The Indian Pharmaceutical Association Annual Activity Report

The Indian Pharmaceutical Association

Annual Activity Report 2018 – 2019

Suresh Khanna Hon. Gen. Secretary Dear Members,

I am happy to present Annual Activity Report of our association for the year 2018‐19.

Central Executive Council for 2018 ‐ 20

Office Bearers: Prof. T.V. Narayana – President; Mrs. Manjiri Gharat ‐ Chairman, Community Pharmacy Division; Dr. S. Vidyadhara ‐ Chairman, Education Division; Dr. R.N. Gupta – Chairman, Hospital Pharmacy Division; Mr. J. Jayaseelan – Chairman, Industrial Pharmacy Division; Dr. Subhash C. Mandal – Chairman, Regulatory Affairs Division; Mr. Suresh Khanna ‐ Hon. Gen. Secretary; Dr. Hemant Mondkar ‐ Hon. Treasurer; Dr. Ms. Alka Mukne ‐ Editor Pharma Times. Dr. Divakar Goli ‐ Editor IJPS; Mr. T.B. Nair ‐ Coordinator

IPA SF Chairman: Ms. Pragnya Ella

Headquarter Nominees: Dr. Sunil Bambarkar, Mr. Subodh Priolkar State Branch Representatives: Assam – Dr. H.K. Sharma, Dr. Bhanu P. Sahu; Andhra Pradesh – Dr. T.E. Gopala Krishna Murthy, Dr. K. Venkata Ramana, Dr. A. Ramesh, Dr. Y. Ankamma Chowdary, Dr. Y. Srinivas; Bengal – Dr. Amal Kumar Dhara, Mr. Asit Kumar Ray, Mr. Ashok Maity, Mr. Prabir Kumar Banerjee; Bihar – Mr. R. Bandopadhya; Chhattisgarh – Dr. Shailendra Saraf; Delhi – Dr. Naresh Sharma, Mr. Kalhan Bazaz, Prof. R.K. Khar, Dr. Gaurav K. Jain; Goa – Mr. Prasad Tamba, Dr. Gopal Krishna Rao; Gujarat – Dr. N.J. Patel, Dr. J.B. Dave, Dr. Kapil M. Khambholja, Mr. Rajubhai Shah; Jharkhand – Dr. B.N. Sinha; Karnataka – Dr. R. Ramesh, Mr. N. Sanjay, Dr. Manjunath P.M., Mr. Y. Veera Narayana Gowda, Prof. C. Ramesh; Kerala – Dr. K. Krishnakumar, Mr. Shaji M. Varghese, Mr. M.P. George; Madhya Pradesh – Mr. Anil Kharia, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Jain; Maharashtra – Dr. N. Sivaprasad, Dr. Anand Shedge, Mr. Nitin Maniar, Dr. R.S. Gaud, Dr. K.N. Gujar, Mr. Rakesh Tirpude; Punjab – Mr. Preet Mohinder Singh Bedi, Mr. Amit Duggal; Rajasthan – Dr. B.P. Nagori; Telangana – Dr. B. Prabhashankar, Mr. K. Ram Prasad Reddy, Dr. J.A.S. Giri, Mr. Niraj Singh Yadav; Tamil Nadu – Dr. S. Manivannan, Mr. S.V. Veerramani, Mr. A. Krishna Dev, Prof. K. Chinnaswamy; Uttar Pradesh ‐ Mr. R.A. Gupta, Mr. Puneet Gupta; Uttarakhand – Dr. N.V. Satheesh Madhav.

Associate Secretaries: Mr. Satish Shah, Mr. P.B.N. Prasad, Mr. M.P. Chopra, Dr. S. Sriram, Mr. T. Sathish

Invitees: Dr. S. Eswara Reddy, Mr. Raj Vaidya, Mr. Kaushik Desai, Dr. S.S. Nagarsenker, Dr. Ajit Dangi, Mr. G. Vijaykumar, Dr. S.P. Manek, Dr. M.K. Raina, Dr. E.C. Coutinho, Dr. H.G. Koshia, Dr. Srinibabu Gedela, Mr. Sachin Itkar, Mr. S.M. Mudda, Prof. Sruti Ranjan Mishra

Special Invitees: Mr. P.D. Sheth, Dr. B. Suresh, Mr. B.N. Thakore, Dr. P.M. Naik, Mr. A.I. Mehta, Dr. C.K. Kokate, Dr. C. Gopalakrishna Murty, Prof. V.B. Desai, Mr. S.D. Joag

IPCA Representatives 2018 – 2019

Dr. Rao V.S.V. Vadlamudi, Mr. Kaushik Desai, Mr. A. Krishna Dev, Mr. J. Jayaseelan, Dr. J.A.S. Giri, Mr. Subodh Priolkar, Dr. Subhash C. Mandal, Mr. T. Jayapal Reddy

IPA Representation on DTAB

The President, Dr. Rao V.S.V. Vadlamudi was nominated to represent on the Executive Council of the Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) for the period 2018 – 2019.

IPA Committees for the years 2018 – 2020

The following Committees were formed to manage the affairs of the association and to meet the objectives of the trust.

1. Awards Committee 2. Building Committee 3. Administrative Committee and 4. Constitution Review Committee

International Affiliations With an objective to enlarge participation in global activities, the Association continued its affiliation with the following international organizations and actively participated in their programs.

International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP); Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA); Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Association (FAPA); SEARPharm Forum; American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS); American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAiPS)

IPA also participated actively in Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council (LSSSDC), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) meetings and participated in their programs.

Membership The total membership was 14,697 for the period under review.

Type of membership Number Type of membership Number Life members 11173 Patrons 08 Ordinary members 174 Institutional members 10 Student Life members 1244 Associate Life members 47 Student members 2037 Associate member 04

IPA Branches

State Branch – 21; Local Branch ‐ 46 During the period under review three new local branches was added. The names of the new local branches are given below and all the State & Local branches conducted various programs in line with IPA Objectives. The detail report about branch activities is available on IPA Website at www.ipapharma.org

Andhra Pradesh – Nellore & Narsapore; Maharashtra ‐ Raigad 2

CEC and other Meetings

CEC meetings: During the year under report four Central Executive Council meetings were held in Mumbai.

Annual General Meeting: The IPA Annual General meeting of the Association was held on 22nd December 2018 at Delhi during 70th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress.

IPA Programs

 IPA Building Bhoomi Puja

After a decade of waiting, the dream project of Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Building Bhoomi Puja was performed on 30th August, 2018 at 4.30 p.m. in the presence of senior members like Mr. A.I. Mehta, Mr. B.N. Thakore, Dr. P.M. Naik, Mr. Subodh Priolkar, Dr. M.K. Raina, Dr. Ajit Dangi, Mr. Kaushik Desai, Dr. Alka Mukne, Mr. Nitin Maniar, Mr. S.D. Joag and many other distinguished guest and BCP faculty members.

IPA President, Dr. T.V. Narayana could not attend the function due to his sudden illness and other Office Bearers also could not be present due to their previous commitments.

The Building is designed to have ground plus 3 floors with each floor area of 8000 sq.ft. The ground floor will be used for car parking and first floor will be for IPA Administrative office. The decision about usage of 2nd and 3rd floor will be taken at a later stage.

Mr. Amit Valsangkar is the Architect for the IPA Building and M/s. Rajshree Build Tech Pvt. Ltd. are the main contractor for the IPA Building. The Building construction will be completed within 12 months with expected expenses of more than Rs.9 crores.

 IPA Convention, 2018 Theme: Pharma Vision 2030: A Road Map for Profession of Pharmacy’ with Special Focus on “Odisha Pharma Industries: Issues and Challenges; November 3 ‐ 4, 2018, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

The 12th Annual Convention 2018 of Indian Pharmaceutical Association was organized by IPA Jeypore Local Branch in association with Odisha Pharmacy Intellectual Forum at Rail Auditorium, Bhubaneswar on 3rd and 4th November, 2018 with the theme ‘Pharma Vision 2030: A Road Map for Profession of Pharmacy’ with Special Focus on “Odisha Pharma Industries: Issues and Challenges”. The event was powered by Centre for Pharmaceutical Development & Research (CPDR). 3

Lighting of the Lamp during Inauguration Inaugural address by Dr. T V. Narayana

The Inauguration ceremony was presided by Dr. T.V. Narayana, President, IPA. Dignitaries present on the dais were Sj. Sashibhusan Behera, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Finance & Excise, Govt. of Odisha, Chief Guest. Sj. Prakash Kumar Guha, Managing Director, Zuventus, Chairman, LOC, Dr. Sruti Ranjan Mishra, Convenor. The Guest of Honour present were Sj. Prafulla Samal, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Social Security & Empowerment of persons with disabilities, Women & Child Development & (Mission Shakthi), Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt. of Odisha, Sj. Priyadarshi Mishra, Hon’ble MLA, Bhubaneswar, Sj. Sudarshan Das, Convener, Agami Odisha, Dr. Alok Lodh, Unit Head, BR Life Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Prof. K. Chinnaswamy, President, Indian Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (IACP), Prof. C.K. Kokate, Former President, Pharmacy Council of India, Dr. Rao Vadlamudi, President, Commonwealth Pharmacists Association, Dr. A. Ramakrishnan, Dy Drugs Controller (Eastern Zone), CDSCO, Sj. Suresh Khanna, Hon. Gen. Secretary, IPA, Smt. Mamina Pattnaik, Drugs Controller Incharge, Odisha and Dr. Manoj Das, Secretary Odisha Pharmacy College Association. Sj. Sudarshan Das welcomed the distinguished guests and delegates to the convention and introduced the dignitaries present over the dais. Sj. Prakash Kumar Guha, Chairman, LOC focussed on the issues pertaining to pharmaceutical scenario of the state and quoted the pharmaceutical development in neighbouring state like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Sikkim etc. Sj. Sashibhusan Behera, Chief Guest, informed that Odisha Govt. is proactive towards pharmaceutical and device industries and assured to resolve the judicious implementation of Odisha Pharmaceutical Policy 2016 and it’s logistic. A souvenir was released during the inauguration program. Dr. Sruti Ranjan Mishra, Convenor gave the Vote of Thanks.

Dr. V.G. Somani Dr. R.N. Gupta

Dr. M. Venketeswarlu Memorial Lecturer Award ‐ 2018 lecture was deliberated by Dr. V. G. Somani, Joint Drugs Controller, CDSCO, who highlighted the issues and challenges in drug regulations. The IPA President’s Special Orientation Award 2018 Lecture was deliberated by Dr. R. N. Gupta, Vice President & Divisional head, Hospital Pharmacy, IPA who focused on the role of pharma‐industrialization in creating job opportunities and national economy. The Scientific Session 1 was taken by Mrs. Manjiri S. Gharat, Vice President & Divisional head, Community Pharmacy, who discussed about the changing role of Pharmacists and highlighted about the opportunity from trader to healthcare professional. Dr. Alka Mukne, Editor ‐ Pharma Times, addressed the Scientific Session 2 and highlighted the ethics in Scientific Research & Publication. The BR Life Kalinga Hospital‐OPIFCPDR Privilege Card for Pharmacists of Odisha was inaugurated by Mrs. Manjiri Gharat on behalf of the President, IPA. Dr. Mihir Kumar Kar, Cofounder of Centre for Pharmaceutical Development and Research (CPDR) 4 had briefed about the benefits and privileges offered by BR Life Kalinga Hospital to the Pharmacists of Odisha. The Scientific Session 3 was taken by Dr. AlokLodh, Unit Head, BR Life Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneswar, who shared his experience about the importance of Pharmacists in corporate hospital. Oral scientific research presentation evaluation was also made parallel to the scientific session.

Cultural event was organized in the evening where traditional Odisi dance, Prince Dance group and Bihu Dance were performed. Further the musical night witnessed the performances of Rock stars like Satyajeet Das, Satyajit Pradhan and Navya.

The second day started with Scientific Session 4 by Dr. Subhash C. Mandal, Vice President & Divisional head, Regulatory Affairs. The poster presentation evaluation was also carried out. His Excellency Governor of Odisha, Hon’ble Prof. Ganeshi Lal, had graced the Valedictory ceremony as Chief Guest which was presided by Dr. T. V. Narayana, President, IPA. Among other dignitaries Sj. Ananta Narayan Jena, Mayor, Bhubaneswar, Sj. Pratap Sadangi, Ex‐ MLA Prof. K. Chinnaswamy, President (IACP), Dr. Sruti Ranjan Mishra, Convenor. Dr. Prasanna Kumar Kar, Organizing Secretary, Dr. Amiya Kanta Mishra, Jt Organizing Secretary and Dr. Manoj Dash were present on the dais. LOC, OPIF & CPDR Members along with winners of scientific paper presentations as well as other volunteers were felicitated by His Excellency Governor of Odisha for their dedicated contribution to this mega event. Dr. Prasanna Kumar Kar, Organizing Secretary offered the Vote of Thanks.

A resolution was concluded after the two days convention by Indian Pharmaceutical Association for future activities

1. Facilitate Pharma – Industrialization in Odisha 2. Strict Implementation of the Section 42 of Pharmacy Act 1948 and Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945 3. Implementation of Pharmacy Practice Regulations 2015 4. Streamline of Odisha Pharmacy Council 5. Separate Directorate for Pharmacy 6. Establishment of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Odisha

 IPA Award Function & Fellows Dinner 2018

The IPA prestigious Awards Function & Fellows’ Dinner was organized at Hotel Holiday Inn New Delhi Mayur Vihar Noida, Delhi on the evening of 22nd December, 2018. The function was attended by the Fellows of IPA, industry leaders, regulators, educators and healthcare professionals. The function was organized on the sidelines of 70th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress hosted by the IPGA.

Dr. Alka Mukne, Editor – Pharma Times Tabla recital by Pandita Anuradha Pal welcoming the gathering

Dr. Mrs. Alka Mukne, Editor, Pharma Times welcomed the elite gathering and awardees and initiated the proceedings of the evening. The program began with a table recital by Pandita Anuradha Pal.

Dr. T.V. Narayana being felicitated by Dr. Eswara Reddy Dr. M.K. Raina being felicitated for receiving the Eminent Pharmacist Award

Dr. M. Chandra Sekhar being felicitated for receiving the Prof. M.L. Dr. V.G. Somani being felicitated for receiving the Dr. M. Khorana Memorial Lecture Award Venkateswarlu Memorial Lecture Award

IPA President, Dr. T.V. Narayana was felicitated by Dr. Eswara Reddy, Drugs Controller General (India) Dr. T.V. Narayana then felicitated Dr. M.K. Raina, who was the recipient of the Eminent Pharmacist Award, Dr. M. Chandra Sekhar, recipient of the Prof. M.L. Khorana Memorial Lecture Award of Indian Pharmaceutical Association and Dr. V.G. Somani, recipient of Dr. M. Venkateswarlu Memorial Lecture Award.

Prof. Arvind Bansal, NIPER, Mohali receiving the IPA ACG‐SciTech Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. team receiving the IPA ACG – SciTech Best Best Innovative Development of Solid Innovative Packaging of Pharmaceutical Dosage Form Award Formulation Award

Dr. Mala Menon, BCP receiving the IPA ACG‐ SciTech Promising Innovation in Solid Dosage Form Award

Mr. Ajit Singh and Mr. Ajit Kanetkar of Associated Capsules Group joined in presently the IPA ACG – SciTech Innovation Awards. Prof. Arvind Bansal, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, (NIPER), Mohaliwas awarded the Best Innovative Development of Solid Dosage Form Award for 2018 for his work on “Generation of solid dosage forms of four model APIs using novel technology for generation of nanocrystalline solid dispersions (NCSD)”. The award comprised of a memento and a cash reward of Rs. 100,000/‐. The promising innovation award in Innovative Development of Solid Dosage Form was given to Dr. Mala Menon, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai for her work on “Dry Powder inhalation (DPI) formulation of Rifampicin and Moxifloxacin for alveolar macrophage (AM) targeting to achieve improved therapy of Tuberculosis (TB)”. This award comprised of a memento and a cash reward of Rs. 50,000/‐. The Best Innovative Packaging of Pharmaceutical Formulation Award was presented to Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. for their work on “Recognize initiatives 2D matrix barcode on the Aluminium blister”. The award comprises of a memento and a cash reward of Rs. 100,000/‐.

Dr. Divakar Goli, Editor, IJPS, then announced Prof. M.L. Khorana IJPS Best Research Paper awards. The awardees were D.D. Gadade, S. Kumar, Prof. E. Venkata Rao, Ms. Bina K. Mehta, Ms. Neena Kumari, L. Kumar, S. Narayanan, M. Dikmen, J. Liu. Dr. T.V. Narayana, Dr. Rao Vadlamudi and Dr. Divakar Goli, Editor, IJPS honored the authors with a memento, certificate and a cash announcing the IJPS Awards prize of Rs.10,000/‐.

D.D. Gadade receiving the Prof. M.L. Khorana IJPS Best Research Paper Award 2017

IPA Andhra Pradesh State Branch team receiving the Outstanding IPA Delhi State Branch team receiving the State Branch Award Outstanding State Branch Award

IPA Maharashtra State Branch team receiving the Outstanding State IPA Tamil Nadu State Branch receiving the Outstanding State Branch Award 2018 Branch Award

IPA Anand Local Branch receiving the Outstanding IPA Guwahati Local Branch receiving the Outstanding Local Branch Award Local Branch Award

IPA Peenya Local Branch team receiving the Outstanding IPA Rajahmundry Local Branch team receiving the Local Branch Award 2018 Outstanding Local Branch Award

The IPA Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu State Branches received the Outstanding State Branch Awards and the Outstanding Local Branch awards were bagged by the Anand, Guwahati, Peenya & Rajahmundry Local Branches for the year 2018, respectively.

Dr. A. Ramkishan receiving the IPA Fellowship Dr. Atmaram Pawar receiving the IPA Fellowship

Prof. B.S. Bhoop receiving the IPA Fellowship Mr. J. Jayaseelan receiving the IPA Fellowship

Mr. T. Sathish receiving the IPA Fellowship

The much‐coveted IPA Fellowships were conferred on Dr. A. Ramkishan, Dr. Atmaram Pawar, Prof. B.S. Bhoop, Mr. J. Jayaseelan and Mr. T. Sathish for the year 2018.

Dr. Prem Kumar Gupta receiving IRF Life Time Prof. R.K. Khar receiving IRF Life Time Achievement Award Achievement Award

The prestigious IPA – Ramanbhai Patel Foundation Life Time Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Prem Kumar Gupta and Prof. R.K. Khar for their pivotal role in regulatory and in the growth of the pharmaceutical profession and pharmacy education respectively and for their significant contribution in the activities of IPA for more than three decades. The award comprises a citation, medal and a cash prize of Rs.25,000/‐.

The Awards function was brought to a close by Dr. Alka Mukne, Editor, Pharma Times by proposing a Vote of Thanks and inviting all the dignitaries attending the function to the program ended with cocktails and dinner.

 Pharma Times Conclave ‐ Golden Jubilee celebration :

Pharma Times Conclave, with the theme Transforming ‘Disruptors’ into ‘Enablers’ for Universal Health Care, was held on 24th January, 2019 at Hotel Orchid, Mumbai. The Conclave was organized to commemorate the completion of 50 years of quality publishing of Pharma Times, the monthly newsmagazine of Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA). The event was supported by ACG Worldwide & had the then Drugs Controller General (India), Dr. Eswara Reddy as the Chief Guest & Ajit Singh, Chairman, ACG Worldwide, as the Guest of Honor.

The Conclave had two panel discussions – on Evolving Regulatory Landscape & Digitization in Pharma Industry. With Rajeev Patil (Regulatory Affairs Consultant), Subodh Priolkar (CEO, Wincoats), Dr. Nilima Kshirsagar (National Chair, Clinical Pharmacology, ICMR, Government of India) & Dr. Eswaran Iyer (IPR Consultant) as panellists in the discussion on Regulatory Scenario that was moderated by Dr. Rao Vadlamudi (Immediate Past President of IPA), the deliberations presented the most recent updates with respect to the various facets that make up the current regulatory climate in the

Panelists of the discussion on Evolving Regulatory Landscape (L to R) Rajeev Patil, Subodh Priolkar, Dr. T.V. Narayana, DCGI, Dr. S. Eswara Reddy, Ajit Singh, Dr. Nilima Kshirsagar, Dr. Eswaran Iyer, Dr. Rao Vadlamudi and Dr. Alka Mukne 10

country & impact of the changing / tightening regulatory requirements globally. Regulatory compliance issues & recent updates, especially with respect to 483s & warning letters, global regulatory requirements for use of excipients in drug products, current status of fixed dose combinations (FDCs) and USTR Special 301 Report & India being placed on Priority

Panelists of the discussion on Digitization in Pharma Industry (L to R) Sandeep Dewangan, Dr. T.V. Narayana, DCGI, Dr. S. Eswara Reddy, Utkarsh Palnitkar, Dr. Parizad Elchidana, Ettore Cucchetti, Dr. Rajesh Jain, Seshnath Chauhan, Ajit Singh and Dr. Alka Mukne watch list, pressure on the Indian government to accept ‘TRIPS plus’ provisions & compulsory licensing were some of the elements that were dealt with, during the discussion. The second discussion on Digitization was moderated by Utkarsh Palnitkar (Founder & Managing Partner, Aarna Corporate Advisors) and had Ettore Cucchetti (CEO, ACG Inspections), Sandeep Dewangan (Director, SciTech, ACG Worldwide), Dr. Parizad Elchidana (Chief Technical Officer, Pharmax Pharmaceuticals), Seshnath Chauhan (Director, Global Sourcing, Dr. Reddys Laboratories) & Dr. Rajeev Jain (Co‐Founder, ConsilX Digital) as the panelists. Applicability of industry 4.0 to pharma scenario, digital transformation of pharma product infrastructure from manufacturing to dispensing the product to the patients, with drastic changes in business models & global manufacturing operations, software‐controlled packaging execution (serialisation and automation/robotisation), integrated supply chain (traceability and collaboration) & enterprise back‐end IT cloud based services (XaaS) utilizing the data from the product supply (analytics, clinical trials, life‐cycle management and regulatory compliance reporting), were some of the topics deliberated upon, during the discussion. DCGI, Dr. Eswara Reddy made the closing remarks on both the discussions and emphasized on the need to make the Indian drug regulatory laws more contemporary & exhorted the industry to exercise just as much due diligence in their domestic regulatory submissions as for the global regulatory agencies.

