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industrial magnate and philanthropist), Shri G. V. Mavlankar (who became the first speaker of the Lok Sabha) and Shri Amrutlal Hargovandas (a leading industrialist) established AES to provide access to quality education to the youth of the region. Since its inception, it has established a number of colleges in varied disciplines, several schools, and also promoted two leading private universities. lts colleges became symbols of the best rnstitutions in higher education in the region, and were most sought after by students and teachers alike. This Newsletter seeks to share with stakeholders' information about five of the colleges of AES, all of which are grantable colleges, more than 60 years old, affiliated to University and Gujarat Technological University, and accredited by NAAC with the highest grade "A". These colleges are H L College of Commerce, L. D. Arts College, L M College of Pharmacy, M G Science lnstitute and A G Teachers College. All stand out as symbols of excellence in the educational landscape of Gujarat, and offer a wide array of programmes in Commerce, Arts, Pharmacy, Science and Teacher Education.

The past year has been momentous in terms of various initiatives which have been launched by the management in the governance of the colleges as well as in quality assurance and quality improvement of the education imparted. They include setting up Advisory Committees, Academic Audit, Acadernic PIanning, Activity Based Budgets, Performance Appraisal, as well as introducing new self-financed programmes. Extensive renovation of the infrastructure is also in progress. At the same time the focus on a student centric, holistic education is being pursued. Capacity building of faculty is being addressed, so as to enhance the research output and provide a contemporary and relevant education. We are happy to share with you the contents of the first issue of this Newsletter for the first semester of Academic Year 2016-17 and look forward to receive your suggestions to make it better. With best wishes, Amarlal H. Kalro Academic Advisor Thm Ahmffi m ffi EdNmatfrom Smmfrffity Trustees

Shri Anangbhai A. [albhai Shd Pnfullhhai Ambhai Shd RaJIY ftinubhal

Members of the Governing Body

Shri Sanjay 5. lalbhai Shri Sudhirbhai U. fiehta Shd Naishadh Parikh President & (hairman (GB) Vice President Hon. Secretary

5hri Prafullbhai Anubhai Shri Saurabh Soparkar (. Shri Ashok Gandhi Shri Kamal B. Trivedi sing Member Member Member Member

H, Dr. A. H. Kalro Shri Natubhai G. Panchal Shri N. K. Kamdar Academic Advisor Dy. Secretary Manager

Dr. (. P. Patel Dr. Mona Kelshikar Dr. M. D. Chavda Dr. M. T. Chhabria Dr. B. K. Jain Principal AGT( Principal HL(C Principal L. D. Arts Principal LMCP Principal MG Science rl A. G. Te&ffihmrs Cm$&eg*, CTE Events at the College held on the last daY (4th October 2016), Prizes & certificates were awarded.

. On 21.1 June, 2016, the college organized a programme to celebrate World Yoga DaY.

elocution . A Two-day National . An lnter collegiate Conference on "Ouest competition funded bY "Sarkari for Excellence and Swarnim Gujarat on Thaki Efficiency in Higher Abhiyanonu Shala of Education" was organlzed Vahan" (lmPlementation in collaboration with H.L. Govt's Misslons Through on College of Commerce School) was organized '1't 2017. on 3Oth September & 5th JanuarY . The college organized Oaober 2016. There were fortnightly cultural, social 173 particiPants and 80 programs and various papers were The Presented. activities to celebrate 67th conference was coordinated Republic DaY. by Dr. N. J. ChaniYara, Dr. Kaushal Yadav and Dr. P. B. Shah.

. The college organized a seminar on 'Teachers on DeveloPment Program' . A one week programme was funded bY GCERT at Maitri Prohibition of intoxication Vidhyapith, Surendranagar organized bY the Prohibition in on 7th JanuarY 2017. 104 of lntoxication DePartment club' teachers of SecondarY and collaboration with Lion's An elocution comPetition Higher SecondarY Schools . A seminar was organized "lntoxication is the root of district Surendranagar to create awareness among cause of destruction" was particiPated. trainees to donate bodY organs, a noble initiatlve led by Ganesh Housing, under Samajik Dhara on 2nd August 2016. The sPeaker, Mr. Maulik Shah revealed several mYths & facts regarding organ donation and on its imPortance'

