GNIPST BULLETIN 2016

19-08-2016

19th August, 2016

Volume No.: 58

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

Contents

Message from PRINCIPAL

Editorial board
Historical article
News Update
Knowledge based Article
Disease Related Breaking
News
Upcoming Events
Drugs Update
Campus News
Students Section
Editors Note
Archive

GNIPST Photo Gallery

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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 years 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

Zora Neale Hurston

Women have done a lot of great and wonderful things in the field of
science. One woman scientist in particular that should be very
interesting for you to get to know is Zora Neal Hurston. She is an
American author, folklorist, and anthropologist. She is quite prolific
and she managed to publish more than 50 plays, essays, and short
stories and 4 novels. One of her best known works is entitled Their
Eyes Were Watching God which was published in the year 1937 and
is also the novel that she is best remembered for.
The Early Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was born on Notasulga, Alabama on 7 January
1891. Her parents were Lucy Ann and John Hurston; she was the 5th
of 8 kids. John Hurston was a Baptist preacher, carpenter, and tenant
farmer while Lucy Ann was a teacher at the local school. They didnt
stay long in Alabama though because her family made the move to
Eatonville in Florida which happened to be one of the very first allAfrican American towns that got incorporated in the US. Zora Neale
Hurston was just three when they made the move. Zora Neale
Hurston has confessed that she often felt like Eatonville was her
home and she sometimes claimed that it was her birthplace.
Later on, her father became the mayor of Eatonville; she glorified the
town in her stories and often said it was a haven that allowed African
Americans to live in any way they wanted to and they didnt have to
be controlled or adhere to white society mores.

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The year 1901 was quite the eye-opener for young Hurston since it
was the very year some schoolteachers from the north visited the
town and gave her books. These books introduced her to the world
and beauty of literature and this is perhaps why she describes her
birth as something that happened in that place and that year. She
spent the rest of her childhood years in Eatonville and describes
what it was like in an essay she publishes in 1928 entitled How It
Feels to Be Colored Me.
Hurstons mother died in 1904 and her father got remarried to a
woman named Matte Moge. This was considered a minor scandal in
their town. Rumors flew that he had relations with Moge even while
Lucy Ann was still alive. Hurston was sent a way by her parents to
attend boarding school however she got expelled as they stopped
paying her school fees. Later on, she worked as a maid to the lead
singer of the Gilbert & Sullivan theatre company lead singer.
By the time 1917 rolled in, she attended Morgan College which was
the high school division of the Morgan State University which is a
Historic All-Black school in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated in
1918 and in that same year she began to attend Howard University
and became the earliest recruit of the Zeta Phi Beta. She helped
found The Hilltop which was the student newspaper. Also, she took
courses in Greek, Spanish, English, and public speaking. She earned
her associates degree in 1920. A year after, she wrote John Redding
Goes to Sea which is a short story that gained her entry into the
Alaine Locke literary club called The Stylus.
She then went on to Barnard College at Columbia University where
she was the only black student. There, she received her BA in
Anthropology; she was 37 years old. While she was studying at
Barnard she worked with Franz Boas to conduct an ethnographic
research. She also worked with Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict
for various anthropological works.

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As an Adult
She married Herbert Sheen, her former classmate at Howard and a
jazz musician, in 1927. He later went on to become a doctor but they
divorced in 1931. Eight years later, she married Albert Price while she
was holding down a job at WPA. He was 25 years younger than her
and the marriage ended after just seven months.
During her later years, she not only wrote but she also served as a
faculty member at the North Carolina College for Negroes. She put
up a school for dramatic arts in 1934 at Bethune-Cookman College in
Florida.
When the year 1956 rolled in she was given an award by the college
to recognize her achievements. The college remains dedicated to
preserving and letting people know about her legacy to black
culture.
Her Works
She travelled quite extensively especially to the American South and
Caribbean where she got immersed in the local culture and
traditions as part of her anthropological work. Charlott Osgood
Mason sponsored her work in the South and her work Mules and
Men was based on that work and is often looked upon as a classic
folklorist work.
In 1936 to 37, she made her way to Jamaica and Haiti; an expedition
paid for the by Guggenheim Foundation and it was in 1938 that Tell
My Horse was published.
Her Later Years
The year 1948 wasnt a good year for Zora Neale Hurston as it was
this time that she was falsely accused of molesting a child; a 10year
old boy. The case was dismissed and she was in Honduras at the time
of trial but her personal life was rocked by the scandalous
accusation. She spent her last years as a writer for newspapers and
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magazines. In 1957, she moved to Fort Pierce where she took jobs like
substitute teaching and even becoming a maid once more.
Her Death
She died of hypertension heart disease on 28 January 1960 and was
buried at the Garden of Heavenly Rest Cemetery in Florida. Her
grave was unmarked for some time but literary scholar Charlotte
Hunt and novelist Alice Walker found it and decided to mark it for
Zora Neale Hurston. She is remembered for her vast literary works
and her contributions to the field of anthropology. In Fort Pierce,
they honor her name in a festival they call Zora Fest; a 7-day festival
usually held at the end of April.

