Nanotechnology

and Drug Discovery (ANNDD-2013)”. Chief Guest Mr. Kuldeep

Jain, (Magistrate, Human Resource Development, Bhopal), Mr. J. N.

Chouksey (Chairman LNCT Group), Mrs. Poonam Chouksey (Vice

Chairperson LNCT Group), Mr. Suresh Chouksey (Director LNCT

Group), Mr. Anupam Chouskey (Secretary, LNCT group) graced the


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inaugural function. Eminent speakers Prof (Dr.) S. N. Umathe (Professor

and HOD Dept. of Pharmacy, Nagpur University, Nagpur) and Dr. S.

K. Jain (Assistant Prof. NIPER, Mohali) enlightened the delegates on

various aspects on recent advancement in Nanomedicine and

Nanotechnology.

About 100 delegates had participated from different parts of the

country. Research scholars, UG and PG students presented their

research and review in the form of oral presentations. The invited Guests

were Prof. (Dr.) R. B. Goswami (SIRT, Bhopal), Prof (Dr.) N. P. S.

Senger (SIRT, Bhopal), Dr. Piush Khare (Associate Professor Truba

Institute of Pharmacy, Bhopal) Principal LNCP Dr. A. K. Singhai

distributed the prizes and certificates to the awardees. Organizing

Secretary Dr. G K Saraogi proposed the vote of thanks. The programme

was well received and appreciated by all.

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17th August 2013.

Shree Santkrupa College of Pharmacy, Ghogaon, organized a one-day

Staff Development Programme sponsored by Shivaji University Kolhapur

under Lead college scheme on a contemporary topic, “Drug Regulatory

Affairs and Intel lectual Property Rights'' at its own premises, which was a

roaring success for organization.

This workshop was successfully organized under the dynamic leadership

of Principal of SSCOP, Dr. Rajendra C. Doijad, and supported by his

team of faculty. The President of Sanstha Mr. Shashikant Patil, Vice-

President of Sanstha Mrs. Usha Johari, Secretary Mr. Prasun Johari,

Treasurer Mr. Nikhil Patil, Other members of Sanstha such as Mr. Sagar

Patil, Mr. Prakash Kanse, Mr. Pradip Kabade also supported for success

of this Programme. The chief guest for inaugural ceremony was Dr. B.S.

Kuchekar, Principal Maharashtra Institute of Pharmacy, Pune.

Earlier, the Programme was set in tune by Principal, Dr. Rajendra C.

Doijad. In his welcome address he welcomed all the speaker, dignitaries

and delegates gathered there and shared overture of the workshop. He

offered floral welcome to the guest.

The keynote speakers at the workshop were Mr. B.D. Toraskar,

Consultant, Goldwin healthcare, Mumbai; Mr. Pravin Kamble, Head,

Patent Dept, Abbot healthcare, Dr. Rajendra C. Doijad, Principal of

Shree Santkrupa College of Pharmacy, Ghogaon.

The four hour lectures encompassed the details of Drug Regulatory

Affairs and Intel lectual Property Rights. The highlight of workshop was

to develop faculty knowledge in the area of DRA and IPR. Each lecture

was followed by a long interactive session with delegates gathered there,

representing different colleges and universities.

This Programme was a great success as it offered a unique discussion

platform for the DRA and IPR.

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st21 August, 2013

Alumni Graduates Association organised a guest lecture for the students

on 21-08-2013. Mr Gur Hardeep Singh, Pharmacy entrepreneur from

Canada, Alumni member of the college( 1991-93 Batch) has delivered

a guest lecture . All the students and staff members were present. Mr. B

M Dinnimath secretary introduced the guest and Principal Dr. A D

Taranalli welcomed the guest. Mr. U B Bolmal has offered vote of thanks.

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22nd to 24th August, 2013

Dr. H Vinod Bhat (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Manipal University) asked the

research scholars in pharmaceutical sciences to be both innovative and

assertive. In India, although a large amount of research in pharmaceutical

sciences is carried out, most of it is on generic drugs. The need of the hour

is for the researchers to go for new and innovative research. They should

also be assertive enough to tackle regulatory issues. Dr. Bhat was speaking

after inaugurating the three-day ICMR-sponsored seminar on “Innovative

Drug Delivery Approaches and Regulatory Implications in

Cosmeceuticals and Nutraceuticals” at Manipal College of

Pharmaceutical Sciences.

In his welcome address, the Organising Secretary of the seminar, Dr. N

Udupa (Director of Research- Health Sciences, Manipal University)

gave a brief overview of the programme. He opined that there are

challenges in the field of nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals. Seminars like

the ICMR-sponsored programme would help the researchers to produce

quality products for the consumers.

