Pharmafest'11

12 Pages·2011·0.62 MB·English

Baroda College of Pharmacy
and
Parul Institute of Pharmacy

Organized

3rd National Level Pharmacy Student Symposium

Pharmafest’11

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19 & 20 Feb 2011
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Report on 3 National Level Pharmacy Student Symposium

Pharmafest’11

19th & 20th Feb 2011

Pharmafest’11, a National Level Pharmacy Student Symposium, was organized
by Baroda College of Pharmacy and Parul Institute of Pharmacy, managed by
Parul Trust, on 19th and 20th Feb 2011.

Pharmafest is organized every year to provide a platform for undergraduate and
post graduate students of pharmacy to interact with each other and exchange
their views regarding the recent developments in the field of pharmacy. Various
events like poster and model presentations, elocution competition and quiz
competition are organized during two days of Pharmafest.

This year we had a participation of 1500 students from colleges in and outside
Gujarat. Following is the brief report of Pharmafest’11

Day 1 (19th Feb 2011, Saturday)

The symposium was inaugurated by Chief Guest Mr. Himanshu Jani,
Sr. HR Manager, Alembic Ltd and Guest of honor Mr. Suryakant Chaudhary,
Manager HR, Bharat Parenterals Ltd.

Events organized on 19th Feb were poster presentation and elocution
competition. Around 400 posters were presented on the prescribed themes.
Themes for Poster Presentations were

Subject: Pharmaceutics/Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Theme: 1) Site specific drug delivery
2) Time modulated drug delivery

Subject: Pharmaceutical Analysis/Quality Assurance
Theme: 1) Recent advances in Bioanalytical techniques
2) Structural identification of drugs by any one analytical technique.

Subject: Pharmaceutical chemistry
Theme: 1) Serendipity in medicinal drug discovery
2) CADD: Fundamentals, techniques or applications

Subject: Pharmacology
Theme: 1) Pharmacological intervention of any neurodegenerative,
metabolic and infectious disease
2) Non conventional therapeutic techniques (Stem cell therapy, Gene
therapy etc.)

Subject: Pharmacognosy
Theme: 1) Any one herbal drug discovery made by national Institutes
(CDRI, NBRI, IIIM etc.)
2) Global trade of any one herb for various applications and position
of India in it.

86 students took part in Elocution Competition deliberating on topics like

(cid:190) Scope of Pharm D. in Indian scenario
(cid:190) Pharmacy curriculum and teaching methodology: views and ideas
Inaugural session

Poster presentations
Day 2 (20th Feb 2011, Sunday)

Events organized on 20th Feb were model presentation and quiz competition.
Around 75 models were displayed on the prescribed themes.

Themes for Model competition were

Subject: Pharmaceutics/Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Theme: Any unit operation employed in manufacturing of Pharmaceutical
dosage forms.

Subject: Pharmaceutical Analysis/Quality Assurance
Theme: Any analytical instrument

Subject: Pharmaceutical chemistry
Theme: Green Chemistry

Subject: Pharmacology
Theme: 1) Physiological aspects of major body systems
2) Pathological aspects of neurodegenerative, metabolic and infectious
diseases.
Subject: Pharmacognosy
Theme: 1) Any one extraction technique/QC for herbal drug or formulation
2) Any aspect of plant tissue culture.

224 students took part in Quiz completion which was held on 20th February
2011. Questions based on general knowledge and pharmacy knowledge were
asked in different rounds. The teams were screened through two screening
rounds to get the 6 teams for the final quiz round.
Model Presentations

Quiz Competition

Poster, Model and Elocution competitions were judged by invited dignitaries
from different colleges and industries of Gujarat and prizes were given to
3 winners for each subject of each event.
Prize Distributions

Valedictory function was held on 20th February after completion of all events.
Dr. Jignesh Patel, Director - Baroque Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. was the chief
guest and Ms. Neelam kumari – Executive HR Oxygen Bioresearch Ltd. was
the guest of honour.

The overwhelming response of the student participants in Pharmafest’11 reflects
the success and need for such events in the present scenario.
Media Flash
WINNERS OF PHARMAFEST-2011 EVENTS

Competition Subject Position Winner College
Kanani Ankur
1st prize Kanani Vishal Atmiya College Of Pharmacy
Ladani Umang
Deepa Patel
Pharmacognosy 2nd prize Montina Patel Parul Institute Of Pharmacy
Hinal Shah
Patel Pranali
3rd prize Patel Maulika Kalol Institute Of Pharmacy
Prajapati Chhaya
Nilesh Prajapati
1st prize Parth Patel Atimya College Of Pharmacy
Hiren Thhakar
Anand Odedra
POSTER
PRESENTATION
Pharm. Analysis 2nd prize Jaimin Vaidya Nirma College Of Pharmacy
Arshit Dave
Pritesh Patel
3rd prize Bhadraj Chauhan Atimya College Of Phrmacy
Pushpak Parmar
Surya Muralee
1st prize Parul Institute Of Pharmacy
Dhobi Ankit
Anand Odedra
2nd prize Jaydeep Jalu Nirma College Of Pharmacy
Pharm. Chemistry
Dharmesh Patel
Shah Harsh
3rd prize Patel Dharak Parul Institute Of Pharmacy
Shah Darpan
Competition Subject Position Winner College
Jignesh Patel
1st prize Brijesh Patel Sardar Patel College Of Pharmacy
Parimal Patel
2nd prize Shah Nisarg C.K.Pithwala College of Pharmacy
Dave Sandip
Pharmacology
3rd Prize Thakor Mrudang Dharmaj College Of Pharmacy
Shah Akash
Shekh Jazib
N.M.Padaliya College of
Consolation Prize 1st Juhi Patel
Pharmacy
Vijay Singhavi
POSTER Manali Mukadam
PRESENTATION 1st prize Baroda College Of Pharmacy
Shraddha Agarwal
Kothari Snehal N.
2nd prize Nirma College Of Pharmacy
Huda Asif
Vora Harsh
3rd prize Patel Parth L.B.Rao College Of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutics
Patel Dixit
Vyas Janki
Bhagwan Mahavir College of
Consolation Prize 1st
Pharmacy
Vasi Ruqaiya
Shah Dhara
2nd Prize Iyer Vatsala Parul Institute Of Pharmacy
Jaiswal Chirayu
1st prize Munim Krishna Maliba Pharmacy College
C.K.Pithavala College of
ELOCUTION 2nd prize Lakdava Dhara
Pharmacy
3rd prize Sheryasi Chaudhari Parul Institute Of pharmacy
Milankumar Patel
1st prize Parul Instute Of Pharmacy.
Sunil Patel
Falgun Bhatt
QUIZ 2nd prize Parul Instute Of Pharmacy.
Mayur Parekh
Rohit Aghara
3rd prize S.S Pharmacy College
Nayan Parmar