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TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF GLORY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BY KNOWLEDGE

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Contents • Message from PRINCIPAL• Editorial board• Historical article• News Update• Knowledge based Article• Disease Related Breaking

News• Upcoming Events• Drugs Update• Campus News• Student’s Section• Editor’s Note• Archive

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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 ARTICLEJames Chadwick

James Chadwick’s Early Life and Education James Chadwick was born in the small town of Bollington, England, UK on October 20, 1891. His parents were Joseph, a railway storekeeper, and Anne, a domestic servant. When he was aged 11, James won entry to the prestigious Manchester Grammar School. Unfortunately, his parents were too poor to afford the small amount of money they would need for fees. Instead, James Chadwick was educated at Manchester’s Central Grammar School for Boys; his favorite subjects were mathematics and physics. Aged 16, he won a scholarship which enabled him to enroll at the Victoria University of Manchester. He had intended studying mathematics, but he was interviewed by a physicist who assumed Chadwick wanted to study physics. Chadwick was too shy to contradict him, so ended up enrolling as a physics major! James Chadwick, the Nucleus and the Neutron Chadwick continued his nuclear research in the Cavendish Laboratory. In 1923, aged 32, he became Rutherford’s Assistant Director of Research, and continued to study the atomic nucleus. In those days, most researchers believed there were electrons within the nucleus as well as outside it. For example, the nucleus of an atom of carbon-12 was thought to contain 12 protons and 6 electrons, giving it an electric charge of +6. The 6 electrons orbiting the nucleus caused the overall electric charge on an atom of carbon to be 0.

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Rutherford, Chadwick, and some others believed in the possibility that particles with no charge could be in the nucleus. In his spare time, through the 1920s, Chadwick made a variety of attempts in the laboratory to find these neutral particles, but without success. He was, however, increasingly convinced in the existence of a neutral particle – the neutron. He couldn’t, however, get the evidence he needed to prove its existence. Then, at the beginning of 1932, Chadwick learned of work that Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie had just done in Paris. The Joliot-Curies believed they had managed to eject protons from a sample of wax using gamma rays. This did not make sense to Chadwick, who thought gamma rays were not powerful enough to do this. However, the evidence that protons had been hit with sufficient energy to eject them was convincing. The gamma ray source had been the radioactive element polonium. Chadwick drew the conclusion that the protons had actually been hit by the particle he was looking for: the neutron. Feverishly, he began working in the Cavendish laboratory. Using polonium as a source of (what he believed were) neutrons, he bombarded wax. Protons were released by the wax and Chadwick made measurements of the protons’ behavior. The protons behaved in exactly the manner they ought to if they had been hit by electrically neutral particles with a mass similar to the proton. Chadwick had discovered the neutron. Within two weeks he had written to the prestigious science journal Nature to announce the Possible Existence of a Neutron. In fact, Chadwick at this time did not believe he had discovered a new elementary particle. He believed the neutron to be a complex particle consisting of a proton and an electron. The German physicist Werner Heisenberg showed that the neutron could not be an electron-proton pair, and was actually a new elementary particle. In 1935, James Chadwick received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron.

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New Elements and Nuclear Reactions The discovery of the neutron dramatically changed the course of science. It meant that neutrons could be collided with atomic nuclei. Some of the neutrons would imbed in a nucleus, increasing its mass. Natural Beta decay (the emission of an electron from an atom’s nucleus) would then convert the neutron into a proton. Since an element is defined by the number of protons it has (hydrogen has 1, helium 2, lithium 3, beryllium 4, boron 5, carbon 6, nitrogen 7, oxygen 8, etc, etc) this enabled scientists to make new, heavier elements in the laboratory. It also meant that neutrons could be used to split heavy atoms apart – atomic fission – producing a large amount of energy, which could be used in atomic bombs or nuclear power plants. Chadwick Leaves Cambridge for Liverpool In 1935, before his Nobel Prize was awarded, Chadwick was offered the Lyon Jones Chair of Physics at the University of Liverpool, which he accepted. He started his new job one month before he heard that he had won the Nobel Prize. In Liverpool, he started a nuclear physics group. The group needed a piece of equipment which could be described in a number of ways, including: cylclotron/particle-accelerator/atom smasher. His new university could not afford the cyclotron, so Chadwick part-funded it using some of his Nobel Prize money. The End James Chadwick died peacefully, at the age of 82, on July 24, 1974.

