GNIPST Bulletin 43.4

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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 ARTICLE A Revolution in Pharmaceutical Education: When Dr. Albert B. Prescott launched the pharmacy course at the University of Michigan in 1868, critical attention was aroused because he abandoned the traditional requirement of pregraduation apprenticeship. At the 1871 convention of the American Pharmaceutical Association, he was denied credentials and ostracized. However, the Michigan course pioneered other major changes: laboratory pharmacy, a definite curriculum that included basic sciences, and a program that demanded students' full-time attention. During the next thirty years, Dr. Prescott had the satisfaction of seeing his once revolutionary innovations generally adopted by pharmaceutical faculties. NEWS UPDATE

Long-standing mystery in membrane traffic solved: (27th March, 2015) In 2013, James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman, and Thomas C. Südhof won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular machineries for vesicle trafficking, a major transport system in cells for maintaining cellular processes. SNARE proteins are known as the minimal machinery for membrane fusion. Scientists now report that NSF/?-SNAP disassemble a single SNARE complex using various single-molecule biophysical methods that allow them to monitor and manipulate individual protein complexes.


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More than one-third of Division I college athletes may have low vitamin D levels: (27th March, 2015) A new study found that more than one-third of elite, Division I college athletes may have low levels of vitamin D, which is critical in helping the body to absorb calcium needed to maintain bone mass, and to minimize musculoskeletal pain and injury risk.

How body's good fat tissue communicates with brain: (27th March, 2015) Brown fat tissue, the body’s “good fat,” communicates with the brain through sensory nerves, possibly sharing information that is important for fighting human obesity, such as how much fat we have and how much fat we’ve lost, according to researchers.

Bio-marker set forms the basis for new blood test to detect colorectal cancer: (27th March, 2015) Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer globally and the second most common cause of cancer deaths. The chance of a cure is high if the cancer is detected early enough, but early detection is not a given. Researchers have identified bio-markers that can be incorporated in a new diagnostic test. This should make it possible to detect colorectal cancer in an early stage using a simple blood test, they say.

Big data allows computer engineers to find genetic clues in humans: (27th March, 2015) Computer scientists tackled some big data about an important protein and discovered its connection in human history as well as clues about its role in complex neurological diseases.


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MRI based on a sugar molecule can tell cancerous from noncancerous cells: (27th March, 2015) Imaging tests like mammograms or CT scans can detect tumors, but figuring out whether a growth is or isn't cancer usually requires a biopsy to study cells directly. Now results of a study suggest that MRI could one day make biopsies more effective or even replace them altogether by noninvasively detecting telltale sugar molecules shed by the outer membranes of cancerous cells.

First fully-implantable micropacemaker designed for fetal use: (26th March, 2015) The first fully implantable micropacemaker designed for use in a fetus with complete heart block has been designed by researchers. The investigators anticipate the first human use of the device in the near future.

A possible novel therapy for a rare but potentially fatal blood disorder: (26th March, 2015) A transgenic mouse model is a proof-of-concept that platelet blood cells that are loaded with the enzyme ADAMTS13 can be an effective treatment in murine models of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Genetic mutation helps explain why, in rare cases, flu can kill: (26th March, 2015) A small number of children who catch the influenza virus fall so ill they end up in the hospital even while their family and friends recover easily. New research helps explain why: a rare genetic mutation that prevents the production of a critical protein, interferon, that is needed to fight off the virus.


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Antibiotic effectiveness imperiled as use in livestock expected to increase: (26th March, 2015) Antibiotic consumption in livestock worldwide could rise by 67 percent between 2010 and 2030, and possibly endanger the effectiveness of antimicrobials in humans, researchers warn.

Longevity: Role of genes is greater with living to older ages: (26th March, 2015) Genes appear to play a stronger role in longevity in people living to extreme older ages, according to a study of siblings.

To survive, a parasite mixes and matches its disguises, study suggests: (26th March, 2015) Researchers found an unexpected diversity of protein coats within populations of Trypanosoma brucei, challenging the conventional understanding of the dynamics that allow the parasite to persist. Orchestrated costume changes make it possible for certain nasty microbes to outsmart the immune system, which would otherwise recognize them by the telltale proteins they wear, the researchers explain. For detail mail to editor

KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE Taste of Raspberries, Taste of Death The 1937 Elixir Sulfanilamide Incident

By the 1930s it was widely recognized that the Food and Drugs Act of 1906 was obsolete, but bitter disagreement arose as to what should replace it. By 1937 most of the arguments had been resolved but Congressional action was stalled. Then came a shocking development, the deaths of more than 100 people after using a drug that was clearly unsafe. The incident hastened final enactment in 1938 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


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Dr. Calhoun's patients was killed by Elixir Sulfanilamide. During September and October 1937 this drug was responsible for the deaths of more than 100 people in 15 states, as far east as Virginia and as far west as California. The drug and the deaths led to the passage of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which increased FDA's authority to regulate drugs.

