Association Activities

ThefollowingactivitiesofIPGARajasthanincludingallactivitiesoflocalchapters, Women’sforum,StudentforumofIPGAinRajasthanState,duringthepastthree months. IPGASPONSORED-NIMSPHARMACON2022 NIMS Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University Rajasthan, Jaipur hosted an International conference on "Fostering high quality clinical research for a healthier world"on November 26th, 2022 in collaboration of IPGA Rajasthan StateBranch,withbenignpresenceofDr.MontuKumarPatel,youngestPresident ofPharmacyCouncilofIndia;Dr.VKalaiselvan,SeniorPrincipalScientificOfficer, IPC Ghaziabad; Dr. Y. K. Gupta,President, AIIMS Bhopal & AIIMS Jammuand accompanied by various reputed dignitaries includingDr. Ajay Phatak, Drug Controller Rajasthan; Shri Naveen Sanghi, Registrar Rajasthan Pharmacy Council;Prof. (Dr.) Atul Nasa, President of IPGA and Ex – Deputy Drug Controller,NewDelhiandDr.RajeshYadavDeputyRegistrar,RajasthanUniversity of Health Sciences. The conference was hosted and organized in leadership of Prof. Dr. Balvir SinghTomar, Hon'ble Chairman & Chancellor NIMS University Rajasthan, Jaipur; Prof. (Dr.) Sundeep Mishra, Vice Chancellor (President) NIMS University Rajasthan, Jaipur; Prof. (Dr.) Arun Garg, Director NIMS Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University Rajasthan, Jaipur & Founder member IPGA Welfare Trust, Prof. (Dr.) Ravindra Pal Singh, Principal NIMS institute of Pharmacy,NIMS University Rajasthan, Jaipur. Dr. Montu Kumar Patel focused on the development of new aspects of pharmaceuticalskillsinIndiainvolvingnewinitiativessuchasPatientCounselling Fees by Pharmacy Professionals, Development of practical training centers by collegesandtrainingMOUswithindustries.Healsofocusedontheinvolvementof PharmacyProfessionals in CommunityPharmacyandHospitalsforclinical careof patients. The conference focused on the substantial assemblage of participants from academia,clinicalresearchentities,medicalgroups,relatedassociations, societies, jurisdiction agencies, and pharmaceutical, biomedical and medical device industries. More than 1800 participants from various parts of country attended the conference. World-distinguished speakers disseminated their knowledge about clinical trials andresearchwhichincludedDr.SunilGarg (RegionalHead,AstellasPharmaPvt. Ltd. Singapore), Dr. Sumit Gupta (Associate Director Syneos Health, New Delhi),Dr. Antu Oberoi Mishra (Quality Assurance Manager, Servier Laboratories, Australia), Dr. Manish Kumar Yadav (CEO-Ethixinn CRS and Lead Trainer-WHO, JJM, LSSSDC), Dr. Pooja Sharma (Founder, CEO APAR Health Clinical Research), Dr.JamalAnwarBaig(MultiCountrySafetyHead,SanofiIndiaLtd.),Mrs.Jaspreet Kaur(QualityAssurance,Manager,MankindPharma)andProf.AnuragSrivastava, DirectorofSurgicalDisciplines,NationalInstituteofMedicalSciences&Research, NIMS University Rajasthan). Their technical sessions varied from Basics of Pharmacovigilanceto variedSkillsrequired forClinicalTrials and fromrisk-based monitoring of clinical trials to Regulatory compliances of clinical trials. The conference embarked students with new development scopes in clinical research along with emphasis on improving efficacy, safety and quality of drugs through clinical research in order to establish healthier world. National Webinar on "Optimization Techniques for in- process Quality Control of Ayurvedic Formulations"organized by IPGA Women Forum & B.N. University, Udaipur Rajasthan. Dr. Pallavi Manish Lavhale, Professor & Principal, Ram-Eesh Institute of Vocational & Technical Education, Greater Noida, U.P. on Feb 26, 2022 05:00 PM India. IPGAsponsoredPanelDiscussiononthetopic"ChallengestoHealthcareTeam on Long COVID - Post COVID Complications" organized by IPGA Alwar Local ChapterwithexpertPhysicians,Professorsandregulatorandacademialeaderson Feb 19, 2022 09:00 AM India. A webinar on "New Designer Drugs and its impact on healthcare"organized by IPGA Alwar Local Chapter with Dr. Muralikrishnan Dhanasekaran, ProfessoratHarrisonSchoolofPharmacy,AuburnUniversity,USAandthesession is Chaired by Dr. Indu Pal Kaur, Professor of Pharmaceutics, Ex-Dean Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chairperson, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India on Feb 5, 2022 09:00 AM A Zoom meeting organized by IPGA Alwar Local Chapter on the topic “Opportunities and challenges to Indian Pharmacy Graduates in Post COVID Scenario” on Jan 29, 2022 09:00 AM India. A Zoom meeting organized by IPGA Alwar Local Chapter with Sh. Ranjit Barshikar delivered his 50th online lecture on “ArtificialIntelligence: Applications in Pharma Industry” on Jan 23, 2022 10:30 AM India.