The panel discussions were followed by the Pharma Times Felicitation program. President of IPA, Dr. T. V. Narayana, in his welcome remarks, congratulated Dr. Alka Mukne, Editor, Pharma Times, for successfully

Dr. T.V. Narayana, President ‐ IPA welcoming the gathering organizing the Pharma Times Conclave & Golden Jubilee Celebrations. Dr. Alka Mukne in her presentation highlighted on the challenges faced in distributing over 13,000 print copies, free of cost every month, to IPA members & requested the pharmaceutical, machinery & excipients industry to extend greater support to Pharma Times so as to make it a viable pro‐ position.

Dr. Eswara Reddy, in his address, spoke about how proud he was, to be present for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Pharma Times. Dr. Reddy continued on the need to put in greater focus on building innovation – based products & further added that there was this burning need for building trust between the industry & the Indian regulators.

Chief Guest, Dr. S. Eswara Reddy speaking

The last leg of the program included felicitation of the Past Editors of Pharma Times – Founder Editor, Ashok Mehta (1968 – 1988) who founded the magazine & managed it for two decades, Dr. P. M. Nayak (1988 – 1990), Kaushik Desai (1996 – 2004 & 2008 – 2010) & Dr. M. K. Raina (2004 ‐ 2008). Dr. Anil Kapadia (1990 – 1996), who was the Editor immediately after Dr. P. M. Nayak was not present for the function since he was out of country. Past Presidents of IPA – B. N. Thakore (1984 – 1986), Dr. P. M. Nayak (1992 – 1994), Subodh Priolkar (2004 – 2008), Dr. JAS Giri (2012 – 2014) & Dr. Rao Vadlamudi (2014 ‐ 2018); Past Hon. Gen. Secretary, S. D. Joag, Editorial team members, sponsors, key advertisers and print partner of Pharma Times and IPA Secretariat members were also honoured for their contribution to Pharma times in its 50 year journey. The program was a resounding success, with over 120 participants from amongst the pharma industry

Dr. Alka Mukne, Editor – Pharma Times making the Pharma Times Presentation leaders, regulators & policymakers. Dr. Alka Mukne was the Convener of the Conclave & Dr. T. V. Narayana presided over the function.

Dr. S. Eswara Reddy felicitating Dr. Alka Mukne, Editor ‐ Pharma Times

 IPA Students’ Forum 10th Indian Pharmaceutical Association – Students’ Congress Theme: Need Based Education – Changes Envisaged: February 16 ‐ 17, 2018, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh

Indian Pharmaceutical Association – Students’ Forum (IPA‐SF) major national event is IPA Student Congress and the 10th Indian Pharmaceutical Association – Students Congress was hosted by IPA Rajahmundry Local Branch which was held from February 16 – 17, 2019 at Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajahmundry, AP with a theme “Need Based Education – Challenges Envisaged”. IPA‐SF, the student wing of the IPA was inaugurated by our former President, his excellency Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 16th August 2008. IPA‐SF was awarded the best overall performer among all the 85 international associations and was conferred the Sidney J. Ralph award in 2013. IPA‐SF were winners of Vampire cup and Live Vampire cup (given by IPA‐SF for maximum blood donation camps) in 2014 and winners of Live Vampire cup in 2015 and 2016. IPA‐SF hosted the 61st IPASF World Congress 2015 at Hyderabad over 400 student delegates from 61+ member countries participated in this event and it served as a great opportunity for the delegates to “Connect‐Catalyse‐Innovate”.

The 10th IPA Students’ Congress mainly focused on patient counselling event, clinical skills event, pharma quiz, placement conclave, innovative ideas and panel discussions blended with a cultural evening. The congress brought together over 2800+ delegates from 90 colleges across the nation from various states like Tamilnadu, Keral, Karnataka, Delhi, West Bengal and Maharashtra to participate in the workshops and competitions to share their experiences, to learn from one another and to debate regarding the current future pharmacist roles. The congress was inaugurated by Dr. B. Suresh, President, Pharmacy Council of India and Vice Chanceller, JSS University, Mysore.

This event was blessed by the presence of Dr. Krishna Ella, M.D. Bharath Biotech and Mr. Subodh Priolkar, Wincore Limited, Mumbai along with 3 past Presidents of IPA Dr. C.K. Kokate, Dr. J.A.S. Giri & Dr. Rao Vadlamudi. Mr. Lee it

from Shanghai, Dr. M.D. Karvekar, E.C. Member, Pharmacy Council of India, Dr. T.V. Narayana, President IPA and Director, Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. S. Vidhyadhara, Chairman, IPA Education Division, Prof. KPR Chowdary – SSC Convener IPCA graced the occasion. Mr. Dhilip Kumar, President, AIDCOC, T.Ch. Subbarao – Chairman Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajahmundry; Dr. A. Ramakishan, Deputy Drugs Controller graced the event as well.

Inception of the programme was done with a welcome address by Ms. P. Pragna Ella, Chairperson IPASF and it was followed by inspirational speeches of the dignitaries on the dais and moved forward for the felicitations to the privileged guests Dr. B. Suresh, President, Pharmacy Council of India and keynote speaker Dr. Krishna Ella and all other guests of honour.

The programme proceeded with an enlightening panel discussion which concerned towards the theme of the congress : Need Based Education – Changes Envisaged. By exactly justifying the theme, the congress truly explained about the need of outcome based education by eminent personalities like Dr. Rao Vadlamudi, Dr. Naresh Sharma, Dr. Sunil Attavar and others from different fields of pharmacy. They also justified so many queries raised from the students. Student’s congress served as a best platform to share and showcase student’s research work in the Scientific programme. With an overall participation, 776 Scientific papers were received and out of which 28 e‐posters and 65 oral posters along with 93 posters were presented in the conference. The total number of delegates in this mega event was 1749 excluding many of the VIP and VVIP. The mentors Dr. T.K. Ravi & Dr. Sriram Shanmugam played a vital role in guiding and conducting the events like Patient Counselling, Clinical Skills & Compounding event was very thought provoking and innovating. A total cash prize of worth 9 lakhs was awarded to the winners of all competitions. Mr. Aditya Srinivas, Secretary, IPASF gave the plan of action for 2019 – 2020 and their vision, expansion of IPASF though out India in the valedictory program. The congress would not have been a success without the selfless support & guidance and encouragement of IPA, IPA Education Division, IPA Student’s Forum, IPA A.P. State branch, IPA Rajahmundry Local branch, team of Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the LOC team. We also thank scientific partner Omics International and academic institutional sponsors and all Principals for supporting this event.

 Mrs. Manjiri Sandeep Gharat conferred with Pan – Asian Ishidate Award from FAPA

Mrs. Manjiri Gharat received the prestigious Pan‐Asian Ishidate Award for Community Pharmacy at the 27th FAPA Congress held in Manila, the Phillippines on 25th October 2018. She also delivered a talk on Community Pharmacists’ Advancing Role in Patient Care. The Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) had nominated Mrs. Gharat for this award. She is the Vice President and Chairperson of Community Pharmacy Division of IPA and the Vice President of Community Pharmacy Section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).

 Dr. T.V. Narayana, Mrs. Manjiri Gharat, Dr. G. Sumalatha and Mr. Raj Vaidya supported for attending the Annual Conference of the FIP scheduled to be held in Glasgow, United Kingdom from September 01 ‐ 06, 2018

 Dr. T.V. Narayana, Dr. Rao Vadlamudi & Mr. Kaushik Desai supported for attending the 27th Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations Congress to be held in Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines from 24 – 27, October 2018.

 Dr. T.V. Narayana and Dr. Rao Vadlamudi attended the Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Science Summit Forum (APPSF) on January 9 – 10, 2019 in Shanghai, China organized by Shengjie Business Management & Consulting Co. Ltd. as an Invitee

 Advocacy issues

Representation sent to various Ministries on number of advocacy issues related to pharmaceutical profession and regulations during the year under preview. These has been appreciated and due consideration has been given in the policy deliberations

 Letter to Honorary Chief Minister, Odisha and the Commissioner cum Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Odisha requesting for speedy implementation of Pharmacy Practice Regulations’ 2015 in the interest of Public Health (30.04.2018)  Letter to Chief Secretaries and Drug Controller of all the States regarding suggestions/comments on Curbing wrong practices of dispensing prescription medicines without a prescription (20.06.2018)  Letter to Shri. J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Secretary of Health Ministers of all the States requesting to create a separate Directorate of Pharmacy under DGHS to handle all pharmacist related matters (07.07.2018)  Letter to Shri. J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare regarding Amendment in Pharmacy Act 1948 to insert ‘registered pharmacist’ in Section 23 (1) and 26 (a) (07.07.2018)  Letter to Shri J.P. Nadda, Honourable Minister of Health & Family Welfare seeking an appointment for redressal of injustice to the B.Pharm graduates by non‐inclusion of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) as a qualification for recruitment as a Food Safety Officer & Food Analyst under Food Safety and Standards Rules 2011 (03.08.2018)  Letter sent to Drugs Controller General of India regarding suggestions/views on the draft guidelines on e‐ Pharmacists released in April 2018 (13.08.2018)  Letter sent to Shri. J.P. Nadda regarding appeal for redressing anomaly in the qualifications prescribed for the post of Drugs Inspector (Medical Devices) by including B. Pharm and M. Pharm degrees (03.09.2018)  Letter sent to Shri. Narendra Modi, Honourable Prime Minister of India regarding suggestions for “Mann ki Baat” – Importance of the Pharmacist (11.09.2018)  Letter sent to Dr. Anil Kumar, Addl. DDG, Dte, GHS, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare regarding suggestions for Charter of Patient Rights (03.10.2018)  Letter sent to Shri. J.P. Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare to include Pharmacists in the National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, CVD and Stroke (NPCDCS) (01.11.2018)  Letter sent to President, Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi, regarding suggestions on draft of exit exam for Diploma in Pharmacy (31.12.2018) 17

 Letter sent to Shri. J.P. Nadda, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare to develop strict regulations and policies for disposal of pharmaceuticals (31.01.2019)

 World Pharmacist Day (WPD), 25th September

IPA Community Pharmacy Division (CPD) made the tool kit for WPD consisting of 3 posters, “Pharmacists: Your Medicines Experts” list. It was posted on IPA website. CPD conducted a national competition of Case Studies for practicing pharmacists, based on the WPD theme, Pharmacists: Your medicines experts. Total of more than 50 cases were received from community, clinical pharmacists and Pharm D interns from across India. The cases were evaluated by Judges who had tough job to select few entries as winners. Each case showed the proactive and caring approach of the Pharmacist and the intervention made a positive difference in the life of a patient indicating how true the WPD theme is. 3 winners were selected and they were given cash awards. All participants were sent e‐Certificate of Participation. Ms. Anu Rao from IPA SF helped in carrying out WPD competition. The WPD was celebrated throughout India by branches and institutes in a befitted manner.

 National Pharmacy Week (NPW) 2018

The National Pharmacy Week was celebrated in the fourth week of November 2018 across the country with rallies with apt slogans and posters. The theme for the year National Pharmacy Week was “Pharmacists for a healthy India”. Through various programs, the association successfully projected pharmacist as a healthcare provider. The state and local branches including institutes celebrated NPW very actively in line with the theme.

The competitions were organized by CPD with support of IPA Education Division and IPA SF for all categories of pharmacy professionals and were successfully completed. Winners were given Certificates and cash prizes.

CPD prepared the educational material (leaflets, articles, logo, and NPW Manual) which were uploaded on the IPA website and sent to branches.

 IPA Devinder Pal National Elocution Competition 2018

For the Thirtieth consecutive year, IPA held the National Elocution Competition (NEC) amongst the students of Pharmacy Colleges all over India. The IPA‐Devinder Pal‐National Elocution Competition‐2018 (IPA‐DP‐IPA‐DP‐NEC‐ 2018) final round was conducted on 22nd December 2018 during 70th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Amity University, New Delhi. Dr. G. Nagarjuna Reddy, National Convener, IPA‐DP‐NEC‐2018 welcomed the guests, Judges and Participants. Dr. T.V. Narayana, President, IPA inaugurated the IPA‐DP‐NEC‐2018. The IPA‐DP‐NEC‐2018 was witnessed by the galaxy of intellectuals from Industry, Academia, Regulatory and IPA office bearers along with about 200 budding pharmacists from all over the country.

The IPA‐DP‐NEC‐2018 was conducted in four rounds i) Preliminary/Institution Round ii) State Round (19 states/zones), Nineteen coordinators all over the country have coordinated in conducting IPA‐DP‐NEC‐2018 state round successfully. iii) Semi‐final Round was held on 23rd November 2018 at Hyderabad (21 participants from 12 states/zones) and iv) Final Round (Eight participants from six states have participated). For all the out station participants of semi‐final round free boarding and lodging and Complementary registration & free accommodation for finalist was provided by IPA.

Finalists and Winners with Dignitaries:

Finalists and Winners Standing down: from left to right:

Ms. Anupama Banerjee, Mr. Avik Das, Ms. Rashmi Anand Shukla (3rd Prize), Ms. Renny Rozario (1st Prize), Ms. Castelino Renita Edwin (2nd Prize), Ms. Sindhuja Ragathi, Ms. Sonu Benny and Ms. Mrinalini R.

The Eight Contestants of final round of the National elocution competition‐2018 orated on the topic "Pharma Vision 2030 : Indian Pharma Industry‐ A Global Leader". The First place was secured by Ms. Renny Rozario of college of pharmacy of Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu; Second place by Ms. Castelino Renita Edwin of J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ootackmand, Tamil Nadu and third place by Ms. Rashmi Anand Shukla Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

The winners of first, second & third place were given certificate, memento and cash award of Rs.20000/‐, Rs.10000/‐ & Rs.5000/‐ respectively. The cash awards for winners of the National elocution competition ‐ 2018 were sponsored by the Dr. M. Venkateswarlu Memorial Lecture Endowment fund.

As a token of appreciation & to encourage the remaining finalists a cash prize of Rs.2500/‐ with certificate was awarded to each of them namely Ms. Sindhuja Ragathi AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Visakhapatnam, A.P.; Ms. Mrinalini R., Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka; Ms. Sonu Benny of St. James college of Pharmacy, Chalakudi, Kerala; Mr. Avik Das, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal; and Ms. Anupama Banerjee, Dr. B.C. Roy College of Pharmacy, Durgapur, West Bengal, who stood fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth positions respectively.

Dr. T.V. Narayana, President, IPA; Dr. Rao V.S.V. Vadlamudi, President of Commonwealth Pharmacists Association; Shri Ashish Pal, Managing Director & Zone Leader of MSD Pharma (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd.; Dr. S. Vidhyadhara, Chairman IPA Education Division; Shri T.B. Nair Coordinator of IPA; Mr. Suresh Khanna, Hon. Gen. Secretary, IPA and others have distributed the prizes, mementos and certificates to all the winners and honoured the Judges, state coordinators and assistant coordinators with a memento.

IPA is thankful to Mr. Ashish Pal for contribution of Rs. 200,000/‐ for conduct of NEC for the year 2018 onwards.

Activities of the Divisions

Education Division: Office Bearers: Dr. S. Vidyadhara – Chairman, Dr. Anil Kharia & Dr. G. Nagarjuna Reddy – Vice Chairman, Dr. S. Sriram – Hon. Secretary, Dr. Bendi Venkateswarlu – Joint Secretary, Dr. R.L.C. Sasidhar – Treasurer.

Highlights of the year

 IPA Education Division in Association with Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences has organized Work Shop on “Computational Methods in Drug Design” with Schrödinger’s Team, Bangalrore during 9th April, 2018. Dr. P. Pavan Kumar, Assoc. Professor, CHIPS was the convener for this Workshop.

 Organized a Two Day National Seminar on “Green Pharmacy” at M.A.M. College of Pharmacy on 14th – 15 th April, 2018 and conducted several competitions to the students. The Cash Prize worth of Rs. 1.5 Lakhs were distributed to the winners of various events. Medicinal Plants exhibition with more than 500 varieties of Medicinal Plants were exhibited and distributed the plants to various colleges for Plantation. Dr. M. Prasada Rao, Principal, M.A.M College of Pharmacy was the Convener for this Seminar.

 A Mega student event by name “Pharma Ashthra 2K18” was organized at Balaji Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Narsannapet, Warangal during 21st ‐ 22nd April, 2018. More than 2000 student delegates have participated in this event. Prof. T.V. Narayana, Dr. Rao Vadlamudi, several eminent speakers from Pharma Industry and Principals of Several Pharmacy Colleges have shared their expertise for the benefit of Students during this convention. Dr. Raghunandhan, Principal, B.I.P.S was the convener for the two day event.

 The IPA Education division and IPA, AP State branch have jointly organized a three day work shop on “Current Aspects and Orientation on Pharma Industry” at Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guntur and Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, during 28th ‐30th of June and 1st ‐ 3rd of July, 2018. During 20th ‐ 22nd July, 2018 same work shop was organised at St. Peeter’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Warangal in association with IPA, Hanumakonda branch. The three day work shop was conducted in association with Pharma Training Institute, Bangalore.

 The IPA Education division and IPA, AP State branch have jointly organized a three day work shop on “Problem Based Teaching and Learning of Organic & Analytical Chemistry, Module‐III ” at Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guntur during 11th ‐13th of July, 2018. The three day work shop was mainly aimed to train the Faculty of various Pharmacy Colleges, Research Scholars and PG students.

 IPA Education Division has taken up Massive Staff & Student Life Membership Drive during this Session. About 20 No. of Staff Members were enrolled as Life Member Ships, 40 No. of Students were Freshly enrolled as Student Life Members and about 66 No. of Students were Renewed their life memberships as II, III and IV Instalments.

The IPA Education Division is in the process of encouraging Students to form the IPA Student Forums at their respective regions.

 IPA Education Division organized one day Work Shop on “Evolutionary Progress of Pharmaceutical Industries through Regulatory affairs for Product Development” on 25th August, 2018 at Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chowdavaram, Guntur – 19, A.P. Dr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy from Pfizer, Vizag and Dr. Kiran Kumar from Mylan Laboratories, Hyderabad were attended as speakers for the Workshop.

 This year the IPA Education Division has initiated to conduct Mock GPAT Online Tests to the Pharmacy Students through Online Mode. About 15 Online GPAT Practice Tests were conducted from 30th September, 2018 to 6th January, 2019 on every Sunday. More than 800 students across India have registered and Practiced these Mock GPAT Tests. The IPA Education Division has lended cloud computing services from M/s. Inspire Informatics, Hyderabad for successful conduction of Practice GPAT Tests.

 The IPA Education Division has organized IPA‐IPC National Pharma Quiz‐ 2018. The Quiz Competition is organized at three rounds with Preliminary Online Round followed by Semi Final and Final Offline Rounds. The Preliminary Online Round was conducted on 23rd November, 2018. The Semi Final and Final Rounds were conducted on 8th December, 2018 at Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandramoulipuram, Chowdavaram, Guntur ‐19, A.P, India. About 225 Teams from various colleges across India have participated in the Quiz Competition. The Event was successfully conducted and a detailed report is also submitted separately. Dr. S. Vidyadhara was the Convenor and Dr.G. Sumalatha was the National Quiz Coordinator for the Event.

 IPA Devinder Pal National Elocution Competition‐2018 was also successfully conducted by IPA Education Division. State Level, Semi Final and Final Round Competitions were organized at several places. Dr. G. Nagarjuna Reddy was the National Coordinator for the event. Final round was conducted at 70th IPC, Amity University, Noida on 22nd December, 2018. A detailed Report is already submitted by Dr. G. Nagarjuna Reddy.

 A two day International Seminar on “ Advances in Clinical Pharmacy Services” and Workshop on Anticoagulation was conducted on 13th & 14th December, 2018 at Sri Vishnu College of Pharmacy, Bhimavaram, West Godavari, A.P.

 A One day National Conference on “New Frontiers in Conceptional Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences was organized on 28th December, 2018 at Vallabhaneni Venkatadri Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gudlavalleru, Krishna District, A.P.

 Three Student Chapters were inducted by IPA Education Division during November, December, 2018. The following are the new IPA Student Chapters established: i. IPASF CHIPS Chapter. ii. IPASF ASN Pharmacy, Tenali Chapter. iii. IPASF VVIPS, Gudlavalleru Chapter.

 The IPA Education Division has organized a One day Work Shop on Nano composites as Catalysts for Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals by Prof. J. Sreekantha Babu, Kwazulu‐ Natal University, Durban, South Africa in association with A.P. Akademi of Science at Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chowdavaram, Guntur – 19 during 04/01/2019.

 IPA, Education Division has organized 10th IPA Students Congress in association with IPA, A.P. State Branch, IPA, Rajahmundry Local Branch, which is hosted by Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajahmundry under the able mentor ship of Prof. T.V. Narayana, President, IPA during 16th – 17th February, 2019. More than 2000 students from across India have attended the Congress. Several Scientific Sessions, Student Interactive Sessions and various competitions were conducted during the congress. Cash Prize worth of Rs. 8 Lakhs were given to winners of various competitions, which was solely sponsored by Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

IPA – Students Forum

 The Council Was Successful In Establishing 9 IPASF Students Chapter across the Country ASN Pharmacy College, Tenali, AP; Chips College , Guntur, AP; Vignan Pharmacy College, AP; Annamacharya College Of Pharmacy Kurnool, AP; Vikas College Of Pharmaceutical Science Suryapet, Hyderabad; VVIPS, Gudlavalleru, AP; Vijaya Institue of Pharmaceuticsal Sciences for Women, Vijayawada, AP; Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Science &Research, Hyderabad; Vignan Institute of Technology Science, Visakhapatnam

 Health Awareness Campaign’s:‐ Pharmacy students from various parts of country were involved in conducting health awareness campaigns in their respective cities. These include some of the following:  IPA‐SF ASN Student Chapter organized a visit to Leprosy Re habitation Center at Tenali on January 30th 2019.  Cancer awareness campaign held at primary schools by ASN student chapter and IPASF Andhra Pradesh on February 4th 2019  Chebrolu Hanumiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Chapter organize a guest lecture on Kidney diseases & its complications on March 14th 2019. a) IPA‐SF MSB‐organized various programmes like: Trekking, Rink football, Literati (literary events related to pharmacy field) b) Aesthetica (artistic events related to pharmacy field).