The principal of MCOPS, Dr. C Mallikarjuna Rao graced the occasion

with his presence. A number of postgraduate students, research scholars

and faculty of MCOPS attended the function.


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Dr. J Venkata Rao (Professor and Head, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology,

MCOPS) proposed a vote of thanks. Dr. D Sreedhar (Head,

Department of Pharmacy Management) conducted the inaugural

function as the MC. Dr. Rekha Arun of Pharmacology department

rendered the invocation.

The actual seminar began after the inaugural function.

Dr. Reviraja N. S. (Sr. Principal Scientist –Stempeutics Research,

Manipal) delivered a talk on 'Recent developments in Stem Cell derived

Cosmetics'. His talk gave an overview on the Stem cells used in

cosmetics, production of the stem cells regulatory implications in stem

cells in cosmetics and various stem cells products available in the market.

Dr. Virendra S Ligade (Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacy

Management, MCOPS) was next speaker. He spoke on 'Global

regulatory affairs of cosmetics'. He covered wide ranging topics in

cosmeceuticals like market shares of various cosmetic industries, market

potential, SWOT analysis, banned cosmetics, preclinical testing and,

finally on the current Indian scenario on the cosmetics industry.

Afternoon the talk was delivered by Dr. Saleemulla Khan (Assistant

Professor, Dept of Pharmacognosy, MCOPS). A specialist in nutrition

products of herbal origin, Dr. Saleemulla Khan dwelt on various herbs

used as nutrition, their pharmacological actions and the delivery of herbal

products.

The panel discussion held in the evening discussed at length on

cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals and the opportunities available to carry

out research. Dr. N Udupa, Dr. Saleemulla Khan and Dr. Virendra

Ligade were the panelists.

On second day, the first speaker was Mr. Gaurav Agnihotri (Associate-

Regulatory Affairs in Johnson & Johnson Limited, Mumbai). He is

responsible for Regulatory Operations & registration activities of Baby &

Beauty franchises in India & Asia Pacific region for Import & Export of

cosmetic products. Mr. Gaurav's topic for seminar was 'Regulatory

Prospective of Cosmetics'. Mr. Gaurav covered various segments such as

cosmetic industries market shares and annual growth of the market. He

focused on his talk on approval of the cosmetic products in India, import

and export of the cosmetic products.

Next talk was delivered by Mr. Girish Pai K (Assistant Professor, Dept

of Pharmaceutics, MCOPS, Manipal). He delivered his lecture on

'Nutraceuticals: Importance of GMPs and Manufacturing Assurance'

Mr. Girish Pai covered various aspects of GMP in manufacturing of the

Nutraceuticals. He gave a comparison on the manufacturing of the

nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals. Mr. Girish highlighted various

functions of quality Assurance in manufacturing of the nutraceuticals.

The last talk of the day was delivered by Mr. Sunil Pol (International

Business Development Executive at Cipla Ltd., Mumbai). The title of his

talk was 'Nutraceuticals & its Regulatory implications'. Mr. Sunil also gave

global scenario of Nutraceuticals and their regulatory implications mainly

in USA, Europe, Canada, Japan and India. He also explained about the

product evaluation, health claim made by the industries etc.

At the end of the panel discussion was organized where Mr. Gaurav,

Mr. Sunil, Mr. Girish and Dr. N Udupa were panelists. All these

members answered queries of the audience.

The last day of the seminar was mainly focused on drug delivery aspects.

Dr. Gopal V. Shavi and Dr. Praveen S. delivered lectures. Dr. Praveen

(Director Drug Development and Scientific Research SPI Pharma

Bangalore) has vast experience in the field of the drug delivery. He

delivered talks on various drug delivery approaches for the nutraceuticals

and Cosmeceuticals.

Dr. Gopal V Shavi delivered a talk on 'Innovative drug delivery aspects in

Pharmaceutical and Herbal drug Products'. Dr. Gopal gave an overview

of the innovative drug delivery for synthetic and herbal products available

in the market. He explained the practical considerations for development

novel and innovative drug delivery system.

At end of the day the panel discussion was organized where Dr. N.

Udupa, Dr. Gopal Shavi, Dr. Praveen and Dr. M . S Reddy were the

panelists. The delegates raised the queries related to drug delivery

aspects, which were answered by panelists.

Dr. Prashant B Musmade (Associate Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutical

Quality Assurance, MCOPS) coordinated the three days' programmes.

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Department of Pharmacy Practice, Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical

Sciences, Lam, Guntur organized a two days continued education on

Infectious diseases “PACE-2013: Pharmacist role in infection control

And Continued Education”.

This colloquium aimed to create a new insight on emerging issues in the

management and prevention of infectious diseases.

About 200 delegates from various colleges of south India actively

participated.