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NEWS UPDATE Moderate drinking linked to reduced risk of

death in early stage Alzheimer's disease: (11th December, 2015) Drinking two to three units of alcohol every day is linked to a reduced risk of death among people with early stage Alzheimer's disease, finds new research.

Treatment associated with changes in brain activity in borderline personality disorder: (11th December, 2015) According to newly published research, a specialized psychotherapy has been linked to changes in activation patterns in certain areas of the brain in patients with borderline personality disorder, suggesting its impact may go deeper than symptom change.

Healthy or sick? Tiny cell bubbles may hold the answer: (11th December, 2015) Scientists have uncovered biological pathways in the roundworm that provide insight into how tiny bubbles released by cells can have beneficial health effects, like promoting tissue repair, or may play a diabolical role and carry disease signals for cancer or neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

Active ingredient in magic mushrooms reduces anxiety, depression in cancer patients: (10th December, 2015) Psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, decreased anxiety and depression in patients diagnosed with life-threatening cancer. New research shows that patients who received a psilocybin dose that altered perception and produced mystical-type experiences reported significantly less anxiety and depression compared with

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patients who received a low dose of the drug. The positive effects lasted 6 months.

Flavonoid apigenin has potential to treat diseases like schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's: (10th December, 2015) Apigenin, a substance found in parsley, thyme, chamomile and red pepper, improves neuron formation and strengthens the connections between brain cells, new lab research demonstrates.

LSD changes consciousness by reorganizing human brain networks: (10th December, 2015) LSD alters consciousness, but the mechanism of how this happens has been elusive. Now researchers report that LSD interferes with the patterns of activation in brain networks that underlie human thought and behavior. The investigators used functional MRI scans and magnetoencephalography, and showed that LSD reduces connectivity within brain networks and reduces the extent to which separate networks remain distinct in their patterns of firing.

Starving cancer, feeding knowledge: (10th December, 2015) A hematologist is studying whether a medication that helps control sugar levels in diabetics also can deprive an aggressive form of blood cancer of the sugar it needs to thrive. The results could have implications for the use of the treatment for other cancers as well.

New hope for broken hearts in infants: (09th December, 2015) Scientists report the case of a newborn that had suffered a massive heart attack in the first hours of life. It was caused by a blockage in a vital coronary vessel. A new article outlines a new hope the

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researchers have identified for those babies suffering from a "broken heart." For detail mail to editor KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

Therapeutic target to prevent development of main complication in cirrhosis

In Western countries, cirrhosis is among the 10 leading causes of death among adults. It is a very common disease in Spain and the leading cause of liver transplantation in this country. It is responsible for a high rate of hospital admissions and use of health resources due to complications that occur in advanced stages of the disease. Perverse repairing effect Cirrhosis is a chronic lesion characterised by the accumulation of scar tissue (fibrous nodules), which alters the normal structure and function of the organ. Chronic hepatic lesions are caused mainly by alcoholism, hepatitis C, and increasingly by obesity. The accumulation of scar tissue impedes blood circulation in the liver, thus leading to portal hypertension (the portal vein). To relieve the pressure in the vein, collateral blood vessels develop outside the liver. The problem is then two-fold, first because the liver receives even less blood, thereby causing greater damage to the organ, and second because the blood vessels are of poor quality (pathological angiogenesis). "Hepatic cells try to repair liver lesions, but the way by which they do this turns out to be fatal for the organ. This is a loop that gets bigger and finally threatens the patient's life. Also, the collateral blood vessels form varicose veins in the esophagus and stomach of patients with cirrhosis; these veins are fragile and have a high tendency to burst, causing heavy bleeding that is difficult to stop," explains Mercedes Fernández, from IDIBAPS and co-leader of the study. "This is why a treatment that regresses and/or prevents