10thIPA Student Congress: IPA‐SF team actively supported in organizing 10th IPA student congress, Feb. 16&17th 2019 & make it a grand success at Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh.

Outreach to pharmacy students: The Council expanded its reach to various pharmacy students through an active social media page on face book, instagram, whatsapp group. The Council Members have started online activity called “Pharma Friday” a poll based activity where in certain aspects of pharma based questions would be put in official instagram page every Friday which is happening on regular basis of in order to educate students by providing required & interesting into which as a pharmacist they should know & inturn we can learn & be updated as well.

International Outreach: Chairperson of IPA‐SF , Pragna Ella got Asian Association of schools of pharmacy provided Travel Grant to attend 9th AASP conference at South korea on July 3‐5, 2019.

Community Pharmacy Division: Office Bearers: Mrs. Manjiri Gharat – Chairman, Dr. Guru Prasad Mohanta – Vice Chairman, Mr. Satish Shah – Hon. Secretary, Mr. Ratnadeep Kurtarkar – Hon. Treasurer

Highlights of the Year

Industry Projects of CPD: Continuing professional Development programmes in collaboration with Pfizer, Piramal, and Anti‐Microbial Resistance project with GSK. There has been significant inflow from the corporate projects from last 6 years and in the year ending March 2019, huge surplus is generated.

IPA Pfizer Trainings conducted: Total 20 trainings on GPP, Medication Errors in different parts of the country were conducted for practicing pharmacists under IPA Pfizer collaboration. Programmes were held all across India in different cities: Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Indore and Bangalore. IPA’s role in this collaboration is to organize a speaker, and Pfizer organizes the venue and other logistics. Thanks to IPA state and local branches for suggesting a speaker when contacted.

IPA GSK Collaboration Anti‐Microbial Resistance project Webinar was conducted by IPA CPD with GSK on Role of Pharmacist in tackling AMR under India Inspiration Meet series. This webinar was telecasted on 23rd November 2018 during antibiotic awareness week and later on few other days. It reached total 3 lac pharmacists/pharmacy owners across India. It received great response.

WPD posters: 2 posters were made by CPD and were placed on the IPA website.

WPD Case Study Competition for practicing pharmacists: CPD conducted an innovative competition for practicing pharmacists and it received good response. Total 50 participants, 3 prizes and 5 appreciation certificates.

Attendance at the Congress: Manjiri and Raj Vaidya attended 78th FIP Congress Glasgow, UK .Mrs Manjiri chaired one session, attended Steering Committee and ExCo meetings of FIP CPS and CPA meeting. Mrs. Manjiri was elected as Vice‐ President of FIP CPS.

Academia MoU :

Total 12 new Academic MoUs signed for community pharmacy and outreach activities by IPA – CPD with various Colleges of Pharmacy in the country:  BNCP Nanavati College of Pharmacy, Mumbai  Bombay College of Pharmacy ,Mumbai  Anand College of Pharmacy, Anand, Gujarat  Erode College of Pharmacy, Erode, TN  Shri Vithal Education & Research Institute’s College of Pharmacy, Pandharpur, MAH  Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (VIPER), Narsapur, AP  Swami Vivekanand College of Pharmacy, Indore, MP  PSG College of Pharmacy (MoU Renewal) Coimbatore, TN  K M Kundnani Pharmacy Polytechnic, Ulhasnagar, MAH  Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara, Punjab  D Y Patil College of Pharmacy .Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

National Pharmacy Week 2018: CPD prepared all the material like posters, leaflets, powerpoint presentation, Activity Guide for NPW 2018 on the theme “Pharmacists for a healthy India”. Mrs Manjiri , Raj Vaidya and Anu Rao worked for preparation of all NPW material.

IPA CPD e‐Times: 6 issues were released in one year and each issue received excellent feedback from readers. Team of Mrs. Manjiri, Raj Vaidya along with a project associate Ms Anu Rao, Ms Radiya Mahale manage the eTimes preparation and e‐distribution. Mr Karthik Rakam is a regular contributor for one of the columns Drug Watch. Daffodil designers, Bangalore design the eTimes.

IPA’s Responsible Use of Medicines: A Layman’s Handbook is placed by WHO on its website and I it is a matter of pride and satisfaction for IPA to get this recognition. https://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/m/abstract/Js23095en/

Mrs. Manjiri Gharat participated as an invited speaker/panelist in the following events:  PCI sponsored Teacher’s Training at Vivekananda College, Indore, January 2019  Patient Advocacy Workshop, Delhi, March 2019 (Thanks to IPA for supporting travel)  FIP CPs ExCo meeting at Manila, Philippines, Feb 2019

Industrial Pharmacy Division: Office Bearers: Mr. J. Jayaseelan – Chairman, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jain & Dr. Naresh Sharma – Vice Chairman, Mr. T. Sathish – Hon. Secretary, Mr. Anil Kharia – Joint Secretary, Mr. Rajesh Bhandari ‐ Treasurer

 IPA South TN local branch inaugurated at Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Pharmacy on 23rd June 2018. Dr. S. Shasi Anand, Vice President, Kalasalingam & Anand Group of Institutions, Srivilliputtur graced the function as Chief Guest. Prof. K. Chinnaswamy, President, Tamilnadu Pharmacy Council, Chennai, Shri. J. Jayaseelan, Vice President, IPA Tamilnadu Branch, Shri. T. Sathish, Secretary, IPA Tamilnadu Branch were the Guest of Honor. Dr. S. Manivannan, President‐IPA Tamilnadu Branch was presided over the function and officiated the Office Bearers of IPA South TN Branch.

 One day national seminar on “Industrial Pharmacy, Quality Control, Assurance and Management” IPA – Tamilnadu Branch was organized. More than 600 delegates from various pharmacy institutions were participated and benefited from the seminar.  Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association organized the 4th Edition of Pharmac South on 6th and 7th of July 2018 in Chennai Trade Centre. IPA – IPD actively participated. On July 6th 2018 the 4th Edition was inaugurated by Shir. K. Gnanadesikan, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Govt., Tamilnadu. Buyer Seller meet was inaugurated by Dr. J. Radhakrishnan., IAS., Principal Secretary to Government, Health and Family Wellfare, Tamil Nadu. The occasion was felicitated by S. V. Veerramani, Past National President IDMA, Mr. K. Sivabalan, Director of Drugs Control and Mrs Shanthy Gunasekaran, Deputy Drugs Controller of India, CDSCO. During this event a Pharma Expo was organized where exhibitors participated from across the country. The theme of this year Pharmac South is “Challenges and Opportunities for Start‐Ups and Growing Companies in Pharma “Marketing / Branding / Regulatory & Supply Chain”. On 7th July 2018, Dr. T. V. Narayana, National President, IPA was the Guest’s of Honour. The programme was successful under the leadership of Mr. J. Jayaseelan, Chairman – IPA, Industrial Division and Mr. T. Sathish, Hon. Secretary, IPA TN Branch.  Rs. 2,33,18,593.36 worth of medicines sent by the industries of Tamilnadu for the Kerala Flood Relief. IPA IPD wishes to thank all the well wishers & the contributors for the timely gesture.  One day Seminar organized on 27th July, 2018 on “Impurity profiling of Pharmaceutical products: A Regulatory Requirement” at NIPER, Mohali and supported by IPD, IPA and IPA, Delhi State Branch. The program was attended by more than 80 professional from industry.  Dr. Naresh Sharma, Vice Chairman, IPA – IPD was invited as Chief Guest for Interactive Session on 'Strategy for Implementation of Premium Mark and Standard Mark on Ayurveda Products held on 20th August 2018 at PHD House, New Delhi.  In collaboration with IPA Delhi State Branch organised one day workshop in collaboration with National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S.A.S. Nagar (NIPER‐S) on ‘‘Development of Formulations of Sensitive Drugs’ on 5th October, 2018 for Small and Medium Pharmaceutical Industrial Centre (SMPIC) at Mohali. The seminar was attended by more than 50 professionals from Pharma Industry  Chairman & Secretary met the Industries secretary of Tamilnadu to bring out the industrial policy & the same is expected to be released in January 2019 at the Global Investors Meet in Chennai.

Hospital Pharmacy Division: Office Bearers: Dr. R.N. Gupta – Chairman, Dr. Suresh Sarvadekar – Vice Chairman, Mr. M.P. Chopra – Hon. Secretary, Mr. Sunkara Reddeppa – Joint Secretary, Dr. Javed Ali – Hon. Treasurer

 Dr. R. N. Gupta, spoke on 'Career Opportunity of Pharmacist in Hospital Pharmacy' at BIT, Mesra, Ranchi on 17th April 2018 in seminar organized by IPA Jharkhand State branch.  One day HPD training programme for Hospital and Clinical Pharmacists at Jaypee Hospital, Noida was arranged on 28th April, 2018, sponsored by Pfizer Ltd, Dr. Javed Ali delivered lectures on “Inventory Management in Hospital Pharmacy” Dr. H. Manu Department of Medical Affairs, Mr. Satendra Seth & Mr. Rahul Rastogi of Pfizer Ltd, and Dr. Sanjeet Rathore, Clinical Pharmacologist, Jaypee Hospital, Noida also graced the occasion.  Dr. Ramesh Adepu, arranged. Ignite programme with M/sGlenmark on 15 ‐ 17 June 2017 at Saubhagya Inn International, Ambeghar, Ganpatiwadi, Pen, Maharashtra.The resource persons were Dr. Ramesh Adepu, Dr Arun Kumar, JSS, Ooty, Mr. Manoj Prabhu Chief Pharmacist and Mrs. Rekha Dubey CEO, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune,  Dr. Suresh Sarvadekar delivered a lecture on 16th June’18 at Raipur sponsored by Glenmark for hospital pharmacists working with ESI hospitals.  Dr. Javed Ali delivered lectures on “Safe Handling of Cytotoxic drugs” to Clinical Pharmacists, nurses and doctors at Artemis Hospitals, Goregaon, Haryana on 14 July’18  Dr. Suresh Sarvadekar Vice Chairman delivered a talk on purchase and inventory management of medicines in ESIS Hospital, New Delhi in July'18 month.  Dr. Mohan Raj arranged one day workshop on Drug Information Services on 7th August'18 at Anantpur in collaboration with IPA Anantpur local branch Dr. R.N. Gupta attended as Guest of Honor and spoke on “Pharmacy Practice a Need of Hour”. .  Dr. R.N. Gupta, attended as Guest of Honor in the National Seminar organized by Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy in collaboration with IPA Peenya Local branch. He spoke on 'Hospital Pharmacy: Necessity in the Modern

Era'. Sri M.S. Nagraj President, Karnataka State Pharmacists (Allopathy) Association was the Chief Guest. The seminar was presided by Dr. Divakar Goli, Editor, IJPS & Principal Acharya BMReddy College.  Dr Suresh Sarevedkar vice Chairman participated in Health Sabha organised by Indian Express at Delhi on 5‐6 October’18. This is Pan‐ India seminar organised for all dignitaries working in Public Health Services across all States in India. There were two seminars as follows‐ a) There was a Panel Discussion on‐"Addressing the Quality Paradox". The panel members were Dr. Madhumita Dobe ‐ Director Professor (Public Health) & HOD of Health promotion & Education AIIH & PH , Calcutta, Dr. Suresh Saravdekar Vice‐ Chairman IPA, Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Jain Additional Chief Medical Adviser, Indian Railways, Dr. Bangarurajan Jt. Drugs Controller India , and Mr. Bejon Misra Founder Partners for Safe medicines  Dr Mohanraj arranged one day Conference at 29th Dec.’18 at St John College, Kurnool, on Hospital pharmacy and also delivered guest lecture at QIP,BIT Ranchi on 'Evidence based clinical Approach for Pharmacist 'on 11th Jan, 2019  Dr R.N. Gupta spoke on ''Set up of Modern Hospital Pharmacy ' at National Seminar organized at CPS, Puri on 23rd Jan'19.  Dr. Mohanraj, arranged two Days National Conference on “Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Care and Drug Safety (CTPCDS 2019)” on 8th and 9th, Feb’19 at Narasaraopeta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NIPS), Guntur. Nearly 450 delegates attended. across the region of south India. Sri M.V. Koteswara Rao (Chairman, GEDS, NIPS), Prof. Dr. J.N. Suresh Kumar (Principal,NIPS), Dr. Sriram Shanmugam and Dr. Mohanraj M. were the special guestn & speaker .  HPD seminar on Regulatory Aspects related to Hospital Pharmacy was held on 29th March’19 at Royal College of pharmaceutical sciences, Berhampur. About 125 were the participants Dr R. N. Gupta was the chief speaker. He also informed the audience about benefits associated with becoming member of IPA

Patients Counseling Centre Dr. Suresh Sarvedkar has set up "Patients Counseling Centre" at OPD of Sir Sundar Lal Hospital, IMS‐BHU, for education of patients on adherence to medicines treatment and proper use of medicines in February '2019 also he was nominated as Chairman of Antimicrobial and Infection Control Committee of IMS, BHU, he has initiated many activities towards Rational Use of Antibiotics Proper use of disinfectants and training activities for nurses and ward staff at IMS‐BHU "Hospital Formulary” was prepared by Dr Sarvedkar for Sir Sundar Lal Hospital and Trauma center under IMS‐BHU " with guidelines for Rational Use of Medicines for clinicians.

Regulatory Affairs Division: Office Bearers: Dr. Subhash C. Mandal – Chairman, Mr. Harepally Amruth Rao– Vice Chairman, Mr. P.B.N. Prasad ‐ Hon. Secretary, Mr. Sujit Kumar – Joint Secretary, Dr. Mukti Pada Rana – Hon. Treasurer

 Chairman RAD who was also President of IPA Bengal Branch was engaged in organizing “Refresher Course for Registered Pharmacist” as per PPR‐2015. Under his leadership a course curriculum has been framed and it was duly approved by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). Dr. Mandal delivered more than 20 lectures in 20 such courses during 2018‐2019.  Delivered a lecture on “Role of Drug Formulary in Sustainable Healthcare” organized by CARPS, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, held at Dr. H.L.Roy Auditorium, on 25th May 2018.  Supported in organizing a “Workshop on GMP Norms: Global Quality Management in Pharmaceuticals” organized by the School of Pharmaceutical Technology, Adamas University, Barasat, West Bengal. Dr. Subhash C. Mandal and Dr. Tulsi Chakrabarti joined as speaker along with Mr. Alok Ghosh, President (Technical), Lupin Laboratories.  Attended and delivered a lecture entitled “Rational Use of Antimicrobials: a tool for containment of AMR” in the “UK‐India Newton Bhabha Researcher Link Workshop” on “Scopes and challenges for the development of novel antimicrobial agents from Ayurvedic medicinal plants to combat the problem of antimicrobial resistance” organized jointly by Newton Bhabha Fund, British Council, Royal Society of Chemistry & Jadavpur University during 04‐07 September 2018. This is an opportunity for IPA‐RAD for attending this programme and addressing 44 researchers (22 from India and 22 from UK selected on the basis of their work on antimicrobials).  06.09.2018: Continuing Education Programme at Jadavpur University ‐ Delivered a lecture entitled “Drug discovery through Regulatory pathway “organized by Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata in Association with Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), during 05th ‐07th September 2018.  Delivered a lecture on “Awareness programme on AMR, Schedule H1 drugs & Anti T.B. drugs” organized by Bengal Chemist and Druggists Association at Bankura on 11th September 2018.

 Delivered a lecture on “Awareness programme on AMR, Schedule H1 drugs & Anti T.B. drugs” organized by BCDA at Purulia on 12th September 2018.  Continuing Education Programme at BIT, Ranchi, Jharkhand ‐ Delivered a lecture on “Drug discovery through Regulatory pathway” organized by Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand in Association with Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), during 12th – 14th September 2018.  Continuing Education Programme at CIPT, Uluberia ‐ Delivered a lecture on “Drug discovery through Regulatory pathway” organized by Calcutta Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology & Allied Health Sciences, Uluberia in Association with Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), during 27th – 29th September 2018.  The division has taken initiative along with IPA Bengal Branch in organizing an interactive session on “Rejuvenation of Pharmaceutical Industry of West Bengal” at Kolkata 0n 21st November 2018.  An International Seminar on “Renovation of Pharmaceutical Education towards the need of the health care system” was organized at Seminar Hall, Jakir Hossain Institute of Pharmacy, Murshidabad, West Bengal on 27th January, 2019. The programme was inaugurated by the Minister of State of Labour, Govt. of W.B. Mr. Jakir Hossain, with lightening the lamp. He has also address the guests regarding the seminar with his valuable views on healthcare system to build the society strong, effects of diseases and protection. Various experts deliberated on different topics during the seminar.  Made a presentation in 6th International Congress of Society for Ethnopharmacology on “Ashwagandha and its Formulations: Varying Regulatory status round the Globe” at Manipal University, Manipal on 8th February 2019.  Made presentation on “Pharmacists in Drug Information services” in one day Refresher Course for Registered Pharmacists organized by IPA Bengal Branch supported by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) at Suri, Birbhum on 17, 23 & 24, February and 2, 3 & 17, March 2019 .  Participated in an interview by Hindustan Times, Delhi edition on the Clinical Trial rules and death during clinical trial, which was published on 12.02.2019.& 19.04.2019.  Regularly sending regulatory updates to the RAD members through e mails. This service is highly appreciated by the members.  RAD in Media: Opinion of Chairman on several issues published in several issues of Pharmabiz, Pharmapulse, DNA News, Hindusthan Times, local news papers and electronic media. Dr. Mandal delivered a lecture on AMR which was telecasted in Doordorshan.

Achievement: IPA‐Regulatory Affairs Division (RAD) already has established its efficiency in strengthening regulatory structure in both Govt. and private structure. Now this division is well recognized by several Govt. agencies and seeking opinion of IPA regarding framing and amending any legislation related to Pharmaceutical profession. Now our aim is to propagate the concept of regulatory sciences and its implementation in improving therapeutic outcome.

IPA Publications and Website

 Pharma Times

During the period under review, Volume 50 was completed and Volume 51 was commenced, Dr. Alka Mukne was the Editor. Neha Dabholkar, Nivedita Hegdekar, Pooja Kulthe, Rasika Dharap, Rishab Babel Sania Kothari. Seline Dantes, Shrey Gohil, Snehal Shenoy, Shubhangi Kamalia, Soham Yande, Tamanna Gidwani and Vibhusha Dube were appointed as Editorial Assistants.

During this period, Pharma Times has special issues focused on Dissolution Sciences & Applications in June 2018, Digitization in Healthcare in November and Personalized Medicines in March 2019 respectively.

Pharma Times special issue on “Dissolution Sciences & Applications” was supported by Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution sciences (SPDS) and it was released at Disso India 2018 conference, held at Hyderabad held on 28th & 29th June, 2018.

Aptar Pharma India Pvt. Ltd. And Optel Vision Pvt. Ltd. supported the Pharma Times November, 2018 special issue on “Digitization in Healthcare”.

A total of 54 articles and 7 book reviews were published in Pharma Times. Several features including Interviews, Advocacy Corner, Pharma Wits & Leisure, PharmaScene, Reminiscenes and Pharmexcil updates were included in this period.

The editorial team of Pharma Times is grateful to all members and other pharmaceutical professionals for their continued support in sending articles for publication in Pharma Times. Many experts assisted the team as Reviewers for the books received for Review. The Editor acknowledges the contribution made by the reviewers. The Editor would also like to place on record their great appreciation to the valued advertisers for their patronage, without which it would not have been possible to publish Pharma Times. Pharma Times is being indexed by Scopus & Embase and listed in journals approved by UGC for CAS & Appointment of University Teachers.

 Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

During the reporting period of April 2018‐March 2019, all issues of Volume 80 were published as well as the issue 1 of Volume 80. For the term 2018‐2019, Dr. Divakar Goli was the Editor and Srinvas Kavati was the Assistant Editor. Mr. Ganesh Andhale, Mr. Mr. Anudeep Balla, Dr. Manjunath P. Mudagal, Dr. Gurubasavaraja Swamy, and Dr. Suresh Janadri, were the editorial assistants.

During the calendar year 2018, IJPS received a total of 1436 papers, out of which 1340 articles were rejected in the preliminary screening while the rest were subjected to suitability evaluation for further processing. Among these, around 96 articles were sent to reviewers and each article was sent to 4‐6 reviewers. In the 6 issues of Volume 80, 101 Research papers, 34 Short communications, and 12 Review articles were published taking the total number of articles published to 147 (average 24.5 articles per issue) of which 37.4% (55 articles) articles were by foreign authors. A total of 240 scientists from India and abroad reviewed these 147 articles published in volume 80. Average publication lag time of an article stood at 7 ‐ 9 months. Efforts are in progress to increase the average number of articles published per issue and reduce the average publication lag time to less than 7 months.

The JCR Impact factor of IJPS for the year 2017 is 0.73 and the SJR index for 2018 is 0.26. The H‐index of the journal stood at 50 and IJPS ranked first among all journals in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences published in India, ranked 2nd in Asia and 47th in the world. The editor and the editorial team along with the Indian Pharmaceutical Association express their deep sense of gratitude to all the authors and the referees for their valuable assistance in bringing out yet another volume of this journal.

 IPA Website

During the said period, the IPA Website, www.ipapharma.org was managed by the Website Coordinator Dr. Alka Mukne. Apart from the routine Association news & happenings, conference information of various partnership events with IPA was uploaded for the benefit of the members. Announcement of various awards, information on Advocacy matters, IPA Devinder Pal National Elocution Competition, Pharmacist Day Competition and the guidance material of National Pharmacy Week & World Pharmacist Day were also uploaded on IPA Website

 IPA Partnering events

Signed an agreement with Shengjie (Shanghai) Business Management & Consulting Co., Ltd (China) ‐ Strategic Cooperation authorization for IPA and Shengjie on matters relating to authorization, promotion, publicity, summit forums, seminars, training courses, academic investigation, speak and speeches for long‐term strategic cooperation.

