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TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF GLORY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN TH

FIELD OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BY KNOWLED

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News Update

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Drugs Update

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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 t

last years 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 academexcellence and continuous improvement.

I believe that excellence in education is aided by creating a learning environment in which all learners asupported in maximizing their potential and talents. Education needs to focus on personalized learni

and instruction, while promoting an education system that is impartial, universally accessible, and meeti

the needs of all students.

It is of paramount importance that our learners have sufficient motivation and encouragement in order

achieve their aims. We are all very proud of you, our students, and your accomplishments and looforward 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 looki

forward and wants our Institute to flourish as a Post Graduate Institute of Excellence. Steps are taken

this direction and fruits of these efforts will be received by our students in the near future. Our Teacheare committed and dedicated for the development of the institution by imparting their knowledge and pl

the role of facilitator as well as role model to our students.

The Pharmacy profession is thriving with a multitude of possibilities, opportunities and positi

challenges. At Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, our focus is on holist

needs of our students.

I am confident that the students of GNIPST will recognize all the possibilities, take full advantage of t

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

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

Gene Shoemaker

Gene Shoemaker was an astrogeologist. In fact, he was the very firstastrogeologist.

He is one of the very few people to have established a new scientific

discipline.

Significant Events

proved to a skeptical scientific community that some of Earths largecraters had been caused by collisions with asteroids and comets,rather than Earths own volcanic activity.

was the main mind behind the development of planetary impactscience.

proposed in 1963 that microscopic life forms could travel from oneplanet to another on rocks blasted out into space by asteroidimpacts.

made a multi-year study of earth-crossing comets and asteroids,which led to the discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. This cometcollided spectacularly with Jupiter, the first such collision ever seenby scientists.

discovered about 30 comets. His wife Carolyn discovered another30 or so. In their later years, they worked together in what Genedescribed as Mom and Pop scientific research.


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had hoped to travel to the moon in the 1960s as a geologist, buthealth issues intervened. Instead, he selected and trained NASAastronauts for lunar field-work.

was the principal investigator in the Apollo 11 missions LunarGeology Experiment Apollo 11 was the one that put NeilArmstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.

was also a live TV commentator for CBS News on the Apollo 11mission.

told people that missing out on a moon landing was the biggestdisappointment of his life.

traveled to the moon in the end. He is currently (2014) the onlyperson in history whose funeral ashes have been taken to the moon.

Early Life and Education

Eugene Merle Shoemaker was born in Los Angeles, California onApril 28, 1928.

His parents were both college educated. His father worked in avariety of occupations including teaching and farming. His mother

was a teacher.As a child, he was fascinated and passionate about rocks andminerals, which he collected. He was particularly interested inuranium minerals and their radioactivity.

Gene Shoemaker graduated from high school on his sixteenthbirthday. He had earned a masters degree in geology from theCalifornia Institute of Technology by the age of 20. He became ateaching assistant in his final year, and was younger than most of thepeople he taught.

After Caltech, he joined the US Geological Survey.

Shoemaker was 32 years old when, in 1960, he was awarded a Ph.D.by Princeton University for his thesis about the impact mechanics ofthe Barrington Crater, which proved that the crater had been caused


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by an asteroid or comet impact, rather than volcanic activity. Locallegends about the crater had been proved right!

Shoemakers proof lay in the structural similarities he found between

the Barrington Crater and nuclear weapons testing sites, includinghis discovery of the mineral coesite in the crater. This mineral canonly form when quartz rock is shocked by enormous pressures andtemperatures.

This was the first proof that any crater on Earth has anextraterrestrial origin.

For a long while, nobody believed me, but eventually I convincedthem, Shoemaker said.

Not content with proving the impact origin of craters on Earth, hesoon went on to establish the impact origin of the Copernicus crateron the moon.

Astrogeology/Planetary Science

In 1961 Gene Shoemaker started up the US Geological SurveysAstrogeology Center in Flagstaff, Arizona and was its first director.The main work was mapping the moon in preparation for landings.