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This continued education was supported by Associations of Physicians

of India (API), Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), Association of

surgeons of India (ASI) and Federation of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Society of India (FOGSI).

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B. Pharm, final year students of Bansal College of Pharmacy attended

Plant Tissue culture (PTC) training at Prof. T. S. Murthy Science and

Technology Station (MSTS), Obedullahganj, Raisen (MP). During

training period students learned about the concept of PTC, practical

aspect of sterilization techniques, preparation of media, culturing,

subculturing hardening etc., under the guidance of Prof. P. K. Saxena,

Incharge, MSTS. Training was arranged by Mr. Ajay Tiwari.

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Under the leadership of students Nirmal Mishra (President), Yashwant

Raghuwanshi (Vice President), Rajendra Sing Sivre (Secretary), Ashish

Meena (Treasurer), Manish Patel and Rajesh Manoria (Coordinators),

various outdoor and indoor games have been organized at bansal College rdof Pharmacy. B. Pharm, 3 year students organized “Ganesh Utsav

st2012”. In the month of November 51 National Pharmacy week was

celebrated in Bansal College of Pharmacy. Students participated in quiz,

essay and debate competition during week. Certificates and prizes were

distributed to winners and runner ups of various games, extracurricular

activities, and topper sudents of academic session at annual day

celebration. Annual function was presided by Mrs. Pooja Bansal,

Treasurer, Bansal Group. Rajendra Sivre and Preeti singh anchored the

programme. All the activities were coordinated by Mr. Abhnay

Dwivedi.

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nd“Fusion : The Fresher day” was arranged by 2 year students of Bansal

College of Pharmacy, Ranu Vishwakarma, Manish Prajapati and Akash

Goswami were selected as Miss. Fresher, Mr. Fresher and best

entertainer respectively. Farewell function on theme “ BON VOYAGE

: An expression of good wishes to a dear one” was arranged for final

year students. Preeti Singh and Rajesh Manoria selected as Ms and Mr.

Farewell respectively.

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Bansal College of Pharmacy hosted “SRIJAN 2013, Oral Technical

Paper Presentation Competition in Pharmacy”, organized by SNTSS,

Bhopal. In competition five papers were short listed . Likewise four

models were presented by students of BCP at VNS College of

Pharmacy, out of which two models were short listed. One short listed

model was of Manish Patel, Rajendra Shivre, Rajesh Manoria, Vinit

Singh and Yashwant Raghuwansi, based on “ Pharmacokinetic of various

formulations” while another model was of Amit soni and Vandana

Thakur, based on “ Blood circulation through Heart and effect of

Diuretics”. These short listed papers and models presented at Ravindra

bhawan, Bhopal, during the final stage of SRIJAN 2013. Research

paper of Manish Patel and Ashish Meena, entitled “ Comparison of drug


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permeation study of Ciprofloxacin loaded liposomal ointment with simple ndCiprifloxacin ointment”, mentored by Ms Priyanka Rathore received 2

prize in final stage. Mr. Sushil Mhaske and Mr. Abhinay Dwivedi

honoured at SRIJAN 2013 for best results in respective subjects.

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Shri K. C. Bansal Memorial workshop (VI) on “Handling of some

analytical instruments” was organized. During two days of workshop 32

students from various pharmacy colleges were trained on HPLC, UV

Spectrophotometer, Flame Photometer and Technique of Animal

Handling. Workshop was coordinated by Ms. Priyanka Rathore.

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Mr. Laxmikant Bansilal Borse, Asst. Prof.,

P.S.G.V.P. Mandal's, College of

Pharmacy, Shahada, (M.S.) has been

awarded degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Pharmaceutical Sciences by Karpagam

University, Coimbatore, Tamil nadu for the

research work entitled as, “Phytochemical

Investigations and Pharmacological

Screening of Heartwood of Tecoma

stans (Bignoniaceae) and roots of Vitex

negundo (Verbenaceae)”. He performed the research work under the

supervision of Dr. A. Kottai Muthu, Annamalai University, Chidambaram

Tamil nadu and Dr. A. Thanga Thirupathi, Principal and HOD, S.B.

College of Pharmacy, Sivkasi, Tamil nadu.

He has over six year of teaching/research experience. He has to his credit

15 international and 2 national papers published in reputed journals. He

attended several conferences and presented more than 14 research

presentations (as oral and poster presentations) in various conferences.

He is associated with various bodies (APTI & IPGA) as life member.