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pathological veins--which is not currently available--would be efficient," she adds. A target named CPEB4 VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) is the main effector protein in the development of blood vessels. "All current drugs that aim to prevent neovascularisation are based on inhibiting VEGF or VEGF receptors, but the problem is that indiscriminate attack of this protein impairs the normal development of blood vessels, thus causing unbearable adverse effects," explains Méndez, from IRB Barcelona. In a previous study published in Nature Medicine, Méndez, together with researchers at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, had already discovered that CPEB proteins are involved in blood vessel development in pancreatic and brain cancer. Given the urgent need to identify new targets for pathological angiogenesis, Méndez and Fernández started collaborating to examine the role of CPEB4 in this process in the context of cirrhosis, a disease characterised by profound neovascularisation. "The best about the study is that we demonstrate that the development of pathological blood vessels can be stopped by interfering with CPEB4 proteins while positive vascularisation remains intact," says Méndez. The experiments in cells in vitro, in animal models, and in samples taken from patients with cirrhosis have revealed the molecular mechanisms through which the increase in CPEB4 favours the overexpression of VEGF in cirrhosis. From cirrhosis to liver cancer The researchers uphold that the repair cycle that the liver enters worsens the situation to the extent that the regeneration nodules, which show high levels of CPEB4, form liver carcinomas. In this context, the Spanish Association against Cancer (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC)) has awarded more than one million euros to the Méndez-Fernández tandem, who, together with Jordi Bruix (IDIBAPS-Hospital Clínic), will work in a coordinated manner to unravel the role of this molecule and to

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propose a treatment for liver carcinomas, the main liver cancer and third cause of death by cancer worldwide, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 10%. In parallel, Méndez's lab at IRB Barcelona is working on a research project on CPEB4 inhibitors. Last year they resolved the structures of these proteins at the atomic level--the previous step to the computational design of inhibitors, which is being undertaken in collaboration with Modesto Orozco, at the same centre. Furthermore, and with the support of the Botín Foundation, Méndez has fine-tuned an assay to test CPEB4 inhibitors, with the aim to speed up the detection of molecules with the greatest therapeutic potential. Jeenatara Begum Assistant Professor GNIPST

DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

(MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia: (04th December, 2015) Between 2 and 27 November 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 3 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including 2 deaths. Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS National Seminar on “Drug and diseases: role of pharmacists and

doctors” is going to be organized jointly by the Centre for Advance Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and the Indian Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and Technologists,

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Kolkata on 16th January, 2016 at Dr. H. L. Roy Building, Jadavpur University (Kolkata 700 032)’

DRUGS UPDATES FDA Approves Otiprio (ciprofloxacin otic

suspension) for the Treatment of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Tympanostomy Tube Placement Surgery: (11th December, 2015) Otonomy, Inc. (Nasdaq:OTIC), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for diseases and disorders of the ear, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Otiprio (ciprofloxacin otic suspension) for the treatment of pediatric patients with bilateral otitis media with effusion undergoing tympanostomy tube placement. Otiprio is a single-dose, physician-administered antibacterial and the first product approved by the FDA for this indication.

Read more CAMPUS NEWS

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

Recived a Grant in aid from Department of Science & Technology, Govt of WestBengal under the Scheme of Scientific Project 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 Kolkata Wetland. 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 SFE 2015.

Report of National Seminar on “Current Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare”: 1. Name of the Institute: Guru Nanak institute of Pharmceutical Science & Technology 2. Sanctioning Authority: West Bengal State Council of Science & Technology, Department of Science & Technology, Government of West Bengal for conducting Seminar for National Science Day. 3. Seminar Topic : “Current Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare”. 4.Amount Sanctioned: 30,000/- 5. Purpose of Utilisation: Celebration of National Science Day (7th November 2015) One day National Seminar on “Current Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare”.

Eminent Speakers from Indian Stastical Institute, Viswa-Bharati University, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vidyalaya, National Institute of 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 of sixty three posters were selected for presentation and best three posters were awarded .