Activities of State Branches

Out of 20 State Branches 13 State Branches submitted their Annual Activity Report and out of 46 Local Branches, 17 Local Branches have submitted their Annual Report.

Name of the Branch Andhra Pradesh ‐ Guntur Membership Status ALM = 09; AM = 01; IM = 02; LM = 1015; OM = 17; Patr. = 02; SLM = 157; SM = 225; Total = as on 31.03.2019 1428 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. P. Rajeswara Rao; Vice President ‐ Dr. K.V.S.R.G. Prasad; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. M. Prasada Rao; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Dr. Ch. Bala Sekhara Reddy; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Dr. J. Ramesh Babu

Major Activities

Workshops: 1. 3 days – ‘’Current Aspects & Orientation on Pharma Industry by CHIPS, Pharma Training Institute Bangalore and IPA State Branch on 28 – 30 June,2018 at CHIPS. Financial support of Rs. 1, 93,954 was given by CHIPS. Speakers were Sri. Umanandan Mishra. Sri. Ashutosh Dixit, Mr. Venugopal Rao 2. 3 days – ‘Problem Based Teaching and Learning of Organic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry’ by CHIPS and IPA AP State Branch on 11 – 13 July, 2018 at CHIPS. Financial support of Rs. 72,202was given by CHIP. Speaker was Prof. Satish Y. Gabhe (AICTE)

Seminars: 1 day – Evolutionary Progress of Pharmaceutical Industries through Regulatory Affairs for AP

World Pharmacist Day: Awareness Program on Pharmacy Education & Careers‐ Chemistry by CHIPS and IPA AP State Branch was conducted at Sri Bhavishya Academy where CHIPS Students of Pharm. D.; M.Pharm & B.Pharm guided the higher Secondary Students. Several competitions like PCUBE Model, Prescription Audit, Compounding & Dispensing, Formulation Development, Instrument Validation and Compendial Screening were organized. Guest Lecture by ASN Pharmacy College on Role of Pharmacist in Healthcare at ASN Pharmacy College. Students took Pharmacists oath. The college gave financial support for the event.

Exhibition 3 day exhibition on ‘CHIPS PHARMA EXPO – 2K18’ organized on 1st – 3rd Nov., 2018. Expenditure of Rs. 406,858/‐ supported by CHIPS & Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board. Featured 145 live exhibits, 400 varieties of medicinal plants and Student talent Test. 6855 students attended

National Pharmacy week (NPW). 18th ‐23rd Nov. 2018: a. On 18th Nov. 18 at Ketavarm Village arranged a Medical Camp b. On 19th Nov. 18 at ASN College arranged Competitions – elocution, essay writing, quiz, group discussions c. On 20th Nov. 18 at ASN College in association with NSS Unit, a blood donation camp was organized. d. On 21st Nov., a Swachh Bharat Program was arranged at Govt. Hospital, Tenali e. On 22nd Nov. 2018 a Free Medical Camp & blood Donation drive was organized at Sangam Jagarlamudi f. On 23rd Nov. 18 at Tenali town, a Plantation Drive was undertaken. The Valedictory function & prize distribution was arranged. Dr. G. Sarada was the Chief Guest.

IPA‐IPC National Pharma Quiz: On 8th Dec. 2018 Semifinal & Final rounds conducted, Supported by IPA‐ED. Top 50 participant from those screened online participated.

Others: 1. ASN Chapter of IPA Student Forum inaugurated on 7th January, 2019. 28

2. World Leprosy Eradication Day observed on 30th Jan, 19 by ASN Pharmacy College in association with IPA‐AP Sb, IPASF and ASN. 3. Cancer awareness Program was conducted on 4th Feb., 19 at ASN Pharmacy College in association with IPA‐AP Sb, IPASF and ASN 4. On 8th March, 19, Women’s Day was celebrated at ASN Pharmacy College in association with IPA‐AP Sb, IPASF and ASN at Nehru Niketan School Tenali. Competition was organized. 5. World Kidney Day – 14th March, 2019, organized at ASN Pharmacy College in association with IPA‐AP Sb, IPASF and ASN. Dr. Ch. Prasad Chief guest and made audience aware about renal diseases.

Awards: IPA – AP State Branch received the Best Branch Award on 22nd December, 2018 at IPC, Delhi.

Name of the Branch Assam ‐ Dibrugarh Membership Status LM = 119; OM = 03 SLM = 115; SM = 70; Total = 307 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Prof. B. Mazumder; Vice President ‐ Dr. Hemanta Kr. Sharma; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. Bibhuti B. Kakoti; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Mr. Satyendra Hazarika; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Dr. Aparoop Das

Major Activities

Two day SERB DST Sponsored National Seminar 23rd ‐ 24th November, 2018: The branch in collaboration with the department of pharmaceutical sciences organized a two day SERB DST sponsored national seminar on Emerging global Trends in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology during 23‐24 November 2018 with major financial assistance from SERB DST GOI. The event started at 10.00 am. With welcome speech by prof. Malay Das Convener Pharma Nanotech 2018 followed by the inauguration of the event by lighting of the lamp and speech y Prof. RNS Yadav Dean School of science and engineering Dibrugarh University. A total number of 15 oral talks and 47 posters were presented by students, research scholars and faculties from various academic and research Institutions.

14.12.2018 : An invited talk with organized by the branch on 14.12.2018 Prof. Yashwant Pathak, form the dept. of Pharmacy Dean, Faculty Affairs, and university of South Florida, USA Dr. Vijay Swami, executive Director RIWATCH, Rowing, Arunchal Pradesh and Dr. Ista Pulu Senior Gynecologist, Rowing General Hospital Arunachal Pradesh presented their lecture.

NPW Celebration 16th – 17th November, 2018: The 57th NPW was celebrated in the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University on 16 and 17th November 2018. The branch jointly organized the program with the department of pharmaceutical sciences, Dibrugarh University with great endeavor. The program was inaugurated by hoisting the IPA flag by prof. Ranjit Tamuli, Hon. Vice Chancellor of Dibrugarh University Dr. B. B. Kakoti, Hon. Secretary IPA branch Prof D. Chetia, Head of Department of Pharmaceutical and Prof. B. Mazumder, President the branch spoke on the occasion.

Various programs like health camp Quiz competition, Alumni meet cultural program etc. were organized. A souvenir Pharmarian was inaugurated on the occasion featuring articles from various writers and students. The highlight of the event was the health camp where 16 doctors from various disciplines from Assam Medical College 2 dentist and 2 pharmacists from Dibrugarh University Health center and from outside and students had participated.

Reconstitution of the Guwahati Local Branch: Guwahati local had shifted their services and had joined Institutions, the local branch was asked to reconstitute the Executive committee afresh as per the guidance of central committee of IPA. They have called for a general body meeting on 22.5.2019 and had reconstituted a new committee where the members elected in different posts.

The pharma newsletter is being published regularly by the branch under the editorship of Prof. D. Chetia, Executive Member of IPA. Various news items pertaining to pharmaceutical education R & D news, Pharma Seminars and conference are published.

Name of the Branch Bengal ‐ Kolkata Membership Status LM = 465; OM = 24; SLM = 01; SM = 109; Total = 599 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President; Mr. Indrajit Kar & Mr. Ashok Kumar Maity – Vice President; Mr. Asit Kumar Ray‐ Hon. Secretary; Mr. Himadri Shekhar Chatterjee – Joint Secretary; Mr. Pradeep Kumar Mallik – Treasurer

Major Activities

Drug Information Bulletin: A bi‐weekly e‐ bulletin published jointly by IPA‐Bengal and IPA –RAD. For the year April, 18 – March, 19, 26 issues of volume 12 were published and also archived on IPA headquarter website. This bulletin has got a good reputation in India as well as outside India, like, USA, Switzerland, Srilanka, Thailand etc.

Refresher Course for Registered Pharmacists as per PPR 15. ‐ From 1st April, 2018 – 31st March, 2019, IPA‐Bengal has organized as many as 58 PCI approved refresher courses at various places in West Bengal.

Letters to Different Authorities: Request letter to Director of Health services, Govt. West Bengal, to allow on duty working pharmacists to participate in refresher courses conducted by IPA‐Bengal. It was granted by the concerned authority. (24/04/2018). Letter to the Registrar, West Bengal State Pharmacy Council regarding approval of refresher course as per PPR 15.

Health Camp at Tarakeshwar, Hooghly – from 22nd July to 6th August, 2018 – On the eve of Shrabani Mela at Tarakeshwar temple, IPA Bengal arranged a health camp to cater to the pilgrims coming. The camp was successfully conducted by treating around 3547 patients for various problems like dehydration, foot injuries, muscle sprains etc.

Health Camp at Maligeria, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur on 3rd September, 2018 and 27th October, 2018. – IPA Bengal Branch & IPA Bengal Pharma & Healthcare Trust jointly organized a health camp in association with Swami Vivekananda Sangha. A rally was organized to distribute bleaching powder, oil pesticide for mosquitos in the wake of Dengue outbreak. Villagers were made aware of precautions to be taken for same.

Celebration of World Pharmacist’s Day: 25th September 2018 – Working Pharmacists, Teachers, students, representatives of various pharmacists Associations under the leadership of IPA‐Bengal branch celebrated the World Pharmacist’s Day on 25th September 2018 with great enthusiasm. Celebrations included interactive sessions, lectures and presentations by dignitaries, pharmacists and students on the theme ‘Pharmacist – Your Medicine expert’. Also a silent rally was organized peacefully with the help of Kolkata Police. The program was covered in various print and electronic media.

IPA‐Devinder Pal – National Elocution Competition on 10th November, 2018 – 8 institutions from West Bengal participated in the preliminary rounds. 7 selected from preliminary round participated in the State round held on 10/11/18 at IPA auditorium. Two of them reached till the final round. The event was coordinated by Dr. S. C. Mandal.

57th National Pharmacy Week – 18th – 25th November, 2018 18th November, 2018 – Inauguration by Hon Speaker of Legislative Assembly Sri Biman Banerjee at Jadavpur University. 19th November, 2018 – At Institute of Pharmacy, Kalyani and Adamas University. Organized a rally for awareness of theme ‘Pharmacists for Healthy India’. Lectures were arranged. 20th November, 2018 – A blood donation camp was organized by Institute of Pharmacy, Kalyani in association with various other institutes and IPA‐Bengal. Other activities included various dignitaries’ talks, dance drama, quiz competition. 21st November, 2018 – An interactive session was held on ‘Rejuvenation of Pharmaceutical Industry of West Bengal’. Participants were from various industries like Infra‐structure Development, Govt. West Bengal, IDMA, and WBSSPMA & WBSSDMA. 22nd November, 2018‐Activities like Inter college Quiz competition, Cultural program, Pharma Rally and various lectures were undertaken to emphasize the role of pharmacists for a healthy India. 30

24th November, 2018 – Cultural Day – Various events like songs, drama, recitation etcwere presented by members and their families.

25th November, 2018‐ Hospital Pharmacy Day‐ Lectures on ‘Cardiovascular Diseases and Its Prevention’ and ‘Role of molecular modeling on drug therapeutics’ was arranged by IPA Bengal & DSP Main Hospital Pharmacists at Durgapur. The event was covered by TV channel D.S.T.V.

Members of IPA Bengal Branch attended the following seminars, conferences & convention etc. Progressive Pharmacists Association W.B at NRS Medical College on 10th June, 2018 IPA Convention, Bhuvaneshwar Odisha – 2nd December 2018. Bi Annual Conference of Pharmacists Association, West Bengal on 23rd December, 2018. Seminar at Department of Chemical Technology – 15th February 2019.

Ganga Sagar Health Camp – 10th – 16th January 2019. – IPA‐Bengal Branch and IPA Bengal Pharma & Health Care Trust jointly this camp. Successfully served around 3655 patients and pilgrims.

Annual Get Together‐ 23rd January 2019 – Annual get together for members and their families organized at Dutta Pukur, 24 Parganas. A variety of events like fun games were arranged.

Name of the Branch Bihar ‐ Patna Membership Status LM= 36; OM = 18; SLM = 0; SM = 31; Total = 85 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President; N.K. Prasad – Vice President; R. Bandyopadhyay‐ Hon. Secretary; Vinay Kumar – joint Secretary; Rakesh Kumar Jha – Treasurer

Major Activities

Memorandum to Hon. Chief Minister of Bihar with a request to open new pharmacy college in Bihar to keep pace with the growing demand of qualified pharmacists in Bihar on 27/04/2018.

Memorandum to Hon. Chief Secretary, Govt. Bihar for implementation of Pharmacy Practice Regulations‐2015 in the state of Bihar on 06/08/2018.

Memorandum to the hon. Minister of Education, Govt. Bihar to conduct all pending B. Pharm exams at the earliest on 11/08/2018

Memorandum to the Hon. Health Minister, Govt. Bihar to include representative of IPA Bihar State Branch in various public health bodies/ committees of the govt. to reflect the views and opinions of pharmacists in designing the plan and program related to public health on 07/02/2019.

World Thalassemia Day –On 10/05/2018, IPA‐Bihar State Branch in association with Indian Red Cross Society organized an awareness program cum blood donation camp in the premise of Leed’s Asian School, Baily Road, Patna. 31 units of blood were collected on that day.

Awareness programs on ‘Responsible use of Medicines Save Live’ was organized at Patna Medical College to create awareness among public about ill effects of self‐medication and also to promote the role of Pharmacist as a healthcare provider on 28/07/2018 & 24/11/2018.

For the development of Skill of Pharmacy students, M. L. Shroff Inter College Quiz competition on 25/08/2018 & 11/03/2019.

Inter College Elocution Competition on the occasion of Pharmacists Day, State level NEC ‐2018 and Online inter college essay competition was organized on 05/11/2018.

On 16/02/2019, IPA‐Sf members took out a protest march against PULWAMA terror attack and donated Rs. 10,000/‐ to CRPF Wife’s Welfare Association and Army Welfare Fund as a tribute to the Martyrs.

Celebration of 57th NPW on 19/11/2018 at MIT, Muzaffarpur; on 22/11/2018 at Govt. Pharmacy Institute, Patna.

Award distribution for Pharmacist of the year (Bihar) and S. Laskar – IPA (Bihar) was organized on 23/11/2018

Name of the Branch Delhi Membership Status LM = 517; OM = 06; SLM = 02; SM = 0; Total = 525 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Dr. Naresh Sharma; Vice President ‐ Mr. Kalhan Bazaz & Dr. Saurabh Arora; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. Gaurav Kumar Jain; Joint Secretary ‐ Dr. Neeraj Kumar; Hon. Treasurer‐ Dr. Rajesh Khanna

Major Activities

14.4.2018 The India – Africa Forum Summit program President of Delhi Branch delivered at talk on Risk Based approach GMP Quality Risk Management at NIPER SAS, Mohali during two week specialized mid‐career training program for drug regulatory official from Africa from 10‐20 April 2018.

27.4.2018 Pharma Tech Expo 2018 Chandigarh Pharma Tech Expo and lab Tech Expo 2019 was exclusively supported by branch. It is an international exhibition on pharmaceutical machineries, formulations nutraceuticals, lab analytical and packaging equipment pharma tech expo show witnessed participation from more than 200 exhibitors where the latest developing technology in the pharma sector across the world had been brought over which was witnessed by over 5000+ visitors from all over India .

30.4.2018 International Delegate Tour SEARPharm and branch has jointly organized pharma education tour of delegation of 25 members of pharma society of Sri Lanka to FDA Bhawan.

28.4.2018 Lecture Dr. Javed Ali, Associate professor at SPER Jamia Hamdard, EC member IPA DB and treasurer IPA hospital pharmacy division delivered invited lectures on Inventory Management in Hospital Pharmacy and Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drug to about 40 practicing hospital and clinical pharmacists at Jaypee, Hospital Noida on 28.4.2018.

15.5.2018 Lecture President Delhi branch delivered the talk on ‘An introduction to national regulatory Authority CDSCO/DCGI substandard and falsified medical products A global view.’ on 15.5.2018.

13.5.2018 Best Performer award The branch honors kalhan bazas, VP IPA‐BD and editor and publisher of the Indian Pharmacist with Best Performer Award 2017 for his outstanding contribution to the branch for last quarter of October to December 2017.

Taiwan ASEAN drug Regulatory symposium President attended 2018 Taiwan ASEAN drug regulatory symposium regulations on Biologics, biosimilars and Vaccines hosted by Taiwan FDA and organized by TFDA National Yang Ming University at Taiwan.

7.10.2018 Health Show The branch appreciates the efforts of Rotary club for their health show organized at GK‐1, New Delhi on 7.10.2018.

Siddharth Malhotra received Best Performer Award of Second Quarter of 2018 on account of important activities. Dr. Myoona Akhtar, Executive council member received Best Performer award of Third Quarter of 2018.

57th National Pharmacy Week (NPW) The branch team led by Dr. Naresh sharma President, of IPADB and Deputy drugs controller, CDSCO, New delhi celebrated 57 NPW themed pharmacists for a healthy india from 18 to 24 November 2018. Appreciation by USFDA USFDA country director india office Dr. Letitia Robinson wrote to President, Delhi branch Dr. Naresh Sharma and Secretary, Delhi branch Dr. Gaurav Jain today on 22.11.2018 during NPW and recognized the important role of 21stcentrury pharmacist for promoting and protecting public health.

Dr. Gaurav Kumar Jain Secretary IPA DB organized a two day national conference on topic Molecular Imaging and Drug delivery 26‐27 March 2018.

Dr. Tanveer Nave, EC Member participated as speaker at National Conference held at IIMT on 20.4.2018. Dr. Sushant Sharma was invited as speaker in indo‐Africian formum summit held on 21.4.2018 at NIPER.

Prof. Farhan Ahmed, Dr. Gaurav Jain in association with Jamia Hamdard as host institute organized Pharma Job fair 2018. 27 pharmaceutical companies participated and recruited more than 150 pharma post graduate. Dr. Naresh Sharma and Dr. Gaurav Jain attended IPA CEC meeting held at Mumbai on 9.6.2018. Dr. Rajesh Agarwal has been nominated and attended industry meet organized by Powtech on 24.8.2018 23.11.2018 Received Best branch award IPA The branch received Best branch award by IPA during IPA award Funciton 2018 and fellow dinner.

25.1.2019 workshop on good clinical practices IPA DSB organized one day training cum worlshop on good clinical practices jointly with GSER at convention center, Jamia Hamdard.

12.1.2019 Pace Program proficient advice on career and education The branch has launched PACE program to provide a roadmap to success by facilitating recruitment into various pharma sectors and guiding pharmacy students. The program was conducted for the 4 career streams. 1. Phamra R & D manufacturing 2. Regulatory affairs 3. Community pharmacy 4. Academics and research

7‐9 January 2019 International conference The branch was actively involved as LOC for conduct of 6th World congress on Nonmedical sciences at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi in collaboration with Jamia Hamdard and university of Delhi.

24.1.2019 Contribution for IPA Building Fund The branch contributed one lakh rupees towards IPA building fund at Mumbai.

Name of the Branch Goa – Panaji Membership Status LM = 252; OM = 04; SLM = 0; SM = 0; Total = 256 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Dr. G. K. Rao – President; Mr. Uday Counto – Vice – President; Mr. Prasad Tamba – Secretary; Mr. Nilesh Amonkar – Joint Secretary; Mr. Ajit Shinkre – Treasurer

Major Activities

Pharmacists Day ‐ 25th September, 2018 On this day, the Goa State Branch arranged Street Play competitions, Short Video making competition and WhatsApp Poster competition. The Chief Guest for the function was Mr. Pravin Sabnis, Founder President of Trainer’s Association Inc. Panaji‐ Goa. The winners of various competitions were awarded by the dignitaries. The event was well attended by community pharmacists, faculty and students. 33

Continuing Education Program: IPA Goa, in collaboration with Goa medical College, held various lectures for the pharmacists across the state. On 5th May, 2018 – a full day CPE program ‘Sanjivani’ was held and was attended by 356 delegates. Another half day CPE was held and attended by 290 delegates.

National Pharmacy Week 2018: Inaugurated on 22nd November at Goa College of Pharmacy by Mrs. Jyoti Sardessai, Director, FDA – Goa. The theme was ‘Pharmacist for a Healthy India’. Keynote address was delivered by Mr. Santosh Fondekar, CEC member, PCI. The meritorious students were awarded on the occasion of week‐long celebrations.

Name of the Branch Gujarat – Ahmedabad Membership Status LM‐ 1010; OM – 10; SLM – 0; SM – 80; Total – 1112 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. J.B. Dave; Vice President ‐ Dr. D.T. Bhrambhatt; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. Praful D. Bharadia; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Dr. Preeti J. Mehta; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Shri Vinitbhai Shah

Major Activities

10th August, 2018 ‐ IPEC‐IPA‐FDCA Conference – Ahmedabad: IPA Gujarat in association with International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council of India (IPEC) and FDCA Gujarat, arranged a seminar on ‘Emerging Role of Excipients in Pharmaceutical Industry’. Eminent persons like Dr. Dave, Kaushik Desai, Subodh Priolkar, Ketan Patel, and H.G. Koshia talked about the IPEC Goal, scientific & regulatory aspects of role of excipients etc. The event was coordinated by Ms. Leena Amanna from IPEC.

22nd December, 2018 – Dr. J.B. Dave attended the 79th Annual General Meeting of IPA in NOIDA, Delhi. He made useful suggestions like observing World Health Day and creating compulsory provision for Hospital Pharmacists with Pharm D/ M.Pharm qualification in large hospitals

22nd February, 2019 – Amendment of IPA – GSB Rules & Bye laws ‐ Rules & Bye laws adopted on 24th March, 2017 were amended on 22nd February, 2019 by incorporation of section 14.3 that provided for appointment of trustees of V.B. Patel Education Trust as per the provision of B.V. Patel Education Trust Deed. IPA State Branch after deliberations in the SEC made recommendations for appointment of 6 trustees of B.V. Patel Education Trust on 18th March, 2019.