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Mr. Sachinkumar Vasantrao Patil has been

awarded degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Pha rmacy by Utka l Un ive r s i ty,

Bhubaneswar, Odisha for research work

entitled “Spherical Crystallization of

P h a r m a c e u t i c a l s t o I m p r o v e

Physicochemical Properties” under the

guidance of Dr. S. K. Sahoo, Lecturer,

University Department of Pharmaceutical

Sciences, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar,

Odisha and the co- guidance of Dr. A. P. Pawar, Head, Doctor of

Pharmacy Division, Professor of Pharmaceutics, Bharti Vidyapeeth

University's, Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune. Presently Mr. S. V. Patil is

working as Assistant Professor in Ashokrao Mane College of Pharmacy,

Peth-Vadgaon, Kolhapur. He has experience of one year in industry and

eight years of academics. He has one book and 12 national and 8

international publications in journals of repute to his credit. He also

presented several oral presentations and posters in various National and

International conferences. In February 2013 he has presented a poster in th5 International Conference on Drug Discovery & Therapy held at Higher

Colleges of Technology, Dubai Women's College, Dubai, UAE organized

in coordination with Eureka Science, USA. Also for the same received

travel grant from Indian Council of Medical research, New Delhi. Mr. S. V.

Alumni Graduate Association, KLEU COP Belgaum has decided to host thALUMNI MEET at KLE University, Belgaum campus on Saturday, 5

October 2013 and through this news it welcomes cordially all alumni

members to Alumni meet.

Basavaraj M Dinnimath

Secretary

Alumni Graduates Association

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Workshop on “Botanical Identification & Evaluation of Indian Medicinal

Plants” is being organized by the School of Natural Product Studies,

Jadavpur University, Kolkata during November 20 -26, 2013 with

support from Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of

Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.

The workshop will provide an ideal platform for interaction and

dissemination of ideas between scientists and professionals in different

areas of medicinal plant research on their proper identification and quality

evaluation. The main focus will be on the crucial and contemporary issues

on identification of medicinal plants; so much so their evaluation on

different aspects of chemo-profiling, pharmacological and other profiles.

The participants will include the academician, researcher from university,

institutes and industries from different parts of India.

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EVENTS TO WATCH

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Patil is native of village Salshirambe, Tal. Karad, Dist. Satara, Maharashtra

and registered with Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council and is a Life

Member of APTI. He gave credit of his success to the blessings of parents,

wife's support, teacher's supervision and moral support from his friends. He

is thankful to Hon. Shri. Vijaysinh Mane, President and Hon. Shri.

Vikasrao Mane, Executive President of Shri Balasaheb Shikshan Prasarak

Mandal, Ambap, Principal, Dr. S. S. Patil and all teaching and nonteaching

staff of Ashokrao Mane College of Pharmacy, Peth-Vadgaon.

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Mr. Gujarathi Nayan Ashok, Asst. Prof.,

P.S.G.V.P. Mandal's, College of

Pharmacy, Shahada,(M.S.) has been

awarded the degree of Doctor of

Philosophy by the Jodhpur National

University, Jodhpur, for the thesis entitled

“Acid resistant chitosan novel drug carrier

for effective delivery of proton pump

inhibitor-formulat ion and in-vitro

characterization” .The research work was

carried out under the valuable guidance of

Prof. Dr. Jayvadan K. Patel, Principal, Nootan Pharmacy College,

Visnagar, Gujarat.

He has 6 years of experience in teaching and research work. He published

more than 30 research papers in various journals such as International

Journal of Pharmaceutics (IJP) published by Elsevier and Drug

Development and Industrial Pharmacy (DDIP) published by Informa

Healthcare. He also presented many papers in national and state level

conferences.

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Shradh Bisht, Assistant Professor SBS

PGI, Balawala, Dehradun , has been

awarded the degree of Doctor of

Philosophy in Pharmacy by the Rajasthan

University of Health Sciences, Jaipur ,

Rajasthan in July 2013 for research work

Entitled "Effect of Some Plant Extracts on

Blood Sugar level , Lipid Profile and Status

of Oxidative stress" . The Research work

was carried out under the kind guidance of

Professor (Dr.) S.S.Sisodia. Head

Department of Pharmacology , B.N.College of Pharmacy Udaipur,

Rajasthan.

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Mr. Rajendra M. Kotadiya, Assistant Professor, Department of

Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Indukaka Ipcowala College

of Pharmacy, New Vallabh VIdyanagar, Gujarat has been awarded the


Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in

Pharmacy in July 2012 by Sardar Patel

University, Vallabh Vidyanagar for his thesis

entitled “Formulation, Design and

Characterization of Polysaccharide Based

Colon Specific Drug Delivery of Some

Drugs”. The research work was carried out

under the guidance of Dr. Vishnu A. Patel,

Associate Professor,Department of

Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical

Technology, A. R. College of Pharmacy & G. H. Patel Institute of

Pharmacy, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat.

Dr. Rajendra has more than 9 years of teaching and research experience. He

has published more than 22 research papers in National and International

journals of repute and has presented his work in various conferences. Dr.