NEWS UPDATE

New oral diabetes drugs may also protect

patients' kidney health: (18th August, 2016)
In a clinical trial of patients with type 2 diabetes, canagliflozin (a
sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor) slowed kidney function
decline to a greater extent than glimepiride (a sulfonylurea), while
having similar blood sugarlowering effects, report investigators.

Ethnicity
of
women
undergoing
fertility
treatment can affect outcomes, study finds:
(18th August, 2016)

The ethnicity of women undergoing fertility treatments like IVF

can affect the rate of successful live births, according to new
research. After adjusting for certain factors including age of
patient at time of treatment, cause of female or male infertility,
and type of treatment, the study found that White Irish, South
Asian Indian, South Asian Bangladeshi, South Asian Pakistani,
Black African, and Other Asian women had a significantly lower
odds of a live birth than White British women.

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Biologists have provided a possible explanation

for the epidemiological 'success' of tuberculosis
strains that are common in Russia and the
countries of the former Soviet Union: (18th
August, 2016)

Scientists conducted a large-scale analysis of the proteins and

genomes of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains that are common
in Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union and found
features that provide a possible explanation for their
epidemiological success.

Smoking marijuana provides more pain relief for

men than women: (18th August, 2016)

Men had greater pain relief than women after smoking marijuana,
a new study has found. Despite differences in pain relief, men and
women did not report differences in how intoxicated they felt or
how much they liked the effect of the active cannabis.

In cells, some
August, 2016)

oxidants

are

needed:

(18th

Some studies are showing that reactive oxygen species (ROS)

molecules sometimes can aid in maintaining health -- findings
now boosted by a surprising discovery from the researchers.

Study
confirms
long-term
effects
'chemobrain' in mice: (18th August, 2016)

of

Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer have long

complained of lingering cognitive impairments after treatment.
These effects are referred to as 'chemobrain,' a feeling of mental
fogginess. A new study reports long-lasting cognitive impairments
in mice when they are administered a chemotherapy regimen used
to treat breast cancer in humans.

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Fruit flies could be key to fighting cervical

cancer caused by human papillomavirus: (18th
August, 2016)

HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in

the US and has been identified as a cause of cancer in women. A
team of researchers has completed studies on fruit flies with a
condition that mimics a form of HPV-induced cancer. The fly
models they developed may help scientists understand the
underlying mechanism by which HPV can cause cancer.

Over-the-counter laser pointers a threat to

eyesight: (18th August, 2016)

Some laser pointers that can be bought over the counter are unsafe
to the point that they can cause blindness, report researchers.
Now they are calling on government to consider banning green
lasers. In the meantime, they are recommending authorities to
implement stringent testing and quality control.

Gallstone disease may increase heart disease

risk: (18th August, 2016)

A history of gallstone disease was linked to a 23 percent increased

risk of developing coronary heart disease. Preventing gallstone
disease may also benefit heart health, say researchers.