Shoemaker himself was slotted to go to the moon, but an issue withAddisons disease meant he couldnt go. Instead, he trained HarrisonSchmitt for the job.

Honors

Gene Shoemaker was awarded the Wetherill Medal of the FranklinInstitute in 1965, G.K. Gilbert Award of the Geological Society ofAmerica in 1983, National Medal of Science in 1992, the WilliamBowie Medal in 1996, the NASA Exceptional Scientific AchievementMedal in 1996, and the James Craig Watson Medal in 1998.

The End

Gene Shoemakers life was cut short when, on July 18, 1997, aged 69,he was killed in a car crash in the vast center of Australia, in the


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Tanami Desert, hundreds of miles northwest of Alice Springs. Hewas pursuing his greatest professional love searching for impactcraters. The car crash occurred almost exactly three years after thefirst fragments of the comet he helped discover had crashed into

Jupiter. His wife and co-worker, Carolyn, survived the crash withinjuries. Some of his funeral ashes were onboard when, with itsmission complete, NASAs Lunar Prospector Orbiter crashed into acrater near the moons south pole, on July 31, 1999. The crater is nowcalled Shoemaker Crater.

NEWS UPDATE

New doubts on Zika as cause of microcephaly:

(24thJune, 2016)Brazil's microcephaly epidemic continues to pose a mystery -- ifZika is the culprit, why are there no similar epidemics in othercountries also hit hard by the virus? In Brazil, the microcephalyrate soared with more than 1,500 confirmed cases. But inColombia, a recent study of nearly 12,000 pregnant womeninfected with Zika found zero microcephaly cases. If Zika is toblame for microcephaly, where are the missing cases.

Primary care visits result in more colon cancerscreening, better followups: (24thJune, 2016)People who visit their primary care physicians are more likely toget potentially life-saving colon cancer screenings and follow upon abnormal stool blood test results -- even in health systems thatheavily promote mail-in home stool blood tests that don't requirea doctor visit, a study shows.

Beneficial bacteria may protect breasts fromcancer: (24thJune, 2016)Bacteria that have the potential to abet breast cancer are presentin the breasts of cancer patients, while beneficial bacteria are moreabundant in healthy breasts, where they may actually beprotecting women from cancer, according a study. These findings


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may lead ultimately to the use of probiotics to protect womenagainst breast cancer.

Regenerative medicine offering new treatment

for bronchopleural fistulas: (24th

June, 2016)For the first time in human application, researchers successfullyclosed an open wound on the upper chest caused by postoperativecomplications of lung removal. The protocol and approach werebased on an ongoing trial investigating this method to treat analfistulas in Crohn's disease.

Starving stem cells may enable scientists to

build better blood vessels: (24thJune, 2016)Researchers have uncovered how changes in metabolism of humanembryonic stem cells help coax them to mature into specific celltypes -- and may improve their function in engineered organs ortissues, report researchers.

Aggressiveness of acute myeloid leukemia

elucidated: (24thJune, 2016)Scientists have discovered why acute leukemias with the same

genetic abnormality vary in their aggressiveness based on theircellular origin. They found that the cancer inducing alteration isparticularly devastating if it occurs in early hematopoietic stemcells expressing certain genes involved in cell migration and tissueinvasion. These findings should now make it possible to classifypatients into more clearly defined groups, to adapt treatment, andhopefully also to develop personalized therapeutic strategies forthe future.

Analysis of genetic repeats suggests role for

DNA instability in schizophrenia: (24th June,

2016)An international research team has revealed extensive geneticvariation in patients with schizophrenia. Significantly more copynumber variations (CNVs) of genomic DNA were detected in


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patients than in controls. Patients also showed different diseaseseverity, which appears associated with the CNVs' number andvariable expressivity. These findings enabled the researchers topropose a genetic model of schizophrenia in which genomic

instability underlies disease development.Zika virus alerts may have prompted uptick in

abortion requests in Latin America: (22ndJune,

2016)Pregnant women in Latin American countries were more likely toseek an abortion after receiving health alerts about Zika virus,according to a study co-authored by Princeton University. The

findings highlight the need for Latin American women to haveaccess to safe and legal reproductive options, especially as Zikacontinues to spread.