Rajendra has guided 6 students for their M. Pharm dissertation. He is a life

member of APTI.

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Mr. Ani Sree.G.S, Associate Professor,

Department of Pharmaceutics, Jamia

Salafiya Pharmacy College, Malappuram,

Kerala, has been awarded the Doctor of

Philosophy (Ph.D) in Pharmacy by

Karpagam University, Coimbatore,

Tamilnadu for his thesis “Formulation of

Transdermal Drug Delivery System of

Domperidone and its Evaluation”. This

research work was carried out under the

guidance of Dr. C. RAMASAMY, H.O.D, Department of Pharmacy

Practice, S.R.M College of Pharmacy, S.R.M University, Chennai,

TamilNadu.

He has Eight years of teaching experience in the field of novel drug delivery

systems. He has published Eight research and review papers in national and

international journals and participated in various national as well as

international conferences. He is an active member of Kerala State Pharmacy

Council and a life member of A P T I.

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Mr. Alok Kumar Shukla, currently working as Assistant Professor and

Head, Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry at Radharaman

College of Pharmacy, Ratibad, Bhopal, has been awarded with the degree

of Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacy for his thesis entitled “Pharmacological

and Phytochemical Investigation of Lepidium Sativum and Wrightia tinctoria

Seeds” by Jaipur National University, Jaipur. He has carried out his

research work under the guidance of Dr. (Mrs.) Papiya Bigoniya, Principal

Radharaman College of Pharmacy, Bhopal (M.P.) and Dr. B. Shrivastava,

Director, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jaipur National University,

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Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen D.Pharm., B.Sc.

(Hons), B.Pharm. (Hons), M.Pharm.,

Ph.D., FICS, CChem FIC (India),

CChem FRSC (UK), CSci (UK), AOM

(USA)

Recipient of K.K. Acharjee Award,

Recipient of Jewel of India Award,

Recipient of Rashtriya Vidya Saraswati

Puraskar, Recipient of Rashtriya Vidya Jyoti

Award and Gold Medal, Recipient of Life Time Achievement Gold

Medal Award, Recipient of Eminent Educationist Award, Recipient of

International Gold Star Award, Recipient of Vidya Ratan Award,

Recipient of Gyan Jyoti Gold Medal Award, Recipient of Bharat

Excellence Award & Gold Medal, Recipient of India Inspiration Award &

Gold Medal, Recipient of Seva Chakra Puraskar, Recipient of American

Order of Merit, Recipient of Golden Educationist of India Award

Professor

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shri Sarvajanik Pharmacy

College, Gujarat Technological University, Arvind Baug, Mehsana-

384001, Gujarat, India Phone: 00-91-2762-247711 (Ext-307);

Fax: 00-91-2762-247712; Website: http://www.sspcmsn.org,E-mail:

[email protected], [email protected] Accredited

by NBA-AICTE | Approved by AICTE & PCI | Affiliated to GTU.

Prof. Sen is in editorial board member of 28 peer reviewed national &

international journals and has published 170 research/review papers in peer

reviewed national/international journals and cited 140 conference papers.

He is the author of 16 books out of that 13 are from Lambert Academic

Publishers of Germany. He has guided 35 B.Pharm. students for their

elective thesis and 35 M.Pharm. students and 5 are under process. He is

the Ph.D. guide of three Indian Universities and three scholars are doing

research under his guidance. He has obtained travel grant from AICTE,

bursary from Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and research grant from Royal

Society of Chemistry, UK & AICTE. He has been honoured by Chartered

Chemist from RSC, UK and Institution of Chemist's, India; Chartered

Scientist from Royal Society of Chemistry and Science Council of UK. His

Chartered status has been approved by Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dan

Shechtman. He is Fellow of Indian Chemical Society, Royal Society of

Chemistry, Institution of Chemist's and Member of Indian Pharmaceutical

Association, Indian Science Congress Association and Association of

Pharmaceutical Teachers of India.

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ACHIEVEMENTS


Jaipur (Raj.). His research project was

financially supported by AICTE, New

Delhi, under Research Promotion

Scheme (RPS). Part of research work has thbeen presented in 12 International

Conference of Ethnopharmacology held

at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Standardization part of L. sativum seed

has also been accepted for presentation ndin 2 Annual Conference on “Pharma-

Nutrition 2013” organised by Elsevier going to be held at Singapore in

April 2013. Mr. Alok Kumar Shukla has 6 years of teaching and

research experience. He has published 18 research papers in reputed

National and International Journals. He has presented more than 11

research papers in various International and National conferences. He is a

life member of various professional and scientific bodies such as APTI,

ISP and InPharm.

He acknoeledges management, principal and all staff members of

Radharaman College of Pharmacy, Bhopal for their help, encouragement

and whole hearted co-operation during the course of his research.

