Report - Indian Pharmaceutical Association

3 rd
rd IPA CONVENTION, 2011
19th-20th February, 2011, M.P. State Branch, Indore (M.P.)
“Role of Pharmacist in Quality Healfthcare- Challenges & Opportunities”
Indian Pharmaceutical Association, M.P. State Branch, organized the 3 rd IPA Convention at
Indore (M.P.) on 19 th & 20 th February, 2011. The topic of the convention was “Role of
Pharmacist in Quality Healthcare- Challenges & Opportunities”. The convention
provided a suitable platform for enhancing knowledge about various aspects like: Road
Map for Pharmacy Practice, Current Trends in Drug Regulatory Affairs and latest
happenings in Pharmaceutical Technology.
The Convention was organized under the able leadership of Dr. R.A. Sharma, Chairman, LOC
and Dr. S.B. Rijhwani, Hon. Gen. Secretary, LOC. Dr. R. S. Gaud served as the coordinator of
Scientific Convention, Dr. T. R. Saini served as the Chairman of Scientific Committee, Dr.
Sanjay Jain served as the Chairman of Registration Committee, Mr. Himanshu Shah served
as the Chairman of Exhibition Committee and Mr. Suresh Airen served as Chairman of
Inauguration Committee.
About 1500 delegates attended the convention and around 300 posters and 75 oral
presentations were done by researchers including industry personnel, faculty members,
postgraduate and undergraduate students from far and wide representing diverse regions
across the country and the region.
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Mr. H. G. Koshia, Commissioner, Gujrat State, was the Honorable Chief Guest and Dr. C.
Gopalakrishna Murty, President, The Indian Pharmaceutical Association, was the Guest of
Honor. The key note address on the theme of Convention was delivered by Prof. B. Suresh.
This was followed by plenary lectures of Mr. Pawan Choudhari, CEO & MD, Vygon
India Ltd., New Delhi, on the topic, “Winning through Wisdom and Creativity’ and Dr Ashok
Vaidya, Mumbai, on the topic “Inclusive Healthcare and Integrated Rural Pharmacy: A
Renaissance Path”.
The Post-Lunch session had parallel stream seminars on Industrial Pharmacy & Regulatory
Affairs, Hospital & Community Pharmacy and Status of Pharma Education in India and
Current Scenario of Research in India. In parallel stream seminars eminent speakers
delivered their informative lectures, Mr. P. P. Sharma, Vice President, PCI and FDA, Delhi,
gave a lucid presentation on “Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities”, Mr. Kapil
Bhargava, Ex-Dy Drugs Controller, FDA,(Central),Mumbai on “Quality Assurance in
Pharmaceuticals: An Overview”, Dr. Atul Nasa, New Delhi, on “Counterfiet Medicines-
Challenges ahead”, Dr. Sampada Patvardhan, Mumbai, on “Medication errors”, Dr. R. N.
Saha, Dean, BITS, Pilani, on “Pharmacy Education and Importance of Industry Linkages: A
Case Study”, Dr. M. N. Saraf, Principal, BCP, Mumbai, on “Reforms in Pharmaceutical
Education: Need Based Curriculum”, Dr. P. G. Shrotriya,(Ex-Pharma Consultant),
Director(Research) SPTM, NMIMS, Mumbai, on “Quality Assurance in Pharmaceutical R&D”
and Dr. Ashok Omray, VP, USV Ltd., Mumbai, delivered his presentation on “Innovation
Strategies of Pharma business growth in Asian countries”.
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After tea break, Mr. Sunil Chaturvedi, Ex-VP, Rallis India, Mumbai, gave a talk on: Industry
Requirement and Placement Vision”, Mrs. Zarine Khety, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, on “Role
of Pharmacist in Pharmacovigilance”, Ms Kusum Devi, DPT Trust, New Delhi, on
“Pharmacist: Society’s perception-an overview”, Dr. Bala Prabhakar, Associate Dean, SPTM,
Mumbai, on “Pharma Education —Present and Future” and by Dr. Krishna Iyer. There was a
panel discussion between the delegates and the experts to discuss about the current
happenings in pharma profession. This was followed by cultural programme and dinner.
On the second day, a series of plenary lectures, poster and oral presentation session were
conducted.
Plenary lecture was started with Prof S. K. Kulkarni, Director, BCP, Mumbai, on “Harvest of
Hope: Need for Building an Innovation eco-system in Pharmaceutical sciences” followed by
lecture of Dr Sudarshan Jain, Director, Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd on “Current Pharma
Scenario and Potential”, the next lectures were by Dr. Ajit Dangi, President & CEO, Danssen,
Mumbai on “Managing Intellectual Property as a Competitive Strategy”, Mr. S. B. Roy,
President, Zydus Cadila, Ahmadabad on “Pharma vision:2020 (Regulatory
strategies/technologies)”, chaired by Mr. Ashish Trivedi, Licensing Authority FDA, M.P.
IPA student forum activity was organized to discuss various events organized to promote
pharma profession. The oral presentation session was chaired by Dr. A. N. Mishra, Prof.,
Dept. of Pharm. Sciences, MS University, Vadodra, Dr. Meena Chintananeni, Chairperson,
MBA (Pharm Tech) SPTM, Mumbai, Prof. S. R. Dhaneshwar, Vice Principal, Poona College of
Pharmacy, Pune, Dr. S. R. Sharma, Joint Commissioner, FDA, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Dr. A. K.
Saluja, Principal, A. R. College of Pharmacy, Vallabhvidyanagar, Dr. Kanchan Kohli, Jamia
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Hamdard, New Delhi, Dr. R. N. Gupta, Chairman, Hospital Pharmacy, Div., IPA and Cochaired
by Dr. Sanjay Jain, Prof. Department of Pharm. Sci., Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar,
Dr. Anuradha Majumdar, Asst. Prof., Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, Dr. R. K.
Agarwal, Prof. Department of Pharm. Sci., Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar, Mr. Dilip
Chincholikar, Licensing Authority, FDA, MP, Bhopal, Dr. S. C. Mahajan, Principal, Mahakal
College of Pharmacy, Ujjain, Dr. Kalyani Barve, Head, P’cognsy Department, SPTM, SVKM’s
NMIMS, Mumbai and Mr. S.C. Airen, IPA, Indore.
In the valedictory function, prizes were distributed to the winners of Poster and Oral
Presentations. Students of Smriti College of Pharmaceutical Education, Indore (M.P.),
SGSITS, Indore (M.P.) and NMIMS, Mumbai won maximum prizes in both competitions in
all the streams. Dr. S.B. Rijhwani, Hon. Gen. Secretary, conveyed the vote of thanks.
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