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

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Contents • Message from PRINCIPAL• Editorial board• Historical article• News Update• Knowledge based Article• Disease Related Breaking

News• Upcoming Events• Drugs Update• Campus News• Student’s Section• Editor’s Note• Archive

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MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL

"It can happen. It does happen. But it can't happen if you quit." Lauren Dane.

‘We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.’ Aristotle

It gives me immense pleasure to pen a few words for our e-bulletin. At the onset I would like to thank the last year’s editors and congratulate the newly selected editors for the current year.

Our first consideration is always in the best interest of the students. Our goal is to promote academic excellence and continuous improvement.

I believe that excellence in education is aided by creating a learning environment in which all learners are supported in maximizing their potential and talents. Education needs to focus on personalized learning and instruction, while promoting an education system that is impartial, universally accessible, and meeting the needs of all students.

It is of paramount importance that our learners have sufficient motivation and encouragement in order to achieve their aims. We are all very proud of you, our students, and your accomplishments and look forward to watching as you put your mark on the profession in the years ahead.

The call of the time is to progress, not merely to move ahead. Our progressive Management is looking forward and wants our Institute to flourish as a Post Graduate Institute of Excellence. Steps are taken in this direction and fruits of these efforts will be received by our students in the near future. Our Teachers are committed and dedicated for the development of the institution by imparting their knowledge and play the role of facilitator as well as role model to our students.

The Pharmacy profession is thriving with a multitude of possibilities, opportunities and positive challenges. At Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, our focus is on holistic needs of our students.

I am confident that the students of GNIPST will recognize all the possibilities, take full advantage of the opportunities and meet the challenges with purpose and determination.

Excellence in Education is not a final destination, it is a continuous walk. I welcome you to join us on this path.

My best wishes to all.

Dr. A. Sengupta

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EDITORIAL BOARD

CHIEF EDITOR DR. ABHIJIT SENGUPTA EDITOR MS. JEENATARA BEGUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR MR. DIPANJAN MANDAL

HISTORICAL ARTICLEHenry Moseley

1887 – 1915 Henry Moseley was an outstandingly skilled experimental physicist. In 1913 he used self-built equipment to prove that every element’s identity is uniquely determined by the number of protons it has. His discovery enabled him to predict confidently the existence of four new chemical elements, all of which were found.

Early Life and Education

Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley was born in the town of Weymouth, England, on November 23, 1887.

His parents were both from well-educated families. His father, who was also named Henry, was a professor of anatomy and physiology. His mother, Amabel, was the daughter of a barrister who had changed careers to become a mollusc biologist.

Henry Moseley was educated in private schools. His first school was Summer Fields School – an elementary school. There he won a scholarship for Eton College, which is probably Britain’s most prestigious high school.

Some time after arriving at Eton he decided the school’s physics lessons were too easy, so he worked on the subject independently. Aged 18, he won Eton’s physics and chemistry prizes.

Already a high achiever, he was admitted in 1906 to the University of Oxford’s Trinity College, where he studied physics. There he disappointed himself. He was suffering badly from hayfever when he

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sat his final exams. He got a second class honors degree in physics, not the ‘first’ he had hoped for and expected.

The Atomic Battery

Working in Rutherford’s group, it was inevitable that Moseley would work with radioactive chemical elements.

After becoming familiar with the field, he went beyond experiments others had thought of and came up with his own particular twist.

In 1912 he attempted to use high positive voltages to pull beta particles (high energy electrons) back into their radioactive source. (This sounds like a fun sort of thing anyway, but Moseley hoped to use the results to shed light on one of the predictions of Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity: that mass increases with velocity.)

He tried to pull the beta particles back by insulating their radioactive source (radium) so that it would become increasingly positive as the beta particles carried negative charge away.

If the radium could reach an electric potential of one million volts, then even the most energetic beta particles would be pulled back into the source as they were emitted. Unfortunately, the high degree of perfection needed in insulating the radium could not be achieved, so one million volts could not be reached.