Sulfanilamide, a drug used to treat streptococcal infections, had been shown to have dramatic curative effects and had been used safely for some time in tablet and powder form. In June 1937, however, a salesman for the S.E. Massengill Co., in Bristol, Tenn., reported a demand in the southern states for the drug in liquid form. The company's chief chemist and pharmacist, Harold Cole Watkins, experimented and found that sulfanilamide would dissolve in diethylene glycol. The company control lab tested the mixture for flavor, appearance, and fragrance and found it satisfactory. Immediately, the company compounded a quantity of the elixir and sent the shipments, 633 of them all over the country.

The new formulation had not been tested for toxicity. At the time the food and drugs law did not require that safety studies be done on new drugs. Selling toxic drugs was, undoubtedly, bad for business and could damage a firm's reputation, but it was not illegal.

Because no pharmacological studies had been done on the new sulfanilamide preparation, Watkins failed to note one characteristic of the solution. Diethylene glycol, a chemical normally used as an anti-freeze, is a deadly poison.

The first shipments were sent out in early September. On October 11, the American Medical Association (AMA) received reports from physicians in Tulsa, Okla., that an unfamiliar sulfanilamide


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compound was responsible for a number of deaths. The AMA asked for samples of the drug and then wired the Massengill Co., requesting the composition of the compound. The AMA laboratory isolated diethylene glycol as the toxic ingredient and immediately issued a warning, through newspapers and radio, that Elixir Sulfanilamide was toxic and deadly.

A New York physician learned of the deaths on the 14th and promptly notified Food and Drug Administration headquarters. An inspector from the agency's Kansas City Station confirmed that eight children and one adult had died and that all had taken a product labeled "Elixir Sulfanilamide, the S.E. Massengill Co., Manufacturing Pharmacists, Bristol, Tenn.-Va."

Inspectors were immediately dispatched to the firm's headquarters in Bristol and to branch offices in Kansas City, New York, and San Francisco. They found that the firm had already learned of the poisonous effects of the liquid sulfanilamide and had sent telegrams to more than 1,000 salesmen, druggists, and doctors. However, the telegrams merely requested the return of the product and failed to indicate the urgency of the situation or say that the drug was lethal. At FDA's insistence, the firm sent out a second wave of messages, worded more strongly: "Imperative you take up immediately all elixir sulfanilamide dispensed. Product may be dangerous to life. Return all stocks, our expense."

FDA then set out to make sure that the drug was retrieved. Practically the entire field force of 239 FDA inspectors and chemists was assigned to the task. State and local health officials joined the search. Newspapers and radio stations continued to issue warnings.

The staff began by checking the company's shipping records and the distribution lists in the four distributing houses and in a number of wholesale and retail drugstores. Thousands of order


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slips were examined one by one. In one establishment alone, 20,000 sales slips were checked.

FDA employees tracked down the firm's 200 salesmen and questioned them about the dispersion of shipments and physician samples. Finding the salesmen was the first problem. In one typical case, a salesman was reported to be in a hotel in Washington, D.C. He was not there but forwarding addresses had been left for him in Jackson, Mich., and in Baltimore. These turned out to be for another man with the same name. Four days of searching finally found the man in University Park, MD. Once the salesmen were found, there was still the problem of getting the distribution information. One man in Texas, for instance, revealed the necessary information only after being jailed by state authorities. In many cases, locating the purchasers of the elixir required some real detective work. In some drugstores, the elixir had been sold without prescriptions to purchasers whose names the druggist didn't know. In other cases, doctors had incomplete records--or none at all--of the names and addresses of patients for whom they had prescribed. In East St. Louis, Illinois, for instance, 49 prescriptions were filled and the only identification on some was such notations as "Betty Jane, 9 months old," or "Mrs. Jackson (no address)."