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I. First prize winners Poulami Majumdaer, Indrajit Karmakar, Suchandra Majumder, Pallab kanti halder from Jadavpur University, Department of Pharmaceutical Science on “ Evaluation of 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. and application in antimicrobial and bacteriocin producing activity” ,

III. Third prize winners are jointly from Arindam Ganguly, Aparupa Bhattacharya, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, “Microbial fuel cell” and Apurba Mukherjee , Sutapa Mukherjee, Madhumita Roy, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute , “The common Indian spice curcumin act as an enhancer of antitumor agent in Leukemia”.

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

Swarangam: On 9th November, 2015 GNIPST organized the post puja and pre Kalipuja celebration programme ‘Swarangam’. National Science Day 2015:

On 7th November 2015, GNIPST organized a National Seminar on “Current 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 in Intracollege Football Tournament.

Intracollege Football Tournament: On 9th October and 10th October, 2015 GNIPST has organized the Intracollege Football Tournament.

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EN BIOLET:

On 5th and 6th October, 2015 seminar was held on EN-BIOLET by Stone India Ltd. INDOOR BATTLE 2015

On 24th September, 2015 GNIPST organised the Indoor games (Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess for both Boys and Girls) Indoor Battle 2015. Congratulations to all winners and participants. The Winners are: Table Tennis (for Boys): 1st: Soumen Dhara (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmacology]) 2nd: Ratul Banduri (B.Pharm, 3rd year) 3rd: Sneham Sen (B.Pharm, 3rd year) Table Tennis (for Girls): 1st: Sweta Saha (B.Sc [BT], 3rd year) 2nd: Moutan Roy (B.Pharm, 2nd year) Carrom (for Boys): 1st: Sk. Sajjat Ali (B.Pharm, 4th year) and Sk. Abdul Aslam (B.Pharm, 3rd year) 2nd: Sourabh Saha (B.Pharm, 4th year) and Rajib Singha Roy (B.Pharm, 4th year) 3rd: Arnab Banerjee (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmaceutics]) and Achinta Banerjee (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmaceutics]) Carrom (for Girls): 1st: Sreyashee Mitra (B.Pharm 4th year) and Rituparna Das (B.Pharm 4th year) 2nd: Rinita DasBhowmik (B.H.M, 1st year) and Tania Datta (B.H.M, 1st year) 3rd: Sushmita Sen (D.Pharm, 2nd year) and Keya Das (D.Pharm, 2nd year) Chess (for Boys): 1st: Sayantan Dutta (B.Pharm, 3rd year) 2nd: Tanmoy Das Biswas (B.Pharm 4th year) 3rd: Sourabh Saha (B.Pharm 4th year)

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Chess (for Girls): 1st: Rituparna Das (B.Pharm 4th year) 2nd: Suchetana Dutta (B.Pharm 4th year) 3rd: Krishnakali Basu (B.Pharm 4th year) SAGAR DUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE FEST-ASTERICA 2015

WINNER: The students of GNIPST stood first in the FASHION SHOW competition of Sagar Dutta Medical College Fest: Congratulation to the participants- Souvik Ganguly (B.H.M 2nd year) Riya Taran (B.Pharm 4th year) Moktar Hossain (B.Pharm 4th year) Chandrika Saha (B.Pharm 4th year) Swaranjeet Banik (B.Pharm 4th year) Sampita Pal (B.Pharm 3rd year) Ranit Kundu (M.Pharm 1st year) Susmita Kar (B.Pharm 2nd year) Md. Nadeem Shah (B.Pharm 4th year) Sreyashee Mitra (B.Pharm 4th year) Sunanda (M.Pharm 1st year) Best Male Model of ASTERICA 2k15: Souvik Ganguly (B.H.M 2nd year) Best Female Model of ASTERICA 2k15: Sampita Pal (B.Pharm 3rd year) Anchor: Sreejita Roy (B.Sc ) Solo Singing competition: Sayantan Goswami (B.Pharm 4th year):winner Arpita (B.Sc) :2nd runner up

CARNIVAL OF CANVASS: On 4th September the Students of GNIPST celebrated the freshers party for Masters degree students. On 4th September the students of GNIPST celebrated Teachers’ Day.