For detail mail to editor

KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

FDA approves vaccine to prevent cholera fortravelers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vaxchora, avaccine for the prevention of cholera caused by serogroup O1 inadults 18 through 64 years of age traveling to cholera-affected areas.Vaxchora is the only FDA-approved vaccine for the prevention ofcholera.

Cholera, a disease caused byVibrio cholerae

bacteria, is acquired byingesting contaminated water or food and causes a watery diarrheathat can range from mild to extremely severe. Often the infection ismild; however, severe cholera is characterized by profuse diarrheaand vomiting, leading to dehydration. It is potentially life threateningif treatment with antibiotics and fluid replacement is not initiated


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promptly. According to the World Health Organization, serogroupO1 is the predominant cause of cholera globally.

The approval of Vaxchora represents a significant addition to the

cholera-prevention measures currently recommended by the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention for travelers to cholera-affectedregions, said Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDAs Centerfor Biologics Evaluation and Research.

While cholera is rare in the U.S., travelers to parts of the world withinadequate water and sewage treatment and poor sanitation are atrisk for infection. Travelers to cholera-affected areas have relied onpreventive strategies recommended by the CDC to protect

themselves against cholera, including safe food and water practicesand frequent hand washing.

Vaxchora is a live, weakened vaccine that is taken as a single, oralliquid dose of approximately three fluid ounces at least 10 daysbefore travel to a cholera-affected area.

Vaxchoras efficacy was demonstrated in a randomized, placebo-controlled human challenge study of 197 U.S. volunteers from 18

through 45 years of age. Of the 197 volunteers, 68 Vaxchorarecipients and 66 placebo recipients were challenged by oralingestion of Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera.Vaxchora efficacy was 90 percent among those challenged 10 daysafter vaccination and 80 percent among those challenged threemonths after vaccination. The study included provisions foradministration of antibiotics and fluid replacement in symptomaticparticipants. To prevent transmission of cholera into the community,

the study included provisions for administration of antibiotics toparticipants not developing symptoms.

Two placebo-controlled studies to assess the immune systemsresponse to the vaccine were also conducted in the U.S. andAustralia in adults 18 through 64 years of age. In the 18 through 45year age group, 93 percent of Vaxchora recipients produced


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antibodies indicative of protection against cholera. In the 46 through64 years age group, 90 percent produced antibodies indicative ofprotection against cholera. The effectiveness of Vaxchora has notbeen established in persons living in cholera-affected areas.

The safety of Vaxchora was evaluated in adults 18 through 64 yearsof age in four randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinicaltrials; 3,235 study participants received Vaxchora and 562 received aplacebo. The most common adverse reactions reported by Vaxchorarecipients were tiredness, headache, abdominal pain,nausea/vomiting, lack of appetite and diarrhea.

The FDA granted the Vaxchora applicationfast trackdesignation

andpriority reviewstatus. These are distinct programs intended tofacilitate and expedite the development and review of medicalproducts that address a serious or life-threatening condition. Inaddition, the FDA awarded the manufacturer of Vaxchora a tropicaldisease priority review voucher, under a provision included in theFood and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007. Thisprovision aims to encourage the development of new drugs andbiological products for the prevention and treatment of certain

tropical diseases.Vaxchora is manufactured by PaxVax Bermuda Ltd., located inHamilton, Bermuda.

The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety,effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccinesand other biological products for human use, and medical devices.The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of ournations food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products thatgive off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.