However, by generating voltages (about 150,000 volts) on a radioactive source, Moseley actually created the world’s first atomic battery – a beta cell. He called it a radium battery.

Today, atomic batteries are used where long battery life is crucial, such as in cardiac pacemakers and spacecraft.

Antonius van den Broek’s Hypothesis

In 1911 Antonius van den Broek had published his hypothesis that atomic number – which at this time was simply the position of an element in the periodic table – might actually be equal to the amount

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of charge in the atom’s nucleus. There was, however, no experimental evidence to prove this hypothesis.

Enter Henry Moseley!

Shooting Electrons at the Elements

Moseley had learned from William and Lawrence Bragg that when high-energy electrons hit solids such as metals, the solids emit X-rays.

This intrigued Moseley, who wondered if he could study these X-rays to learn more about what goes on inside atoms; he had van den Broek’s hypothesis in mind specifically.

He moved back to Oxford in 1913. Rutherford had offered him a new fellowship at Manchester on better terms, but Moseley decided the best path for his career would be to get experience in several different laboratories. There was no fellowship open at Oxford, but Moseley believed one was coming up. He was given laboratory space, but had to self-fund his work.

In a very small amount of time he personally put together experimental apparatus to shoot high-energy electrons at different chemical elements and measure the wavelength and frequencies of the resulting X-rays.

He discovered that each element emits X-rays at a unique frequency. He also found he could get a straight line graph by plotting the square-root of X-ray frequency against elements’ atomic numbers.

Startlingly, Moseley realized that his work had confirmed van den Broek’s hypothesis.

His data made most sense if the positive charge in the atomic nucleus increased by exactly one unit as you look from one element to the next in the periodic table. In other words, he discovered that an element’s atomic number is identical to how many protons it has.

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New Method of Identifying Elements

As if his explanation of the periodic table were not enough, Moseley had also discovered a new non-destructive method to find out which elements are present in any sample: you bombard the sample with high-energy electrons and look at the frequencies of the resulting X-rays. These X-rays are as good as a fingerprint for any elements present in the sample.

At the time, this was a particularly welcome technique for rare-earth chemists, who had found their work becoming almost nightmarish. The rare-earth metals behave so similarly that to analyze a sample containing these elements could take years of work. Moseley could now do it in minutes!

X-ray spectroscopy is now used in laboratories all over the world. It is also used to study other worlds, such as Mars.

The End

In 1914 Rutherford and Bragg recommended to the University of Oxford that Moseley should be appointed to a chair of physics that was becoming vacant there.

Moseley, however, had other ideas.

When World War 1 began in 1914 he enlisted as a volunteer in the British Army’s Royal Engineers. His family pleaded with him to continue his scientific research, and the army was reluctant to accept him. Moseley had to fight hard to get into the army.

Second Lieutenant Henry Moseley was killed in battle at the age of 27 in Gallipoli, Turkey on August 10, 1915. His grave is located on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula.

As a result of Moseley’s death, and after much lobbying by Ernest Rutherford, the British Government placed a ban on other scientists of repute serving in front-line roles.

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In 1916 no Nobel Prizes were awarded in physics or chemistry. There is a strong scientific consensus that Henry Moseley, had he been alive, would have received one of these awards.

NEWS UPDATE Blood test could transform tuberculosis

diagnosis, treatment in developing countries: (19th February, 2016) A simple blood test that can accurately diagnose active tuberculosis could make it easier and cheaper to control a disease that kills 1.5 million people every year.

Smart skin made of recyclable materials may transform medicine and robotics: (19th February, 2016) Smart skin that can respond to external stimuli could have important applications in medicine and robotics.

Researchers discover new Ebola-fighting antibodies in blood of outbreak survivor: (19th February, 2016) A new group of powerful antibodies to fight Ebola virus has been discovered by a team of scientists. The antibodies, isolated from the blood of a survivor of the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the largest panel reported to date, could guide the development of a vaccine or therapeutic against Ebola.

