Association Activities

Indian Pharmacy Graduates' Association, Gujarat State Branch has organized Webinar Series 2021 during which one virtual webinar was organized On 11th October 2021, Monday at IWIPER on Microsoft Teams application. Mr. Pawan I€umar Jaggi Sir was the eminent speaker for the webinar, who had delivered his talk on the topic “Career Opportunities in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences”. Dr. Bhagirath Patel, President IPGA Gujarat did welcome the eminent speaker, present guest, Members of IPG and all the participants for the webinar. Dr. Palak Shah, Department of Pharmacology introduced the Speaker. All the participants were informed about the IPGA and its activities, membership benefits and about the webinar. Dr. Shrikalp Deshpande, Principal- UBIPER, Vice President-IPGA Gujarat has given brief about the I€BIPER-I€SV and courses offered at the lnstitute. The speech of the speaker guided everyonefor enhancing their vision for career opportunities in the field of pharmacy and gave complete information for all the branches of pharmaceutical field like Clinical Research Organizations, Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy, Medical Writing, Industry, Designing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, Academia as well as Government Sector including Regulatory affairs, Drug Inspector, Government Analyst at Central and State govt laboratories, NPPA, NIB, DRDO etc. where one can find the avenues to build pharmaceutical career. At the end he discussed various merits of Pharmaceutical sciences like Diverse career options, job stability, Opportunity to help people in different ways, Respectable remuneration, Respectful stature in the society with highest level of trust in Pharmacists globally by the people after teachers, doctors, nurses, and firefighters. His speech was very motivative and inspirational and unique during the entire webinar. The session was interactive with live question-answer time slot at the end of webinar for one-to-one interaction with the attendees. Dr. Divyesh Shastri given vote of thanks, felicitated Mr. Pawan I€umarJaggi Sir with e-certificate of the Webinar and acknowledge the thanks to the President and Secretary of IPGA Central branch. More than 200 participants including faculties and students from all over India has attended the webinar acti ely. The overall coordination during the webinar was handled b} the general secretar} of IPGA Gujarat branch Dr. Divyesh Shastri along with faculty of KBIPER Dr. Palak Shah Dr. Lata Panchal and student coordinator Ms. INushi N Panchal. From: Dr. Diy•esh H Shastri, General Secretary, IPGA Gujarat State Branch.

Indian Pharmacy Graduates' Association, Gujarat State Branch has organized Webinar Series 2021 during which one virtual webinar was organized On 11th October 2021, Monday at IWIPER on Microsoft Teams application. Dr. Bhagirath Patel, President IPGA Gujarat did welcome the eminent speaker, presentguest,MembersofIPGandalltheparticipantsforthewebinar.Dr.Palak Shah, Department of Pharmacology introduced the Speaker. All the participants were informed about the IPGA and its activities, membership benefits and about the webinar.Dr. Shrikalp Deshpande, Principal- UBIPER, Vice President-IPGA Gujarat has given brief about the I€BIPER-I€SV and courses offered at the lnstitute. K.B.InstituteofPharmaceuticalEducationandResearch(KBIPER)&NSSUnit of KBIPER sponsored by IPGA celebrated a two-day (25th & 26th November 2021) virtual event of National Pharmacy W'eek sponsored by IPGA, India National Pharmacy week 2021 was celebrated with the theme:“Pharmacist: AnintegralpartofHealthcare”bytheIndianPharmacyGraduates'Association, Gujarat State Branch at K.B. Institute of Pharmaceutical Education& Research, Gandhinagaron 25th& 26th November 2021. Afore than 450 students from various institutions of Gujarat participated in various events i.e., Debate, Quiz, Elocution, Poster presentation, Pharma ad and block interview etc. Onthefirstday,Mr.TejasShah,HeadofOperations,ThermoFisherScientific, Ahmedabad, Gujarat graced the occasion as the invited chief guest ofthe Inaugural ceremony and Dr. Nipul I€apadia, DGhI- Apollo Hospitals international Ltd as the Chief guest and Mr. hlansinh Chaudhary, President- Druggists and Chemists Association, Gandhinagar as well as Mr. Rex Shah, Community Pharmacist- Mahi Medical, Gandhinagar as guest of honor in the valedictory function. Dr. Bhagirath Patel, President- IPGA-Gujarat, Dr. Shrikalp Deshpande, Vice President- IPGA Gujarat, General Secretar) -IPGA Gujarat sharedthe dais Inauguration was startedon 25th November 2021 at 9:30am with Prayer followed by welcome address by Dr. Divyesh Shastri. He introduced the chief guest of the event, Organizing committee members, Participants and faculty coordinators, Management ofthe Institutions. Dr. Shastri presented glimpses of work done and forthcomingevent by Indian Pharmacy Graduates' Association Gujarat state branch. Following the Inauguration ceremony chief guest of the function Mr. Tejas Shah, delivered keynote address andcovered an overview of about CDISC, RBM, Monoclonal Antibodies, an insight about clinical trials, biotechnology, bioinformatics,and cognitive science and discussed about what precision medicine is and how AI is improving predictive analytics in healthcare was explored. K.B.InstituteofPharmaceuticalEducationandResearch,AConstituentcollegeof Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat in association with Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association Gujarat State Branch organized the Virtual IndustrialVisitatPharmaSynthFormulationsLtd.on21stFebruary2022at2PM.

