Association Activities

The program was concluded with the cultural evening filled with fantastic performance by a bollywood singer and valedictory function with distribution of certificates to the participants. In the end, Mr Tapan & Mr Goutam thanked the guests and the entire members of Local Organizing Committee (including management, faculty members, staff members and student volunteers) for making the event successful.

Theme: ‘’Pharma Techies- Need Transformation’’ The 33rd Annual Conference of IPGA was organized by west Bengal state Branch at Kolkata, the city of joy. The 33rd Annual Conference of IPGA was inaugurated on 17.08.2019 at state of the art, internationally designed, Bishwa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal by Chief Guest Shri B R Sikri, Chairman, AB Merkentile group of companies, A renowned entrepreneur and the Guest of honours ShriTaranjit Singh (Chief Patron), a promoter of Education &ShriAtulNasa, President IPGA & Controlling Authority, Drugs Control Department, NCT Delhi, in West Bengal by Lighting the auspicious Lamp. The conference was aimed to meet the challenges in Pharmacy Education and the students trained with attributes that include critical thinking, communication skills, digital adaption & global understanding. The initial discussion of conference was to make future graduate Pharmacists with enhanced Pharmacy Practice Skills and knowledge. The conference was attended by more than 600 delegates from all parts of the country. In their welcome address the Organizing Secretary of 33rd Annual Conference of IPGA ShriTapan Kumar Chaudhuri, and President IPGA West Bengal State Branch, ShriGoutumSen felicitated all the dignitaries on the dais & off the dais and gave detailed note on the conference. ShriAtul Kumar Nasa, President IPGA in his Address stressed upon the theme of the conference. In his motivational words he requested students to come forward and take the lead by joining IPGA Student Forum, who is performing many professional nationwide activities under the banner of IPGA. Dr Vijay Bhalla, Treasurer IPGA, Principal, SGT College of Pharmacy, SGT University, Gurgaon, Haryana presented the detailed secretary report on behalf of Dr.ArunGarg, General Secretary, IPGA, Professor & Dean, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, K R Mangalam University, Gurugram, Haryana. On behalf of IPGA, Dr. Vijay Bhalla announced the names of the recipient of various awards. Following life members of IPGA were presented with prestigious award by handing over A certificate, A Citation and A memento by IPGA and another memento by IPGA Bengal State Branch: IPGA Fellowship Awards Mr.Tapan Kr. Chaudhuri, Mr. Rajesh P. Chaudhari, Mr.Shirish K. Dabhade, Dr.Arti R. Thakkar Dr.NeerupmaDhiman Ms Silky Sethy ECM- West Bengal ECM- Mumbai, MH ECM- Puna, MH 70th IPC ECM, ND ECM, ND IPGA Life Time Achievement Shri Sham LalNasa Registrar Delhi Pharmacy Council IPGA Professional Excellence Prof (Dr.) Satyendra Kumar Rajput Professor, Amity University IPGA Promising Pharmacist Mr.KushagraBhalla Founder President , IPGA SF IPGA BEST State Branch West Bengal Mr.Tapan&Mr.GoutamSen IPGA BEST Local Chapter Alwar, Rajasthan Dr. G Jaybalan IPGA GPAT Rank Holders (2019) YawalkarAnkitaNitin (Rank-1) Mumbai MohdRiyaz Beg (Rank-2) Mumbai VaibhavGhegade ( Rank-3) Mumbai ArchanaKapse ( Rank-3) Mumbai Mr B R Sikri in his keynote address established the role of pharmacists in next one decade, as pharma industry is growing with good pace and requires skilled work force and technicians who are digitally competent, communicative and patient friendly. He compared Academicians as