GNIPST BULLETIN 2015
03-04-2015
03rd April, 2015
Volume No.: 44 Issue No.: 01
Vision
TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF GLORY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE
FIELD OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BY KNOWLEDGE
BASED LEARNING AND PRACTICE
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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
GNIPST Photo Gallery
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GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Website: http://gnipst.ac.in
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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
EDITOR
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
DR. ABHIJIT SENGUPTA
MS. JEENATARA BEGUM
MR. DIPANJAN MANDAL
HISTORICAL ARTICLE
The Pharmacopeia Comes of Age:
The first "United States Pharmacopoeia" (1820) was the work of
the medical profession. It was the first book of drug standards
from a professional source to have achieved a nation's acceptance.
In 1877, the "U.S.P." was in danger of dissolution due to the lack of
interest of the medical profession. Dr. Edward R. Squibb,
manufacturing pharmacist as well as physician, took the problem
to The American Pharmaceutical Association convention.
Pharmacists formed a "Committee on Revision" chairmanned by
hospital pharmacist Charles Rice, assisted by pharmacist-educator
Joseph P. Remington, and by Dr. Squibb, their indefatigable
collaborator. The "U.S. Pharmacopoeia" surged to new importance.
NEWS UPDATE
World Autism Awareness day: (02nd April)
World Autism Awareness Day is observed on 2 April every year
since 2008. It was designated by the United Nations General
Assembly resolution "62/139. World Autism Awareness Day";
adopted on 18 December 2007, it was proposed by Qatar, and
supported by all member states.
One dollar blood test using gold nanoparticles
outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer,
study suggests: (03rd April, 2015)
A test that uses gold nanoparticles to detect early-stage prostate
cancer costs less than $1, returns results in minutes and is more
accurate than standard PSA screening, pilot studies show. The
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new technique leverages the ability of gold nanoparticles to attract
cancer biomarkers.
Ebola virus diagnostic tool developed by
physician who worked in Liberia: (03rd April,
2015)
An emergency medicine physician who treated Ebola-infected
patients in Liberia last year used his field experience to create a
tool to determine the likelihood that patients presenting with
Ebola symptoms will actually carry the virus. Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD) has affected 24,000 persons during the current epidemic,
which is the largest recorded outbreak of EVD in history. Over
10,000 people have died in West Africa, mainly in Sierra Leone,
Liberia and Guinea.
Possible progress against Parkinson's and good
news for stem cell therapies: (03rd April, 2015)
Researchers have taken an important step toward using the
implantation of stem cell-generated neurons as a treatment for
Parkinson's disease. Using an FDA approved substance for treating
cancer, they were able to grow dopamine-producing neurons
derived from embryonic stem cells that remained healthy and
functional for as long as 15 months after implantation into mice,
restoring motor function without forming tumors.
Cancer genes turned off in deadly brain cancer:
(03rd April, 2015)
Scientists have identified a small RNA molecule that can suppress
cancer-causing genes in mice with glioblastoma mulitforme, a
deadly and incurable type of brain tumor. While standard
chemotherapy drugs damage DNA to stop cancer cells from
reproducing, the new method stops the source that creates those
cancer cells. The approach could also potentially be used for gene
silencing in other cancers and diseases of genetic origin.
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Herpesvirus activates RIG-I receptor to evade
body's immune system: (02nd April, 2015)
Using herpesvirus, molecular immunologists have discovered a
cellular process that activates a critical immune defense against
pathogens, which could have implications for developing drugs to
bolster one's immunity to infection. Some herpesvirus infections
lead to cancer.
Hormone, bone tests may be indicative of
dialysis patients' heart health: (02nd
April,
2015)
Approximately 2 million kidney disease patients in the world
receive some sort of dialysis treatment. Now researchers say that in
these patients, high parathyroid hormone levels and subsequent
bone loss are major risk factors for worsening of coronary artery
calcification.