K.R. Mangalam University, School of Medical and Allied Sciences organized the National-level webinar which is Sponsored by Indian Pharmacy Graduates' Association (IPGA) on 18th June 2021 at 2PM, on the topic "Licencing Requirements and procedures for Retail and wholesale pharmacy in India". Event started by a welcome deliverance given by the session moderator Ms. Neha Minocha, Assistant Professor, SMAS & Ms. Silky Sethi, Associate professor, SMAS. They welcomed the Convenor of the Event reciting his Achievements. Dr. Arun Garg, Convenor & Dean, SMAS welcomed all the Panellists and participants with his inaugural speech. Ms. Neha Minocha Invites the speaker of the webinar, Mr. Pawan Kumar Jaggi, Former Head of Office & Licencing Authority, Drug Control Department, Govt. of NCT Delhi. The event was started with welcome speech by the Speaker. The webinar was bedecked by eloquent and eminent speaker, who filled the space with their wisdom and astounded the audience with their insightful and notable presentation on the Topic of webinar. Around 450+ Participants from Different States Joined the event at Zoom Platform and Few participants attended Facebook live session and FDA. He told about the licensing of retail pharmacy shop with all necessary forms and regulations step wise step. Through his insightful knowledge and experience as a regulator Mr. Jaggi also enlightens attendees by taking technical forms into consideration like Form 21, Form 19 and many more. he very well demonstrated the process of licencing of both retail and wholesale pharmacy. Dr. G. Jeyaballen, who is an eminent personality and Dean of Alwar Pharmacy college, also joined the event and blessed the audience with his motivational Speech. The event was also joined by senior. Mr. Jaggi well explained about all rules and regulation of Drug and Cosmetics Act 1945it cover major acts, Objective of Act, Definition acc. To laws and different section of laws. He additionally illuminated the various Regulatory bodies like CDSCO, State drug control offices and renowned personalities like Mr. Binod Kumar, President IPGA Bihar and Mr. Anjani Kumar, President IPGAJharkhand branch. National Webinar on Virtual Pharmacology: Experimentation Software Date: 22 June 2021 I Report Date: 24 June 2021 KR. Mangalam University, School of Medical and Allied Sciences organized the National-level webinar which is in association with Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association (IPGA)- Academic Division on 22nd June 2021 at 2PM, on the topic "Virtual Pharmacology: Experimentation Software". Event started by a welcome deliverance given by the coordinator Ms. Neha Minocha, Assistant Professor, SMAS. She welcomed the Moderator of the Event. Dr. Rahul Garg, Chairman, IPGA Academic Division & Dean in Faculty of Pharmacy, Sai Tirupati University, Udaipur Rajasthan. He welcomed the convenor of the event by reciting his achievement. Dr. Arun Garg, Convenor & Dean, SMAS welcomed all the Panellists and participants with his inaugural speech. Dr. Rahul Garg Invites the speaker of the webinar, Dr. Dharmendra Ahuja, Principal Mentor, Experimental Pharmacology (Ex Pharma) Series Software, Bureau for Health & Education status upliftment, New Delhi. The event was started with welcome speech by the Speaker. There was 250+ Participants from all over India joined us through Zoom and few at Facebook live. The event was bedecked by eloquent and eminent speaker, Dr. Dharmendra Ahuja. He well explained about need of virtual software in department of pharmacology and the guidelines of CPCSEA, OECD and Animal cruelty act. He also explained about the different experimentation method of Pharmacology and how the software helps the students and research scholars for experimentation on Animals. He demonstrated live that how the software work, basic working and experimentation on software. Dr. Ahuja also showed the free software for pharmacological experimentation and it was www.heb­ nic.in. Through his notable and insightful knowledge on the topic many research scholars find the session very insightful and important. After the presentation small panel discussion was done between the panellist on the Experimentation on Animals in pharmacology at UG and PG level. The panel discussion was also Joined by Mr. Pawan Kumar Jaggi. Theme- Pharmacy: Always Trusted for Your Health Date: September 25, 2021 | Report date: September 28, 2021 K. R. Mangalam University in association with IPGA celebrated World Pharmacists Day on September 24, 2021 and September 25, 2021.This was an event, in which 50 students from different areas of Delhi-NCR participated in the event. Students of IN. R. Mangalam University felicitated all the passionate pharmacists who dedicated themselves int his pandemic to serve the mankind. Ms.Neha Minocha informed the participants pretty much all guidelines. Members are called individually as per sequential request. Questions were asked by students from all the pharmacists regarding their experience in this career Total of 150 pharmacists received an appreciation certificates and posters around Delhi-NCR (Sohna, Tauru, Bhiwadi, Faridabad and Delhi) region. Students appreciated the Pharmacists for the trust in our profession and to make this and our vital role in improving health known in every corner of the world! Pharmacists are one of those health workers who supported in tough COVID times for serving the humanity and society. Volunteers are advised to click a picture at the time of felicitation. Dr. Arun Garg, Ms. Neha Minocha and Mr. Sunil I€umar also felicitated registered pharmacist in the region Sohna, Gurgaon and Delhi. World Pharmacists Day was then successfully celebrated under the supervision of Dr.Arun Garg and team. All things considered, the event was a grand success and efforts put in by organizing team proved to be fruitful.