Bath salts difficult to detect in biological samples, study finds: (19th February, 2016) Synthetic cathinones or 'Bath salts' continue to be popular among recreational drug users and a new study highlights the challenges associated with the detection of these drugs in biological evidence.

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Gut microbes help sustain body growth despite malnutrition: (18th February, 2016) Gut microbial species transferred from healthy children to mice can counter the detrimental effects caused by microbes from undernourished children. The study showing this goes on to identify certain species of microbe that offset malnutrition's negative effects, suggesting the possible role of the microbiota as a therapeutic intervention for malnutrition.

Stenting and surgery effectively lower long-term risk of stroke: (18th February, 2016) Risk of long-term stroke equally and effectively lowered in stenting and invasive surgery procedures.

Ebola crisis provides framework for responding to outbreaks like Zika virus: (18th February, 2016) As world leaders grapple with containing the Zika virus, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa provides valuable lessons for how to respond to infectious disease epidemics, according to a new policy report.

Pairing pain medicine with metal ions to battle cancer: (17th February, 2016) Fighting chemoresistant cancer remains a huge challenge that scientists are tackling from as many angles as they can. One alternative approach involves pairing two groups of compounds -- pain medicine and metal ions -- that have individually shown promise as anti-cancer agents. Scientists now report that combining the two led to new compounds that could destroy drug-resistant cancer cells and leave most normal cells alone in lab tests.

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New predictor of cancer: (17th February, 2016) Epigenetic age is a new way to measure your biological age. When your biological (epigenetic) age is older than your chronological age, you are at increased risk for getting and dying of cancer, reports a new study. And the bigger the difference between the two ages, the higher your risk of dying of cancer. The research could be used to develop an early detection blood test for cancer, say researchers.

Potential pathway between insomnia, depression, study of firefighters finds: (17th February, 2016) Insomnia and nightmares may increase the risk of depression by impairing the ability to access and leverage emotion regulation strategies effectively, a new study of firefighters suggests. For detail mail to editor

KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE Zika virus

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae and

the genus Flavivirus, transmitted by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes,

such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus. Its name comes from the Zika Forest of Uganda, where the virus was first isolated in 1947. Zika virus is related to dengue, yellow fever,Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile viruses. Outbreaks of Zika virus disease have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. Signs and Symptoms The incubation period (the time from exposure to symptoms) of Zika virus disease is not clear, but is likely to be a few days. The symptoms are similar to other arbovirus infections such as dengue, and include fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and

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joint pain, malaise, and headache. These symptoms are usually mild and last for 2-7 days.

Potential complications of Zika virus disease During large outbreaks in French Polynesia and Brazil in 2013 and 2015 respectively, national health authorities reported potential neurological and auto-immune complications of Zika virus disease. Recently in Brazil, local health authorities have observed an increase in Guillain-Barré syndrome which coincided with Zika virus infections in the general public, as well as an increase in babies born with microcephaly in northeast Brazil. Agencies investigating the Zika outbreaks are finding an increasing body of evidence about the link between Zika virus and microcephaly. However, more investigation is needed to better understand the relationship between microcephaly in babies and the Zika virus. Other potential causes are also being investigated. Transmission Zika virus is transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito from theAedes genus, mainly Aedes aegypti in tropical regions. This is the same mosquito that transmits dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever. However, sexual transmission of Zika virus has been described in 2 cases, and the presence of the Zika virus in semen in 1 additional case. Zika virus disease outbreaks were reported for the first time from the Pacific in 2007 and 2013 (Yap and French Polynesia, respectively), and in 2015 from the Americas (Brazil and Colombia) and Africa (Cape Verde). In addition, more than 13 countries in the Americas have reported sporadic Zika virus infections indicating rapid geographic expansion of Zika virus. Diagnosis Infection with Zika virus may be suspected based on symptoms and recent history (e.g. residence or travel to an area where Zika virus is known to be present). Zika virus diagnosis can only be confirmed by laboratory testing for the presence of Zika virus RNA in the blood or other body fluids, such as urine or saliva.