22nd February, 2019 – Continuing Pharmacy Education – As per the recommendation of SEC, IPA GSB initiated Continuing Pharmacy Education program to be arranged on last Friday of every month jointly with and at L/M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad. The first program was held on 22nd February 2019, when a lecture on Digital Media & Digital Marketing was given by Founder Director of BoomBox. The second program was held on 29th March, 2019 and lecture on Quality by Design in Production by Dr. Atul Kathariya of Amneal Pharmaceuticals Ahmedabad. Program was coordinated by Mr. Dipak Padia, council member IPA GSB and members of IDMA Gujarat, faculty and students of L/M/College of Pharmacy attended the program.

Name of the Branch Jharkhand – Ranchi Membership Status LM ‐ 75; OM ‐ 14; SM ‐ 53; Total ‐ 142 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. R.N.Gupta; Vice President ‐ Dr. B. N. Sinha; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. M. P. Chopra; Joint secretary ‐ Dr. S. Samantha; Treasurer ‐ Dr. Sujit Kumar

Major Activities

HPD seminar ‐ Career Opportunities of Pharmacists in Hospital pharmacy. Organized by HPD and IPA Jharkhand. Venue ‐ Auditorium of BIT, MESRA Ranchi on 17th April, 2018 for B. Pharm and D. Pharm

IPA Jharkhand State Branch ‐ on 29th March, 2018, a one day seminar cum workshop on ‘Integrated Interdisciplinary Approaches in Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Tuberculosis. 350 participants. Speaker ‐ Dr. Sanjib Bhakta from University of Bikbrek, London.

World Pharmacists Day: Celebrated on 25th September, 2018 at different cities – Dr. R. N. Gupta delivered his address as guest of honor at Ranchi at BITS, Govt. Pharmacy Institute, Bariyatu and Ranchi College of Pharmacy – guest of Honor. Dr. M. P. Chopra was awarded Pharma Achievement Award 2018.

IPA‐Jharkhand and Dept. Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, BITS, MESRA, Ranchi organized two seminars: a. Seminar on ‘Patient Safety Career Opportunity for Pharmacy Graduates’ on 12th September, 2018. The speaker, Dr. S. C. Mandal, Vice president IPA & Chairman RAD was felicitated. b. ‘Patient Safety – Current Scenario and Ways Forward’ organized on 24th September 2018. Dr. Guru Prasad Mohanta, Professor at Annamalai University was the speaker. c. During his visit to Jharkhand branch, Dr. Mohanraj, Secretary, IPA Anantpur local branch, delivered a talk on ‘Clinical Role of Pharmacist’.

National Pharmacy Week: IPA‐Jharkhand State Branch celebrated the 57th NPW at Ranchi. The program was attended by IPA members, faculty members, local pharmacists, drug inspectors and UG & PG Pharmacy students on 21st November, 2018. The theme was ‘Pharmacists for a Healthy India’

State Level National Elocution Competition: Organized on 30th October 2018, at BIT, Mesra, Ranchi. The event was coordinated by Dr. R. N. Gupta. Dr. M. P. Chopra, Dr. S. Samanta and Dr. (Mrs.) T. Bal were the jury members.

Student Public Speaking: A competition for Public Speaking was organized by IPA‐Jharkhand State Branch on 29th August 2018 at BIT, Ranchi. Three prizes were declared. On this occasion, Dr. R. N. Gupta informed the audience about the importance of taking IPA membership.

Quiz Competition: IPA‐Jharkhand State Branch organized a quiz competition. It was divided into preliminary and final rounds. In the final round 8 teams participated. Winners were decided after completing 6 rounds.

IPA Pharma Cup Tournament: IPA‐Jharkhand State Branch arranged a cricket tournament from 20th Feb 2019 to 22nd March 2019. Inauguration by Dr. R. N. Gupta on 20th February 19 and ended on 22nd March 19 by final round played between final year B.Pharm and M.Pharm.

Visit of President IPA Bengal State Branch – Dr. Prabir Banerjee, visited IPA‐Jharkhand State Branch at BIT Ranchi on 10th February 19. He delivered a lecture on Regulatory affairs.

Name of the Branch Karnataka ‐ Bangalore Membership Status LM = 2466; OM = 18; SLM = 0; SM = 132; Total = 2616 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. K.R. Premnath Shenoy; Vice Presidents‐ Sri Amaresh Tumbagi & Dr. D. Narasimha Reddy; Hon. Gen. Secretary‐ Dr. Manjunath P. M; Jt. Secretary‐ Dr. B. Ramesh; Treasurer‐ Sri M. Khalid Ahmed Khan

Major Activities

15th Oct, 2018‐ Pharmacy‐ Avenues in Hospitals at Acharya & B.M. Reddy College of Pharmacy by IPA‐KTK+ IPA‐Peenya local and Acharya & B.M. Reddy College of Pharmacy. 5 sessions conducted on topics Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacists activity in Oncology, PV activity in Hospital, Purchase & Stocking Functions of a Pharmacist, Activities of Karnataka State Pharmacy Council.

21st October, 2018‐ 5K Beat Walkathon ‐ IPA‐KTK+ IPA‐Peenya local and Acharya & B.M. Reddy College of Pharmacy with People Tree Hospital arranged a walkathon to create awareness about Arthritis prevention and rehabilitation. Total 5000 students from various colleges participated.

27th October, 2018 – Vivekananda College of Pharmacy organized a seminar on Continuing Education for Community Pharmacists. The event was sponsored by Healthium Meditech Pvt. Ltd.

57th NPW – Day 1 – 17/11/18 ‐ Treasure Hunt Day 2 – 18/11/18‐ Rangoli Competition & Exhibition, Painting competition Inauguration – S. Chandrasekhar Shetty – VC‐ACU Day 3 – 19/11/19 ‐ Seminar on Recent trends & opportunities in PV; Day 4 – 20/11/18 – Rally on awareness of Antibiotic Resistance Day 5 – 22/11/18 ‐ Debate on theme – Pharmacists for a healthy India Day 6 – 23/11/18‐ Drama – Two adorable losers Day 7 – 24/11/18 ‐ Guest lectures on Introduction to Clinical Data Management, Clinical Trials & Regulatory Affairs overview, Overview of PV and Future Trends in AI and Robotic Process Automation. Valedictory Function ‐ NPW

Name of the Branch Maharashtra – Mumbai Membership Status ALM = 21; IM = 05; LM = 2305; OM = 21; Patr. = 02; SLM = 677; SM = 161; Total = 3192 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Dr. N. Sivaprasad – President; Dr. Anand Shedge & Mr. Satish Shah – Vice Presidents; Mr. Nitin Maniar – Hon. Secretary; Mr. K.G. Gadewar ‐ Hon. Jt. Secretary; Mr. Santosh Ghodinde‐ Treasurer

Major Activities

Promoted IPA membership drive aggressively clubbed with Pharmacist Development Program, which is helpful to bridge the gap between academic and industry needs.

Training on Pharmacist Development Program given by subject matter expert from industry in 30 colleges covering six districts from Maharashtra and 3 local branches, sensitizing 4150 + students & faculty members and submitted 750+ IPA’s student membership and 100 life members.

Successfully established and mobilized student forum having representation from 24 + degree colleges affiliates to Mumbai University and grooming them not only academically but also holistically through various events during Rx‐ social/cultural, technical model making, competitions, poster/oral presentation, indoor/outdoor sports, tracking etc.

Arranged 26 seminars/ workshops for skill development, professional up gradation and entrepreneurship covering 2075 + professionals in association with various professional/industrial associations at various district places.

Promoting to participate in Avishkar, Anveshan, lectures on Gender Sensitization, International Yoga Day, Marathi Bhasha Diwas and various health awareness day celebrations.

Motivating students, practicing pharmacists for National Elocution Competition, webinar by experts and getting good response. Running a premier Pharmacy Institute which falls within the bracket of 25 top pharmacy colleges in the country having good ranking in NIRF, and winner of various awards of AICTE, CII etc.

During NPW, World Pharmacists Day, social awareness campaigns arranged which promoted pharmacist as healthcare expert through activities like: health check‐ups/awareness campaigns‐ hepathon, lectures on rational use of medicines etc. As an ongoing activity, 25 visits cum one day training program arranged at blood banks, community and hospital pharmacy giving exposure to 1250+ budding pharmacists. IPA‐MSB is full‐fledged functional as a state branch replicating IPA’s various divisional chapter and coordinating with respective local branches also. 36

Name of the Branch Odisha ‐ Jeypore Membership Status LM – 280; OM = 04; SLM – 265; SM – 287; Total ‐ 836 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Dr. Shruti Ranjan Mishra; Vice President‐ Dr. Prasanna Kumar Kar; Hon Secretary ‐ Dr. Sujit Kumar Martha; Hon Joint Secretary ‐ Dr. Bhabani Shankar Nayak; Treasurer. Mr. V. V. B. K. Mishra

Major Activities

IPA Annual Convention. 2018 ‐ The 12th Annual Convention of IPA was organized by IPA Jeypore local branch in association with Odisha Pharmacy Intellectual Forum. The dates were 3rd & 4th November, 2018 at Rail Auditorium, Bhubaneswar. The theme was ‘Pharma Vision 2030 ‐ A Roadmap for Profession of Pharmacy. The event was powered by Centre for Pharmaceutical Development & Research (CPDR).

Highlights: Inauguration by Chief Guest Sj. Sashibhushan Behera, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister. Dr. M. Venkateshwarulu Memorial Lecture ‐ presented by Dr. V.G. Somani Drug Controller ‐ CDSCO 4 Scientific sessions were organized, covering various aspects of pharmacy profession.

On the evening of 3rd November, a cultural event was organized.

Date Particulars Venue Highlights 18 ‐ 24 Nov National Rail Auditorium 1. Silent rally for awareness of role of pharmacists in pharmacy week healthcare system. Home t 2. Door to door counselling. Total 103 houses were covered. A blood donation camp ‐ 92 units of blood collected 1st December, World AIDS Day Jeypore College of Interactive session on HIV & AIDS conducted by Dr. Lalit 2018 Pharmacy Mohan Rath CDMPHO, Koraput Rally in nearby villages under guidance of Dr. P. K. Kar, for awareness. 4th World Cancer Jeypore College of Guest lecture on Tobacco & Health by Prof. Narayan Mishra. February,2018 Day Pharmacy 9th March 2018 Swachh Bharat Jeypore College of Ambaguda village was chosen for creating awareness about Aviyan Pharmacy cleanliness and sanitation in relation to good health

Name of the Branch Rajasthan – Jaipur Membership Status ALM = 03; LM = 87; OM = 02; SLM = 0; SM = 0; Total = 92 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Dr. B.P. Nagori; Vice President ‐ Mr. Amit Kumar Choudhary; Hon. Secretary ‐ Ms. Hemlata Dullar; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Ms. Deepa Gupta; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Mr. Manoj Dixit

Major Activities

National Pharmacy Week 2018 celebrations National Pharmacy Week 2018 was celebrated in Rajasthan State with full enthusiasm. IPA RSB office motivated the concerned professionals to celebrate the NPW at college level and also give wide coverage to IPA in the media.

During the week, many activities including quiz competition, debate, poster presentation, just a minute, rallies, exhibition etc. were organized by different pharmacy colleges in Rajasthan, including Lachoo Memorial College of Sc. & 37

Technology, Jodhpur; Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Pharmacy, Jaipur; B.N. University, Udaipur; Swami Keshwanand Institute of Pharmacy, Jaipur; Maharshi

Arvind College of Pharmacy, Jaipur; Maharshi Arvind Institute of Pharmacy, Jaipur; Alwar College of Pharmacy, Alwar; Jaipur National University, Jaipur; Jaipur College of Pharmacy, Jaipur; Shri G.L. Bihani College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sriganganagar.

The events were jointly organized under the auspices of IPA, RSB and Rajasthan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (RPMA), the colleges concerned and well covered by the media. Besides a large number of participating students, the functions were attended by professionals and dignitaries including drug control officials, industrialists, educationalists and media persons. National Elocution Competition 2018 NEC 2018 was organized at different pharmacy colleges and subsequently the State round was organized at Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Pharmacy, Jaipur.

State level activities It is being planned to organize a major state level activity for pharmacy students and also to motivate students to join IPA and subsequently contribute to the growth of the pharmacy profession.

Name of the Branch Telangana ‐ Hyderabad Membership Status AM = 02; IM = 01; LM = 597; OM = 13; SLM = 0; SM = 156; Total = 769 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. B. Prabha Shankar; Vice President ‐ Mr. Harepally Amruth Rao; Hon. Secretary ‐ Mr. K. Ram Prasad Reddy; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Dr. Mrs. Uma Vasi Reddy; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Dr. B. Madhava Reddy

Major Activities

Symposium ‘Present and Future needs of Pharma Industry from Academia and regulatory – an interactive seminar. The branch in coordination with national institute of pharmaceutical education and research NIPER Hyderabad and Pharmexil jointly organized a symposium Present and Future needs of Pharma Industry from Academia and regulatory – an interactive seminar on 30.6.2018 at NIPER Balanagar, Hyderabad. Dr. B. Prabha Shankar president IPA welcomed the guests and mentioned the the main objective of this symposium was bring together the officials Chief Guest Prof. C. K. Kokate former Vice chancellor Kakatiya University and KLE Deemed medical university. Guest of honor, Dr. S. Eswara Reddy, Director Formulations Natco Pharma limited, Dr. Ravi Uday Bhaskar, Director General Pharmaexil, Dr. Shashi Bala Singh, Director NIPER and Sri. T. Kailasam Joint Director Drugs Control Administration Telangana.

National Conference – Innovations in Pharmaceutical Research World Pharmacist Day World pharmacist day celebrations were organized by the branch and co‐organized by G. Pulla Reddy College of pharmacy. Dr. B. Prabha Shankar President welcomed the guest and delegate who made it convenient to join the world pharmacist day celebration on 25.09.2018 followed by lunch at G. Pulla Reddy College of pharmacy Mehdipatnam Hyderabad Dr. B. Prabha Shankar welcomed the guest and students gave message to upcoming pharmacist importance and various opportunities.

National Pharmacy Week – Theme Pharmacist for Healthy India The branch with RBVRR Women College of pharmacy Hyderabad jointed organized a National Pharmacy Week – Theme Pharmacist for Healthy India on 19.11.2018 at RBVRR Women College of pharmacy. Dr. B. Prabha Shankar, President welcomed the Guests and delegates on the dias. Chief guest Sr. C. Gopala Krishnamurthy former Director Drugs Control Administration AP and former President IPA. Keynote address by Dr. P. V. Appaji former Director General Pharmaexil.

National level faculty development – Work shop on Application of cell Culture Techniques in Anti‐Cancer Drugs Discovery The branch and jointly organized by center for Molecular Cancer Research and Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Vishnupur, Arsapur Medak and supported by MHRD Innovation cell Govt. of India and institution Innovation Council VIPER three day work shop on To get knowledge on Application of Mammalian cell 38

Culture Technique in anti‐cancer Drug discovery on 13 to 15.12.2018 in Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research.

Two day national conference Synchropharma – One Revolutionary Drug can change the Landscape of India Pharma Industry and also the world. Sultan‐ul‐Uloom College of pharmacy and Institution Innovation Council MHRD innovation cell, Govt. of India in association with the branch conducted Two day national conference Synchropharma – One Revolutionary Drug can change the Landscape of India Pharma Industry and also the world on 1 to 2.02.2019 in the conference. Prof. B. Suresh addressing the inaugural day two day national conference synchropharma 2019 as the Chief Guest Prof. B. Suresh and pharmacist can play an important troll in reducing health expenditure on patients by becoming super specialist. Pharmaceutical stalwarts including former president of IPA including Dr. Rao Vadla Mudi, Dr. J. A. S. J. Giri, Dr. B. Suresh and former vice president Prof. T. V. Narayana adorned the inaugural event. Speaking on the occasion president of IPA prof. T. V. Narayana said by 2020 India is going to be the pharmacy of the world exporting a major chunk of the world pharmacy needs. Indian pharmacy industry will be an estimated $ 55b business by 2020 with exports of over $ 19b.

Three day work shop on Recent Trends in formulation Design and Bio analytical estimations. The branch and RBVRR women’s college of pharmacy jointly organized a Three day work shop on Recent Trends in formulation Design and Bio analytical estimations on 28‐30.03.2019.

The following guest lectures were organized in the 2 days program. - Career opportunities in pharmacy by Dr. T.V. Narayana - Drug discovery and development by Dr. Rao V.S. V. Vadlamudi - Statistical optimization techniques in formulation design by Prof. G. Girija Sankar Andhra Pradesh. - Pharmacokinetic parameters and their application in formulations design by Prof. K. P. R. Chowdary, AP - Recent advances in Bio‐analysis by Dr. Gopalkrishnan Vaidyanathan. - Bio‐analytical method validation using LC‐Ms/ Ms system and its application by Mr. M. Rambabu General Manager Piramal pharma Ltd., - Dr. S. S. Apte, vice president formulations R & D Natco Phamra Ltd

Name of the Branch Tamilnadu ‐ Chennai Membership Status LM = 843; OM = 01; SLM = 27; SM = 637; Total = 1512 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President; Mr. J. jayseelan – Vice President; Mr. T. Sathish ‐ Hon. Secretary; Mr. K. Pandiyan – joint Secretary; Mr. Rajesh H. Bhandari – Treasurer

Major Activities

Pharmacist Day Celebration, IPA TN State Branch The world Pharmacist Day was celebrated on 25th September 2018. The theme for this year is “Pharmacists: Your Medicine Experts”. About the theme an advertisement published Times of India and Maalai Malar New paper.

National Pharmacy Week Celebration – IPA TN Branch The 57th National Pharmacy Week (NPW) was celebrated from 18th to 24th November, 2018 The theme selected for this year is: “Pharmacists for a Healthy India”.

Workshop on Good Manufacturing Practices and Updates in Pharmaceutical Industry A 3 day’s workshop was organized for the Pharmacy college faculties in Southern region of Tamilnadu from 22nd to 24th December 2018 by The Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University in association with IPA TNSB & IDMA TNPKSB. The inauguration program was held on 22nd December 2018 at University Senate Hall, Presided by Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Geethalakshmi & Chief Guest IPA President Dr. S. Manivannan. Followed by the inauguration, lectures delivered by industry experts and one day industrial visit arranged for them.

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As a part of National Pharmacy Week Celebrations, this year conducted the different activity, Seminar on Drug Administration & Drug Interactions was Conducted by IPA Tamil Nadu State Branch. Seminar was conducted on 22nd December 2018, Jointly with Apollo Hospitals. After noon conducted another programme in Global Hospital.

On 23rd December 2018 – Seminar was conducted IPA, TNSB jointly with KK College of Pharmacy at Vijaya Hospital, and followed by afternoon ACS Medical College & Hospital, Velappanchavadi, Chennai The above all the programme lecture given by Dr. S. Sriram Professor & Head Pharmacy Practice, Ramakrishna Hospital’s Coimbatore was the Speaker.

National Pharmacy Week Celebration ‐ Valedictory 57th National Pharmacy Week Celebration valedictory function was organized on 4thJanuary 2019 at 4.00 PM at TN Rajarathinam Pillai Muthamizh Peravai Hall, Chennai, Thiru. K. Pandiarajan, Minister for Tamil official Language and Tamil Culture, Govt of Tamilnadu, Chief Guest of the function. Mr. J. Jayaseelan, Vice President, addressed the gathering on the theme “Pharmacists for a Healthy India”. Thiru. K. Pandiarajan, addressed the audience & students with his intellectual & astonishing way of delivering his talk with pharma instances & Pharma examples.

“Best Pharmacist Award” instituted by TN IPA & sponsored by M/s. Lalchand Bhimraj, Chennai, this year was awarded to Mr. J. Jayaseelan, Vice President, IPA TNSB, Vice President, Industry division, IPA Mumbai for the dedicated service to the profession of Pharmacy & for his untiring efforts in uplifting the industry & academia of Pharma.

Tamilnadu Pharmaceutical Sciences Welfare Trust, institutes various awards to the Pharmacy graduates as well to students and the same were distributed during the function. The awards were ‐ M. Pharm / Pharm D Scholarship, B. Pharm Essay Competition, sponsored by M/s. Pharm Products Pvt. Ltd., Thanjavur and University Merit award to B. Pharm students sponsored by M/s. Fourrts India Labs Pvt Ltd, Chennai. The function concluded by vote of thanks by Mr. T. Sathish, Secretary, IPA TN Branch

Regulatory Seminar: The Indian Pharmaceutical Association, TN Branch, Industrial Division, Mumbai organized a regulatory seminar on 27th march 2019 at Hotel Hablis, Gunidy, Chennai. Thiru. K. Sivabalan, Director of Drugs Control, was the chief Guest of the function. The Speakers are Mr. S. Murali, General Manager, KMS Health Centre, Chennai & Dr. J. Vijay Venkatraman, MD & CEO, Oviya Medsafe, Coimbatore

Name of the Branch Uttarakhand – Dehradun Membership Status LM = 41; OM = 01; SLM = 0; SM = 3; Total = 45 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Prof. (Dr.) N. V. Satheesh Madhav – President; Prof. Preeti Kothiyal – Vice President; Dr. Vijay Juyal – Secretary; Mr. Vijay Singh Rana – Joint Secretary; Prof. Urmi Chaurasia – Treasurer

Major Activities

World Pharmacist Day 25th September 2018. DIT University‐ Faculty of Pharmacy in association with UK IPA State Branch and Arogya club celebrated the World Pharmacist Day 25th September 2018 on the theme ‘Pharmacists: Your Medicine Experts’. The uniqueness of the program lied in serving the community directly by the faculty, students and members. Food packets, snacks, juices (packed), medicines, monetary help were offered to the people in the following places: a. Doon Hospital – male, female & Emergency ward b. Orphanage – near Bindal c. Schools – GIC inder Baba Marg. – distributed copies and pens. d. Old Age home – Dalanwala e. Poor people in the nearby areas.