Even when the purchaser was finally located, the inspectors frequently needed to do some ingenious questioning to determine what happened to the purchased elixir. One East St. Louis woman told an inspector she had destroyed the drug. The inspector persisted in his questions however. What did she mean "destroy"? Had she poured it down the sink? Had she buried it? No, the woman said, she had thrown the bottle out the window into an alley. The inspector found the bottle still unbroken, still containing enough elixir to kill any child intrigued enough to swallow its sweet, raspberry-flavoured contents.


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Many doctors and pharmacists did everything in their power to recover the elixir. One physician postponed his wedding to help an FDA chemist search for a 3-year-old boy whose family had moved into mountain country after obtaining a prescription.

Other physicians apparently were reluctant to admit that they had prescribed the drug, perhaps fearing they would be held accountable for its consequences. One inspector, checking out a Georgia drugstore, was told that a shipment of 1 gallon of elixir had been returned to the manufacturer after only 6 ounces had been dispensed. The patient who had taken the 6 ounces had suffered no ill effects, the druggist reported, and the inspector confirmed that this was true. But the inspector assigned to Bristol reported that 12 ounces was actually missing from the returned gallon, so the inspector in Georgia did some more questioning around town and tuned his ears to the local gossip. He learned that two other people had also bought the elixir. Both had died.

Similarly, a South Carolina doctor told an inspector that he had dispensed the medicine to only five people and none had died. But when the inspector began asking questions around town, someone told him of the death of a lumber mill employee. The inspector recognized the symptoms as those characteristic of Elixir Sulfanilamide poisoning. Through the mill superintendent, he located the employee's sister. Yes, she said, her brother had gone to the doctor and had been given some red medicine before he died. She told the inspector that, in accordance with custom, all medicines and sickroom utensils had been placed on the grave, about one and a half miles back in the fields. Accompanied by family and friends, the dead man's sister and the inspector walked to the wooded knoll. On the single mound of fresh earth were several bottles, dishes, spoons, and a 4-ounce bottle containing about 1 ounce of Elixir of Sulfanilamide. It bore the weathered but legible prescription label of the doctor. In fact, the inspector learned, four of the doctor's patients had died after taking the


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elixir.

Victims of Elixir Sulfanilamide poisoning--many of them children being treated for sore throats--were ill about 7 to 21 days. All exhibited similar symptoms, characteristic of kidney failure: stoppage of urine, severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, stupor, and convulsions. They suffered intense and unrelenting pain. At the time there was no known antidote or treatment for diethylene glycol poisoning.

A few simple tests on experimental animals would have demonstrated the lethal properties of the elixir. Even a review of the current existing scientific literature would have shown that other studies--such as those reported in several medical journals--had indicated that diethylene glycol was toxic and could cause kidney damage or failure. But in 1937 the law did not prohibit the sale of dangerous, untested, or poisonous drugs. Dr. Samual Evans Massengill, the firm's owner, said: "My chemists and I deeply regret the fatal results, but there was no error in the manufacture of the product. We have been supplying a legitimate professional demand and not once could have foreseen the unlooked-for results. I do not feel that there was any responsibility on our part." The firm's chemist apparently did not share this feeling; Harold Watkins committed suicide after learning of the effects of his latest concoction.

Through the dogged persistence of federal, state, and local health agencies and the effects of the AMA and the news media, most of the elixir was recovered. Of 240 gallons manufactured and distributed, 234 gallons and 1 pint was retrieved; the remainder was consumed and caused the deaths of the victims.

Twenty-five seizures were made under federal law. The charge was misbranding. "Elixir," FDA said, implied the product was an alcoholic solution whereas it was, in fact, a diethylene glycol


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solution and contained no alcohol. If the product had been called a "solution" instead of an "elixir," no charge of violating the law could have been made. FDA would have had no legal authority to ensure the recovery of the drug and many more people probably would have died.

FDA Commissioner Walter Campbell, who was then pressing for better federal regulation of drugs, pointed out how the inadequacy of the law had contributed to the disaster. "It is unfortunate that under the terms of our present inadequate Federal law, the Food and Drug Administration is obliged to proceed against this product on a technical and trivial charge of misbranding. The Elixir Sulfanilamide incident emphasizes how essential it is to public welfare that the distribution of highly potent drugs should be controlled by an adequate Federal Food and Drug law. We should not lose sight of the fact that we had many deaths and cases of blindness resulting from the use of another new drug, dinitrophenol, which was recklessly placed upon the market some years ago. Deaths and blindness from this drug are continuing today. We also should remember the deaths resulting from damage to the liver that have occurred from Cinchophen poisoning, a drug often recommended in such painful conditions as rheumatism. We also have unfortunate poisoning, acute and chronic, resulting from thyroid and radium preparations improperly administered to the public.