 DNA can't explain all inherited biological
traits, research shows: (02nd April, 2015)
Characteristics passed between generations are not decided solely
by DNA, but can be brought about by other material in cells, new
research shows. Scientists studied proteins found in cells, known
as histones, which are not part of the genetic code, but act as
spools around which DNA is wound. Histones are known to
control whether or not genes are switched on.
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KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
For forty years between 1932 and 1972, the U.S. Public Health
Service (PHS) conducted an experiment on 399 black men in the
late stages of syphilis. These men, for the most part illiterate
sharecroppers from one of the poorest counties in Alabama, were
never told what disease they were suffering from or of its
seriousness. Informed that they were being treated for “bad blood”,
their doctors had no intention of curing them of syphilis at all. The
data for the experiment was to be collected from autopsies of the
men, and they were thus deliberately left to degenerate under the
ravages of tertiary syphilis—which can include tumors, heart
disease, paralysis, blindness, insanity, and death. “As I see it,” one
of the doctors involved explained, “we have no further interest in
these
patients
until
they
die.”
Using Human Beings as Laboratory Animals
The true nature of the experiment had to be kept from the subjects
to ensure their cooperation. The sharecroppers' grossly
disadvantaged lot in life made them easy to manipulate. Pleased at
the prospect of free medical care—almost none of them had ever
seen a doctor before—these unsophisticated and trusting men
became the pawns in what James Jones, author of the excellent
history on the subject, Bad Blood, identified as “the longest non
therapeutic experiment on human beings in medical history.”
The study was meant to discover how syphilis affected blacks as
opposed to whites—the theory being that whites experienced
more neurological complications from syphilis whereas blacks
were more susceptible to cardiovascular damage. How this
knowledge would have changed clinical treatment of syphilis is
uncertain. Although the PHS touted the study as one of great
scientific merit, from the outset its actual benefits were hazy. It
took almost forty years before someone involved in the study took
a hard and honest look at the end results, reporting that “nothing
learned will prevent, find, or cure a single case of infectious
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syphilis or bring us closer to our basic mission of controlling
venereal disease in the United States.” When the experiment was
brought to the attention of the media in 1972, news anchor Harry
Reasoner described it as an experiment that “used human beings as
laboratory animals in a long and inefficient study of how long it
takes syphilis to kill someone.”
A Heavy Price in the Name of Bad Science
By the end of the experiment, 28 of the men had died directly of
syphilis, 100 were dead of related complications, 40 of their wives
had been infected, and 19 of their children had been born with
congenital syphilis. How had these men been induced to endure a
fatal disease in the name of science? To persuade the community to
support the experiment, one of the original doctors admitted it
“was necessary to carry on this study under the guise of a
demonstration and provide treatment.” At first, the men were
prescribed the syphilis remedies of the day—bismuth,
neoarsphenamine, and mercury—but in such small amounts that
only 3 percent showed any improvement. These token doses of
medicine were good public relations and did not interfere with the
true aims of the study. Eventually, all syphilis treatment was
replaced with “pink medicine”—aspirin. To ensure that the men
would show up for a painful and potentially dangerous spinal tap,
the PHS doctors misled them with a letter full of promotional
hype: “Last Chance for Special Free Treatment.” The fact that
autopsies would eventually be required was also concealed. As a
doctor explained, “If the colored population becomes aware that
accepting free hospital care means a post-mortem, every darky will
leave Macon County…” Even the Surgeon General of the United
States participated in enticing the men to remain in the
experiment, sending them certificates of appreciation after 25
years in the study.