Genes responsible for cardiometabolic disease

risk identified: (18th August, 2016)

A profound new level of complexity and interaction among genes

within specific tissues responsible for mediating the inherited risk
for cardiometabolic diseases have been identified by researchers,
including processes that lead to heart attack and stroke.
For detail mail to editor

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KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

Premarket safety notifications for dietary

supplement industry
Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA),
the manufacturer or distributor must notify the FDA at least 75 days
before beginning to market a dietary supplement that contains a new
dietary ingredient (one that was not marketed in the United States
before Oct. 15, 1994), unless the NDI is used in the food supply
without chemical alteration. Dietary supplements are considered
adulterated if they contain an NDI not used in the food supply and
the required notification has not been submitted to the FDA 75 days
before marketing.
The FDA estimates that there are more than 55,600 dietary
supplements on the market, and that 5,560 new dietary supplement
products come on the market each year. However, the agency has
received fewer than 1,000 NDI notifications since DSHEA was
passed in 1994. An initial draft guidance, Dietary Supplements: New
Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues, was released in
2011. After considering the feedback received on that draft, the FDA
revised the draft guidance to clarify several important points that
were misunderstood or not fully explained, to describe the public
health significance of the recommendations, and to request
additional comment before publishing a final guidance.
This revised draft guidance is an important step forward in the
agencys work to protect public health from potentially dangerous
new dietary ingredients, said Steven Tave, acting director of the
FDAs Office of Dietary Supplement Programs. Notification of new
dietary ingredients is the only pre-market opportunity the agency
has to identify unsafe supplements before they are available to
consumers. The revised draft guidance is intended to improve the
quality of industrys new dietary ingredient reporting so the FDA can
more effectively monitor the safety of dietary supplements.
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Over the past three years, the FDA has taken numerous actions on
dietary supplements, including action on several products containing
new dietary ingredients that pose safety concerns and should have
been the subject of an NDI notification but were not, such as Acacia
rigidula.
In December 2015, the agency announced the creation of the Office of
Dietary Supplement Programs, elevating the program from its
previous status as a division under the former Office of Nutrition,
Labeling and Dietary Supplements (now Office of Nutrition and
Food Labeling). As part of that action, the agency reaffirmed its
commitment to remove from the market products that contain
potentially harmful pharmaceutical agents, are otherwise dangerous
to consumers, or are falsely labeled as dietary supplements; enforce
the dietary supplement good manufacturing practices regulation; and
take action against claims that present a risk of harm to consumers
(such as egregious claims of benefit in treating serious diseases) or
economic fraud.
A manufacturer may choose to implement the recommendations in a
draft guidance before the guidance becomes final.
The FDA encourages public comments on the revised draft guidance
during the 60-day comment period.
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety,
effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines
and other biological products for human use, and medical devices.
The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our
nations food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that
give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
Jeenatara Begum
Assistant Professor
GNIPST
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DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS

Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9)

virus China: (17th August, 2016)
On 11 August 2016, the National Health and Family Planning
Commission of China notified WHO of five additional cases of
laboratory-confirmed human infection with avian influenza
A(H7N9) virus, including one death.
Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

National level conference on Recent Trends in Pharma Sciences

and Life Sciences will be held on 28th August, 2016 at Hyderabad,
Telangana, India.

DRUGS UPDATES

Portola

Pharmaceuticals

Receives

Complete

Response Letter from FDA for Biologics License

Application for AndexXa (andexanet alfa) : (17th
August, 2016)
Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:PTLA) announced that
it has received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its Biologics
License Application (BLA) for AndexXa (andexanet alfa). An
FDA-designated Breakthrough Therapy, AndexXa is in
development for patients treated with a direct (apixaban,
rivaroxaban, or edoxaban) or indirect (enoxaparin) Factor Xa
inhibitor when reversal of anticoagulation is needed due to lifethreatening or uncontrolled bleeding. Currently, there is no FDAapproved antidote for Factor Xa inhibitors.
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CAMPUS NEWS
World Photography Day celebration:
On 19th August 2016 GNIPST celebrated World Photography Day
at Dakhineswar.
Friendly Football Match:
On 15th August 2016 GNIPST organised a friendly football match
with Alumni members.
Farewell 2016:
On 25th May 2016 GNIPST celebrated the farewell programme for
the final year students of M.Pharm, M.Sc, B.Pharm, B.Sc and BHM.
Best of luck to all final year students for their future life.
ALUMNI MEMBERS 2016:
Congratulations to new Alumni Members of GNIPST.
Placement Record 2016:
SL
NO

COMPANY NAME

NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF
STUDENT
STUDENT
APPEARED/APPLIED SELECTED
64
7

JOB
PROFILE

DR. LAL PATH LAB

APOLLO
PHARMACY

36

25

ABBOTT INDIA

74

03

HETERO DRUGS

18

Production,
QC and QA

ERIS LIFE SCIENCES

01

18 (Waiting
for final
interview)
01 (Joined)