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Ms. Pratibha Nand, Associate Professor

(Pharmaceutics) at Maharaja Surajmal

Institute of Pharmacy, Janakpuri, New

Delhi, has been awarded the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy from Guru

Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,

New Delhi, for her thesis entitled

“Phytochemical investigation and

formulation of antimicrobial herbal

products for acne”. She has carried out

her research under the guidance of Prof.

Rajinder K. Gupta and Prof. Sushma Drabu and received a grant of

Rs.13.2 Lakhs under RPS of AICTE. She has 27 years of teaching

experience and has published 40 review and research articles in National

and International Pharmaceutical Journals/ Periodicals and also filed a

patent. She has written six books in the field of pharmacy. She has

attended many national and international conferences, seminars and

workshops. She has graced the dais in the capacity of coordinator in

CSIR, GGSIPU and DPC sponsored national seminars held at MSIP.

She is a life member of various professional bodies like IPA, IPGA,

IHPA, APTI, AIC and editorial board member of various Journals. She

is in the panel of Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) Inspectors and an

approved analyst from Drug Control Office; Govt. of Delhi.

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Dr. Puneet Kumar Bansal is working as

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at

University Institute of Pharmacy, Baba Farid

University of Health Sciences, Faridkot,

Punjab. Dr. Puneet attend and present his

research work entitle “Beneficial effect of

Dual calcium channel blockers against

MPTP induced Parkinson's disease in rats”

at “17th International Congress of

Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, June 16-20, 2013,

Sydney, Australia”. He was selected for Junior Travel Fellowship-2013

from World Federation of Neurology to contribute for his participation at

this conference. During his research carrier he has published 40 papers in

peer reviewed international and national journals. Presently he works on

two Major research projects funded from AICTE and DST. Previously he

presented his research work in international conferences in USA, Canada,

Scotland, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia. He is life member of APTI.

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Mr. Sanjib Bahadur, Assistant Professor,

Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Raipur

visited Boston USA to attend “Drug

Discovery & Therapy World Congress rd th2013” held from 3 to 6 June 2013 at

John B. Hynes Convention Centre,

Boston, MA, USA. His research work

entitled “Effect on hypoglycemic activity of

glipizide tablets on addition of okra pod

mucilage” was selected for session lecture.

His research was appreciated by the International scientific community.

Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Janpragati

Education Society (JPES), Raipur & CICS, Chennai had sponsored his trip

to attend the said conference. He has published more than 15 research

papers in various National and International Journals. He is member of

editorial board of various journals. He has been in various organizing

committee to conduct Conferences & Staff Development Programmes. He

is life member of APTI. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D from Chhattisgarh

Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh and working

as Asst. Prof. in Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He

had acknowledged constant support & encouragement by Mr. Kishore

Jadwani, Chairman, JPES, Mr. Harjeet Singh Hura, Secretary, JPES, &

Prof. Amit Roy, Principal, Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Raipur.

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Dr.P.Selvam M.Pharm, Ph.D, FNABS, Professor & Principal, Nova

college of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, has been selected as a

Fellow of National Academy of Biological Sciences (FNABS) for the

outstanding contribution in Biotechnology in the area of Anti viral drug

design and Discovery held in national seminar on Microbes and Human

welfare on 19 & 20 July 2013 organized by the Department of

microbiology, Bharathidasan University in association with NABS Chennai.

He was invited as a lead speaker and he delivered a special lecture on

“HIV Integrase/Lense Epithelial Derived Growth Factor inhibitor(LEDGF)

as novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of HIV/AIDS” and he is also

invited as a co-chairman for the scientific session on microbes in

“Biotechnological innovations”. He published more than 50 research

papers in indexed journals and presented more than 25 research papers in

International Conference on Antiviral Research organized by International

Society for Antiviral research. He is a life member of APTI, IMPAV, ISNS

,NABS ,NMRS. He visited USA , France, Belgium, Canada, Japan,

and Bulgaria for research and collaborative work in the field of antiviral drug

discovery. Mr. M. Krishna Rao, MJF , Secretary , Nova Educational

Society has appreciated him for his achievements.

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M.Pharm. Semester-III (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) student Nadim M. R.

Chhipa of Shri Sarvajanik Pharmacy College, Mehsana, Gujarat has

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attended the national conference on Green Chemistry and presented his

scientific work done under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen.

Nadim M. R. Chhipa, Viraj P. Jatakiya and Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen*;

Synthesis of N-substituted piperazine derivatives by higher greener

solvents and comparison of reaction rate by kinetic study: National

Seminar on Green Chemistry; Organized by Institute of Research and

Development, GFSU in association with Gujarat Environment

Management Institute, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 23-24 September

2013. This work has been done by Viraj. P. Jatakiya in his M.Pharm.

project (Synthesis of N-substituted piperazine derivatives by higher

greener solvents and it's antimalarial activity) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry

(2011-2013) under the guidance of Prof. Sen which has been fully

funded by RSC Research Grant, United Kingdom.