Following Doctors' Orders
It takes little imagination to ascribe racist attitudes to the white
government officials who ran the experiment, but what can one
make of the numerous African Americans who collaborated with
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them? The experiment's name comes from the Tuskegee Institute,
the black university founded by Booker T. Washington. Its
affiliated hospital lent the PHS its medical facilities for the study,
and other predominantly black institutions as well as local black
doctors also participated. A black nurse, Eunice Rivers, was a
central figure in the experiment for most of its forty years. The
promise of recognition by a prestigious government agency may
have obscured the troubling aspects of the study for some. A
Tuskegee doctor, for example, praised “the educational advantages
offered our interns and nurses as well as the added standing it will
give the hospital.” Nurse Rivers explained her role as one of passive
obedience: “we were taught that we never diagnosed, we never
prescribed; we followed the doctor's instructions!” It is clear that
the men in the experiment trusted her and that she sincerely cared
about their well-being, but her unquestioning submission to
authority eclipsed her moral judgment. Even after the experiment
was exposed to public scrutiny, she genuinely felt nothing ethical
had been amiss.
One of the most chilling aspects of the experiment was how
zealously the PHS kept these men from receiving treatment. When
several nationwide campaigns to eradicate venereal disease came
to Macon County, the men were prevented from participating.
Even when penicillin was discovered in the 1940s—the first real
cure for syphilis—the Tuskegee men were deliberately denied the
medication. During World War II, 250 of the men registered for
the draft and were consequently ordered to get treatment for
syphilis, only to have the PHS exempt them. Pleased at their
success, the PHS representative announced: “So far, we are keeping
the known positive patients from getting treatment.” The
experiment continued in spite of the Henderson Act (1943), a
public health law requiring testing and treatment for venereal
disease, and in spite of the World Health Organization's
Declaration of Helsinki (1964), which specified that “informed
consent” was needed for experiment involving human beings.
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Blowing the Whistle
The story finally broke in the Washington Star on July 25, 1972, in an
article by Jean Heller of the Associated Press. Her source was Peter
Buxtun, a former PHS venereal disease interviewer and one of the
few whistle blowers over the years. The PHS, however, remained
unrepentant, claiming the men had been “volunteers” and “were
always happy to see the doctors,” and an Alabama state health
officer who had been involved claimed “somebody is trying to
make a mountain out of a molehill.”
Under the glare of publicity, the government ended their
experiment, and for the first time provided the men with effective
medical treatment for syphilis. Fred Gray, a lawyer who had
previously defended Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, filed a
class action suit that provided a $10 million out-of-court
settlement for the men and their families. Gray, however, named
only whites and white organizations in the suit, portraying
Tuskegee as a black and white case when it was in fact more
complex than that—black doctors and institutions had been
involved from beginning to end.
The PHS did not accept the media's comparison of Tuskegee with
the appalling experiments performed by Nazi doctors on their
Jewish victims during World War II. Yet in addition to the
medical and racist parallels, the PHS offered the same morally
bankrupt defense offered at the Nuremberg trials: they claimed
they were just carrying out orders, mere cogs in the wheel of the
PHS bureaucracy, exempt from personal responsibility.
The study's other justification—for the greater good of science—is
equally spurious. Scientific protocol had been shoddy from the
start. Since the men had in fact received some medication for
syphilis in the beginning of the study, however inadequate, it
thereby corrupted the outcome of a study of “untreated syphilis.”
In 1990, a survey found that 10 percent of African Americans
believed that the U.S. government created AIDS as a plot to
exterminate blacks, and another 20 percent could not rule out the
possibility that this might be true. As preposterous and paranoid
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as this may sound, at one time the Tuskegee experiment must have
seemed equally farfetched. Who could imagine the government, all
the way up to the Surgeon General of the United States,
deliberately allowing a group of its citizens to die from a terrible
disease for the sake of an ill-conceived experiment?
In light of this and many other shameful episodes in history,
African Americans' widespread mistrust of the government and
white society in general should not be a surprise to anyone.