"These unfortunate occurrences may be expected to continue because new and relatively untried drug preparations are being manufactured almost daily at the whim of the individual manufacturer, and the damage to public health cannot accurately be estimated. The only remedy for such a situation is the enactment by Congress of an adequate and comprehensive national Food and Drugs Act which will require that all medicines placed upon the market shall be safe to use under the directions for


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use. ..."

As it turned out, the Elixir experience did more than hasten enactment of the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The New Drug section, added to prevent such tragedies, gave the United States a new system of drug control which provided superior protection while stimulating medical research and progress. And 25 years later, it saved the Nation from an even greater drug tragedy--a thalidomide disaster--like that in Germany and England. Here again, history repeated itself. A pending bill, the Drug Amendments of 1962, was finally enacted.

Anurag Chanda B.Pharm, 4th year

GNIPST

DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

(MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia: (26th March, 2015)Between 11 and 22 March 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 15 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including 3 deaths. Cases are listed by date of reporting, with the most recent case listed first. Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS Master class Opthalmic Oncology Conference 2015 is going to held

on 28th to 29th March, 2015 in Mumbai, India. APTI sponsored National seminar on Emerging Trends in

Pharmaceutical Education and Research is going to held on 1st April, 2015 at Hindu college of Pharmacy, Sonepat, Haryana.

The National Conference on Recent Advancement in Herbal Medicine and Herbal Drug Technology is going to held on 3rd and


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4th April, 2015 at Laureate Institute of Pharmacy, Kathog, Teh, Dehra, Dist Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

DRUGS UPDATES FDA Approves Eylea (aflibercept) for Diabetic

Retinopathy in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema: (25th March, 2015) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use for Eylea (aflibercept) injection to treat diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema. Read more

CAMPUS NEWS 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 is going to organize 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.


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On 21st 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.

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.

JOBS: 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 : 27.03.2015 Time : 09:45 am


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Venue : 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}

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 Jodh SinghTrophy organised by NIT on 20th February, 2015.

On 8th February, 2015 Gnipst celebrated the Reunion programme“Reminiscence Reloaded 2015”.

The 2nd Annual Sports of GNIPST was held on 28th and 29thJanuary,2015 in College campus ground.


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Congratulations to all the winner of Annual Sports of GNIPST, 2015.

100 meter flat race (Girls): Priya Roy Nirmita Gupta Joyoti Ghosh

100 meter flat race (Boys): Arijit Mitra Thakur Deep Chakraborty Arindam Ganguly Three legged race (Girls):

Nayana Sinha Anjali Mondal Saheli Mukherjee Arjita Biswas Aindrila Bhowmick Archita Basu

200 meter flat race (Girls): Priya Roy Nirmita Gupta Anjali Mondal Long Jump (Boys): Dipankar Kamila Arindam Ganguly Rohan Datta Skipping (Girls): Saheli Mukherjee Indira Saha Jayita Roy Shotput (Girls): Chandrika Saha Priya Roy Sneha Paul Shotput (Boys): Arijit Mitra Thakur Arindam Ganguly Rohan Datta Musical Chair (Staff): Mr. Abir Koley Ms. Priyanka Ray Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar Discuss Throw(Girls): Priya Roy Arjita Biswas Varsha Shrivastava 50 meter female flat race (staff): Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya Ms. Priyanka Ray Ms. Anuranjita

Kundu

100 meter male flat race (staff): Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar Mr. Mrinal Datta Mr. Ranjit

Ghosh Walking race female (staff): Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya Ms. Anuranjita Kundu Ms. Sumana Roy


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Balance race female (staff): Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya Dr. Sriparna KunduSen Ms. Priyanka Ray Tug of war (Female staff): Ms. Priyanka Ray Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya Ms. Prathama SenGupta Dr. Sriparna KunduSen Ms. Sumana Roy Tug of war (Male staff): Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar Mr. Abir Koley Sk. Ziaur Rahman Mr. Ranjit Ghosh Mr. Koushik Dhar Balance race (Girls): Indira Saha Aindrila Bhowmick Pamolita Paul Long Jump (Girls): Aindrila Bhowmick Nirmita Gupta Krishnakali Basu 200 meter flat race (Boys): Dipankar Kamila Arijit Mitra Thakur Kaustav Sakar Sack race (Girls): Aindrila Bhowmick Nirmita Gupta Sayani Banerjee Sack race (Boys): Rohan Datta