JUPITER
PHARMACEUTICALS

05

01 (Joined)

Production,
QC and QA

Sales,
Marketing and
office assistant
Hospital and
retail chain
pharmacist
Sales and
Marketing

Sales and
Marketing

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7

GOVT PHARMACIST

4 (Joined)

Hospital
Pharmacist

ALCHEMIST EYE
HOSPITAL

Hospital
Pharmacist

21

10

OPTIVAL HEALTH
SOLUTIONS PVT.
LTD. (MEDPLUS)
NESTLE INDIA LTD

2 (Waiting for
final
interview)
21

08

02

11

LUPIN

01

01

12

GSK
PHARMACEUTICAL
LTD
OAK
PHARMACEUTICAL

05

02 (1 of them
already joined)

Sales and
Marketing

06

02 (Joined)

Sales and
Marketing

13

Community
Pharmacist
Nutrition
Officer
Trainee
Sales and
Marketing

IPA Bengal Pharma & Healthcare trust scholarship 2016:

Congratulations to Rudradip Das, student of B.Pharm 3rd year has

been awarded IPA Bengal Pharma & Healthcare trust scholarship
2016.

Accreditation by NAAC:
SL.
NO.
01

NAME OF THE STATE

INSTITUTE
Guru
Nanak West
Institute
of Bengal
Pharmaceutical
Science
And
Technology,
Kolkata-700114

CGPA(out GRADE
of scale 4)
2.70
B

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GPAT 2016 Result:

The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT2016. We congratulate them all.
Aishika Datta
Mainak Chatterjee
Indira Saha
Priyanka De
Aheli Mukherjee
Soumya Guha
Debanjana Das
Debalina Datta
Evana Patra
Himadrija Chatterjee
IRIS 2016:
GNIPST organized colllege fest IRIS 2016 from 11th to 13th March,
2016.
Result of different events:
Intracollege Quiz competition:
1st: Arani Roy and Dipayan Nath
2nd: Bhaskar Singha and Pratik Nandi
Intracollege Painting competition:
1st: Swagata Paul
2nd: Aviraj Pathak
3rd: Dippyoman Guha
Group Dance Competition:
Karma Group
Intercollege Solo Dance Competition:
1st : Monodipa Ghosh
2nd: Aditya Paul (NIT)
Antaksari Competition:
1st: Sunanda and Aparupa
2nd: Meghna and Joyita
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3rd: Arpita and Pami

Intercollege Solo Singing Competition:
1st: Arpita Sarkar
2nd: Arvind Raj (Sudhir Chandra College)
3rd: Priyam Mondal (Supreme College)
Intercollege Band Competition:
1st: D Errors
2nd: Mukti
3rd: GNIPST band
Fashion:
Best Male: Md. Nadeem Shah
Best Female: Sweta
Best Couple: Md. Nadeem Shah and Susmita Kar
Blood donation Camp 2016:
On 4th March 2016 Social Service club and Alumni Association
of GNIPST organized a Blood donation camp in association with
Association of voluntary Blood Donars, West Bengal.
Reminiscence & 1st Alumni meet 2016:
On 28th February 2016 GNIPST organized the Reunion programme
Reminiscence & 1st Alumni meet 2016.
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC):
A NAAC peer team completed a three-day inspection (17th
February to 19th February, 2016) of GNIPST to evaluate its
academic credibility and infrastructure on Friday.
Saraswati Puja 2016:
On 13th February 2016 the students of GNIPST celebrated
Saraswati Puja at GNIPST campus.
GNIPST Cricket 2016 result:
Winner: B.Pharm 4th year
Runners: B.Pharm 2nd year
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Man of the match, best wicket taker, best batsman: B.Pharm 4th
year student Gourab Dey
GNIPST Sports 2016 result:
Relay Race for Boys:
1st: Maruf Billa, Somenath Dian, Subhajit Majumdar, Abu Sufia
100 meter Flat Race for Girls:
1st: Nirmita Gupta
2nd: Joyati Ghosh
3rd: Moutan Roy
Long Jump for Girls:
1st: Aindrila Bhoumik
2nd: Manpreet Ghai
3rd: Anjali Mondal
Shotput for Girls:
1st: Koyal Ghosh
2nd: Nirmita Gupta
3rd: Sneha Pal
Discuss for Girls:
1st: Manpreet Ghai
2nd: Nirmita Gupta
3rd: Sneha Pal
Sack race for Girls:
1st: Nirmita Gupta
2nd: Aindrila Bhoumik
3rd: Moutan Roy
Balance race for Girls:
1st: Indira Saha
2nd: Nirmita Gupta
3rd: Aindrila Bhoumik
Relay Race for Girls:
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Aindrila Bhoumik
Manpreet Ghai
Anjali Mondal
Joyati Ghosh
Skipping for Girls:
1st: Aindrila Bhoumik
2nd: Anjali Mondal
3rd: Manpreet Ghai
200 meter Flat Race for Girls:
1st: Anjali Mondal
2nd: Moutan Roy
3rd: Nirmita Gupta
Sack race for Boys:
1st: Maruf Billa Akunjee
2nd: Abu Sufian
3rd: Sufian Sk.
100 meter Race for Boys:
1st: Abu Sufian
2nd: Maruf Billa Akunjee
3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
200 meter Flat Race for Boys:
1st: Maruf Billa Akunjee
2nd: Subrajit Mazumder
3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
Long Jump for Boys:
1st: Abu Sufian
2nd: Maruf Billa Akunjee
3rd: Dipankar Kamila
Go for Goal for Boys:
1st: Rohan Dutta
2nd: Souvik Ganguly
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3rd: Ankit Chowdhury