One day awareness programme on Deworming was successfully completed on 04/09/2019 at theSeminar Hall, Bhupal Nobles’ University Udaipur. Previously one day workshop cumAwareness program for the students under 19 age of Udaipur region on “National Deworming Day” was on 03/09/2019 (Tuesday), but the programme was rescheduled on 04/09/2019 due tounavailability of prime speaker. The chief guest and key speaker was Dr. Rajesh Malik, MD Pediatrics, Medical Officer and a renowned child specialist from Udaipur region. Theprogramme was chaired by Dr.Mahendra Singh Ranawat, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, BhupalNobles’ University Udaipur. More than 200 participants including students and pharmacy professional attended theevent. The programme started by welcome of chief guest by garlanding Dr. Rajesh Malik by Dr.M. S. Ranawat&Dr. C. S. Chauhan.A welcome address was given by Dr.Mahendra Singh Ranawat, Dean, Faculty ofPharmacy, Bhupal Nobles’ University Udaipur. He focused on the National deworming aspectand need for the deworming in India, he explained the historical preview of Deworming daywhich was firstly conducted in February 2015. He also stressed on the prevention and controlmeasures of epidemic of the disease.The keynote speaker Dr. Rajesh Malik, explained very well in detail, what is deworming?Symptoms, cause, diagnosis, prevention and medication which is common problem in oursociety. Dr. Malik, conducted the lecture for about 2 hours, all the partcipants were benefited byhis message to the society, the participants also asked their querries and were satisfied by hisexpertise.The memento and a certificate of appreciation was presented to Dr. Rajesh Malik, fromIPGA Udaipur Chapter by Dr.Rajendra Pal Singh Rathore, President, Indian PharmacyGraduates’ Association, Udaipur Chapter, Dr. M. S. Ranawat and Dr.Chetan Singh Chauhanasa token of remembrance.

An Indian Pharmaceutical Graduates’Association (IPGA) sponsored National seminar on “Current Trends and Challenges in Pharmaceutical Sciences”, World Pharmacists Day Celebration was organized on 24th and 25th September 2017 at Bhupal Nobles College of Pharmacy, Bhupal Nobles’ University, Udaipur (Rajasthan). The seminar was attended by more than 250 delegates including students and academicians, industry personals from all over the country. The students of various parts of Rajasthan and B. N. University actively participated in the seminar for various voluntary activities.The scientific committee received more than 125 abstracts for poster presentation. The honorable dignitaries in inaugural function of the seminar were Dr.Arun Garg, Secretary IPGA, Mr. P. K. Jaggi, Mr. Bhanu Dua , Mr. P. P. Sharma of IPGA central body, Dr. M. S. Rathore, Secretary Vidhya Pracharini Sabha, Dr. R. S. Chauhan, Registrar, Bhupal Nobles’ University, Udaipur, Members of IPGA State Branch, Principals of various colleges, and delegates . The seminar was started by the welcome address of Professor (Dr.), Mahendra Singh Ranawat, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bhupal Nobles’ University. He proudly stressed about the alumini of B.N. College of Pharmacy and shared their success.The dignitaries motivated the audiences to keep a positive attitude in their life to become strong personality. They enlightened the students about scope and recent challenges in Pharmacy profession. The vote of thanks was given by Dr. Rajendra Pal Singh Rathore, President IPGA Udaipur Chapter.The scientific session commenced with significant lecture of Dr. P.K. Jaggi. He emphasized role of regulatory affairs duties relating to combine their scientific and legal knowledge to ensure safe and control use of pharmaceuticals, medical products and cosmetics.In the lunch time students interacted with dignitaries and cleared their doubts. Second lecture was delivered by Mr. P.P. Sharma “Responsibilities of Pharmacist”.He explainedamongst the professional responsibilities include dispensing/supply of drugs, promotion of rational use of drugs, patient counseling, duties towards patients, general and ethical responsibilities. The concluding lecture was delivered by Sachin Soni, Director- Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojna, he emphasized the benefits of cheap medication under the said scheme.In the evening poster session was inaugurated by Dr. Y. S. Sarangdevot. The students presented posters on topic related with the theme of seminar and other important aspects of pharmacy stream. The first prize for poster presentation was Mr. Surendra Singh Saurabh second were Mr. Bhupesh Sharma & Ms. Ferzana Bano and third were Ms. Payal Suthar& Mr. Rajkota. On 25th September, the guest of chair was Dr. J. S. Ranawat, President, B. N. University, guest of honor, Dr. Ajay Phatak DCO- Rajasthan and President IPGA state branch, Dr. Alok Khuteta, Registrar, Rajasthan Pharmacy Council. The World Pharmacists Day was celebrated, where more than 400 pharmacists from various part of Mewar (Banswara, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Bhilwara, and Udaipur) gathered to witness the event. During this, all the pharmacists collectively took The Pharmacists Oath; felicitation of all pharmacists was done. The winners of poster session were awarded with prizes. The function was concluded with the vote of thanks Dr. R. P.S. Rathore, President, Udaipur Chapter and ended with Lunch. The delegates departed with promise to meet on the same date next year i.e 2018.