Brahma, Industrialists as Vishnu and youth force (students) as Mahesh as they are innovators and destroys the outdated ideas with novel techniques. The vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Tapan Kumar Chaudhuri, Secretary, IPGA West Bengal State Branch. The inaugural session gets over by reciting National Anthem in honour of our country. The scientific program begin by the lecture by: 1. Shri P P Sharma, Ex- Deputy Drug Controller & Ex Vice President, PCI, on the topic ‘’Pharmacy Practice-Opportunities and Challenges’’ 2. Mr. P.K. Jaggi, Chief Pharmacy Executive, Delhi State Cancer Institute; on the topic ‘’Safe disposal of Unused and expired Medicines’’ 3. Dr AjmeerRamkishan, Deputy Drug Controller, CDSCO, on the topic ‘’ Blood transfusion-regulations’’ 4. Mr AbhijitGhosh, Assistant Drug Controller, on the topic ‘’ Medical Devices – Regulations’’ 5. Poster presentation and evaluation by subject experts was carried out in a meticulous manner. 6. Ms PrabhleenPahwa and Ms R Mathangi presented the report on various activities conducted by IPGA Student Forum in the past one year and plan of action for the next calendar year. They motivated students to join IPGA SF to bring positive perception of profession of pharmacy. The program was concluded with the cultural evening filled with fantastic performance by a bollywood singer and valedictory function with distribution of certificates to the participants. In the end, Mr Tapan& Mr Goutam thanked the guests and the entire members of Local Organizing Committee (including management, faculty members, staff members and student volunteers) for making the event successful. National Deworming Day Awareness Programme by IPGA Udaipur Chapter Report: Awareness program on National Deworming Day” One day awareness programme on Deworming was successfully completed on 04/09/2019 at theSeminar Hall, Bhupal Nobles’ University Udaipur. Previously one day workshop cumAwareness program for the students under 19 age of Udaipur region on “National DewormingDay” was on 03/09/2019 (Tuesday), but the programme was rescheduled on 04/09/2019 due tounavailability of prime speaker. The chief guest and key speaker was Dr. Rajesh Malik, MDPediatrics, Medical Officer and a renowned child specialist from Udaipur region. Theprogramme was chaired by Dr.Mahendra Singh Ranawat, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, BhupalNobles’ University Udaipur.More than 200 participants including students and pharmacy professional attended theevent. The programme started by welcome of chief guest by garlanding Dr. Rajesh Malik by Dr.M. S. Ranawat&Dr. C. S. Chauhan.A welcome address was given by Dr.Mahendra Singh Ranawat, Dean, Faculty ofPharmacy, Bhupal Nobles’ University Udaipur. He focused on the National deworming aspectand need for the deworming in India, he explained the historical preview of Deworming daywhich was firstly conducted in February 2015. He also stressed on the prevention and controlmeasures of epidemic of the disease.The keynote speaker Dr. Rajesh Malik, explained very well in detail, what is deworming?Symptoms, cause, diagnosis, prevention and medication which is common problem in oursociety. Dr. Malik, conducted the lecture for about 2 hours, all the partcipants were benefited byhis message to the society, the participants also asked their querries and were satisfied by hisexpertise.The memento and a certificate of appreciation was presented to Dr. Rajesh Malik, fromIPGA Udaipur Chapter by Dr.Rajendra Pal Singh Rathore, President, Indian PharmacyGraduates’ Association, Udaipur Chapter, Dr. M. S. Ranawat and Dr.Chetan Singh Chauhanasa token of remembrance.

