Association Activities

01/12/2021: In connection with World AIDS day, an awareness poster was designed by IPGA-Kerala State Branch and circulated among various Pharmacy Colleges in Kerala for circulating among students and display in notice boards. Also, we circulated the poster among officials of Drugs Control Department and Drugs Testing Laboratories for exhibiting in notice boards. 30/01/2022: IPGA (Kerala State Branch) in association with IPGA (Central) organizedawebinar on “RecentTrendsinQualityAssuranceintheInVitro Diagnostic Reagents”. Dr. Atul Kumar Nasa, President, IPGA inaugurated the webinarandMr.JayanPM,DrugsController,KeralaStatewastheGuestofHonor in the function. Mr.Sanjaymon K R,Associate VP(Quality), AGAPPE delivered an excellentlectureonthetopicwhichwasveryusefulandimpartednewinsightson thesubjecttotheparticipants.Itwasagreatsuccesswiththeparticipationof200 plus participants across the country. 27/02/2022:IPGA(KeralaStateBranch)inassociationwithKeralaStateDrugs Control Enforcement Officers’ Association (KSDCEOA) organized a webinar for regulatory officers across the country on the topic “Arresting Powers and Procedures of Drug Regulatory Officers: A review based on Honorable SupremeCourtJudgment”.Dr.AtulKumarNasa,President,IPGA,inaugurated the webinar and Mr. Jayan PM, Drugs Controller, Kerala State was the Guest of Honour in the function. Mr. Premnath, Senior Grade Assistant Public Prosecutor, DirectorateofProsecutions,GovernmentofKeralawasthespeakerofthewebinar. It was a great success with the participation of 150 plus participants across the country. 30/03/2022:AspartofobservanceofWorldHealthDayon7thApril2022,IPGA (Kerala State Branch) organized an Essay Writing Competition for students in variousPharmacyCollegesofKerala.Thetopicforthe contestwas “IMPACT OF PHARMACEUTICALWASTEONGLOBALHEALTH”.WeofferedRs.3000/-for firstprizewinner,Rs.2000/-forsecondprizewinnerandRs.1000/-forthirdprize winneralongwithmeritcertificates.Theresultsofthecompetitionweredeclared on the occasion of a national webinar conducted by the Association on 10thApril 2022. First Prize: Ms. N.Parvathy; Second Prize: Ms. Gayathri Vinodan; Third Prize: Shared by: Rohith Krishnan & Ms Sana Zainab. 10/04/2022: IPGA-Kerala State Branch In association with Kerala Pharmacy GraduatesAssociation(KPGA)organizedaNationalLevelWebinaron“Marketing Yourself: Resume Writing and Interview Tips”. The session was handled by Mrs.MinuTreasaJose,RegionalMarketingManager(Europe,MiddleEast,Africa), Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, Belgium. The webinar was a great success with the participation and interaction of 200 plus students. 01/05/2022: IPGA-Kerala State Branch In association with Kerala Pharmacy GraduatesAssociation(KPGA)organizedaNationalLevelWebinaron“Technology Innovations-Transforming Pharmacy Practice”. Speaker was Mr. Rajesh Thalapparambath, Manager Inpatient Medication Management Services, Kngdom of Soudi Arabia. 15/05/2022: Annual General Body Meeting conducted. The Association honoured the newly appointed Kerala Drugs Controller, Jayan P.M in the GB. 26/06/2022: IPGA-Kerala State Branch organized a National Level Webinar on “Emerging Job Prospects in Pharma and Health Care”. Speaker was Dr. Ashan Farooq, Associate Manager, Liaison with IQVIA. 21/08/2022: IPGA-Kerala State Branch (WF) organized a NationalLevelWebinar on “Shining Teeth for Smiling Face”. Speaker was Dr. Ashna PA, MDS. 20/08/2022: Kerala State Branch organized a National Level Seminar on “Upgrading Horizons and Modern Insights in Pharmacy”. Instituted awards-Best Pharmacy Teacher Award, Regulatory officer Award, Industrialist Award, Pharmacist award. Also, inaugurated the launching of students forum. 16/03/2021:NationalVaccinationDay,2021 IPGA-Kerala State Branch organized a webinar on 16thMarch 2021, in connection with National Vaccination Day, 2021. The scientific session was handledbyDr.SreekumarEswaran,SeniorScientist,RajivGandhiCentrefor BiotechnologyandMolecularVirologyLaboratory,Thiruvananthapuram.Thetopic of webinar was “COVID 19-‘SPIKE’ IN VIROLOGY”. 12/06/2021:Webinaron“COSMETICSRULES,2020” IPGA-Kerala State Branch in association with Kerala State Drugs Control Enforcement Officers Association (KSDCEOA) organized a webinar on 12thJune, 2021.ThewebinarsessionwashandledbyMr.ManmohanTaneja,AssistantState Drugs Controller,Government of Haryana.The topic of webinar was “COSMETICS RULES, 2020”. 