Jeenatara BegumAssistant Professor

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DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

(MERS-CoV) Saudi Arabia: (22ndJune, 2016)Between 19and 20June 2016the National IHR Focal Point ofSaudi Arabia reported six additional cases of Middle EastRespiratory Syndrome (MERS).Four of the newly reported cases are associated with the MERS-CoVOutbreak occurring in a hospital in Riyadh city, Riyadhregion.Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

World Congress on Drug discovery-2016 will be held on 18th to20thJuly 2016 at Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

DRUGS UPDATES

Rayaldee Approval History: (10thJune, 2016)

Rayaldee(calcifediol) is a vitamin D3 analog indicated for thetreatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism associated withvitamin D Insufficiency in stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease.

Read more

CAMPUS NEWS

Farewell 2016:

On 25th

May 2016 GNIPST celebrated the farewell programme forthe final year students of M.Pharm, M.Sc, B.Pharm, B.Sc and BHM.Best of luck to all final year students for their future life.

ALUMNI MEMBERS 2016:Congratulations to new Alumni Members of GNIPST.

Placement Record 2016:


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COMPANY NAME NUMBER OF

STUDENT

APPEARED/APPLIED

NUMBER OF

STUDENT

SELECTED

JOB

PROFILE

1 DR. LAL PATH LAB 64 7 (3 of themalready joined)

Sales,Marketing and

office assistant2 APOLLO

PHARMACY

36 25 Hospital and

retail chain

pharmacist

3 ABBOTT INDIA 74 03 Sales and

Marketing

4 HETERO DRUGS 18 18 (Waiting

for finalinterview)

Production,

QC and QA

5 ERIS LIFE SCIENCES 01 01 (Joined) Sales and

Marketing

6 JUPITER

PHARMACEUTICALS

05 01 (Joined) Production,

QC and QA

7 GOVT PHARMACIST 4 4 (Joined) Hospital

Pharmacist

8 ALCHEMIST EYE

HOSPITAL

2 2 (Waiting for

finalinterview)

Hospital

Pharmacist

9 OPTIVAL HEALTHSOLUTIONS PVT.

LTD. (MEDPLUS)

21 21 CommunityPharmacist

10 NESTLE INDIA LTD 08 02 NutritionOfficer

Trainee

11 LUPIN 01 01 Sales and

Marketing

12 GSK

PHARMACEUTICAL

LTD

05 02 (1 of them

already joined)

Sales and

Marketing

13 OAK

PHARMACEUTICAL

06 02 (Joined) Sales and

Marketing

IPA Bengal Pharma & Healthcare trust scholarship 2016:


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Congratulations to Rudradip Das, student of B.Pharm 3rdyear hasbeen awarded IPA Bengal Pharma & Healthcare trust scholarship2016.

Accreditation by NAAC:

SL.NO.

NAME OF THEINSTITUTE

STATE CGPA(outof scale 4)

GRADE

01 Guru NanakInstitute ofPharmaceuticalScience AndTechnology,Kolkata-700114

WestBengal

2.70 B

GPAT 2016 Result:The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT-2016. We congratulate them all.Aishika DattaMainak ChatterjeeIndira SahaPriyanka De

Aheli MukherjeeSoumya GuhaDebanjana DasDebalina DattaEvana PatraHimadrija Chatterjee

IRIS 2016:GNIPST organized colllege fest IRIS 2016 from 11thto 13thMarch,

2016.Result of different events:

Intracollege Quiz competition:

1st: Arani Roy and Dipayan Nath

2nd: Bhaskar Singha and Pratik Nandi


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Intracollege Painting competition:

1st: Swagata Paul

2nd: Aviraj Pathak

3

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: Dippyoman GuhaGroup Dance Competition:

Karma Group

Intercollege Solo Dance Competition:

1st: Monodipa Ghosh

2nd: Aditya Paul (NIT)

Antaksari Competition:

1st: Sunanda and Aparupa

2nd: Meghna and Joyita

3rd: Arpita and Pami

Intercollege Solo Singing Competition:

1st: Arpita Sarkar

2nd: Arvind Raj (Sudhir Chandra College)

3rd: Priyam Mondal (Supreme College)

Intercollege Band Competition:

1st: D Errors2nd: Mukti

3rd: GNIPST band

Fashion:

Best Male: Md. Nadeem Shah

Best Female: Sweta

Best Couple: Md. Nadeem Shah and Susmita Kar

Blood donation Camp 2016:On 4th March 2016Social Service club and Alumni Association

of GNIPST organized a Blood donation camp in association with

Association of voluntary Blood Donars, West Bengal.