IPGA-Kerala State Branch in association with Kerala State Drugs Control Enforcement Officers Association (KSDCE ) organized a webinar on 12th June, 2021. The programme was inaugurated by Mr.John K.J, Drugs Controller, Kerala State. Sri.Jayan PM IPGA­ Kerala State Branch welcomed the gathering and Dr.C.S Satheeshkumar, President, IPGA-Kerala State Branch presided the function. Mr.Koteshwar Rao (Coordinator, IPGA South India), Mr.Jayan Philip (Vice President, All India Drugs Control Officers Confederation), Mr.Mathew Kokad (Managing Director, Kokad Pharma Ltd.) and Mr. Abdul Nazeer (General Secretary, Kerala Pharmacy Graduates Association) were felicitated in the function. The webinar session was handled by Mr.Manmohan Taneja, Assistant State Drugs. Controller, Government of Haryana. The topic of webinar was "COSMETICS RULES, 2020". Mr. Shaji M Varghese, President, Kerala State Drugs Control enforcement Officers Association was the moderator of the seminar. The programme was very lively and many pharmacy professionals including senior officers from Drugs Control Department from various states joined the webinar. The webinar concluded with vote of thanks, proposed by Dr.Limcee Thampi, Executive Member, IPGA Kerala State Branch.

Date: 11 June2021 I Report date: 12thJune2021 K.R. Mangalam University, School of Medical and Allied Sciences organized the National-level webinar which is Sponsored by Indian Pharmacy Graduates' Association (IPGA) on 11th June 2021 at 2PM, on the topic "Biostatistics and Research Methodology". Event started by a welcome deliverance given by the session moderator Ms. Neha Minocha, Assistant Professor, SMAS & Dr. Mamta Shankar, Assistant professor, SMAS. They welcomed the Convenor of the Event reciting his Achievements. Dr. Arun Garg, Convenor & Dean, SMAS welcomed all the Panellists and participants with his inaugural speech. Ms. Neha Minocha Invites the speaker of the webinar, Dr. Satyendra Kumar Rajput who is working as the Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The event was started with welcome speech by the Speaker. The webinar was bedecked by eloquent and eminent speaker Dr. S.K. Rajput, who filled the space with their wisdom and astounded the audience with their insightful and notable presentation on the Topic of webinar. Around 300+ Participants from Different States Joined the event at Zoom Platform and Few participants attended Facebook live session. Dr. Rajput well explained about all the aspects of Biostatistics, its types, roles and uses of the same in different research studies. He additionally illuminated the various strategies like six sigma, Anova Technique, Regression, Parametric and Non-parametric testing and some more. After the presentation, Mr. Rajesh Sharma requested him to through some light on Excel and SPSS like how they work, what are the fundamental Functions and how to examine data with all Graphs and charts. Through his insightful knowledge and experience of data handling, he very well demonstrated all the things over Excel. Mr. Pawan Kr. Jaggi, who is an eminent speaker and Former regulator in drug control department also joined the event and blessed the audience with his motivational Speech. The event was followed by the Q&A session and well­ coordinated by Ms. Neha Minocha & Mr. Rajesh Sharma. The webinar was then successfully concluded by Ms. Silky Sethy, Associate Professor, SMAS who presented the Vote of Thanks and final remarks. All things considered, the Webinar was a grand success and efforts put in by Organizing team proved to be fruitful under the guidance of Dr. Arun Garg.