25/07/2021: International Webinar on “Fighting Pandemic-Pharmacist in the frontline”. Organized an International Webinar on “Fighting Pandemic-Pharmacist in the frontline”. The topic for the first session was : Role of Pharmacists in developing versatile anti-pandemic vaccine. The session was handled by Dr. Anish Chakkumkal, Principal Scientist and Team Lead, Janssennnn Vaccines, Netherlands. The topic of the second sessin was “Pharmacist role in vaccination- Lessons from Covid -19 pandemic. The session was handled by Prof. Oluwatoyin A Odeku FAS, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 28/08/2021: Webinar on “Snake Envenoming: The most neglected Tropical Disease” Organized a webinar on “Snake Envenoming: The most neglected Tropical Disease” in association with IPA-Kerala State Branch and Kerala Pharmacy GraduatesAssociation(KPGA).ThespeakerofthesessionwasDr.DileepkumarR (Director and CEO, Indriyam Biologicals Pvt. Ltd., Thiruvananthapuram). E- certificates were also issued to the participants. 25/09/2021:WorldPharmacistsDay,2021 IPGA- Kerala State Branch celebrated World Pharmacists Day, 2021 jointly with IPA-Kerala State Branch and Kerala Pharmacy Graduates Association (KPGA). Smt. Veena George, Hon’ble Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Kerala State offered a message during the occasion. A scientific session was also arranged in connection with this program. The speaker of the scientific session was Dr. Madhavan Nampoothiri (Assistant Professor-Selection Grade, Manipal College of PharmaceuticalSciences,Karnataka).Thetopic was “NeurologicalManifestations of Covid-19”. 03/10/2021: Webinar on GMP Documentation & Records for Pharma Industry IPGAKeralaStateBranchorganizedawebinaron“GMPDocumentation&Records for Pharma Industry”. The session was handled by Mr. Suresh Kamath (Vice President, Formulation, Centaur Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Goa). 21/11/2021:NationalPharmacyWeek,2021 IPGA-Kerala State Branch celebrated National Pharmacy Week, 2021jointly with IPA-Kerala State Branch and Kerala Pharmacy Graduates Association (KPGA).We arranged a webinar also in connection with the celebrations. The program was inaugurated by Smt. Veena George, Honorable Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Kerala State. The webinar was on the topic “Important Laws Related to Pharmacy”andhandledbyDr.P.K.Sreekumar(FormerDeputyDrugsControllerof Kerala State). 23/11/2021:NationalPharmacyWeek,2021TalkonIVDIndustry: A webinar has been arranged with KPGA & IPA on 23rdat 730 PM on Regulatory Aspects, Manufacturing & Quality of IVD in India. 10. IPGAAcademicDivision Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association (Academic Division) organized an interactive webinar on 30th May 2021 at 11 AM on the topic Awareness about MOOCCourseofIndustrialPharmacywhichisavailableonSwayamPortal.Inthis webinar, more than 400 Participants was registered throughout the country. Dr. Ajay Semalty (Corse Coordinator) gave all the information about the course with his team-members. Along with this course he also had given information about other course like Academic Writing, Video Lectures available on Swayam prabha and Arpit Channel. The Programme was moderated by Dr. Rahul Garg (Chairman IPGA Academic Division) and Dr. G. Jeyabalan Govindasamy (Chairman IPGA Public Relation Division). In this webinar the Central Council member of IPGA, Dr. Arun Garg, Dr. Vijay Bhalla and Mr. Pawan Jaggi were also present in Webinar. Dr. Akhilesh Tiwari Member IPGA Academic Division concluded the session and proposed the vote of thanks to all participants and resource persons IPGAAlwarLocalChapter: Date Name/Topicoftheevent Speaker/Guest Mode 22-02-2022 Indo-UKHigherEducation & Career Summit 201- 2022. Great Careers and courses in the United Kingdom - M.Sc., Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicines Ms.ClaireMerriman & Dr.Eric Hill, with GECF Online 19-02-2022 ChallengestoHealthcareteam on Long COVID – Post COVID Complications Dr.Dheeraj Kaul,MD,USA Dr. Bharti Malhotra, SMS, Jaipur Dr. D. Muralikrishnan, USA Prof. Vikas Sharma, M.Sc., Nursing Online 05-02-2022 NewDesignerDrugsandits impact on healthcare. Dr.D.Muralikrishnan,USA Dr.Indu Pal Kaur, President, Punjab University Online 29-01-2022 Opportunities and challenges toIndianPharmacyGraduates in Post COVID Scenario Dr.Dheeraj Kaul,MD,USA Dr. Lokendra Sharma, SMS, Jaipur Dr.MonicaJain, SMS, Jaipur Online 23-01-2022 ArtificialIntelligence: Application in Pharma Industry Sh.RanjitBarshikar Online