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Souvik Debnath Sayantan Das Relay race (Boys): Dipankar Kamila Arijit Mitra Thakur Soumyajit Sinha Sneham Sen Relay race (Girls): Joyoti Ghosh Aindrila Bhowmick Anjali Mondal Poulami Sarkar Go for Goal (Boys): Abhijit Kumar Mondal Arkajyoti Hazra Abhinandan Mondal Tug of war (Boys): Dipu Roy Vishal Singh Sk Minhaz Uddin Ahmed Ritobroto Paul Rohan Dutta Tug of war (Girls): Krishnakali Basu Indira Saha Chandrika Saha Maitryee Banerjee Kajal Nagpal

The male faculties and staffs of GNIPST participated in the 4th

Sardar Jodh Singh Trophy organised by NIT on 15th January, 2015. An industrial tour and biodiversity tour was conducted in Sikkim

for B.Pharm, B.Sc. and M.Sc. students under the supervision of Mr. Dipanjan Mandal, Mr. Samrat Bose and Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya from 5th January to 12th January, 2015.


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GNIPST commemorated the Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on Monday, 12th January, 2015 & served Oldages and Orphanages.

STUDENTS’ SECTION

WHO CAN ANSWER FIRST????

Sir Andrew Witty is the CEO of whichcompany?

Answer of Previous Issue’s Questions: A) R. Ashwin

Identify the person

Answer of Previous Issue’s Image: Roger Binni

Congratulation to ARIJIT PRAMANIK who have given the correct answer- Ravichandan Ashwin is

the arjuna awardee in cricket in 2014.

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


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contributions for Students’ Section& answers of this Section at [email protected]

EDITOR’S NOTE

It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 4th issue of 43th 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 On 22nd December 2014 the students of B.Pharm 2nd year and B.Sc

2nd year visited the laboratory of Vivekananda Institute ofBiotechnology, Sri Ramkrishna Ashram, Nimpith under thesupervision of Mr. Samrat Bose, Ms Jeentara Begum, Mr. SoumyaBhattacharya and Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya.

Some of the teachers of GNIPST attended the 4th InternationalConference of World Science Congress at Jadavpur University on16th December to 18th December 2014.

Congratulation to Tamalika Chakraborty, Assistant Professorof GNIPST, who got 3rd prize for the poster presentation in the National Seminar on Opportunity in Medicinal Plant Research,


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Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India from 29th -30th November, 2014.

On 29th November and 30th November many of the facultymembers and students of GNIPST presented their posters in theNational Seminar on Opportunity in Medicinal Plant Research,Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India from 29th -30th November,2014.

Congratulation to Dr. Swati Chakraborty, Assistant Professor ofGNIPST, who got 1st prize for the best oral presentation in theIndia Biodiversity Meet, 2014 at Indian Statistical Institute,Kolkata, India from 21st -23rd November, 2014.

The teachers and students of GNIPST attended the Nationalworkshop on “Redefining the Role of Pharmacist in Health CareSystem” which was held in Dr. H. L. Roy Auditorium, JadavpurUniversirty Kolkata-700032 on 16th November 2014, organised byIndian Pharmaceutical Association, Bengal Branch, Kolkata

Congratulation to Rupam Saha, student of M.Pharm 2nd year, who got 1st prize for the poster presentation in the National seminar on Control of Viral Menace using Delivery Design organised by Dr. B.C.Roy College of Pharmacy & AHS in association with IPA Bengal Branch.

On 14th and 15th November 2014 the Industrial visit of B.Pharm 2nd year students was conducted in East India Pharmaceutical Works Limited, Kolkata under the supervision of Mr. Jaydip Roy, Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar, Mr. Samrat Bose, Ms Jeentara Begum, Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya and Ms. Moumita Chowdhury.

A Debate on ‘Unity’ was held on 14th November 2014 and the joint winner was Sreejit Roy , Bsc 2nd year and Pratik Nandi ,Bsc first year (Chairperson of debate: Dr Lopamudra Datta and Ms. Priyanka Ray).