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
The National Conference on Recent Advancement in Herbal
Medicine and Herbal Drug Technology is going to held on 3rd and
4th April, 2015 at Laureate Institute of Pharmacy, Kathog, Teh,
Dehra, Dist Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
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DRUGS UPDATES
FDA Approves ProAir RespiClick: (01st April, 2015)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., (NYSE:TEVA) announced
that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
ProAir RespiClick (albuterol sulfate) inhalation powder, a breathactuated, multi-dose, dry-powder, short-acting beta-agonist
(SABA) inhaler for the treatment or prevention of bronchospasm
in patients 12 years of age and older with reversible obstructive
airway disease; and for the prevention of exercise-induced
bronchospasm (EIB) in patients 12 years of age and older. It is
expected to become commercially available to patients during the
second quarter of 2015.
Read more
CAMPUS NEWS
SPIRIT JIS 2015
On 03 to 05th April, 2015 JIS is going to organise SPIRIT JIS 2015.
GPAT 2015 Result:
The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT2015. 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
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Graduates’ Association (IPGA), Bengal Branch from 21st February
to 11th April, 2015 at GNIPST Auditorium.
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:
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 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.
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 The students of GNIPST participated in the 4 Sardar Jodh Singh
Trophy organised by NIT on 20th February, 2015.
 On 8th February, 2015 Gnipst celebrated the Reunion programme
“Reminiscence Reloaded 2015”.
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 The 2nd Annual Sports of GNIPST was held on 28th and 29th
January,2015 in College campus ground.
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
Walking race female (staff):
Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya
Mr. Ranjit
Ghosh
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Ms. Anuranjita Kundu
Ms. Sumana Roy
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
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Sack race (Boys):
Rohan Datta
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
th
Sardar Jodh Singh Trophy organised by NIT on 15 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.
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Dipanjan Mandal, Mr. Samrat Bose and Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya
th
th
from 5 January to 12 January, 2015.
GNIPST commemorated the Birth Anniversary of Swami
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Vivekananda on Monday, 12 January, 2015 & served Oldages and
Orphanages.
STUDENTS’ SECTION
 WHO CAN ANS WER FIRS T????
 Which indian is known as fastest seven
summiteer?
Answer of Previous Issue’s Questions:
A) GlaxoSmithKline
Identify the person
Answer of Previous Issue’s Image:
Kunal Basu
Congratulation to ARIJIT PRAMANIK who have
given the correct answer- Sir Andrew Witty is the
CEO of GlaxoSmithKline.
Send
your
thoughts/
Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any other

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for
Students’
Section&
answers of this Section at [email protected]
EDITOR’S NOTE
It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 1st issue of 44th 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 of
Biotechnology, Sri Ramkrishna Ashram, Nimpith under the
supervision of Mr. Samrat Bose, Ms Jeentara Begum, Mr. Soumya
Bhattacharya and Ms. Aparupa Bhattacharya.
 Some of the teachers of GNIPST attended the 4th International
Conference of World Science Congress at Jadavpur University on
16th December to 18th December 2014.
 Congratulation to Tamalika Chakraborty, Assistant Professor
of 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 faculty
members and students of GNIPST presented their posters in the
National Seminar on Opportunity in Medicinal Plant Research,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India from 29th -30th November,
2014.
 Congratulation to Dr. Swati Chakraborty, Assistant Professor of
GNIPST, who got 1st prize for the best oral presentation in the
India Biodiversity Meet, 2014 at Indian Statistical Institute,
Kolkata, India from 21st -23rd November, 2014.
 The teachers and students of GNIPST attended the National
workshop on “Redefining the Role of Pharmacist in Health Care
System” which was held in Dr. H. L. Roy Auditorium, Jadavpur
Universirty Kolkata-700032 on 16th November 2014, organised by
Indian 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 TournamentTanmoy 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 TournamentKrishnakali 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, GPAT2014. 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 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
SPORTS
LITERARY AND PAINTING
SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE
MODELLING
ECO
SOCIAL SERVICES
PHOTOGRAPHY
CULTURAL
DEBATE AND EXTEMPORE
Member Faculty
Mr. Debabrata GhoshDastidar
Ms. Jeenatara Begum
Mr. Samrat Bose
Ms. Sumana Roy
Dr. Asis Bala
Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharya
Ms. Priyanka Ray
Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya
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