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Prevention Mosquitoes and their breeding sites pose a significant risk factor for Zika virus infection. Prevention and control relies on reducing mosquitoes through source reduction (removal and modification of breeding sites) and reducing contact between mosquitoes and people. This can be done by using insect repellent regularly; wearing clothes (preferably light-coloured) that cover as much of the body as possible; using physical barriers such as window screens, closed doors and windows; and if needed, additional personal protection, such as sleeping under mosquito nets during the day. It is extremely important to empty, clean or cover containers regularly that can store water, such as buckets, drums, pots etc. Other mosquito breeding sites should be cleaned or removed including flower pots, used tyres and roof gutters. Communities must support the efforts of the local government to reduce the density of mosquitoes in their locality. Repellents should contain DEET (N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide), IR3535 (3-[N-acetyl-N-butyl]-aminopropionic acid ethyl ester) or icaridin (1-piperidinecarboxylic acid, 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-methylpropylester). Product label instructions should be strictly followed. Special attention and help should be given to those who may not be able to protect themselves adequately, such as young children, the sick or elderly. During outbreaks, health authorities may advise that spraying of insecticides be carried out. Insecticides recommended by the WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme may also be used as larvicides to treat relatively large water containers. Travellers should take the basic precautions described above to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Treatment Zika virus disease is usually relatively mild and requires no specific treatment. People sick with Zika virus should get plenty of rest, drink enough fluids, and treat pain and fever with common

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medicines. If symptoms worsen, they should seek medical care and advice. There is currently no vaccine available.

Jeenatara Begum Assistant Professor

GNIPST

DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS Lassa Fever – Benin: (19th February, 2016)

On 25 January 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Benin notified WHO of an outbreak of Lassa fever. The outbreak was initially detected on 21 January following reports of unexplained fever within a cluster of health workers from the district of Tchaourou, Borgou department. On 3 January, these health workers provided care to a patient suffering from haemorrhagic fever. Between 21 January and 16 February, 71 cases (6 confirmed, 10 probable et 55 suspected) were reported from seven departments – namely, Borgou (52), Collines (13), Ouémé (2), Alibori (1), Atlantique (1), Kouffo (1) and Littoral (1). During the same period of time, a total of 23 deaths were recorded in the departments of Borgou (16), Collines (4), Atlantique (1), Ouémé (1) and Plateau. Seven of the reported cases (3 confirmed, 1 probable and 3 suspected), including 2 deaths (1 confirmed and 1 probable), were health workers. Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS National seminar on Reformulating potential active molecule:

Future aspect and challenges at Shambhunath Institute of Pharmacy, Allahabad will be held on 26th to 27th February 2016. International conference on pharmaceutical, medical and

environmental health sciences (ICPharME-2016) organized by

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Institute for Global Research Forum (IGR Forum) Vizag, Andhra Pradesh will be held on 6th March, 2016. 5th Annual Pharma Intellectual Property Right at Mumbai, India

will be held on 9th to 11th March, 2016. 12th International Conference of the Asian Clinical Oncology

Society at New Delhi, India will be held on 8th to 10th April, 2016.

DRUGS UPDATES FDA Approves Briviact (brivaracetam) to Treat

Partial Onset Seizures: (19th February, 2016) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Briviact (brivaracetam) as an add-on treatment to other medications to treat partial onset seizures in patients age 16 years and older with epilepsy. Read more

CAMPUS NEWS National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC):

A NAAC peer team completed a three-day inspection (17th February to 19th February, 2016) of GNIPST to evaluate its academic credibility and infrastructure on Friday.