Woman Khaki, a symbolof humanity: DGP Gautam Sawang presented the DGP's Commendation Disc Award and a Certificate of Appreciation to Women Sub- Inspector of Police K. Sirisha of Kasi bugga Police Station for her exemplary service,professionalexcellence,displayof#humanity&devotiontoherduty.She hasprovedher#dedicationtoservingthepeoplebygoingbeyondhercallofduty and carrying a corpse on her shoulders for 2 km to help perform his last rites. Andhra Pradesh Police is proud of her as she stands as an Inspiration to all. 60" National Pharmacy Week (NPW)-2021 Celebrations at School of Pharmacy, Anurag University, Hyderabad, Telangana. The School of Pharmacy, Anurag University,Hyderabad,TelanganaStateCelebratedremarkablythe“60thNational Pharmacy Week (NPTI - 2021” (15th-21st Nov 2021). The National Pharmacy Week was collaborated with the Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association- IPGA), TelanganaBranch.& Unit-I,NationalService Scheme NSS) ofAnuragUniversity. ThethemeoftheNationalPharmacyWeek,NPW-2021is“Pharmacist-AnIntegral Part of Health Care”. The N PW'-2021, was a platform to create awareness amongst the public, other, healthcare providers and the authorities, about the NPW theme in particular and about the pharmacy profession and the role of the Pharmacist in general. The National Pharmacy Week “NPW-2021” was witnessed by the gracious presence of Prof. S. Ramachandram, Vice-Chancellor, Anurag University, Prof. Syeda Sameen Fatima, Registrar, Anurag University and S. Neelima, CEO, Anurag University. The invited resource person was, Mr. G. Kotteshwar Rao, President. The resource person, Mr. G. Koteshwar Rao, in his keynoteaddressgaveveryencouragingpositivepointsonhowpharmacistsshould develop their counselling role and improve service to society. He appreciated the enthusiasm of the pharmacy students participating in various events of 60th N PW-2021, He motivated the students with his inspirationaltalk on the role of the Pharmacist and the value of the Pharmacy profession. He explained the importanceof“fiverights”ofmedicationuse:therightpatient,therightdrug,the right time, the right dose, and the right route. Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association-(IPGA), Telangana Branch. The NPW-2021, was directed by Dr. VasudhaBakshi,Dean,SchoolofPharmacyAnuragUniversityDr.G.Baba Shankar Rao, Associate Professor & Dr. D. Sireesha, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Anurag University are the coordinators for the National Pharmacy Week “NPW-2021. The inauguration was started on 15th Nov, 2021 by Dr. B. VasudhaBakshi,Dean,SchoolofPharmacy:Thedeliberationsinthe“NPW-2021” was mainly focused on the Pharmacy profession and the role of the pharmacist.

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.

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.

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.