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The program brought smiles on the faces of patients and the needy.

National Pharmacy Week – (19th to 25th November, 2018. DIT University – Faculty of Pharmacy celebrated 57th NPW On this occasion, Dr. N.V. Satheesh Madhav and all faculty members and staff participated in various activities. a. The event started with a vision to serve and help the needy people by distributing food packets and fruit juice to patients at DOON Hospital. b. The team met the Medical Superintendent of Doon Hospital and extended financial support to meet the medicine expenses of needy poor patients. c. On this special day, the fellow pharmacists of nearby medical stores, were requested to offer special discount on medicines to help the needy. d. On 24th November, 2018, a team of faculty of Pharmacy visited the orphanage and sponsored one day breakfast. e. Pharmacists also spread awareness of Dengue among the public and distributed 200 prescription files. f. Same day fruits and medicines were distributed in an old age home.

Activities of Local Branches

Name of the Branch Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh Membership Status LM – 62; OM – 01; SLM – 0; SM – 04; Total ‐ 63 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. D. Ranganayakulu; Vice President ‐ Dr. C.K. Ashok Kumar; Hon. Secretary ‐ Prof. Nagaraju; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Dr. P. Subramanyam & Mr. K. Anil Kumar; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Dr. M. Niranjan Babu

Major Activities

25.9.2018 – In association with Drug Control Administration, Tirupati, we celebrated the world pharmacist day with the theme of Pharmacists – Your medicines Expert. The pharmacists in different sectors were felicitated for their remarkable services to the profession. Palm plates were distributed to the out patients in SVIMS and SVVRRGG Hospital, Tirupati and educated the safe usage of medications.

14.11.2018 – World Diabetics Day The branch in association with Lions club, Tirupati a medical camp was conducted on the world diabetic’s day. The aim of conducting this medical camp was to know the health conditions of villagers and support them in the various health related issues. The tests like BP BGL and BMI were also conducted in their camp 250 villagers availed our services in the camp. Mandlapudi villages Sarpanch, Sri Venkata Ramana garu provided lunch for our volunteers.

25.3.2019 – Health Awareness camp A health awareness camp was conducted in our adopted village Mundlapudi by all our volunteers. During the rally, pamphlets about health awareness were distributed to the villagers.

Name of the Branch Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Membership Status AM – 01; LM – 49; OM – 01; SLM – 09l; SM – 73; Total ‐133 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Prof. D.G. Sankar; Vice President ‐ Prof. K.V. Ramana Murthy; Hon. Secretary & Treasurer ‐ Dr. K. Eswar Kumar; Hon. Joint Secretary‐ Dr. A.K.M. Pawar

Major Activities

IPA‐Vishakhapatnam branch jointly with AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences organized a rally on the occasion of World Pharmacists Day on 25th September, 2018. From AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences to King George Hospital.

56th National Pharmacy Week 2018: IPA‐Vishakhapatnam branch jointly with AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences conducted Diabetes Screening Camp on 1st December at GMVC Park and on 2nd December at Registrar Office and AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

The institutional round of Devinder Pal National Elocution Competition was organized on 10th October, 2018 in the Mini Gallery of Annex building of AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

A National Seminar on ‘Recent Advances in Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Life Processes (RACPL) was organized by Andhra University in association with IPA‐Vishakhapatnam branch on 13th to 15th July , 2019.

Name of the Branch Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh Membership Status LM – 88; IM – 1; SLM – 07; SM – 39; Total ‐135 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. K.P.R. Chowdary ; Vice President ‐ Prof. M. Dhanaraj & Dr. S. Muralidhar; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. G. Sumalatha; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Dr. B. Madhu Harika & Dr. S. Ramachandran; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Mr. B.V. B. Balaji

Major Activities

15.4.2018 Felicitation to Dr. T. V. Narayana The branch in association with all the east and west Godavari Pharmacy college managements and staff felicitated Dr. T. V. Narayana on being elected unanimously as 36th IPA President at LA Hospin Hotel, Rajamundry.

21.6.2018 International Yoga Day The branch conducted yoga on the eve of international day of yoga on 21.6.2018 from 10.30 to 12.30 at Vikas institute of pharmaceutical sciences.

2nd ‐4th July 2018 – Three days’ workshop on current aspects and orientation on pharma industry. ‐ A three day workshop on current aspects and orientation on pharma industry was organized by branch in association with Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science from 2‐4th July 2018.

12.7.2018 Dental Camp The branch in association with NSS unit of Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science organized a camp on dental checkup on the college premises on 12.7.2018. The dental checkup was done by Prof. Dr. Vishwaprakash Shetty from KLE LENORA institute of dental sciences Rajahmundry.

16.7.2018 Mega Blood Donation Camp The branch in association with Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science organized a blood donation camp in collaboration with blood bank of Rajahmundry government hospital, on 16.7.2018. The camp being at 10.000 am with short inaugural function where in Dr. Suhasini and her five mebers team was given a floral welcome.

25.8.2018 Relief fund for kerala flood victims The branch in collaboration with Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science collected the money from various people for the purpose of helping in KERALA and KODAGU flood affected areas. 16 students participated in the activity on 25.8.2018.

25.9.2018 World Pharmacist Day World Pharmacist Day was celebrated on 25.9.2018 with tremendous joy by all staff and students of Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science in association with IPA local branch. The theme of world pharmacist day 2018 is pharmacists your medicines experts.

13.10.2018 – Dengue Awareness Program Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science students took out rally in association with branch and created awareness among the common public on dengue and other viral fevers in Gummuluru village on 13.10.2018. The rally was flagged off by Dr. G. Sumalatha branch Secretary.

18‐25th November 2018‐ 57th National Pharmacy Week (NPW) IPA has been celebrated NPW every year during the first week of November. The branch in association with Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science celebrated NPW with great zeal and enthusiasm. The theme for this year as pharmacists for healthy India.

25.1.2019 – Awareness Rally On National Voters Day Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science conducted an awareness rally on voters day on 25.1.2019 in and around village. The theme for this year was ‘No voter to be left behind’ and also informed all the young people to enroll themselves as voters. 43

26.1.2019 Republic Day Celebrations. Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science and local branch celebrated 69th Republic day in the campus. T. Ch Subba Rao, Chairman Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science hoisted the national flag.

16‐17 February 2019 – National IPA Student Congress The 10th National IPA congress was hosted by local branch which was organized at Vikas Institute of pharmaceutical science during 16‐17 February 2019 with the theme need based education changes envisaged. In the two day mega program many events such as oral presentation, dispensing event, innovation ideas event patient counseling event dance completion poster presented were conducted. The congress was inaugurated by Dr. B. Suresh, President, Pharmacy Council of India and vice chancellor JSS University.

Name of the Branch Lam, Andhra Pradesh Membership Status LM – 63; OM – 0; SLM – 0; SM – 35; Total ‐ 98 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. N. Rama Rao; Vice President ‐ Mr. B. Valli Manalan; Hon. Secretary ‐ Mr. S.S. Mani Kiran; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Mr. V. Pradeep Kumar

Major Activities

28.2.2019: An outreach activity on ‘’Health awareness and medicine’ – 110 visitors availed services rendered by IPA Lam branch to the rural residents of Lam.

11.1.2019: An outreach activity on ‘’Health awareness and medicine’ – 35 IPA student volunteers imparted counseling on medication. 107 visitors from rural residents of Tatireddy, Palem attended the program.

28.12.2018: An extempore contest on Patient Safety organized by branch. 8 students participated.

20.11.2018: 57th National Pharmacy week: Essay writing competition on theme ‘Pharmacist – Your Medicine Expert’. 42 students participated. Debate on ‘Pharmacist for Health India’ ‐ 30 students participated.

19.11.2018: 500 Pharmacist participated in an oath swearing program organized by branch

25.9.2018: On the occasion of World Pharmacist Day, the branch conducted state level elocution contest at Chalapathi Institute of pharmaceutical Sciences, Guntur. 254 students from all over the state actively.

Name of the Branch Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh Membership Status LM – 61; OM – 13; SLM – nil; SM – 4; Total ‐ 78 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. P. Ramalingam; Vice‐President‐ Mrs. K. Varalakshmi Devi; Hon. Gen. Secretary‐ Dr. Mohanraj Rathinavelu; Joint Secretary‐ Dr. KVV . Bhadrappa, Treasurer‐ Dr. B. Srinath

Major Activities

IPA – Anantpuramu Local Branch in association with the NSS unit of Raghavendra Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Sciences (RIPER) organized the following regular programs in the year 2018‐2019.

14th May, 2018: Fire Training Program: 550 students participated, learned the firefighting and life saving techniques

14th May, 2018: Blood Donation Camp: At RDT Hospital Bathalapalli, arranged a blood donation camp. Nearly 150 volunteers &students donated blood. 44

21st June, 2018: International Yoga Day ‐ Mr. Kishore from Vivekananda Yoga Kendram trained more than 250 students, volunteers and faculty on the occasion of IYD.

1st August, 2018: Medical Garden Maintenance ‐ Associate Professor Dr. Dr. K.V. Veerbhadrappa talked about importance of medicinal plants, their names, biological sources, uses, family of all plants.

8th August, 2018: Anti‐Ragging Program at RIPER‐ Laws & Punishment related to ragging were explained to about 540 6 students by Sub inspector Mr. Suresh

15th August, 2018: Independence Day ‐ IPA‐Anantpura in association with NSS Unit of RIPER, hoisted the Flag on the occasion of Independence Day and undertook mass Cleaning Drive under the Swacha Bharat Program. More than 350 students, non‐teaching staff and faculty took part in cleaning the campus.

5th September, 2018: Teacher’s Day ‐ IPA‐Anantpura in association with NSS Unit of RIPER celebrated the teacher’s day by organizing various games. The winners were felicitated with mementos. The teachers shared their experience and happiness being a teacher.

24th September, 2018: NSS Founders Day ‐ IPA‐Anantpura in association with NSS Unit of RIPER celebrate this day every year. Under the guidance of NSS Program officer, students and faculty took the NSS oath.

25th September, 2018: World Pharmacists Day ‐ IPA‐Anantpura in association with RIPER, S.K. University Pharmacy College and Balaji College of Pharmacy, together celebrated the WPD 2018. Essay and quiz competition on medicine usage and drug resistance were conducted.

Other programs like National Adventure Training at Dharamsala; NSS Golden Jubilee at JNTUA; Youth Festival – College and University level and Women’s day were also celebrated by IPA‐Anantpura Branch in association with various colleges.

Apart from the regular programs mentioned, certain special programs as listed under, were organized between 15th to 21st December 2018:

1. Road Safety Awareness Program 2. Pollution – weapon of mass destruction campaign 3. Mosquito awareness & Mushroom cultivation program 4. Swatch Bharat Program 5. Water Harvesting Program 6. Importance of Technology and Household Waste Management Campaign 7. Awareness on First‐Aid. 8. Awareness on Anemia, HIV and Arthritis 9. Mass Plantation 10. Awareness program on Diabetes, Hypertension, Smoking & Alcohol Abuse. 11. Immunization Awareness Campaign.

Conferences/Seminar/Workshop/Symposium organized

9th National Conference on Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome research by ISPOR on 20th &21st July 2018. IPA‐ Anantpura and IPA‐HPD along with ISPOR and RIPER were involved in organizing the conference.

PCI sponsored CEP on ‘Translation Models in Teaching and Research – A way to build Socially Sensible Pharmacists’ was organized by RIPER from 10 ‐12 August, 2018.

National Conference on Drug Resistance – Challenges in Drug Discovery was organized by Royal Society of Chemistry Deccan Section in association with IPA – Anantpur Branch at RIPER on 27th October, 2018

National Conference on Dynamics of Innovations and Intellectual Property Rights organized by RIPER and IPA‐ Anantapura Branch on 19th & 20th November, 2018.

CEP on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) organized by IPA‐Anatapura HO at RIPER in association with Rural Development Trust (RDT) Hospitals organized this for students.

Name of the Branch Enikapedu, Andhra Pradesh Membership Status LM – 104; OM – 03; SLM – 0; SM – 0; Total ‐ 104 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Dr. K. Padmalatha; Vice President – Mrs. D. Santhi Krupa; Secretary – Mr. A. Jaya Ram Reddy; Treasurer ‐ Mr. S. Venkateswar Rao

Major Activities

28.4.2018 & 29.4.2018 – Third convention of the Indian College of Pharmacy, Indian Congress of pharma practice 2018, Novotel Hyderabad convention Centre, along with Dr. N. Pratibha, Dr. M. Tabitha Sharon attended the conference.

2.5.2018 – Seminar on Mind Assessment conducted in the college seminar hall by IMEI International Mind Education Institution, Korea in association with CRESIHRD, Center for research and education in social integration and human resources development, Hyderabad.

4.6.2018 to 9.6.2018 – AICTE sponsored faculty development programme essential for novice undergraduate and graduate faculty in pharmacy and it was attended by Dr. Pratibha, Dr. M. Tabitha, Ms. D. Prasanna at vignaan college of pharmacy, Guntur.

8.6.2018 & 9.6.2018 – Faculty development progamme on Blue Print on Personal and Professional Excellence conducted at SRKIT, Enikepadu Vijayawada. Resource person was Sri. A. Mallesh and IPA members and other members of faculty of VIPW attended.

13.6.2018 – Guest lecture on introduction to Rx pharmacy – Development of website or generic medicine in the college seminar hall. Mr. Satish Nagalla was the resource person and it was attended by IPA members of faculty and students.

21.6.2018 – International yoga day was celebrated and the trainer Ms. Ch. Siva Jyothi guided the IPA students of B. Pharm and Pharm. D. to perform yogaasanas according to the common protocol issued by the government of India.

23.6.2018 to 31.7.2018 – As part of community service, Swachh Bharat Summer Intership program was taken up as per the instructions of UGC in association with MHRD.

3.7.2018 to 4.7.2018 – Workshop was attended by IPA members of faculty Mr. A. Jaya Rami Reddy, Mr. Y. Naveen, Dr. N. Pratibha and Dr. M. Tabitha Sharon at NIPS College, Narasaraopet.

12.7.2018 – Seminar on Branded Drugs – Generic Drugs at Krishna University, Nuziveedu campus was attended by IPA members of faculty.

1.8.2018 to 15.8.2018 – Swachhta Pakhwada progamme was carried out in the college campus. Swachhta shapath was followed by cleaning of the campus by IPA student members and competitions in essay writing and drawing elocution were conducted for students.

13.8.2018 – Guest lecture on foreign study opportunities was organized in the college seminar hall. Resource person was Mr. A. V. S. Sekhar, Aishwarya Educational consultants, Vijayawada and IPA members of faculty.

31.8.2018 – Guest lecture on eye donation Dr. Kola vijaya sekhar, Professor of Ophthalmology, Guntur government medical college was the resource person and it was attended by IPA members of faculty and student members. 46

7.9.2018 – National seminar on Pharmaceutical Advances in science and technology was organized in the college seminar hall. Resources person were Dr. Suresh V. Chennupati, APP Ethiopian International Branch Wollega. University.

18.9.2018 ‐ Guest lecture on First AID – The life aid was organized in the college seminar hall. Resources person Dr. Kola Vijaya Sekhar, Secretary St John Ambulance association Vijayawada.

20.9.2018 – Jnanabheri, a government programme at Indira Gandhi Municipal stadium, Vijayawada was attended by IPA members of faculty. The college arranged a first aid stall which helped the visitors, participants and the workers.

25.9.2018 – World pharmacist day was celebrated in the college seminar hall. Chief guest was Sri. P. V. Rami Reddy, M. D. Raven Care Remedies, Vijayawada and guest of honour was Dr. Jagannath Rao, Personality development Trainer, Bengaluru.

28.9.2018 – Personality development programme Dr. Jagannath Rao personality development trainer, Bengaluru was organized in the college seminar hall students and I and II B. Pharmacy and IPA members of faculty

1.10.2018 – Awareness programme on Depression was organized in the college seminar hall students of SPARSH student organization of Pinnamaneni Siddharth Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Vijayawada IPA members of faculty

2.10.2018 – IPA student members participated in the health camp in association with Lions club health camp was organized at Mogguluru in Kanchikacharla Mandala.

6.10.2018 – As part of pink challenge awareness programme on join hands to fight breast cancer was organized in the college seminar hall. IPA members of faculty of Pharm D created awareness through their power point about the reasons, self‐examination techniques and mammograph test and other issues related with breast cancer.

18.11.2018 – 24.11.2018 – as part of national pharmacy week celebration talk was given by Dr. T. Uma consultant Gynecologist Sentini hospital Vijayawada on health and adolescent girls.

24.11.2018 – Fire safety awareness session by Sri. Johnson Vijayawada was organized for IPA members of faculty and students.

28.11.2018 – one health camp was organized at Pedaparupudi in association with Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva, Krishna District, Aarogya Deepthi and under the guidance of Smt. Gadde Anuradha Chair person, ZP Krishna District. IPA members of faculty and students.

1.12.2018 – World aids day was observed guest talks were delivered by Dr. K. S. Sudhakar, MO Art center APSACS, Vijayawada.

7.12.2018 – Health camp was organized at Bapulapadu in association with Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Krishna District Aarogya Deepthi and under the guidance of Smt. Gadde Anuradha, Chair Person ZP Krishna district.

15.12.2018 – Health camp was organized at Jaggayyapeta in association with Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva, Krishna district aarogya Deepthi and under the guidance of Smt. Gadde Anuradha , Chairperson ZP Krishna District IPA members of faculty.

16.12.2018 – 24.12.2018 ‐ IPA members of faculty and students along with other staff and a total 111 participated in the 70th IPC organized at Amity University.

22.12.2018 – Health camp was organized at Agiripalle and Pedaparupudi in association with Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Krishna District.

4.1.2019 to 11.1.2019 – Jammabhumi – Maa ooru programme was organized by government officials of Enikepadu panchayat, Vijayawada rural. IPA members of faculty participated in the cultural program and participated in the medical camp, veterinary camp organized by the college.

16 to 17.2.2019 – IPA members and other students a total number of 116 participated in the 10th national IPASF organized at VIPS College, Rajahmundry.

Name of the Branch Guwahati, Assam Membership Status LM – 50; OM – 03; SLM – 115; SM – 0; Total ‐168 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Dr. Suvakanta Dash; Vice President ‐ Mrs. Sukirti Das; Secretary ‐ Dr. Bhanu Pratap Sahu; Joint Secretary ‐ Dr. Bhupen Kalita; Treasurer ‐ Mr. Jiban Debnath

Major Activities

25.10.2018 – General meeting help at GIPS Guwahati. A resolution was taken to organize a quiz completion. Also it was resolved that the president and Joint Secretary would receive the outstanding local branch award 2018 in IPC at Amity University.

9‐10th March 2018 – The branch supported the National Pharmacist Convention held on 9‐10th March 2019 on Guwahati by providing financial contribution of Rs. 50000/‐.

22.5.2019 – A General meeting held at GIPS Guwahati. The executive committee of the branch was reconstituted in the general meeting and new members list with minutes of meeting forwarded to IPA Central Executive committee for approval.

Name of the Branch Vadodara, Gujarat Membership Status LM – 228; OM – 10; SLM – 0; SM – 2; Total ‐ 241 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President‐J. Ramnivas; Vice President – Dr. U.M. Upadhyay & Jignasa Oza; Secretary – Ashwin Vyas; Joint Secretary – Hema Desai; Treasurer – Dr. Vina Shah

Major Activities

25‐27 Jan, 2019: Pharmacy Awareness Program – One to one personal explanation about rational use of medicines, water and air borne diseases and their prevention etc. to about 500 people at Bal Mela Stall, Kamatibaug, by audiovisual techniques was done by students of Sigma Institute of Pharmacy in association with IPA – Vadodara.

27th April, 2019: CPE no. 5: Topic: Quality Risk Management in Pharmaceutical Industry. Speaker: J. Ramnivas; Venue; Karelibaug.

30th March, 2019: CPE no. 4: Topic: Disintegration and Dissolution test as per IP. Speaker: Jignasa Oza; Venue: Karelibaug.

29th Dec. 2018: CPE no. 3 Topic: DMF filing Requirements for regulated Markets. Speaker: J. Ramnivas. Venue: Karelibaug.

8th Dec., 2018: CPE no. 2 Topic: Out of Specification OOS. Speaker: Jignasa Oza; Venue: Karelibaug.

15th Sept. 2018: CPE no. 1 Topic: Good Chromatographic Practices for Regulatory Compliance. Venue: Karelibaug.

Executive Committee Meetings – 5 meetings were conducted during the year 2018 ‐2019. Library: The branch did not purchase any new books during 2018 ‐2019. Total number of books is 90. 48

Name of the Branch Anand, Gujarat Membership Status LM = 46; OM = 03; SLM = 115; SM = 69; Total ‐ 115 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President‐ Mr. K.M. Panchal; Vice President ‐ Dr. U.M. Upadhyay & Mr. J. Ramnivas; Secretary ‐ Ms. Jignasa N. Oza; Joint Secretary ‐ Mr. Ashwin C. Vyas; Treasurer ‐ Dr. Mrs. Bina Shah

Major Activities

Guest lecture organized by Dr. Vinod Burade, Sun Pharma Industries ltd., Vadodara The branch and Anand Pharmacy College had organized a guest lecture on 27.7.2018 on the topic recent trends in preclinical screening of anticancer drugs. The talk was delivered by Dr. Vinod Burade from Sun Pharma Ltd., Vadodara. Cancer as a disease has not been comprehensively defeated and remains a massive challenge for future generations of researchers.

National Pharmacy week celebration 2018 The branch celebrated national pharmacy week on 30.7.2018 at Anand Pharmacy college campus on the theme of Pharmacists for a healthy India. Every year the IPA celebrates the national pharmacy week all over India in the third week of November. IPA has been recommending that the activities and celebrations based on the theme should continue the whole year round, with enthusiasm and zeal. This will help us to give more time to our efforts, and also sustain it round the year. The theme was pharmacists for a healthy India. Total 192 students have actively participated in different events and the whole national pharmacy week was coordinated by Dr. Veena Patel, associate professor, under guidance of Dr. Tejal Gandhi, Principal Smt. Jyotsana ben Patel, Hon. Secretary, Shri. Ramakrishna Seva Mandal had congratulate all team members and students for active participation in events. Following events were organized during national pharmacy week. Each event was judged by two judges. Elocution, poem, pharmacy debate, pharma rangoli, pharma wod, phamrtoon, cross word.