Saraswati Puja 2016: On 13th February 2016 the students of GNIPST celebrated Saraswati Puja at GNIPST campus.

GNIPST Cricket 2016 result: Winner: B.Pharm 4th year Runners: B.Pharm 2nd year Man of the match, best wicket taker, best batsman: B.Pharm 4th year student Gourab Dey

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GNIPST Sports 2016 result: Relay Race for Boys: 1st: Maruf Billa, Somenath Dian, Subhajit Majumdar, Abu Sufia 100 meter Flat Race for Girls: 1st: Nirmita Gupta 2nd: Joyati Ghosh 3rd: Moutan Roy Long Jump for Girls: 1st: Aindrila Bhoumik 2nd: Manpreet Ghai 3rd: Anjali Mondal Shotput for Girls: 1st: Koyal Ghosh 2nd: Nirmita Gupta 3rd: Sneha Pal Discuss for Girls: 1st: Manpreet Ghai 2nd: Nirmita Gupta 3rd: Sneha Pal Sack race for Girls: 1st: Nirmita Gupta 2nd: Aindrila Bhoumik 3rd: Moutan Roy Balance race for Girls: 1st: Indira Saha 2nd: Nirmita Gupta 3rd: Aindrila Bhoumik Relay Race for Girls: Aindrila Bhoumik Manpreet Ghai

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Anjali Mondal Joyati Ghosh Skipping for Girls: 1st: Aindrila Bhoumik 2nd: Anjali Mondal 3rd: Manpreet Ghai 200 meter Flat Race for Girls: 1st: Anjali Mondal 2nd: Moutan Roy 3rd: Nirmita Gupta Sack race for Boys: 1st: Maruf Billa Akunjee 2nd: Abu Sufian 3rd: Sufian Sk. 100 meter Race for Boys: 1st: Abu Sufian 2nd: Maruf Billa Akunjee 3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur 200 meter Flat Race for Boys: 1st: Maruf Billa Akunjee 2nd: Subrajit Mazumder 3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur Long Jump for Boys: 1st: Abu Sufian 2nd: Maruf Billa Akunjee 3rd: Dipankar Kamila Go for Goal for Boys: 1st: Rohan Dutta 2nd: Souvik Ganguly 3rd: Ankit Chowdhury Discuss throw for Boys:

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1st: Bishal Kr. Singh 2nd: Raj Kumar 3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur Shotput for Boys: 1st: Arijit Mitra Thakur 2nd: Bishal Kr. Singh Tug of War for Boys: Dipu Roy, Doyal Hui, Ankit Dey, Rohan Dutta, Bishal Kumar Singh. Tug of War for Girls: Indira Saha, Joyati Ghosh, Sneha Pal, Manpreet Ghai, Debolina Roy.

On 29th January to 30th January 2016 GNIPST organized the cricket match.

On 27th January and 28th January 2016 GNIPST organized the Annual Sports programme.

From 19th January, 2016 to 28th January, 2016 B.Pharm final year students had their Industrial Tour in Gangtok, Sikkim and Pelling. They visited Alkem Laboratories Ltd. Sikkim under the supervision of Ms. Jeenatara Begum, Mr. Samrat Bose and Mr. Dipanjan Mondal.

On 12th January, 2016 the students and teachers of GNIPST celebrated youth day on the occasion of 153rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

A competition on Innovative and Scientific Modelling will be held in Tech-Fest 2016. Only B.Pharm students are eligible for participation. Last date for topic submission is 11th January, 2016 and last date for Model submission is 20th January, 2016. Posters are also invited on different subjects. Last date for soft copy of the posters submission is 11th January, 2016.

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A Bulletin committee will be formed and all the committee members are requested to attend the Bulletin Committee Meeting on 4th January, 2016.

On 23rd December 2015, a meeting was held in GNIPST for Bulletin committee formation and Tech-Fest 2016.

Dr. Asis Bala got 1st prize in the Oral presentation conducted by SFE in Jadavpur.