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ESPERANZA: On 21st August, 2015 the 1st year students of GNIPST were welcomed in the Freshers Welcome Programme ‘ESPERANZA’.

HOMAGE TO FORMER PRESIDENT DR A P J ABDUL KALAM: On 31st July, 2015 all the students and teachers of GNIPST paid their homage for our former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION:

GNIPST has been certified by the Alumni Association under the West 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. JIS SAMMAN 2015

On 11th May, 2015 GNIPST attended the JIS SAMMAN 2015. JIS SAMMAN Awards: • Best College (Non Engineering):

GNIPST • Best Principal:

Dr (Prof.) Avijit Sengupta • Best HOD:

Mr. Jaydip Ray • Best Faculty:

Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar (Pharmacy) Dr. Swati Chakraborty (Life Sciences)

• Best faculty since inception: Mr. Jaydip Ray

• Best Office Staff: Ms. Jaya Banerjee

• Best technical Assistant: Mr. Somnath Majhi

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• College Blue: Avik Paul

• Highest DGPA of 2014: B.Pharm: Purbali Chakraborty (4th year) Diksha Kumari (3rd year) Aishika Dutta (2nd year) Sampita Paul (1st year) M.Pharm: Aritra Mukherjee (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) Mounomukhar Bhattacharya (Pharmacology) B.Sc (Biotechnology): Papiya Saha (3rd year) Shomasree Das (2nd year) Ayanita Basak (1st year) B.Sc (Microbiology): Bonhisikha Chatterjee (3rd year) Riaz Hossain (2nd year) Soumi Chowdhury (1st year) BHM: Bishal Roy (3rd year) Shreyabhanja Chowdhury (2nd year) Recitation:

Udita Majumder Debate:

Srijita Roy Poushali Ganguly Quiz:

Arani Ray Dipayan Nath Band:

Syantan Ghoswami Anurag Ghosh Atanu Mondal

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Arka Khamaru Ritobroto Paul Abhirup Dasgupta

Fashion: Md. Nadeem Shah Koustav Sarkar Shaksar Saha Avirup Dasgupta Ranit Kundu Namrata Ganguly Shreyasee Mitra Chandrika Saha Debopriya Chatterjee Riya Taran

Innovative Modeling: Ankit Chowdhury Kartik Koley Mudasar Manna Dipan Chaterjee Abhishek Singh Kaustav Pal Manojit Dutta SPIRIT JIS 2015

On 03th to 05th April, 2015 JIS organised SPIRIT JIS 2015. 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.

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FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME: The FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was organized 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. On 21

st 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. On 28th March, 2015 Dr. Gautam Chaterjee, an Alumni of Jadavpur University and presently associated with NIPER delivered his valuable lectures in the 5th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST. On 11th April, 2015 the closing ceremony of the FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was held in GNIPST Auditorium.

JOBS:

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All the students of Final Year B. Pharm and M. Pharm are hereby informed that an interview will be conducted on 23rd May, 2015 by Standard Pharmaceuticals Ltd. GSK for post: Production, QA, QC. 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 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 was delivered some motivational lectuers in GNIPST. The students of GNIPST participated in the 4th Sardar Jodh SinghTrophy organised by NIT on 20th February, 2015.

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

STUDENTS’ SECTION WHO CAN ANSWER FIRST????

What is Ophidiophobia? Answer of Previous Issue’s Image:

3rd December

Congratulation Parag Roy for the correct answer

Send your thoughts/ Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any other contributions for Students’ Section& answers of this Section at gnipstbulletin@gmail.com

EDITOR’S NOTE

It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 4th issue of 51th 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

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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

The general body meeting of APTI, Bengal Branch has been conducted at GNIPST on 15th June, 2012. The program started with a nice presentation by Dr. Pulok Kr. Mukherjee, School of Natural 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.

GNIPST is now approved by AICTE and affiliated to WBUT for conducting the two years’ post graduate course (M.Pharm) in PHARMACOLOGY. The approved number of seat is 18.

The number of seats in B.Pharm. has been increased from 60 to 120.

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 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,

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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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