School of Pharmaceutical Management, The IIHMR University in association with the Indian Pharmaceutical Graduate Associate (IPGA) conducted one day conference with the title of Pharma summit 2017 on Saturday, 25 Feb 2017 with the theme of Emerging Careers in Pharmaceutical Industry emphasizing on Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance, and Data Management at The IIHMR University, Jaipur. The IPGA team from Central and Rajasthan Branch coordinated well to give the momentum to the Pharma Summit 2017 and succeed to got more than 600 participants. The objective of the event to make aware students about the career perspectives in these emerging areas.More than 600 students, principals, and faculty members of 30 different pharmacy colleges across the Rajasthan and other vicinity areas like UP, MP, Delhi, Hariyana attended the conference and got benefitted with the intention good career option selection in clinical research, pharmacovigilance and data management. Apart from the students, Principals, faculty members and other delegates were participated in the event. The list of IPGA memberswho were present in the event are given. S.No. NAME POSITION 1 MR. ATUL KUMAR NASA Managing Trustee 2 SHRI SHYAM LAL NASA Trustee 3 SHRI BHANU DUA Trustee 4 SHRI PREM PRAKASH SHARMA Trustee 5 SHRI PAWAN KUMAR JAGGI Trustee 6 DR. ARUN GARG Trustee 7 MR. ANIL KUMAR NEGI Trustee 8 DR. VIJAY BHALLA Trustee 9 MR. DEEPAK SHARMA JOINT SECRETARY-NORTH 10 MR. BHARAT BHUSHAN Trustee 11 DHIRENDRA KAUSHIK President, Hariyana The program was inaugurated with lightening the lamp at 10:00 Am by the dignitaries of the program i.e. Mr. Atul Kumar Nasa, The President, IPGA Central and Mr. Ajay Jain, The President, IPGA, Rajasthan State, Dr. Arun Garg, Gen. Secretary, IPGA, Central Dr. (Brig.) S.K. Puri (Advisor); Dr. S. D. Gupta, The Chairman, The IIHMR University; Dr. N.K. Gurbani, Professor, The IIHMR University;guest speakers Mr. Rajendra Talele, Head, Clinical Development Services, Accutest Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai;Mr. DevenBabre, Associate Vice President, Tata Consulting Services, Mumbai, Mr. SachinTadge, Project Manager, Cognizant, Mumbai. The dignitaries addressed and motivated with their kind speeches to the students at the inaugural of program. Students image with receive IPGA life membership Certificates.

Indian Pharmaceutical Graduates’Association (IPGA) sponsored National seminar on “Current status of Regulatory Affairs”, World Pharmacists Day celebration and Mega Pharma Job Fair was organized on 24th and 25th September 2016 at Bhupal Nobles College of Pharmacy, Bhupal Nobles’ University, Udaipur. The seminar was attended by approximately 982 delegates including students and faculty members from all over the country. The delegates came from all parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, M.P., U.P., Delhi, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, UK, CS, and Himachal Pradesh. The scientific committee received more than 125 abstracts for poster presentation. The honourable dignitaries in inaugural function of the seminar were Mr.Atul K. Nasa, President of IPGA, Mr. S.L. Nasa, Registrar, Delhi Pharmacy Council, Dr. Vijay Bhalla, Treasurer IPGA, Mr. Murraya Woods from Australia, Dr.Niranjan Narayan Singh Rathore, Registrar, Bhupal Nobles’ University, Udaipur Dr. Rajesh Yadav, Assistant Registrar, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Dr. Arun Garg, Mr. P.K.Jaggi, Mr.BharatBhushan, Mr. BhanuDua, Principals of various colleges, delegates and various guests. Under the able leadership of Dr. M S Ranawat& Dr Yuvraj, a press conference was held where the reporters from various newspapers were informed about the objective of two days seminar, World Pharmacist Day celebration and mega Pharma job fair. The scientific deliberations included the lecture by Mr P K Jaggi, on Anti Microbial resistance, by Professor (Dr.) Vijay Bhalla, on “Medication errors and patients safety”and by Mrs. Surbhi Sharma on “The interface of patents with the regulatory drug approval process and its impact: US scenario”. In the evening poster session was inaugurated by Dr. S.L. Nasa in presence of honourable Vice Chancellor of Bhupal Nobles University Udaipur, On 25th September, World Pharmacists Day was celebrated, where 800 pharmacists from various part of Mewar (Banswara, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Bhilwara, and Udaipur) gathered to witness the event. During this, felicitation of senior most pharmacists namelyMr. S.L. Nasa, Shri Lajpat Rai and Mr. S. K. Sharma was the attraction of the event. The winners of poster session were given away with prizes. All the pharmacists collectively took The Pharmacists Oath. A Mega Job Fair was organized in the campus of Bhupal Nobles’ University, where 28 reputed Pharmaceutical companies participated to recruit dynamic and talented pharma graduates and post graduates hailing from various part of the country.