Recived a Grant in aid from Department of Science & Technology, Govt of WestBengal under the Scheme of Scientific Project Research & Science Popularization Programme during the financial year 2015-16 to GNIPST as per details below Grantee Institution: Guru Nanak institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Principal Investigator: Dr Swati Chakraborty Title of the Project: Identification of heavy metal chromium Cr (VI) & Nickel (Ni) tollerence bacteria to develop microbial biosensors and role on secondary metabolite of medicinal plant Bacopa monnieri(L) in metal contaminated soil of East Kolkata Wetland. Grant in Aid: Eighteen lakh Ninety Eight Thousand & One Junior Research fellow for three years of duration

Some teachers and students of GNIPST attended the seminar SFE 2015.

Report of National Seminar on “Current Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare”: 1. Name of the Institute: Guru Nanak institute of PharmceuticalScience & Technology 2. Sanctioning Authority: West Bengal State Council of Science& Technology, Department of Science & Technology, Government of West Bengal for conducting Seminar for National Science Day.

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3. Seminar Topic : “Current Innovation in Biotechnology forHuman Welfare”. 4.Amount Sanctioned: 30,000/- 5. Purpose of Utilisation: Celebration of National Science Day (7th

November 2015) One day National Seminar on “Current Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare”.

Eminent Speakers from Indian Stastical Institute, Viswa-BharatiUniversity, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vidyalaya, National Instituteof Occupational Health ,Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute,Directorate of Drug Control(WB) etc. were invited for thepresentation in scientific lecture sessions.

There was scientific poster presentation competition among thestudents of different colleges of WestBengal. Total number ofsixty three posters were selected for presentation and best threeposters were awarded .

I. First prize winners Poulami Majumdaer, Indrajit Karmakar, Suchandra Majumder, Pallab kanti halder from Jadavpur University, Department of Pharmaceutical Science on “ Evaluation of invitro antidiabetic activity of methanol extract of Curcuma caesia rhizome,

II. Second Prize winners Susmita Dutta, Swati Chakraborty , GuruNanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, “Optimization of biofilm poduction from Pseudomonas sp. andapplication in antimicrobial and bacteriocin producing activity” ,

III. Third prize winners are jointly from Arindam Ganguly, AparupaBhattacharya, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science &Technology, “Microbial fuel cell” and Apurba Mukherjee , SutapaMukherjee, Madhumita Roy, Chittaranjan National CancerInstitute , “The common Indian spice curcumin act as an enhancerof antitumor agent in Leukemia”.

Around 580 delegates from different academic and reserchinstitutes attended the day long seminar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On 21st August, 2015 the 1st year students of GNIPST were welcomed in the Freshers Welcome Programme ‘ESPERANZA’.

HOMAGE TO FORMER PRESIDENT DR A P J ABDUL KALAM: On 31st July, 2015 all the students and teachers of GNIPST paid their homage for our former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: GNIPST has been certified by the Alumni Association under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961. FAREWELL PROGRAMME:

On 15th May 2015 GNIPST celebrated the farewell programme ‘Sesh Chithi’ for the final year students of M.Pharm, M.Sc, B.Pharm, B.Sc and BHM. JIS SAMMAN 2015

On 11th May, 2015 GNIPST attended the JIS SAMMAN 2015.

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JIS SAMMAN Awards: • Best College (Non Engineering):

GNIPST• Best Principal:

Dr (Prof.) Avijit Sengupta• Best HOD:

Mr. Jaydip Ray• Best Faculty:

Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar (Pharmacy)Dr. Swati Chakraborty (Life Sciences)

• Best faculty since inception:Mr. Jaydip Ray

• Best Office Staff:Ms. Jaya Banerjee

• Best technical Assistant:Mr. Somnath Majhi

• College Blue:Avik Paul

• Highest DGPA of 2014:B.Pharm:Purbali Chakraborty (4th year)Diksha Kumari (3rd year)Aishika Dutta (2nd year)Sampita Paul (1st year)M.Pharm:Aritra Mukherjee (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)Mounomukhar Bhattacharya (Pharmacology)