Discuss throw for Boys:
1st: Bishal Kr. Singh
2nd: Raj Kumar
3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
Shotput for Boys:
1st: Arijit Mitra Thakur
2nd: Bishal Kr. Singh
Tug of War for Boys:
Dipu Roy, Doyal Hui, Ankit Dey, Rohan Dutta, Bishal Kumar
Singh.
Tug of War for Girls:
Indira Saha, Joyati Ghosh, Sneha Pal, Manpreet Ghai, Debolina
Roy.
On 29th January to 30th January 2016 GNIPST organized the cricket
match.
On 27th January and 28th January 2016 GNIPST organized the
Annual Sports programme.
From 19th January, 2016 to 28th January, 2016 B.Pharm final year
students had their Industrial Tour in Gangtok, Sikkim and Pelling.
They visited Alkem Laboratories Ltd. Sikkim under the
supervision of Ms. Jeenatara Begum, Mr. Samrat Bose and Mr.
Dipanjan Mondal.
On 12th January, 2016 the students and teachers of GNIPST
celebrated youth day on the occasion of 153rd birth anniversary of
Swami Vivekananda.
A competition on Innovative and Scientific Modelling will be held
in Tech-Fest 2016. Only B.Pharm students are eligible for
participation. Last date for topic submission is 11th January, 2016
and last date for Model submission is 20th January, 2016. Posters
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are also invited on different subjects. Last date for soft copy of the
posters submission is 11th January, 2016.
A Bulletin committee will be formed and all the committee
members are requested to attend the Bulletin Committee Meeting
on 4th January, 2016.
On 23rd December 2015, a meeting was held in GNIPST for Bulletin
committee formation and Tech-Fest 2016.
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
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
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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 .
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
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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.
EN BIOLET:
On 5th and 6th October, 2015 seminar was held on EN-BIOLET by
Stone India Ltd.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION:
GNIPST has been certified by the Alumni Association under the
West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961.
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.
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On 21 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.
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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.

STUDENTS SECTION
WHO CAN ANS WER FIRS T????

The Summer Olympic 2016

mascot is named after which
musician?
Answer of Previous Issues Image:
Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of modern periodic table

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your
thoughts/
Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any other
contributions for Students Section& answers
of this Section at gnipstbulletin@gmail.com
EDITORS NOTE
It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 1st issue of 58th 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
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:
AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under Research
Promotion Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13to
GNIPST as per the details below:

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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
CULTURAL
DEBATE AND EXTEMPORE
ECO
LITERARY AND PAINTING
PHOTOGRAPHY

Member Faculty
Ms. Priyanka Ray
Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya
Ms. Sumana Roy
Ms. Jeenatara Begum
Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharya and
Mr. Abir Koley
SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE Mr. Samrat Bose
MODELLING
SOCIAL SERVICES
Dr. Asis Bala
SPORTS
Mr. Debabrata GhoshDastidar

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