Free women health check‐up and awareness camp at Fangani village. Fangani is a village in Petlad taluka in Anand District of Gujarat. It is located 17 km towards west from district headquarters Anand. The branch with Shri. Krishna hospital, Karamsad had organized free women health checkup and awareness camp a Fangani village on 31.7.2018 and 1.8.2018. It aims to spread awareness about health and hygiene amongst women, address various health problems faced by them along with early detection and prevention. Extension program SPARSH is run by Shri. Krishna Hospital with the aim to spread awareness about breast and cervical cancer and free primary checkup in remote areas. Expert consultation was offered by Dr. Rachna R. Sharma, Assistant medical officer, Shri Krishna Hospital. Students of Anand Pharmacy College had performed play and had spread breast cancer awareness through poster presentation in vernacular language.

Guest lecture organized by Mr. Pranav Pandya, Sun Pharma Industries Ltd., Vadodara Anand Pharmacy College with the branch had organized a guest lecture on 4.8.2018 on the topic challenges and key aspects of regulatory submission. The talk was delivered by Mr. Pranav Pandya, Senior manager Sun Pharma Industries Ltd., Vadodara. A regulatory authority is usually established for administrative control. To protect public health, governments need to approve comprehensive laws and regulations and to establish effective national regulatory authorities to ensure that the manufacture, trade and use of medicines are regulated appropriately.

Pharmacy Awareness Program in school Students of Second Year B. Pharm. Pranay Patel, Miral Shah, Vikas Shah and Jainil Thakkar gave slide presentation on pharmacists your medicine expert at D. N. Higher secondary School Anand, Various aspects were covered in awareness program like what is pharmacy? Know your pharmacist, self‐medication, consequences of irresponsible use of medicines, Tips on taking medicines, medicines and children etc. Total 113 students of 12th standard were beneficiaries of the awareness program.

World pharmacist day celebration With the aim to encourage activities that promote and advocate for the role of the pharmacist in improving health in every corner of the world, the branch and Anand pharmacy college celebrated world pharmacist day on 25.9.2018. First Year B. Pharm had performed street play on theme pharmacists your medicine expert at Kanjari village of Kheda Dist. Students enlightened that pharmacists are a trusted source of knowledge and advice for patients through skit performance. Further they explained about quality, performance and regulation of approved generic medicines, how generic medicines differ from branded medicines by poster presentation to general public. They walked in street of kanjari village with slogan your pharmacists a partner for good health and holding different flash cards that highlighted role of pharmacists. Mr. Devang Tandel, Ms. Janki Patel and Mr. Shreyas Divakar accompanied students during awareness program at Kanjari village.

IPA Devinder Pal national elocution competition 2018 (NEC)– Preliminary Round. The NEC 2018 preliminary round was organized at Anand Pharmacy College on 1.10.2018 the topic for preliminary round of the NEC 2018 was pharmacists for a healthy India. Total 5 students participated in the event. Event was judged by Dr. Sarika Kohari, Ms. Hiteksha Panchal, Ms. Jigisha Patel, Assistant Professor, Anand Pharmacy College. Each students were given total 8 minute time for their speech with warning bell after 6 minutes.

IPA Devinder Pal National Elocution Competition (NEC) 2018 – State Round. Anand Pharmacy College with branch organized state round of NEC 2018 on 3.11.2018 at Anand Pharmacy College. Dr. Tejal Gandhi, Principal Anand Pharmacy College was coordinator of the state round competition. Event was inaugurated by prayer, lamp lightning and SRKSM song. Total 10 studnets of different college of Gujarat state were presented their speech for state round competition on the topic pharmacists are your medicines experts. Evaluators were distinguished personalities from industry and academia. Participants were given a code during registration and their identity was kept confidential during elocution competition. Each students were given total 8 minutes time for their speech with warning bell after 6 minutes.

Guest lecture organized by Shri. Ketan Naik, Executive Director, Astral Steritech Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara. The branch and Anand Pharmacy College had organized a guest lecture on 3.11.2018 on the topic basic for strategic approach to career planning. Strategic career planning is essential for career development as it can help ensure that one remain focused. The talk was delivered by Shri. Ketan Naik, Executive Director, Astral Steritech Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara.

Guest lecture organized by Mr. Sudhan Marathe, Senior Director, Pfizer Global. The branch in association with Anand Pharmacy College had organized a guest lecture on 2.1.2019 on the topic scale up and technology transfer. The goal to technology transfer activities is to transfer product and process knowledge between development and manufacturing, and within or between manufacturing sites to achieve product realization. The talk was delivered by Mr. Sudhan Marathe, Senior Director, Pfizer Global. He highlighted to the students regard past, current and future aspects of process development, scale up and technology transfer in commercial manufacturing of pharmaceutical dosage form.

Awareness camp on rational use of Medicine at Mogar Village. Awareness camp on rational use of medicine was organized by IPA CPD, IPA local branch with Anand Pharmacy College at mogar village on 19.12.2018. Objective of the camp was to aware villagers regarding rational use of antibiotics. Students explained how generic medicines differ from branded medicines by poster presentation. They approach one to one basis in village and explain them about objective of the awareness camp. Awareness camp was coordinated by Mr. Shreyas Dvakar under guidance of Dr. Veena Patel, Hon. Secretary, branch and Dr. Tejal Gandhi, President Branch.

Free medical health checkup camp at Mogar village. A free medical health checkup was organized by local branch and Anand Pharmacy College in association with Anand homeopathic hospital on 2.12.2018 at mogar village where around 65 patients were examined. Free physical examination along with blood sugar and BMI were carried out by team of homeopathic doctors and student volunteers of Anand Pharmacy College. Doctors advised them various medicines and consultation during the camp. Students had counsel them regarding diet, exercise weight control in diabetes by poster presentation.

Camp was successfully organized under guidance of Dr. Tejal Gandhi, Principal Anand Pharmacy College and it was coordinated by Dr. Veen Patel associate professor, Anand Pharmacy College. During camp Dr. Hiteksha Panchal and Mr. Shreyas Divakar, Assistant Professor APC accompanied and guided student volunteers.

Guest lecture organized by Mr. Shiv Rathod, Associate Professor the M. S. University, Vadodara. The local branch and Anand Pharmacy College organized guest lecture on understanding the benefits and risks of some essential drugs on 2.2.2019. lecture was delivered by Dr. Shiv Rathod Associate Professor faculty of pharmacy the M S. University Vadodara focused on the clearn understanding fo the benefits and risks of medicines, side effects caused by prescription over the counter medicines and complementary medicines including herbal preparations vitamins to help pharmacist and physician to reach eh most suitable treatment decision for an individual patient. The enlightening session was attended by 56 registered pharmacist across the Gujarat and was coordinated by Veena Patel, hon. Secretary Anand Pharmacy College under guidance of Dr. Tejal Gandhi, President, local branch.

Name of the Branch Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat Membership Status LM – 79; OM – 0; SLM – 0; SM – 0; Total ‐ 79 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President – A.B. Solanki; Vice President – Dr. S.R. Mehta; Secretary – S.S. Gajjar; Treasurer – S.Pande

Major Activities

Blood Donation Camp: 2 camps on 6th September, 2018 and 6th March, 2019 were organized by IPA ‐ Vallabh Vidyanagar in association with A.R.College of pharmacy and Indian Red Cross Society. 44 and 41 units of blood was collected on 6th September and 6th March respectively.

World Pharmacists Day Celebrations: National Level Essay competition was organized by Pharmagupshup Scholar. Other events like elocution competition, marketing Mania and Group Discussion on the theme ‘Pharmacist – Your Medicine Expert.’

National Elocution Competition – 2nd position was bagged by Hasnain Ginwala – 7th Semester B.Pharm student.

Guest Lecture: A guest lecture on the topic ‘Transition from Indian Pharmacists to Canadian Pharmacist – Hurdles and Solutions’ by Dr. Nilesh Kanzaria on 25th February, 2019 for IPA members, faculty and students.

Health Camp – Free health checkup camp was organized by IPA‐ Vallabh Vidyanagar branch in association with A.R. College of Pharmacy, G.H. Patel Institute of Pharmacy and Red Ribbon Club on 2nd March, 2019 at Shastri Medan, Vallabh Vidyanagar. People were monitored for BP, weight, height and BMI. Students counselled the more than 175 participants in the camp.

Name of the Branch Mangalore, Karnataka Membership Status LM – 53; OM – 02; SLM – 0; SM – 42; Total – 97 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. AR. Shabaraya; Vice Presidents ‐ Sri E .V. S. Subramanian & Dr. K. Vijaya Narayana – Gen. Secretary; Jt. Secretary ‐ Dr. B. Anand Bhatt; Treasurer ‐ Sri Rithesh Hegde

Major Activities

International Yoga Day: IPA‐ Mangalore in association with Srinivas College of Pharmacy, Valachil, Managalore observed International Yoga Day on 21st June 2018 under the guidance of Dr. Hariprakash, Head MBA Department, Srinivas College.

VanMahotsav Program: IPA‐ Mangalore in association with NSS unit of Srinivas College of Pharmacy, organized a plantation ceremony in the Valachil campus on 25th July 2018. More than 50 medicinal plants were planted by the staff and students. Dr. N. M. Jose, Principal – Srinivas Institute of Nursing Sciences, inaugurated the function and stressed the importance of Van Mahotsav.

Dental Camp. A dental health camp was organized by IPA‐ Mangalore in association with NSS unit of Srinivas College of Pharmacy & Srinivas Institute of Dental Sciences on 10th August, 2018. Dr. Kelvin Peter Pais Asst. Prof. Department of Public Health Dentistry was the chief guest. He delivered a talk on oral hygiene with key phrase ‘Oral health is Total health’

Blood Donation Camp: 18th August, 2018 ‐ organized by IPA‐ Mangalore in association with NSS unit of Srinivas College of Pharmacy & Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. Chief Guest – Dr. Anjali, Asst. Prof. Dept. Pathology & Blood Bank. Large number of volunteers donated blood, thus making the event successful.

13th December, 2018 – similar camp organized. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

7th September, 2018 ‐ IPA‐ Mangalore in association with NSS unit of Srinivas College of Pharmacy organized Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at Valicheli campus. More than 100 students participated in cleaning the campus. Dr. Radhakrishan, Professor, MBA Dept.; Dr. A. R. Shabaraya, Dr. E.V.S. Subramanian participated in the program.

Date – A similar program was organized again on 14thNovember, 2018. World Suicide Prevention ‐ IPA‐ Mangalore in association with Srinivas College of Pharmacy, Valachil, Managalore observed ‘WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY’ on 10th September, 2018. Members of IPA and students of pharmacy took part in a rally in Mangalore city to highlight the significance of preventing suicides. Dr. A. R. Shabaraya addressed the rally and emphasized on the role of pharmacist to bring about such awareness.

World Heart Day 29th September, 2018 – Program organized in Panambur beach to attract the attention of general public and highlighted the risk posed by cardiac disease. They also suggested preventive measures for a healthy, sound heart and life free of cardiac disorders. A spots event and Marathon Run was also organized, which was inaugurated by National Level Body Builder, Shri Prithvi Hegde. Large number of students, executive council members of IPA‐Mangalore participated in the marathon.

Lectures arranged : Guest lecture‐ ‘Ethics of Life’ – Shri Jithakamananda, President, Ramkrishna Mission , Mangalore on 17th September, 2018

2 day National Seminar on ‘Research Methodology and Biostatistics’ on 12th October, 2018. ‐ 200 delegates attended. Day 1 – Dr. Balakrishna Kalluraya, Prof. Dept. Chemistry, Mangalore University on, Application of Biostatistics in research – Prof. Shilpakala A. – Dept. Mathematics. Research Publication Skills – Dr. Krishnananda Kamath K. Assoc Prof. Dept. Pharmaceutics Day 2 –Research Ethics – Do’s and Don’ts – Dr. G.K.Rao, Principal Goa College of Pharmacy Ethics in Medical Research – Dr. Anand A. Mahajan – Goa College of pharmacy.

Name of the Branch Mysore, Karnataka Membership Status LM – 87; OM – 01; SLM – 0; SM – 0; Total ‐ 88 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr.T.M. Pramod Kumar; Vice President ‐ Dr. M. D. Salahuddin; Gen. Secretary ‐ Dr. R. S. Chandan ; Treasurer Dr. B. M. Gurupadayya

Major Activities

World pharmacist day celebration ‐ The branch has celebrated world pharmacist day at Sri Rajendra auditorium of JSS college of Pharmacy, Sri Shivarathreeshwara Nagar, Mysuru. The celebration function was held at 11.00 am Dr. T. M. Pramod Kumar, Principal JSS college of pharmacy formally welcomed the dignitaries and guest. Followed by there was lighting lamp ceremony as mark of celebration of pharmacist day in the city. Chief Guest fot the function was Dr. M. Dayananda, Director, JSS hospital Mysuru. On this occasion dignitaries of the inaugural function released cover page the international journal of therapeutics this journal originates from Farooqia College of pharmacy Mysuru.

57th National Pharmacy week celebration ‐ The branch celebrated 57th National pharmacy week from 5‐8th December 2018 with various events at JSS College of pharmacy, Mysuru.

5th December 2018 the branch collaboration with department of pharmacy practice JSSS college of Pharmacy, Mysuru, organized a health screening camp for the benefit of public of Mysuru city at three different locations viz. Bal Bhavan, Chamundi hills footsteps and Lalith Mahal gate between 6.00 am. And 10 am.The aim of the health screening was to sensitize the people about the importance of regular monitoring of health and safe use of medicines.

6th December 2018 the branch to spread awareness among the public about pharmacy. Pharm rally was organized about 1000 participants from various pharmacy college and other association from Mysure participated in the rally.

7th December 2018 INITIUM includes 7 events like photography, dance singing, quiz etc.

8th December 2018 the branch organized at JSS college of Pharmacy Mysuru a blood donation camp was organized on the occasion of National Pharmacy week celebration the program was inaugurated by Dr. T. M. Pramod Kumar, Principal JSS College of Pharmacy. National Pharmacy week celebration function was held at Rajendra Auditorium JSS College of pharmacy, Mysuru. The chief guest of the event Sri. Amaresh Tumbagi, Drugs Controller I/C Government of Karnataka Spoke on the theme. The president of the event Dr. B. Suresh, President Pharmacy Council of India and Vice Chancellor JSS academy of Higher Education and Research spoke on importance of pharmacist in the health system and empowerment of pharmacists. During this event to recognize the contributions of pharmacist Aushada Ratna Awards were present for 3 categories Community Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Academics Pharmacy.

Guest lectures 19.3.2019 – Dr G. N. Singh Former, DCGI 11.2.2019 –M r.Shreyas M. Burji and Mr. HC Basavaraj, Auxochromofours Solution 28.2.2019 ‐ Dr. Raj kumar, Project Manager Site Management and monitoring Asia, AstraZeneca Pharmacy 21.1.2019 ‐ Dr. Manas Mandal, Rose man University of health Sciences College of Pharmacy 15.12.2018 ‐ Mr. Ashok Kumar, Head Quality Assurance, Medreich Ltd., 13.12.2018 ‐ Dr. Subhas Malghan, Formar Director, office of science and engineering lab, US FDA Center for Drug and Radiological health.(CDRH) 24.11.2018 ‐ Prof. K. Chinnaswamy President, IACP Chennai 17.11.2018 ‐ Ms.Mallika, Senior Drug Safety Associate Bioclinica Mysuru 12.9.2018 ‐Dr Savitha, Asst. Prof. Dr. Deepak Naik, Asst. Prof. Dr. Pratap, Assoc. Prof. from Department of Clinical Pharmacy. 10.11.2018 ‐Mr. Uma Manohar Gopal Assoc Team lead Bioclinica Mysuru, Dr. Pramod Kumar and Ms. Mallika, Sen. Drug Safety, Bioclinica, Mysuru 16.10.2018 ‐Dr. MVSST Subba Rao Prof. Biochem. JSS Medical College 12.10.20180 ‐Dr.Bhaskar Adjunct Faculty of JSS AHER Mysore 53

12.10.2018 ‐Shambho Ghose, Sen. Executive, Biological E Ltd., Hyderabad 27.8.2018 ‐Dr.Muthukumar Principal Scientist From CFTRI Mysuru 25.8.2018 ‐Dr. Deepak Gunari, PAREXEL International Bangalore 3.8.2018 ‐Dr. Praveen Vemula Asst. Prof. UAS GKVK Campus Bengalur ‐ Dr. Dixon Thomas Asst. Prf. Gulf Medical University Ajman, UAE 23.7.2018 Dr John Talbot, Sen. Lecturer University of Herfordshire,

Name of the Branch Channapatna, Karnataka Membership Status LM – 31; OM – 0; SLM – 0; SM – 0; Total ‐31 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers Dr. R. Ramesh; Vice President ‐ Prof. B. Manohar Reddy; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. Ashok Kumar D; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Mr. M. Chandrasekhar; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Prof. N. Sanjai

Major Activities

The program Digital India in Banking organized by branch in association with Dr. H. L. T. College of pharmacy on 6‐7th August 2018.

In collection with flood which affected Kerala and Kodagu our student’s came forward with relief led by the students in association with branch on 25‐26 August 2018. Mr. Akhil were the faculty coordinators accompanied the students for the program and part of money given to Chief Minister Relief Fund, Government of Kerala.

National pharmacy week to familiarize students with the responsibilities and duties of profession of pharmacy. An elocution completion has conducted followed by a quiz completion and drawing competition on 22.11.2018.

Dr. N. Satish Kumar Assistant professor NIPER has given the lecture on Newer Method Development of phytoconstituents on 15.2.2019. The branch conducted on the occasion of world kidney day on 15.3.2019. The world Tuberculosis day organized by the branch in association with Dr. HLT College of pharmacy on 26.3.2019.

Name of the Branch Belgaum, Karnataka Membership Status LM – 53; OM – 01; SLM – 0; SM – 83; Total – 136 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President – Dr. Kiran Kumar Hullati; Vice President – Dr. Shankar G. Alegaon; Secretary –Dr. V.S. Mannur; Treasurer – Mr. U. B. Bolmal

Major Activities

Drug Abuse Awareness to High School Students: on 28th June, 2018, IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy conducted the above program at Anjuman PU Arts, Science and Commerce College. The speaker highlighted the reasons, types of drug abuse and ways to tackle them.

Nutraceuticals – A total Energy – On 25th July, 2018 ‐ IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy conducted an awareness program on Nutraceuticals. Prof. Hullati lectured on the nutrient value of food in a guest lecture under the topic mentioned. 120 ‐130 B.Sc. students attended.

An awareness program on ‘Community based Storage of Medicines’ was organized by IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy on 6th October 2018. Mrs. Anjana Adhyapak, Asst Prof Dept. Quality Assurance – KLE College of Pharmacy spoke about correct storage and handling of drugs.

Another awareness program on Anti Biotic Resistance was organized by IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy on 10th October, 2018. Mr. Sanjay Ugare Asst. Prof. Dept. Pharmacology spoke about the correct usage of antibiotics and the major concern of developing resistance to them. Program was attended by 100‐ 110 students

World Pharmacists Day was celebrated on 19th October, 2018 at by IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy. Drug information pamphlet was distributed to the patients. The information provided by IPA –main was displayed in more than 50 pharmacies in Belgavi.

On 22nd November 2018, an awareness program of Generic Medicines was conducted. On the eve of World Leprosy Day, an awareness program facilitated by IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy was conducted. A lecture was organized with the topic ‘Safe Use of Antileprotic Drugs in Community Pharmacy’ on 22nd November 2018.

4th February 2019 saw an awareness program being organized by IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy. Dr. Shankar Alegaon delivered a lecture on ‘Enhancing Medication Adherence in Cancer Patients. 30 ‐35 patients and nursing staff of KLE Cancer hospital benefitted.

On 16th March, 2019, World Kidney Day was observed. A talk on ‘Hazardous Effects of Pain Killers on Kidney Diseases ’’ was delivered by Dr. Satish Karoli, Asst. Prof. Dept. Pharmacy Practice. 30 ‐35 members of public and college students were present. This program was also conducted by IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy.

AN awareness program on Spurious Drugs was conducted by IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy on 28th March, 2019 at B.Ed. Degree College. The participants were enlightened on types of spurious drugs, their identification and its effects on the public health system.

On the eve of World Malaria Day, a program on ‘Malaria eradication in Community’ was conducted by IPA –Belgavi in association with KLE College of Pharmacy on 8th April, 2019 at Govt. Primary Healthcare Centre. People were made aware of the causative organism, preventive measures and treatment options. Around 15 ‐20 persons attended.

Name of the Branch Peenya, Karnataka Membership Status LM – 1201; OM – 01; SLM – 0; SM – 06; Total – 1208 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President‐ Dr. Giles D.; Vice President Mrs. Ambujakshi H.R. & Mr. Uday Raj Sharma; Hon. Secretary Mr. Surendra V Hon. Joint Secretary Mr. Haribabu T Hon. Treasurer Dr. Venkatesh D.P.

Major Activities

Seminar on Modern Analytical Techniques in Metabolomics Analysis – 18.4.2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch has conducted a seminar entitled Modern analytical techniques in metabolomics analysis on 18.4.2018 at MBA Auditorium Acharya Institute. Dr. K. Selvakumar Asst. Professor ABMRCP invited the guest speaker Dr. Syed Salman Lateef, Application Engineer from Agilent Technologies Bengaluru to address the gathering.

Seminar on Leadership on 24.5.2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch is conducted a seminar entitle Leadership on 24.5.2018 at MBA auditorium and invited the guest speaker Dr. Pavan Soni Ph. D. Bengaluru to address the gathering Dr. Pavan Soni is the founder of Inflexion point a strategy and innovation consulting firm.