B.Sc (Biotechnology): Papiya Saha (3rd year) Shomasree Das (2nd year) Ayanita Basak (1st year) B.Sc (Microbiology): Bonhisikha Chatterjee (3rd year)

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Riaz Hossain (2nd year) Soumi Chowdhury (1st year) BHM: Bishal Roy (3rd year) Shreyabhanja Chowdhury (2nd year) Recitation:

Udita Majumder Debate:

Srijita Roy Poushali Ganguly Quiz:

Arani Ray Dipayan Nath Band:

Syantan Ghoswami Anurag Ghosh Atanu Mondal Arka Khamaru Ritobroto Paul Abhirup Dasgupta

Fashion: Md. Nadeem Shah Koustav Sarkar Shaksar Saha Avirup Dasgupta Ranit Kundu Namrata Ganguly Shreyasee Mitra Chandrika Saha Debopriya Chatterjee Riya Taran

Innovative Modeling: Ankit Chowdhury Kartik Koley

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Mudasar Manna Dipan Chaterjee Abhishek Singh Kaustav Pal Manojit Dutta SPIRIT JIS 2015

On 03th to 05th April, 2015 JIS organised SPIRIT JIS 2015. GPAT 2015 Result:

The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT-2015. We congratulate them all. Diksha Kumari Rupanjay Bhattacharya Avik Paul Xtasy 2015:

GNIPST is going to organize the Tech Fest ‘Xtasy 2015’ from 30th March, 2015 to 1st April, 2015.

FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME: The FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Training & Placement Cell, GNIPST in collaboration with Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association (IPGA), Bengal Branch from 21st February to 11th April, 2015 at GNIPST Auditorium. On 21

st February, 2015 the Finishing School Training Programme of

GNIPST was inaugurated by Sri Soumen Mukhopadhyay, Deputy Director, Drug Control Office, Goutam Kr. Sen, President, IPGA, Mr. Subroto Saha, Asst. Directorate, Drug Control Office, Mr. Ranendra Chakraborty, Sales Manager and Associate Director Dr. Reddys Laboratory. On 28th February, 2015 Dr. D. Roy, Former Deputy Drug Controller, Mr. Sujoy Chakraborty, divisional Therapy Manager, Cipla and Mr. Vikranjit Biswas, Senior Manager, Learning & Development, Cipla delivered their valuable lectures in the 2nd day FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST.

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On 14th March, 2015 Mr. Milindra Bhattacharya, Senior Manager, QA & QC, Emami Ltd. and Mr. Joydev Bhoumik, Manager, Operation, Ranbaxy Laboratory Limited delivered their valuable lectures in the 3rd day FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST. On 21st March, 2015 Mr. Tridib Neogi, Associate Vice-President (Quality Assurance), Albert David Ltd. delivered his valuable lectures in the 4th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST. On 28th March, 2015 Dr. Gautam Chaterjee, an Alumni of Jadavpur University and presently associated with NIPER delivered his valuable lectures in the 5th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST. On 11th April, 2015 the closing ceremony of the FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was held in GNIPST Auditorium.

JOBS: All the students of Final Year B. Pharm and M. Pharm are hereby informed that an interview will be conducted on 23rd May, 2015 by Standard Pharmaceuticals Ltd. GSK for post: Production, QA, QC. All the students of Final Year B. Pharm and M. Pharm are hereby informed that an interview will be conducted by GSK for sales and marketing job. Details given below:

Date: 27.03.2015Time: 09:45 amVenue : GSK Consumer Healthcare Limited, Unit No. 208,

2nd Floor, Ecospace Campus B (3 B), New Town, Rajarhat, 24 Pgs (N). Kolkata-700156.