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OBITUARY

I am really saddened with the news of passing

away of Prof G.C.Bhavsar who was my

Pharmacognosy Professor during my

B.Pharm and M. Pharm. study at L.M.

College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad. It gave

me a lot of pleasure and pride to be one of his

student. He was very passionate and

committed for his subject and tried his best to

make us realize the importance of the subject.

We cannot forget his contribution in

Pharmacy and particularly in Pharmacognosy

Prof G.C.Bhavsar was a thorough gentleman, caring, out spoken, and a decent

human being

I extend my deepest condolences to the family of the departed soul and pray to

the Almighty God to rest his soul in peace.

Dr. Navin Sheth

Professor & Head, Department of Pharmaceutical sciences

Saurashtra Uiversity, Rajkot-360005, Gujarat, INDIA

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Contributed byKuntal Das, Asst. Professor

St. John's Pharmacy College, Vijayanagar, Bangalore.

Karl Ernst Von Baer (1792-1876).

German biologist who discovered the notochord and the embryonic blastula


For centuries, man has used plants for medicinal purposes and over the

last few decades, there has been a most remarkable revival of herbal

medicine. There is increasing consumptions of medicinal herbs and herbal

products globally, cutting across social and racial classes, as itis observed

both in developing and developed countries.

With limited regulatory oversight and strong advertising, many herbal

products have made their way into pharmacies and health shops and into

patients' self-prescribed therapy. The internet has also become part of the

market place. With the aim of moving away from the 'synthetic' world

towards a more 'organic' world, patients are increasingly seeking herbal

remedies to self-treat medical conditions, complement conventional

therapies, and maintain their overall health and well-being. Most patients

receive their information about herbs and supplements from sources other

than their healthcare provider. Clinicians are often oblivious to their

patients' use of herbal medicines for a variety of reasons. Being natural

products, patients wrongly believe they are always safe, others fear that

healthcare professionals may have negative attitudes towards their use

and do not report using such remedies to avoid confrontations. In

addition, healthcare professionals are often not likely to ask patients

about their self-medication. Negative effects can result from this lack of

communication, which could include adverse effects or drug-herb

interactions. Patients may also substitute herbal remedies for more

conventional therapies without informing their doctor.

Many medicinal herbs and pharmaceutical drugs are therapeutic at one

dose and toxic at another. Interactions between herbs and drugs may

increase or decrease the pharmacological or toxicological effects of either

component. Synergistic therapeutic effects may complicate the dosing of

long-term medications—eg, herbs traditionally used to decrease glucose

concentrations in diabetes could theoretically precipitate hypoglycaemia

if taken in combination with conventional drugs.

Recently, most often unaware to both the healthcare professional and the

patient, several dietary and multi-vitamin supplements began to introduce

herbs into their preparations. Preparations for improved joint function,

improved performance, hair and eye supplements, sleep aids, weight loss

and advancing age are among the preparations which are including herbs.

Hence, herbal medicines may also be consumed by those patients who

did not specifically request their use.

INTERACTIONS OF HERBS WITH DRUGS

All medicinal agents have potentially unexpected effects including

toxicity, and herbs are no different. Herbs are often administered in

combination with therapeutic drugs, raising the potential of herb-drug

interactions. As with other drugs, the risk of unexpected effects may be

influenced by a user's age, gender, genetics, nutrition status, and

concurrent disease states and treatments. In clinical practice recognizing

adverse effects of herbal medicine is not routine and their reporting is even

less frequent. It is important to be aware of any substances that have the

potential to cause toxicities and to interact with prescribed medications.

Most adverse reactions involve the skin, liver, GI tract but can involve the

heart (e.g.ephedra). Significant hepatotoxic effects were reported with

kava or echinacea when taken concurrently with other heptatoxic drugs.

The use of a drug and a herb that are both associated with potential

hepatotoxic effects should be avoided. Even less is known about

interactions than about adverse effects and much is based on speculation

or on theoretical interactions rather than evidence-based and many have

only been observed in vitro and not in vivo. It is important to note that in

vitro effects are not necessarily replicated in vivo. Findings in vivo often

appear weaker than those in vitro which would suggest that a clinical

study is warranted. An interaction may involve having the herb

component to cause an increase/ decrease in the amount of drug in the

blood stream.