World Environment Day on 5.6.2018 World Environment Day is celebrated on the 5.6.2018 to create awareness and action for protecting the environment. The theme for 2018 is Beat Plastic Pollution Choosing this theme, Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru is aimed and educated the people residing in college and surrounding to change their everyday lives to reduce the heavy burden of plastic pollution.

International Yoga Day on 21.6.2018 ‐ Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch and other sister concerns of Acharya Institutes ambit conducted yoga session on yoga day. The resource person Mr. Ankur Raina from Art of Living conducted yoga activity for the faculty and students in the campus ground. 55

Seminar on Application of Analytical Techniques in pharma industries on 13.7.2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch conducted a seminar entitled Agilent in Academia Driven to connect on 13.7.2018 at Department of Pharmacy Acharya Institute. Dr. K. Selvakumar, Asst. Professor ABMRCP invited the guest speaker Dr. Nilanjan Guha Ph.D. Lead application scientist, Agilent Technologies, Bangaluru to address the gathering.

Guest lecture on Vaccine on 27.7.2018 Dr. Manoj Kumar Chikara, Director R & D MSD Welcome Trust Hileman Laboratories visited our campus and gave a guest lecture on the topic vaccine.

Swachhta Shapath on 4.8.2018 In response to the clarion call given by the Prime Minister and in line with the advice received from the government of India, the student’s faculty members and the non‐teaching staff of the college led by the Principal Dr. Divakar Goli enthusiastically joined the Swachh Pakhwara from 1‐15.8.2018 on the eve of Independence Day.

PCI sponsored continuing education program for pharmacy teachers on 6‐8.9.2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru organized a continuing education program for pharmacy teachers sponsored by PCI on 6‐8.9.2018. The program was organized in association with branch. The program received registration from 67 delegates representing over 40 Pharmacy College.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch organized one day workshop on ‘Recent trends in RRA’ on 8.9.2018 at polytechnic Board room. The program was started at 9.45 am. All M. Pharm students were participated in the program.

Seminar on Emerging Careers in Health and Social Development on 27.9.2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch had organized a guest lecture on 27.9.2018 on Emerging careers in health and social development by Dr. J. Williams, Prof. of Epidemiology, Deakin University, Australia.

World Marrow Donor Day on 17.9.2018 World Marrow Donor’s day is celebrated the world over on 15th September every year to thank all the donors who registered as volunteer blood stem cell donors and those who were a donor match and came forward and saved lives of people diagnosed with fatal blood disorders.

World pharmacist day – on 24.9.2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch celebrated world pharmacist day celebration on 24.9.2018 B. Pharm and Pharm. D students visited the Soladevanahalli village.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch had organized a guest lecture on 27.9.018 on Drug discovery and Design of grafted peptides targeting HER2 positive breast and lung cancer by Dr. Seetharama Jois. Professor of Medicinal Chemistry department of Basic pharmaceutical science School of Pharmacy University of Louisiana at Monroe, LA in MBA seminar hall at 11.00 a.m.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in association with branch had organized a guest lecture on 29.9.2018 on Drug development and approval process regulatory perspective by Dr. G. Sadiq Basha, Vice President Department of Regulatory affairs, Strides Pharma Sciences Ltd.,

World Mental health Day on 10.10.2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch has organized event by Ms. Ankita Sarkar, Mr. Ranit Ghatak, Mr. Tanmay Gupta Ms. Diya Sabu and Mr. George Mathew trained volunteers from NIMHANS Bangaluru in support and guidance by staff of ABMRCP and NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

World Obesity Day on 11.10.2018 We in Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy organized a poster presentation program to increase the awareness among people. We received a good number of students participating in the awareness program and many of them camp up with a huge number of outcomes to reduce weight stigma.

The branch and Karnataka State branch organized a one day seminar, Pharmacy Avenues in the hospital in association with Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy on 15.10.2018 at Acharya Institute campus.

5K Beat Walkathon on 21.10.2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch as associated wit people tree hospital bengalurur participated in people Tree 5 K Beat Arthritis on 21.10.2018 between 6‐9 a.m.

A Seminar on Marine drug discovery and development challenges and opportunities was organized by Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch on 27.10.2018.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch observed the National Unity Day on 31.10.2018.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch has participated in walkathon on drug abuse on 10.11.2018 at St. Jospeh College for awareness against drug abuse by city police in collaboration with Aarohan.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized a Diabetic awareness program on 14.11.2018.

Marking the World COPD day 2018 Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch conducted poster prevention contest for all the students on 15.11.2018 in the college premises.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized free glucose screening camp on 20.11.2018 as a part of National Pharmacy week. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Giles President of branch. The camp started at 7.50 am. And ended by 10.00 am.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized elocution competition on pharmacist for healthy India and pick and talk competition on 21.11.2018 as a part of pharmacy week celebration 2018. Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch Lion club Bengaluru organized blood donation camp on 22.11.2018.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized Dietary arrangement for disease condition on 22.11.2018.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized eye screening camp on 23.11.2018 as a part of National Pharmacy week.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized awareness programme on AIDS on 1.12.2018 as a part of World Aids Day.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy organized a DST SERB sponsored two day national seminar on Limitation of Animal Experimentation and alternate animal models in research in association with the branch on 6‐7 December 2018 at Acharya Institute campus.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch had organized a guest lecture on 8.12.2018 on Skills for facing interviews by Mr. Sridhar Pallia, Director Technology Vision Digital India.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch has organized special camp at Thammenahalli Village from 13 – 19 December 2018.

The branch has organized a seminar on tablet coating technology on 17.12.2018 by Mr. Wim Verbrugge is from Belgium and is the sales Director, Compression, APC pharma solids and Head of compression sales support and offer Management, GEA Belgium.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized seminar on Advances in Pharmacy practice teaching methodologies on 29.12.2018. Dr. Chandrasekar Professor School of Pharmacy university of Findlay, Ohio USA and Dr Bahubali Nagavi, Senior Consultant HESDAR Centre Mysure were the resources person for the program.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy conducted a seminar entitled Antimicrobial resistance on 10.1.019 in association with branch by prof. Angeni bheekhi from University of western cap in South Africa.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch conducted a one day seminar on the topic dissolution Bioavailability and IVIVC on the 4.2.2019 in the college premises. 10th National IPA student’s congress 2019 on 16‐17 February 2019 at Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical sciences Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh. Pharm D student Mr. Ravi Chandra C. won’t eh second prize at the patient counselling event and the third prize at the clinical skills event held as part of the 10 national IPA student congress.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy and department of biotechnology, AIT in association with branch organized one day international seminar entitled Cure Disease with cells not pills on 11.3.2019. The event was inaugurated by guest of honor Dr. Kouchi Hasegawa, Junior Association professor institute for advanced studies Kyoto university Japan Dr. Manish Paul head research in biological sciences Acharya Institutes gave welcome speech and brief about the seminar.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized one day national seminar entitled application of LCMS and GCMS in pharmaceutical sciences was started with registration on 13.3.2019 followed by inaugural session. Chief Guest of the inaugural session was Mr. Kumar DS plant head BioMylz Ltd., who delivered the inaugural speech.

Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch conducted a seminar entitled celebrating the Spirit of Teachers on 1.3.2019 by Mr. Deepak Shinde, Mentor life coach Deepak Inspiration Bengaluru.

One day national seminar on Revitalization and modern scientific approach towards Traditional Indian drugs was organized by Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch. The seminar was started with registration on 15.3.2019 Chief guest Dr. Hima Bindu Principal Scientist, Division of floury culture and med. Crops. ICAR Bangalore guest of honor Dr. VK Rao principal scientist Division of physiology and Biochemistry.

One day seminar titled Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation Pharma Industry held on 20.3.2019 seminar was organized by the Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch and education division. Department of pharmaceutical chemistry Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in association with branch organized one day national seminar entitled Drug discovery where does India stand on 22.3.2019. The event was inaugurated by guest of honor Dr. Ajith Kamath, Executive Director Mitra Biotech Bengaluru chief guest Mr. A.G. Raghu Santhana Gopala Consultants. The seminar started with an inaugural ceremony, the Principal Dr. Giles and the head of the department of pharmaceuticals Dr. Venkatesh Addressed the gathering and gave us a brief about the seminar. After the inaugural was completed the speakers address the gathering. The seminar mainly focused on the focused on the different field of non –based delivery system. Mr. Ashish Dhayani delivered his talk on Vascularised composite allotransplantation. As this topic was new field of us the gathering showed their interest by asking many doubts to the speaker.

Name of the Branch Amravati, Maharashtra Membership Status LM – 40; OM – 0; SLM – 0; SM – 0; Total – 40 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. K.K. Tapar; Vice President ‐ Dr. S. S. Khadabadi; Hon. Secretary ‐ Prof. J. V. Vyas; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Shri. A. R. Jaiswal ; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Dr. S.D. Pande

Major Activities

Celebrated World Pharmacist Day on 25.9.2018 On the occasion of world pharmacist day a mega pharma rally was organized under the banner of the branch in association with druggist and chemist organization. Around seven hundred students of various pharmacy college. Dr. Shyamsunder Nikam civil surgeon district general hospital flag the pharma rally.

One day seminar was organized on drug design and discovery at Vidya Bharathi College of Pharmacy dated 28.9.2018 seminar was delivered by Dr. Rahul Ingle from Aurangabad. One day state level symposium and poster presentation completion on current trends in pharma production was organized under the banner of the branch at Vidyabharati College of Pharmacy Amravati on 23.2.2019. The function was started by Lamp lightening and Godless SARASWATI Poojan Dr. K. K. Tapar, Principal Vidyabharati College of Pharmacy delivered introductory speech.

Name of the Branch Pune, Maharashtra Membership Status ALM – 05; IM – 01; LM – 201; OM – 0; SLM – 0; SM – 133; Total – 340 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Mr. Prashant Premkumar Hambar; Vice President ‐ Dr. Manohar J. Patil; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. Chandrakant Kokare; Hon. Joint Secretary ‐ Mr. Chandrashekhar D. Bobade; Hon. Treasurer‐ Dr. L. Sathiyanarayana

Major Activities

The branch conduced tree plantation drive on the occasion of world pharmacist day on 25.9. 2018 The main purpose of this drive was to plant medicinal saplings in the societies and explain their uses to the residents so that they can use these plants efficiently in future. The society members were informed to take care of the saplings and to grow and nourish the plants.

16.1.2019 a guest lecture was conducted by the branch at Bharati Vidypeeth poona college of pharmacy. The guest lecturer for this seminar was Mr. Mohan Rao Addi. He is a research associate at Aurabindo Pharmaceuticals Hyderabad. He is currently pursuing Ph. D. in Poona College of pharmacy.

Guest lecture on abroad opportunities on 3.10.2018 venue: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Katraj Speaker Mr. Nilanjan Shah, Imperial Overseas Consultancy.

The flash mob for cancer awareness was conducted by the branch at the seasons Mall Premises on 10.2.2019 on account of the world cancer awareness day.

INVICTA 4 sporting encounter 2019 organized by branch on 23‐24 February 2019. There were three events namely throw ball, badminton and volley ball in which approximately 150 students of different pharmacy colleges participated. The branch organized a blood donation drive as a part of community service on 5.3.2019. The campaign took place at Gokul Nagar, Katraj. The campaign was done in collaboration with Bharati Hospital and Research Centre blood bank and Gowad Dewasi Raika Samaji Navyuka Mandal.

The branch along with Poona College of pharmacy organized a guest lecture on future prospects in pharmacy for all M. Pharm and Pharm. D students of the college on 16.3.2019 It was attended by 200 students. The session was conducted 59

by Dr. Sakaram Garale, Head of southeast Asia Operations ACMA at Accreditation Council for Medical Affairs and Managing Partner of Renovare Health solutions.

National Pharmacy week celebration Awareness rally 20.11.2018 National Pharmacy week celebrated had been celebrated by the branch. As part of the celebration an awareness rally was organized in coordination with PSG College of pharmacy. The theme I am a Pharmacist on 25.11.2018. Around 600 students with 30 faculty members have participated in the rally.

In continuation a PowerPoint completion was also organized to the students of Pharmacy College in Coimbatore zone in coordination with the college of pharmacy, SRIPMS Coimbatore on the theme I am a Pharmacist on 22.11.2018. Workshop on Computer Aided Drug Development – 15‐16 December 2018. Sponsored The Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University, Chennai. The first of the program for the intensive dissemination of CADD. The guest of honor Dr. M. Ramananthan Principal PSG College of Pharmacy Spoke about the use of computers and a computational method permeate all aspects of drug discovery and forms the core of structure based drug design and development.

Name of the Branch Solapur, Maharashtra Membership Status ALM – 01; LM – 52; OM – 0; SLM – 0; SM – 0; Total – 53 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President: Mr. Anand V.Sagar: Vice President: Mrs. Dr. Varsha S. Tegeli; Hon. Secretary: Dr. Ganesh B.Gajeli: Joint Secretary: Mr. Anup A.Dhange: Treasurer: Mr. Ajit Dhange

Major Activities

World Pharmacists Day: Celebrated with full enthusiasm on 25th September 2018 at D.S.T.S Mandal’s College of Pharmacy, Solapur in association with IPA‐Solapur Branch and Solapur Chemists and Druggists Association. During this occasion, a poster competition with the WPD theme ‘Pharmacist – Your Medicine Expert’ was organized. Winners of the competition were felicitated. Practicing community pharmacists and teachers were felicitated too. A lecture on the topic ’Indian and International scenario of various pharma sectors and the opportunities in the field of Pharmacy ’.

National Pharmacy Week: Celebrated from 3rd to 8th January, 2019 by IPA – Solapur, DSTS College pf Pharmacy and Solapur Chemists and Druggists Association.

3rd January – Inauguration: Dr. M. S. Ganachari, from KLE university, Belgaum was the chief guest. Various talks based on the NPW theme ‘Pharmacists for a Healthy India’ were arranged. Best retail pharmacy competition was held throughout the week, coordinated by Solapur Chemists and Druggists Association. January ‐ 4th Blood Donation camp, Visit to Blood Bank and Thalassemia Centre at Indian Red Cross Society was conducted. Students, staff and chemists donated blood on this occasion

5th & 6th January – A Two day National Workshop on ‘A hands on Training on Effective Use of ICT in Training ‐ Learning’ – organized by Dr> Ajita Deshmukh. More than 60 participated in this event.

7th January ‐ A lecture on ‘Online Pharmacy, A Challenge’ was delivered by Sri Shomeshwar Kharare President MSCDA, West Zone. On the same day Medical Detailing Competition was arranged for Diploma and Degree students.

8th January – University level Inter – Collegiate Pharma Quiz coordinated by Dr. Y.S. Thorat. NPW was concluded by Valedictory function by Chief Guest, Hon. Vice‐ Chancellor Solapur University.

Name of the Branch Niligiris, Tamil Nadu Membership Status LM – 205; OM – 0; SLM – 0; SM – 542; Total – 747 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President – Dr. Vadivelan R. ; Vice President – Dr. N. Jawahar; Hon. Secretary‐ Dr. GNK Ganesh ; Joint Secretary – Dr. S. Jubie; Treasurer – Dr. R. Kalirajan

Major Activities

World Pharmacists Day 2018: Celebrated at JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, organized by IPA‐Nilgiris branch on 25th September, 2018. Several outreach activities were organized to raise awareness among society on the theme ‘Pharmacist – Your Medicine Expert’ a. More than 800 Staff and students of JSS College of pharmacy, along with visiting students from Latrobe University, Australia, and the office bearers, practicing pharmacists and members of Chemists and Druggists Association, Nilgiris participated in a rally. Pamphlets describing critical role of pharmacists in healthcare and safe use of medicine, were distributed among public. The participants formed a pharmacists chain in the form of logo of pharmacy as big as 600‐750mtd for 10 minutes. b. On the same day, Dr. S.P. Dhanabal, Principal and OB of IPA‐Nilgiris, distributed stationary items to school children from tribal villages, which are adopted by Ooty. c. Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) conducted in association with Department of Pharmacy Practice for benefit of hospital pharmacists.

Financial Support to Student Members and Life members: IPA‐Nilgiris is supporting all the student members and life members financially to attend national and international conferences.

Every scientific program being organized by various departments of JSS College of Pharmacy is supported by IPA‐ Nilgiris branch in the form of sponsoring refreshments, notebooks and pens for the participants. The list is as under:

S.n Title of the Program Date o 1 World Health Day 7th April,2018 2 World Laboratory Animals Day 18th April,2018 3 CPE Program for Pharmacists 25th September, 2018 4 World Animal Day 4th October, 2018 5 Awareness Rally for dengue with 300 students 3rd December, 2018 6 National Pharmacy Week 5th to 8th December, 2018 7 Dental Health Screening, treatment & Hygiene 4th December, 2018 Awareness camp 8 Blood donation Camp in association with HDFC 6th December, 2018 bank. 9 Rally on Worlds AIDS Day – 100 students 8th December,2018 10 National Conference – Dept. Regulatory Affairs 1‐2 March 2019

Name of the Branch Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Membership Status LM – 56; OM – 01; SLM – 0; SM – 0; Total – 57 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. T.K. Ravi; Vice President ‐ Dr. A. Rajasekaran; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. M. Ramanathan; Hon. Joint Secretary‐ Dr. K.P. Sampath Kumar; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Dr. S. Moha

Major Activities

The branch has been inaugurated on 5.5.2018 at Sri Velumaniammal Auditorium Sri Ramkrishna Hospital Campus. The association was inaugurated by Dr. S. Manivannan, Deputy Drug Controller, and CDSCO New Delhi. The Coimbatore local branch IPA executive committee were introduced by IPA National President TV Narayana. 61

Two day seminar on the topic Industrial Pharmacy Quality Control and Assurance and Management was organized on 5‐6 May 2018 in coordination with the college of pharmacy, SRIPMS Coimbatore. Around 300 students from Pharmacy College in Coimbatore were benefited from the seminar.

The branch in coordination with PSG College of pharmacy celebrated the world pharmacist day on 25.9.2018. The function was organized at PSG IMS&R auditorium Coimbatore. Thirteen Pharmacy college in Coimbatore were participated in this event. Mr. Jayaseelan, Vice President Industrial Division IPA was the chief guest and Dr. L. Chinnaswamy, President and Thiru Marimuthu, Senior Drug Inspector Coimbatore zone was the guest of honor.

Name of the Branch Salem, Tamil Nadu Membership Status LM – 34 ; OM – 0; SLM – 0; SM – 0; Total – 34 as on 31.03.2019 Office Bearers President ‐ Dr. B. Jaykar; Vice President ‐ Dr. B.R. Balakrishnan; Hon. Secretary ‐ Dr. B.S. Venkateswarlu; Hon. Treasurer ‐ Dr. B. Arul

Major Activities

5.6.2018 – World Environment Day The branch in association with NSS unit of Vinayaka Mission College of pharmacy celebrated world environment day with theme Beat Plastic Pollution on 5.6.2018 at Vinayaka Mission College campus Salem. This programme was inaugurated by branch President Dr. B. Jaykar. Prof. Dr. B. S. Vekateswarlu, Principal of VMCP delivered vote of thanks. After the meeting as a initiation of our effort towards the protection of environment and restoration of environment sapling of indigenous plants were planted in the VMCP premises by the branch and NSS volunteers.

18.7.2018 – Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) Campus cleaning world Swachh Bharat on 18.7.2018 The branch and Vinayak Mission College of Pharmacy, Salem NSS unit organized a Swachh Bharat on 18.7.2018 by cleaning of our Vinayaka Mission college of Pharmacy campus with branch executive committee.

15.8.2018 – Independence Day Celebration The branch and Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy celebrated 72th Independence Day on 15.8.2018 in Vinayaka Mission campus. This programme was hoisted the flat by branch President Prof. Dr. B Jaykar, Register VMRF.

5.9.2018 – Teachers Day Celebration The branch and Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy celebrated Teachers Day celebration on 5.9.2018 at our college campus. This programme was celebrated and inaugurated by branch Prof. Dr. S. Venkateshwarlu, Principal Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy, Salem, Department HOD’s teaching and non‐teaching staff and students participated this programme.

31.10.2018 – National Unity Day The branch and Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy organized Rashtiya Ekta Diwas National Unity Day pledge programme to celebrate the birthday of Sardar Valladhbhai Patel Ji on 31.10.2018 at our college campus. Dr.B. S. Venkateshwarlu, Secretary of branch and Principal VMCP, Salem. The branch and students, staff of Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy were taken pledge on National Unity day.

2.11.2018 – Pamphlets Distribution for Dengue Awareness Programme As a part of the service to the community to educate the public and create awareness among the public regarding the Dengue Awareness Programme the branch and Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy organized an awareness program on 2.11.2018 in association with government primary health centre, Kannankurichi Salem. The programme was inaugurated by Prof. B. S. Venkateshwarlu, Principal VMCP.

24.1.2019 – One day workshop on Prospective NBA Accreditation organized by Department of pharmacists Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy in association with branch on 24.1.2018 at Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy. 62

26.1.2019 – The branch and Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy celebrated 70th Republic Day on 26.1.2019 at Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy campus. This programme branch secretary Prof. Dr. B. S. Venkateswarlu, Principal VMCP Salem was hoisted the flag and Teaching and Non‐teaching, students were participated in the 70th Republic Day Program.

Acknowledgement

The Indian Pharmaceutical Association profusely thank all its well‐wishers, sponsors and supporters from industry, academia, regulatory and community disciplines in successfully organizing the activities and fulfilling the objectives of the trust during the year. The association extends its gratitude to the Office bearers, Central Executive Council members, State Branch and Local Branch Council members who were active and instrumental in value addition and furthering of the mission of the association. The Association also appreciates the active participation of all its members in various programs during the year. The Association also wishes to thank M/s Maitra & Chopra, Chartered Accountants for maintaining the accounts of the Association. The Association also thanks the staff members for their contribution in accomplishing the secretarial duties, activities and responsibilities. IPA would like to place on record its appreciation and gratitude to Mr. T B Nair for the exemplary support and providing his constant advice and time to IPA activities in spite of his health issues.

Date: November 16, 2019 Suresh Khanna National Hon. Gen. Secretary