Theme: ‘’Pharma Techies- Need Transformation’’ The 33rd Annual Conference of IPGA was organized by west Bengal state Branch at Kolkata, the city of joy. The 33rd Annual Conference of IPGA was inaugurated on 17.08.2019 at state of the art, internationally designed, Bishwa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal by Chief Guest Shri B R Sikri, Chairman, AB Merkentile group of companies, A renowned entrepreneur and the Guest of honours ShriTaranjit Singh (Chief Patron), a promoter of Education &ShriAtulNasa, President IPGA & Controlling Authority, Drugs Control Department, NCT Delhi, in West Bengal by Lighting the auspicious Lamp. The conference was aimed to meet the challenges in Pharmacy Education and the students trained with attributes that include critical thinking, communication skills, digital adaption & global understanding. The initial discussion of conference was to make future graduate Pharmacists with enhanced Pharmacy Practice Skills and knowledge. The conference was attended by more than 600 delegates from all parts of the country. In their welcome address the Organizing Secretary of 33rd Annual Conference of IPGA ShriTapan Kumar Chaudhuri, and President IPGA West Bengal State Branch, ShriGoutumSen felicitated all the dignitaries on the dais & off the dais and gave detailed note on the conference. ShriAtul Kumar Nasa, President IPGA in his Address stressed upon the theme of the conference. In his motivational words he requested students to come forward and take the lead by joining IPGA Student Forum, who is performing many professional nationwide activities under the banner of IPGA. Dr Vijay Bhalla, Treasurer IPGA, Principal, SGT College of Pharmacy, SGT University, Gurgaon, Haryana presented the detailed secretary report on behalf of Dr.ArunGarg, General Secretary, IPGA, Professor & Dean, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, K R Mangalam University, Gurugram, Haryana. On behalf of IPGA, Dr. Vijay Bhalla announced the names of the recipient of various awards. Following life members of IPGA were presented with prestigious award by handing over A certificate, A Citation and A memento by IPGA and another memento by IPGA Bengal State Branch: IPGA Fellowship Awards Mr.Tapan Kr. Chaudhuri, Mr. Rajesh P. Chaudhari, Mr.Shirish K. Dabhade, Dr.Arti R. Thakkar Dr.NeerupmaDhiman Ms Silky Sethy ECM- West Bengal ECM- Mumbai, MH ECM- Puna, MH 70th IPC ECM, ND ECM, ND IPGA Life Time Achievement Shri Sham LalNasa Registrar Delhi Pharmacy Council IPGA Professional Excellence Prof (Dr.) Satyendra Kumar Rajput Professor, Amity University IPGA Promising Pharmacist Mr.KushagraBhalla Founder President , IPGA SF IPGA BEST State Branch West Bengal Mr.Tapan&Mr.GoutamSen IPGA BEST Local Chapter Alwar, Rajasthan Dr. G Jaybalan IPGA GPAT Rank Holders (2019) YawalkarAnkitaNitin (Rank-1) Mumbai MohdRiyaz Beg (Rank-2) Mumbai VaibhavGhegade ( Rank-3) Mumbai ArchanaKapse ( Rank-3) Mumbai Mr B R Sikri in his keynote address established the role of pharmacists in next one decade, as pharma industry is growing with good pace and requires skilled work force and technicians who are digitally competent, communicative and patient friendly. He compared Academicians as Brahma, Industrialists as Vishnu and youth force (students) as Mahesh as they are innovators and destroys the outdated ideas with novel techniques. The vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Tapan Kumar Chaudhuri, Secretary, IPGA West Bengal State Branch. The inaugural session gets over by reciting National Anthem in honour of our country. The scientific program begin by the lecture by: 1. Shri P P Sharma, Ex- Deputy Drug Controller & Ex Vice President, PCI, on the topic ‘’Pharmacy Practice-Opportunities and Challenges’’ 2. Mr. P.K. Jaggi, Chief Pharmacy Executive, Delhi State Cancer Institute; on the topic ‘’Safe disposal of Unused and expired Medicines’’ 3. Dr AjmeerRamkishan, Deputy Drug Controller, CDSCO, on the topic ‘’ Blood transfusion-regulations’’ 4. Mr AbhijitGhosh, Assistant Drug Controller, on the topic ‘’ Medical Devices – Regulations’’ 5. Poster presentation and evaluation by subject experts was carried out in a meticulous manner. 6. Ms PrabhleenPahwa and Ms R Mathangi presented the report on various activities conducted by IPGA Student Forum in the past one year and plan of action for the next calendar year. They motivated students to join IPGA SF to bring positive perception of profession of pharmacy. The program was concluded with the cultural evening filled with fantastic performance by a bollywood singer and valedictory function with distribution of certificates to the participants. In the end, Mr Tapan& Mr Goutam thanked the guests and the entire members of Local Organizing Committee (including management, faculty members, staff members and student volunteers) for making the event successful.