Reminiscence & 1stAlumni meet 2016:


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On 28thFebruary 2016 GNIPST organized the Reunion programme

Reminiscence & 1stAlumni meet 2016.

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC):

A NAAC peer team completed a three-day inspection (17

th

February to 19th February, 2016) of GNIPST to evaluate its

academic credibility and infrastructure on Friday.

Saraswati Puja 2016:On 13th February 2016 the students of GNIPST celebrated

Saraswati Puja at GNIPST campus.

GNIPST Cricket 2016 result:

Winner:B.Pharm 4

th

yearRunners:B.Pharm 2ndyear

Man of the match, best wicket taker, best batsman: B.Pharm 4th

year student Gourab Dey

GNIPST Sports 2016 result:Relay Race for Boys:

1st: Maruf Billa, Somenath Dian, Subhajit Majumdar, Abu Sufia

100 meter Flat Race for Girls:

1st: Nirmita Gupta

2nd: Joyati Ghosh

3rd: Moutan Roy

Long Jump for Girls:

1st: Aindrila Bhoumik

2nd: Manpreet Ghai

3rd: Anjali Mondal

Shotput for Girls:1st: Koyal Ghosh

2nd: Nirmita Gupta

3rd: Sneha Pal

Discuss for Girls:


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1st: Manpreet Ghai

2nd: Nirmita Gupta

3rd: Sneha Pal

Sack race for Girls:1st: Nirmita Gupta

2nd: Aindrila Bhoumik

3rd: Moutan Roy

Balance race for Girls:

1st: Indira Saha

2nd: Nirmita Gupta

3rd: Aindrila Bhoumik

Relay Race for Girls:Aindrila Bhoumik

Manpreet Ghai

Anjali Mondal

Joyati Ghosh

Skipping for Girls:

1st: Aindrila Bhoumik

2nd

: Anjali Mondal3rd: Manpreet Ghai

200 meter Flat Race for Girls:

1st: Anjali Mondal

2nd: Moutan Roy

3rd: Nirmita Gupta

Sack race for Boys:

1

st

: Maruf Billa Akunjee2nd: Abu Sufian

3rd: Sufian Sk.

100 meter Race for Boys:

1st: Abu Sufian

2nd: Maruf Billa Akunjee


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3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur

200 meter Flat Race for Boys:

1st: Maruf Billa Akunjee

2

nd

: Subrajit Mazumder3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur

Long Jump for Boys:

1st: Abu Sufian

2nd: Maruf Billa Akunjee

3rd: Dipankar Kamila

Go for Goal for Boys:

1st: Rohan Dutta

2nd: Souvik Ganguly3rd: Ankit Chowdhury

Discuss throw for Boys:

1st: Bishal Kr. Singh

2nd: Raj Kumar

3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur

Shotput for Boys:1st: Arijit Mitra Thakur

2nd: Bishal Kr. Singh

Tug of War for Boys:

Dipu Roy, Doyal Hui, Ankit Dey, Rohan Dutta, Bishal Kumar

Singh.

Tug of War for Girls:

Indira Saha, Joyati Ghosh, Sneha Pal, Manpreet Ghai, DebolinaRoy.

On 29thJanuary to 30thJanuary 2016 GNIPST organized the cricketmatch.


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On 27thJanuary and 28thJanuary 2016 GNIPST organized theAnnual Sports programme.