THYROCARE provisionally selected 15 students from JIS Group. Amongst these, 3 students of B. Sc (H) Biotechnology and M. Sc Biotechnology have been selected. Ipsita Mondal (M. Sc Biotechnology)Debriti Paul (M. Sc Biotechnology)Debopriya Chatterjee {B. Sc (H) Biotechnology}

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The final year students of B.Pharm (31 students) and B.Sc (11 students) attended the pooled campus drive of Abbott India Ltd. on 10th March, 2015 at Jadavpur University. Among them 17 students have gone through to the final round of this pooled campus drive and short listed for final selection.

ACHIEVEMENT: Congratulations to Anurag Chanda, student of B.Pharm final year

who have got the 1st prize in poster presentation event in Prakriti 2015 at Department of Agricultural and Food engineering, IIT, Kharagpur.

OTHERS: On 24th and 25th February, 2015 Swamiji of Gourio Math wasdelivered some motivational lectuers in GNIPST. The students of GNIPST participated in the 4th Sardar JodhSinghTrophy organised by NIT on 20th February, 2015. On 8th February, 2015 Gnipst celebrated the Reunionprogramme“Reminiscence Reloaded 2015”.

STUDENTS’ SECTION WHO CAN ANSWER FIRST????

Literally meaning of which countryis Rich coast ?

Answer of Previous Issue’s Image: Bromine

Send your thoughts/Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any other

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contributions for Students’ Section& answers of this Section at gnipstbulletin@gmail.com

EDITOR’S NOTE It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 1st issue of 53th Volume of GNIPST BULLETIN. All the followers of GNIPST BULLETIN are able to avail the bulletin through facebook account ‘GNIPST bulletin’ I am very much thankful to all the GNIPST members and readers who are giving their valuable comments, encouragements and supports. I am also thankful to Dr. Abhijit Sengupta, Director of GNIPST for his valuable advice and encouragement. Special thanks to Dr. Prerona Saha, Mr. Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar and Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for their kind co-operation and technical supports. Thank you Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for the questionnaires of the student section. An important part of the improvement of the bulletin is the contribution of the readers. You are invited to send in your write ups, notes, critiques or any kind of contribution for the forthcoming special and regular issue.

ARCHIVE The general body meeting of APTI, Bengal Branch has been

conducted at GNIPST on 15th June, 2012. The program started witha nice presentation by Dr. Pulok Kr. Mukherjee, School of NaturalProducts, JU on the skill to write a good manuscript forpublication in impact journals. It was followed by nearly two hourlong discussion among more than thirty participants on differentaspects of pharmacy education. Five nonmember participantsapplied for membership on that very day.

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GNIPST is now approved by AICTE and affiliated to WBUT forconducting the two years’ post graduate course (M.Pharm) inPHARMACOLOGY. The approved number of seat is 18.

The number of seats in B.Pharm. has been increased from 60 to120.

AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under ResearchPromotion Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13toGNIPST as per the details below:a. Beneficiary Institution: Guru Nanak Institution of PharmaceuticalScience & Technology.

b. Principal Investigator: Dr. LopamudraDutta.c. Grant-in-aid sanctioned:Rs. 16,25000/- only

d. Approved duration: 3 years

e. Title of the project: Screening and identification of potentialmedicinal plant of Purulia & Bankura districts of West Bengal with respect to diseases such as diabetes, rheumatism, Jaundice, hypertension and developing biotechnological tools for enhancing bioactive molecules in these plants.

Activity Clubs of GNIPST: Name of Club Member Faculty SPORTS Mr. Debabrata GhoshDastidar LITERARY AND PAINTING Ms. Jeenatara Begum SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE MODELLING

Mr. Samrat Bose

ECO Ms. Sumana Roy SOCIAL SERVICES Dr. Asis Bala PHOTOGRAPHY Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharya CULTURAL Ms. Priyanka Ray DEBATE AND EXTEMPORE Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya

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