Association Activities

A National Conference on “Recent Trend in Drug Discovery and Development” [RTD3] was organized in Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Motherhood University, Roorkee in association with in association with Uttarakhand State Branches of APTI & IPGA on April 29, 2017 (Saturday). The aim of this conference [RTD3] is to deliberate on recent trend in drug discovery and development and to exchange experience and knowledge among the experts from industry and academia around the nation. It will provide a platform for professionals, researchers and scholars to share their idea and experience over here. The detailed schedule for the conference was as follows: Time Event 8.00 A.M to 10.00 A.M. Participant Registration 11.00 A.M. to 11.30 A.M Inaugural Function 11.30 A.M to 1.00 P.M. Technical Session 1: Expert Lectures 1.00 P.M to 2.00 P.M. LUNCH 2.00 P.M to 3.00 P.M Technical Session 2: Poster Exhibition & Evaluation/Oral Presentation 3.00 P.M to 3.30 P.M High Tea 3.30 P.M to 4.30 P.M Valedictory Function Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Prof. (Dr.) Narendra Sharma was the Chief Guest, Mr. G.S. Bedi, the President of IPGA, Uttarakhand was Guest of Honour and Dr. Rajeev Kharb, Dr. Satyendra Rajput & Dr. Ravindra Kumar Kondal from AMITY University, Noida were the Keynote speakers and all the Deans, Principal & HODs were invited guests on this great occasion. The celebration was started with Lamp lightening, floral warship by all dignitaries and Vandana of Maa Sharde presented by the students. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor conveyed to the students about the importance of practical session. He also convey the important role of Pharmacy scholars in the area of new drug discovery & development. Dr. G.S. Bedi, the President of IPGA, Uttarakhand says to the delegates for thorough and deep studies of subjects to retain the quality for professional need and always refer a standard book & periodical/journals to update himself. Dr. Rajeev Kharb from AMITY University describe the various techniques used in the new drug discovery and development. Dr. Satyendra Rajpul inlighting the invention of new drugs for Parkinsonism, Alzheimer and brain strock. Dr. Ravindra Kumar Kondal convey the importance of clinical trial & post marketing surveillance for new drug development and simultaneously a golden carrier opportunity in Pharmacovigilance. Mr. Vibhu Agnihotri from Sanofi Pasteur India Pvt. Ltd.enlightening the carrier opportunity in the field of Pharmaceutical Marketing. In this one-day conference around 300 delegates from eight Universities and various Institutes of surrounding satats were participated. 56 research papers were presented in this conference in the form of oral presentation as well as poster display by delegates. This ceremony was concluded with the vote of thanks of Dr. Santosh Kumar Verma, Principal& Convener-Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences towards the all present dignitaries and students to make this occasion successful.Media coverage of this event was published in daily newspapers, like Hindustan (30th April, 2017, Haridwar edition), Amar Ujala (30th April, 2017, Haridwar edition) and Dainik Jagaran (30th April, 2017, Haridwar edition).

Indian pharmacy graduate association has organized a National Conference on Recent Advances in Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciencesin association with Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Rishikesh at IDPL Guest House on5th December 2015. On this occasion approximately 70 delegates including educationists, scientists, and studentswere gathered from different places and presented their research work. The eventstarted with lamp lighting by Institute Chief Guest Dr. Y D Desai from USA accompanied with Mr. G. S. Bedi,General Manager, IDPL, Rishikesh, invited speakers Prof. R. C. Dubey, Mr.Pankaj Sharma, Director Smt. TarawatiInstitute of Biomedical & Allied Sciences, Roorkee, and Dr.Avtar Chand Rana, Director, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Program was inaugurated by Chief Guest Dr. Y D Desai, America. In his inaugural speech he said all world is looking towards India for Innovations and discoveries in the field of pharmaceuticals as well as biological sciences. He also motivated the participants for doing better in their respective fields. He has also emphasized his concern toward less preventive diseases like CANCER and AIDS and asked the scholars to concentrate their works to prevention and cure of such diseases. He said a lot of work is required in this arena. During the program Prof. R. C. Dubey, Dean, Faculty of Medical sciences and Health, Gurukul Kangri Vishwadyalaya, HARIDWAR, was present on the occasion as Guest of Honour and he shared his vast knowledgeand experience on the fermentation technology. He also praised IDPL for providing such interactive platform tothe young and dynamic researches. The first prize was bagged by Ms. Reshma Kumari, Research Scholar of Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar. Chief Guest Mr. G. S. Bedi (General Manager, IDPL, Rishikesh ) accompanied by Professor R. C. Dubey and Mr. Pankaj Sharma distributed the prizes to winners of oral and poster competition. During this event Dr.Somesh Thapliyal, Dr.Saloni Kakkar, Dr.Vineet Mittal, Dr. Vijay Jyoti was also present. Mr. G. S. Bedi, General Manager, IDPL, Rishikesh and Dr.Avtar Chand Rana, Director, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, congratulated the winners and thanks to delegates for using this event as a platform to showcase current research advancements in Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences. This program was organized at IDPL, Rishikesh, under chairmanship of Mr G.S. Bedi, General Manager, IDPL, Rishikesh, coordinated by Mr. Kapil Kumar Goel and Mr Ashwani Jangra, Prince Prashant. Scientific session in the conference involved deliberations by invited educationists, scientists, and healthcare providers, Oral and Poster Presentations by delegates. Total seventy posters, five oral presentations and two speaker notes were presented by speakers and various delegates from different states MD University, Hariyana, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, HARIDWAR and so on.