From 19thJanuary, 2016 to 28thJanuary, 2016 B.Pharm final year

students had their Industrial Tourin Gangtok, Sikkim and Pelling.They visited Alkem Laboratories Ltd. Sikkim under the

supervision of Ms. Jeenatara Begum, Mr. Samrat Bose and Mr.

Dipanjan Mondal.

On 12th January, 2016 the students and teachers of GNIPSTcelebrated youth day on the occasion of 153rdbirth anniversary of

Swami Vivekananda.

A competition on Innovative and Scientific Modelling will be heldin Tech-Fest 2016. Only B.Pharm students are eligible forparticipation. Last date for topic submission is 11thJanuary, 2016

and last date for Model submission is 20thJanuary, 2016. Posters

are also invited on different subjects. Last date for soft copy of the

posters submission is 11thJanuary, 2016.

A Bulletin committee will be formed and all the committee

members are requested to attend the Bulletin Committee Meetingon 4thJanuary, 2016.

On 23rdDecember 2015, a meeting was held in GNIPST for Bulletincommittee formation and Tech-Fest 2016.

Dr. Asis Bala got 1st prize in the Oral presentation conducted bySFE in Jadavpur.

Recived a Grant in aid from Department of Science &

Technology, Govt of WestBengal under the Scheme of ScientificProject Research & Science Popularization Programme during the

financial year 2015-16 to GNIPST as per details below

Grantee Institution: Guru Nanak institute of Pharmaceutical

Science & Technology

Principal Investigator:Dr Swati Chakraborty


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Title of the Project: Identification of heavy metal chromium Cr

(VI) & Nickel (Ni) tollerence bacteria to develop microbial

biosensors and role on secondary metabolite of medicinal plant

Bacopa monnieri(L) in metal contaminated soil of East KolkataWetland.

Grant in Aid: Eighteen lakh Ninety Eight Thousand & One

Junior Research fellow for three years of duration

Some teachers and students of GNIPST attended the seminar SFE2015.

Report of National Seminar on Current Innovation in

Biotechnology for Human Welfare:1. Name of the Institute: Guru Nanak institute of PharmceuticalScience & Technology2. Sanctioning Authority: West Bengal State Council of Science& Technology, Department of Science &Technology, Governmentof West Bengal for conducting Seminar for National Science Day.3. Seminar Topic : Current Innovation in Biotechnology forHuman Welfare.4.Amount Sanctioned:30,000/-5. Purpose of Utilisation:Celebration of National Science Day (7th

November 2015) One day National Seminar on CurrentInnovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare.

Eminent Speakers from Indian Stastical Institute, Viswa-BharatiUniversity, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vidyalaya, National Instituteof Occupational Health ,Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute,Directorate of Drug Control(WB) etc. were invited for the

presentation in scientific lecture sessions. There was scientific poster presentation competition among the

students of different colleges of WestBengal. Total number ofsixty three posters were selected for presentation and best threeposters were awarded .


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I. First prize winners Poulami Majumdaer, Indrajit Karmakar,Suchandra Majumder, Pallab kanti halder from JadavpurUniversity, Department of Pharmaceutical Science on Evaluationof invitro antidiabetic activity of methanol extract of Curcuma caesia

rhizome,II. Second Prize winners Susmita Dutta, Swati Chakraborty , Guru

Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Optimization of biofilm poduction from Pseudomonas sp. andapplication in antimicrobial and bacteriocin producing activity ,

III. Third prize winners are jointly from Arindam Ganguly, AparupaBhattacharya, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science &Technology, Microbial fuel cell and Apurba Mukherjee , Sutapa

Mukherjee, Madhumita Roy, Chittaranjan National CancerInstitute , The common Indian spice curcumin act as an enhancerof antitumor agent in Leukemia.

Around 580 delegates from different academic and reserchinstitutes attended the day long seminar

Swarangam:On 9th November, 2015 GNIPST organized the post puja and preKalipuja celebration programme Swarangam.