Drug-herb interactions are based on the same pharmacokinetic and

pharmacodynamic principles as drug-drug interactions

PHARMACOKINETIC INTERACTIONS

Absorption

Interactions affecting absorption result in a reduction/increase of the

absorption of the drug. Changes in intestinal pH, complexing mechanisms

and drugs affecting intestinal motility will affect absorption. For example,

herbs such as aloe leaf, guar gum and senna, which are common

ingredients in herbal weight-loss products, exert a laxative effect that may

decrease intestinal transit time and reduce drug absorption. St. John's

Wort induces intestinal P-glycoprotein, which may decrease the

absorption of common P-glycoprotein substrates, such as digoxin. Such

effects may be reduced if the drug is consumed 1 hour before or 2 hours

after the herb.

APTI Bulletin – Continuing Education 2013

Herbal Medicines: Drug-herb InteractionsNimisha Jain*, Kusum Devi, Raman Dang

*Dept of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management. Al-Ameen college of Pharmacy, Bangalore, India.


Distribution

A drug with high plasma protein binding (e.g. warfarin, carbamazepine)

that has a small volume of distribution may be displaced by a herb

competing for the same binding sites. Drug displacement from protein-

bound forms, by concurrent drug administration, causes an increase in

serum drug levels and which may lead to an increase in therapeutic effect.

Metabolism

A decrease in the amount of drug could occur by stimulating the

production and activity of enzymes that degrade the drug and prepare it

for elimination from the body. Such is the case with St.John's Wort which

induces the cytochrome P450 enzymes which are responsible for the

metabolism of several drugs. This is a common mechanism and applies to

the way in which St. John's Wort may reduce the efficacy of the oral

contraceptive pill or blood levels of warfarin, digoxin, protease inhibitors,

theophylline, carbamazepine.

The opposite may also occur, in which the herb inhibits the production of

the enzyme required to break down the drug, hence increasing the drug

levels. Unlike enzyme induction, which may take several days or weeks to

develop fully, enzyme inhibition can occur within 2-3 days resulting in a

rapid development of toxicity. Licorice decreases the metabolism of

corticosteroids, leading to adverse and toxic effects from the build-up of

corticosteroids. Evidence obtained in vitro suggests that echinacea and

chamomile may inhibit the cytochrome P450, isoenzyme CYP3A4.

Concurrent use with drugs like alprazolam, simvastatin, calcium-channel

blockers, and protease inhibitors could potentially increase serum drug

levels and adverse effects.

Excretion

Changes in excretion may also affect serum drug levels. Herbal diuretics

are quite weak and unlikely to cause large problems. However, chronic

ingestion of licorice may result in hypokalemia and water retention and

accordingly may interfere with various medications including

antihypertensive and antiarrhythmic agents.

PHARMACODYNAMIC INTERACTIONS

Additive interactions

An herb might produce the same kind of effect as the drug and give an

increase in the drug effect (without increasing the amount of the drug).

Therefore herbal sedatives, anticoagulants, antihypertensives and others

may possibly increase the effect of a concurrent conventional drug taken

for the same purpose. For example, the hyponotic activity of

benzodiazepines is increased by valerian, and the anticoagulant action of

warfarin is enhanced by gingko, garlic and ginger. St John's Wort together

with other serotonergic drugs e.g. SSRIs may produce the additive effect


of the serotonin syndrome characterized by altered mental status,

autonomic dysfunction and neuromuscular abnormalities.

Antagonistic interactions

An herb might produce an effect that is contrary to the effect desired for

the drug, thereby reducing the drug effect. Ephedra or caffeine-

containing herbs (cola nut, guarana, mate, green tea), often used in

combination for the additive cardiovascular effects in many herbal weight-

loss products, may antagonize the effects of antihypertensive

medications.

CONCLUSION

Concomitant use of herbs and conventional drugs may present with

untoward events. Evidence available in literature indicates various

mechanisms through which this can occur. By interacting with

conventional medication, herbal remedies may precipitate manifestations

of toxicity or in the other extreme, therapeutic failure.

The fact that herbal medicines also have adverse effects and may give rise

to potential drug-herb interactions does not imply that their use should be

discouraged. Herbal medicines are not placebo and have been found to

be efficacious, sometimes being a suitable alternative to conventional

drugs. Most herbal drugs have good safety profiles however, the fact that

they are often taken over a long period of time in various drug cocktails,

may provide the opportunity for enzyme induction/inhibition to take

place.

A good knowledge of the potential of commonly consumed herbal

medicines to interact with prescription medicines, irrespective of the

nature of evidence available, will equip health professionals in their

practice. The only fundamental issue is that they should be considered as

medicines and their adverse effects and potential interactions considered.

Health care providers need to look closely at the risks and benefits of

herbal medicines, just as they do with conventional medicine. In order

that this may occur it is important that pharmacists and doctors should be

better informed on herbal medicines.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The authors are thankful to Prof. B.G. Shivananda, The Editor, APTI

Bulletin for his encouragement and support.

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