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On 14th November, 2014 a Quiz competition was held on ‘World Diabetes Day’ and the winner was Pratik Nandi and Sreyosi Dey, Bsc first year. Runner up Anirban Roy and Ankur Mondal B.Pharm third year (Quiz Master: Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya)

A Seminar was held on 14th November 2014 World Diabetes Day on ‘Angiogenesis and Role of Amino Acids’ by Dr Debatosh Datta, Research scientist.

GNIPST commemorated the 126th Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on Tuesday, 11th November 2014.

On 7th November 2014 the students of GNIPST participated in the ‘Run for Unity’ as a mark of tribute to the efforts of the country's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Congratulation to the winner of Cricket Tournament-B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014 Runner up team-B.Sc and BHM, 2014

Congratulation to the highest run scorer of Cricket Tournament-Tanmoy Das Biswas, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014

Congratulation to the highest wicket taker of Cricket Tournament-Subhodip Das, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Carom Tournament (Boys)- Sk. Abdul Salam, B.Pharm 2nd year, 2014 1st Runner up-Subhayan Dutta, M.Sc (Biotechnology Department) 2nd year, 2014 2nd Runner up-Nirupan Gupta, B.Pharm 1st year, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Carom Tournament (Girls)- Aishwarya Datta, B.Pharm 2nd year, 2014 1st Runner up-Krishnakali Basu, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014 2nd Runner up-Rituparna Das, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Chess Tournament (Boys)- Basab Brata Dey, M.Sc (Biotechnology Department) 2nd year, 2014 1st Runner up-Ankit Chowdhury, B.Pharm 1st year, 2014


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2nd Runner up-Smaranjeet Banik, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Chess Tournament (Girls)- Rituparna Das, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014 1st Runner up-Varsa Srivastav, B.Sc(Bioptechnology Department) 1st year, 2014 2nd Runner up- Krishnakali Basu, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014

The GNIPST Cricket Tournament, Carom Tournament and Chess Tournament was held on 21st and 22nd October, 2014.

The Cultural Programme on Bijoya Dashami and Kali Puja was held on 20th October, 2014

An exhibition on Photography and Painting was held on 20th October, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Football Tournament-B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014 Runner up team-B.Pharm final year, 2014

Congratulation to the winner of Table Tennis Tournament-Krishnakali Basu, B.Pharm 3rd year, 2014 1st Runner up-Aindrila Bhowmick, B.Pharm 2nd year, 2014 2nd Runner up-Sayani Banerjee, B.Pharm 2nd year, 2014

The GNIPST Football Tournament (for male students) and Table Tennis tournament (for female students) was held on 25th and 26th September, 2014.

On 5th September, 2014 the students of GNIPST have arranged a wonderful Teacher’s Day Programme. On behalf of all the teachers of GNIPST I would like to thank our beloved students.

The Fresher’s welcome programme was held on 14th August, 2014. Welcome 1st year students.

We congratulate the following M.Pharm. final year students who have made their positions in different pharmaceutical companies. Anirban Banerjee (Emami Ltd.)


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Mahender Roy (Stadmed private Ltd.)

We congratulate the following B.Pharm. final year students for their success. Samadrita Mukherjee (Abbott India Ltd.) Suman Sarkar (Tata Medical Centre-Apollo Pharmacy) Shrewashee Mukherjee (Fresenius Kabi-Parenteral Nutrition) Avishek Naskar (Glaxo SmithKline-Marketing) Bappaditya Manik (USV Limited) Sarbani Das (Nutri Synapzz-Marketing) Ankita Roy (Nutri Synapzz-Marketing) Rahul Mitra (B M Pharmaceuticals-Production)

The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT-2014. We congratulate them all. Utsha Sinha Satarupa Bhattacharya Sandipan Sarkar Purbali Chakraborty

Reminiscence, 2014(GNIPST Reunion) was held in College campus on 2nd February,2014.

1st Annual Sports of GNIPST was held on 3rd February,2014 in College campus ground.

An industrial tour and biodiversity tour was conducted in Sikkim for B.Pharm and B.Sc. students under the supervision of Mr. Asis Bala, Ms. Jeentara Begum and Ms. Moumita Chowdhury.

B.Pharm 3rd year won the GNIPST Football Champions trophy, 2013. B.Pharm 3rd year won the final match 1-0 against B.Pharm 2nd year. Deep Chakraborty was the only scorer of the final.


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AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13to GNIPST 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 yearse. Title of the project: Screening and identification of potential

medicinal 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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Documents

GNIPST Bulletin 43.4