National Science Day 2015:On 7thNovember 2015, GNIPST organized a National Seminar onCurrent Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare, on the

occasion of Science day 2015 on the theme of Science for Nation

Building. Sponsored by West Bengal State Council of Science &

Technology, Catalysed & Supported by National Council for

Science, Technology & communication, DST, New Delhi.

Winners of Intracollege Football Tournament:Congratulations to B.Pharm final year for their victory inIntracollege Football Tournament.

Intracollege Football Tournament:On 9thOctober and 10thOctober, 2015 GNIPST has organized theIntracollege Football Tournament.


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EN BIOLET:On 5thand 6thOctober, 2015 seminar was held on EN-BIOLET byStone India Ltd.

INDOOR BATTLE 2015On 24th September, 2015 GNIPST organised the Indoor games(Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess for both Boys and Girls) IndoorBattle 2015.Congratulations to all winners and participants.The Winners are:Table Tennis (for Boys):1st: Soumen Dhara (M.Pharm, 2ndyear [Pharmacology])2nd: Ratul Banduri (B.Pharm, 3rdyear)

3rd

: Sneham Sen (B.Pharm, 3rd

year)Table Tennis (for Girls):1st: Sweta Saha (B.Sc [BT], 3rdyear)2nd: Moutan Roy (B.Pharm, 2ndyear)Carrom (for Boys):1st: Sk. Sajjat Ali (B.Pharm, 4th year) and Sk. Abdul Aslam(B.Pharm, 3rdyear)2nd: Sourabh Saha (B.Pharm, 4th year) and Rajib Singha Roy

(B.Pharm, 4

th

year)3rd: Arnab Banerjee (M.Pharm, 2ndyear [Pharmaceutics])and Achinta Banerjee (M.Pharm, 2ndyear [Pharmaceutics])Carrom (for Girls):1st: Sreyashee Mitra (B.Pharm 4th year) and Rituparna Das(B.Pharm 4thyear)2nd: Rinita DasBhowmik (B.H.M, 1styear)and Tania Datta (B.H.M,1styear)3rd: Sushmita Sen (D.Pharm, 2ndyear) and Keya Das (D.Pharm, 2nd

year)Chess (for Boys):1st: Sayantan Dutta (B.Pharm, 3rdyear)2nd: Tanmoy Das Biswas (B.Pharm 4thyear)3rd: Sourabh Saha (B.Pharm 4thyear)Chess (for Girls):


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1st: Rituparna Das (B.Pharm 4thyear)2nd: Suchetana Dutta (B.Pharm 4thyear)3rd: Krishnakali Basu (B.Pharm 4thyear)

SAGAR DUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE FEST-ASTERICA 2015

WINNER:The students of GNIPST stood first in the FASHION SHOWcompetition of Sagar Dutta Medical College Fest:Congratulation to the participants-Souvik Ganguly (B.H.M 2ndyear)Riya Taran (B.Pharm 4thyear)Moktar Hossain (B.Pharm 4thyear)Chandrika Saha (B.Pharm 4thyear)

Swaranjeet Banik (B.Pharm 4th

year)Sampita Pal (B.Pharm 3rdyear)Ranit Kundu (M.Pharm 1styear)Susmita Kar (B.Pharm 2ndyear)Md. Nadeem Shah (B.Pharm 4thyear)Sreyashee Mitra (B.Pharm 4thyear)Sunanda (M.Pharm 1styear)Best Male Model of ASTERICA 2k15:Souvik Ganguly (B.H.M 2ndyear)Best Female Model of ASTERICA 2k15:Sampita Pal (B.Pharm 3rdyear)Anchor:Sreejita Roy (B.Sc )Solo Singingcompetition:Sayantan Goswami (B.Pharm 4thyear):winnerArpita (B.Sc) :2ndrunner up

CARNIVAL OF CANVASS:

On 4thSeptember the Students of GNIPST celebrated the freshersparty for Masters degree students.On 4th September the students of GNIPST celebrated TeachersDay.