“Role of pharmacists in identifying and reforming the status quo of Drug Abuse in India” , “Evaluating the Potential of Online pharmacies in India”, “Understanding and assessing the various dimensions of Ayushman Bharat Yojana”, “Understanding the need and strategies to modernize the current pharmacy education system in India”, “Unveiling the inequalities in the mental healthcare system Of India” This was a special project initiated by IPGASF on the topic “Outlining and assessing the different means that people adopt to discard the unwanted or expired medicines on the grounds of rationality”. The agenda for the Pharmacy Reform Goal 2019 decided by IPGASF was Proper patient counseling on safe medication disposal as it is an alarming issue today and gaining more and more awareness from the healthcare professionals as well as consumers. There is a lack of awareness associated with appropriate disposal of expired, unwanted, and unused medications. Some international and national studies showed that most patients stored their medications improperly at home that may lead to undesirable effects or unintentional risks like improper self-medication, accidental overdose, and prescription drug abuse. After conducting a 4 month long descriptive study, the project was concluded on 6Th April, 2019 with a special presentation on correct methods of disposal of pharmaceutical waste.

School of Medical and Allied Sciences, KR Mangalam University has organized a nationalconference on the theme ‘Online Pharmacy: Regulatory Perspectives’ on 01 st March, 2019.Recently, Online Pharmacy came as a boon where various companies have emerged likePharmeasy, 1mg etc. So, the current conference was aimed to discuss the pros and cons ofOnline Pharmacy as well as involvement and say of the regulatories bodies towards this e-pharmacy .Around 700 delegates from 17 different institutions of 7 states had registered in thenational conference under supervision of Mr. Sunil Kumar & Mr.Sanjeev Kumar. The inauguration function started with the saraswativandana followed by lamp lighteningceremony by Prof. (Dr.) Aditya Malik, Honorable Vice Chancellor K. R. MangalamUniversity,Prof.(Dr.) Anita Sharma, K. R. Mangalam University, Prof.(Dr.) ArunGarg Dean of School ofMedical& Allied Sciences, along with guest of Honor Sh. AtulNasa, Head ofOffice/Controlling & Licensing Authority and Deputy Drugs Controller with Drugs ControlDepartment, Government of NCT of Delhi., Mr. Dinesh Madan All India Chemist and DruggistAssociationDelhi,Prof. Vijay Bhalla, Director, SGT College of pharmacy,Prof. SatenderRajput, Dean Amity University,Dr. JayabalanAlwar college of pharmacy, Prof. HarpalSinghBhutter from University of Ottawa, Sh. Neeraj Pant, Founder and Executive Director DDREGGroup of Companies, Mr. Rajiv Gulati Consultant for PE firms, Dr.Varun Gupta, VicePresident - Medical Affairs, 1mg Technologies Private Limited. Prof. (Dr.) Aditya Malik, Honorable Vice Chancellor, K. R. Mangalam University and Prof.(Dr.)ArunGarg, Dean, K. R. Mangalam University, Gurgaon in their welcome address emphasizedthe objective of seminar and sparkled the program by the warm welcome to all thedignitaries. In their welcome address Sh. AtulNasa and Prof.(Dr.) Harpalsinghbhutterdiscussed on the present scenario of online pharmacy and their scope and various Jobopportunities in Pharma field. Sh. AtulNasa further stressed on the fact that even if weproperly follow the rules and regulations of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, then both offline andonline pharmacy can serve the purpose. Importance and necessity of Bills/Cash Memo wasalso discussed by Sh. Nasa. Mr. Dinesh Madan has discussed about the role of authorizedperson in e-prescription and Sh. Neeraj Pant discussed on the various Job opportunities inPharma field. Dr.Varun Gupta discussed how they have reached to the development ofhuman assisted artificial program for reading the prescription. The Scientific Abstract CDwas released by Guest of Honor and other dignitaries. The inaugural session was followed by scientific session and a parallel poster session wasalso conducted where the scientific work was presented by delegates and evaluated bysubject experts. The seminar ended with felicitation to student for best poster andevaluators during the valedictory function. Around 700 delegates from 17 different institutions of 7 states had participated in thenational conference. Around 150 scientific poster presentations were there. The seminarproceedings will help pharmacy professionals’, students and pharmacy business promotersthrough the experiences shared by prominent experts from Regulatory agencies, e-pharmacy and renowned hospital pharmacy.Prof.(Dr.) SaahilArora, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, Gurgaon purposed vote of thankto Guest of honors, all special invitees and delegates for their sincere participation andguidance. He also thanked the staff members, student volunteers and media.Event was concluded by national Anthem.