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ESPERANZA:On 21st August, 2015 the 1st year students of GNIPST werewelcomed in the Freshers Welcome Programme ESPERANZA.

HOMAGE TO FORMER PRESIDENT DR A P J ABDULKALAM:

On 31stJuly, 2015 all the students and teachers of GNIPST paidtheir homage for our former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION:GNIPST has been certified by the Alumni Association under theWest Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961.

FAREWELL PROGRAMME:On 15th May 2015 GNIPST celebrated the farewell programme

Sesh Chithi for the final year students of M.Pharm, M.Sc,B.Pharm, B.Sc and BHM.

FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME:The FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME wasorganized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Training& Placement Cell, GNIPST in collaboration with Indian PharmacyGraduates Association (IPGA), Bengal Branch from 21st Februaryto 11thApril, 2015 at GNIPST Auditorium.

On 21st

February, 2015 the Finishing School Training Programme ofGNIPST was inaugurated by Sri Soumen Mukhopadhyay, DeputyDirector, 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 DrugController, Mr. Sujoy Chakraborty, divisional Therapy Manager,

Cipla and Mr. Vikranjit Biswas, Senior Manager, Learning &Development, Cipla delivered their valuable lectures in the 2nd dayFINISHING 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


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lectures in the 3rd day FINISHING SCHOOL TRAININGPROGRAMME 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 TRAININGPROGRAMME of GNIPST.On 28th March, 2015 Dr. Gautam Chaterjee, an Alumni of JadavpurUniversity and presently associated with NIPER delivered hisvaluable lectures in the 5th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAININGPROGRAMME of GNIPST.On 11th April, 2015 the closing ceremony of the FINISHINGSCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was held in GNIPST

Auditorium.

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EDITORS NOTE

It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 3rd

issue of 56th

Volume

of GNIPST BULLETIN. All the followers of GNIPST BULLETIN

are able to avail the bulletin through facebook account GNIPSTbulletin 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 Bhattacharyafor 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

ACHIEVEMENT:

Congratulations to Anurag Chanda, student of B.Pharm final year

who have got the 1st prize in poster presentation event in Prakriti2015 at Department of Agricultural and Food engineering, IIT,Kharagpur.

OTHERS:On 24

th

and 25th

February, 2015 Swamiji of Gourio Math wasdelivered some motivational lectuers in GNIPST.

The students of GNIPST participated in the 4th

Sardar JodhSinghTrophy organised by NIT on 20

th

February, 2015.

On 8th February, 2015 Gnipst celebrated the ReunionprogrammeReminiscence Reloaded 2015.

The general body meeting of APTI, Bengal Branch has been

conducted at GNIPST on 15thJune, 2012. The programstarted with

a nice presentation by Dr. Pulok Kr. Mukherjee, School of Natural


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Products, JU on the skill to write a good manuscript for

publication in impact journals. It was followed by nearly two hour

long discussion among more than thirty participants on different

aspects of pharmacy education. Five nonmember participants

applied for membership on that very day.

AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under Research

Promotion Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13to

GNIPSTas per the details below:

a. Beneficiary Institution: Guru Nanak Institution of Pharmaceutical

Science & Technology.

b.Principal Investigator:Dr. LopamudraDutta.

c. Grant-in-aid sanctioned:Rs. 16,25000/- only

d.Approved duration: 3 years

e. 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 FacultyCULTURAL Ms. Priyanka RayDEBATE AND EXTEMPORE Mr. Soumya BhattacharyaECO Ms. Sumana RoyLITERARY AND PAINTING Ms. Jeenatara BegumPHOTOGRAPHY Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharya and

Mr. Abir KoleySCIENCE AND INNOVATIVEMODELLING

Mr. Samrat Bose

SOCIAL SERVICES Dr. Asis BalaSPORTS Mr. Debabrata GhoshDastidar

Documents

GNIPST Bulletin 56.3