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and Allahabad Bank. A mock Programming in association round was also arranged with the ACM - Ahmedabad on 16th September, 2016 for Chapter. the first time participants. o As part of the 'Care and They debated on "Dilemma Share Week' celebration in Syria", using the held in collaboration with lesson learned by NATOs the EDI and Rotary Club of The NSS unit organized intervention in Libyan civil Ahmedabad, a week long a Blood Donation Camp. war. A Disarmament and lecture series was organized 76 bottles of blood were lnternational Security Council on 'Youth empowerment collected. (DISEC) was formed for the th rough entrepreneurial purpose. Workshops on Fine Arts, Tie skills'. The programme and Dye and Theatrical Skills A Yoga demonstration led covered lectures on Development were organized by three faculty members " Developing Entrepreneurial by various clubs in the and students was held on Skills" by Dr. Suresh Malodia college. the lnternational Yoga Day (EDl), "Start up support on 21=tJune, 2016 with a from" Government" by H. L. College Alumni view to encouraging the Shri Chandan Chatterjee Association (Women's Win g) students for their holistic (MD, CED), "Social also organized a workshop development. Entrepreneurship" by exclusively for girl students on Friday, 9th September The College organized short Shri Gejo Shreenivasan (Corporate Mentor), 2016.|t was conducted by term courses on Tally ERP "Support system for Ms. Sapana Kedia, an lmage powered by Tally, Bengaluru, promotin g entrepreneu rship" Consultant and Trainer. 95 a 90 days course on (Venture student participants learnt the 'Preparation for competitive by Shri Paresh Vora Studio) and "lnteraction with nuances of body language, exams', a Certificate Course dressing styles and make up on Capital Market Powered startups" by Satya Ranjan Acharya (EDl). as well as interview skills. by BSE and a course on . ll

March 2017, Volume l, lssue I Faculty Achievements: o Dr. N. J. chaniyara was felicitated with the 'Best Teacher Award, by the Global Sports Federation and the M. S. University in October, 2016 at Vadodara.

Mr. S. s. Shah has been nominated as a member of the Board of Studies of the , the Ad hoc Board of studies (commerce Faculty) of the St. Xaviers college, Ahmedabad and also of the editorial team of the WIRC of lCAl.

Dr. H. B. Choksi was a panelist in the lnternational poverty Eradication Day celebration programme held under the pM Flagship Programme on the DD Girnar channel on 17th october, 2016. Her interview on 'Demonetization, was telecast in the programme 'Yuva' on 14th November, on DD Girnar.

Mr. H. R. Bharucha shared the dais as a Guest of Honour with the chief Guest Hon. Governor shri Kohli on the occasion of 40 years of dedication in the service to humanity by Manav sewa Sangh on 18th December 2016.

Faculty Publications: . Bhavsal M. (2016). Growth of lndian Banking in the post-independence period, lnternational Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, t(3), 109-1 14.

. Bhavsar, N. (2016). Power:ing sustainable gromh through value reporting" Journal of Accounting and Finance, 3o(2),106-115.

. Doshi, H. (2016). A study of Stochastic programming having some continuous random variable: constrained o-G Programming problem and its application, lnternational Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, g7(S), 2g6_290.

' Rana, s & Pandya, H. (2016). Analysis of job satisfaction in sugar lndustry Employees of Gujarat State, lnternationar Journat of tr and Management, 6(6), 122-129. o Rana, S & Pandya, H. (2016). ldentifying the factors affecting employee job satisfaction in Sugar lndustry of Gujarat State, lnternational Research lournal of Human resource and social Sciences, 3(8), 26-4A. l7 The Ahmedabad Education Society - Newsletter

I nfrastructure Development: The campus layout is more alcractive and student friendly now with an addition of a Sports Pavilion constructed at an approximate cost of Rupees 2.5 crore out of which an amount of Rupees 80 lacs has been contributed by H L. College Alumni Association (HLCAA) and plan to raise total Rs. 1.5 Crores.

Students achievements: . Ten students have secured Hardi Nanavati visited Japan positions in top 10 merit list form 8th May to 4th August, at various Gujarat Universlty 2016 under the lndo- final semester examinations Japan Students Exchange (April-May'16). At B.Com Programme to represent Semester lV Unnati Malam at the secured 2nd rank. At Otemon Gaukin University, M.Com Semester ll, Aakash Osaka, Japan. Dhanwani secured the 1s Vaidhehi Thakkar won the rank and Divya Shah the HLCC cricket players Tarang 1't prize and a trophy in the 2nd rank. Other 36 students Chhatrola, Rishi Ahuja, "Sur found place in the top 50 Poojan Patel, Meet Shah, intercollegiate Sangeet student lists declared by the Naman Patel, Kush Jadawala, Spardha" organized by M. P. Gujarat University at various and Rayan Patel have been Arts and Commerce College. selected for various natlonal examinations. At the zonal level, the level cricket tournaments. o college has bagged The College was placed Naman Patel has been championship in four events: among the best 3 in 8 selected for Under 22WesL Swimming (Boys), Table different competitions at Zone Cricket Tournament. the Ellisbridge North Zone Tennis (Boys), Athletics Tarang Chhatrola has been Youth Festival competitions: (Girls), and Basket Ball selected as the Captain of Classical Vocal, Light Vocal (R.unner up). G ujarat Un iversity Cricket lndian, Group song lndia, Team. Radhika Ram secured Debate, Ouiz, Skit, Poster place put, Making and Cartooning. At HLCC students Neil first in Shot the lnter Zonal competitions Contractor (Swimming), Discus throw and Hammer the College has won in 4 Manish Dodhiya (Table throw at the Gujarat Competitions: Cartoonin g Tennis), Shail Gajjar (Basket University Ahmedabad (1"), Light Vocal lndian (1*), Ball) and Kaushal Dabhi Zone lnter College Athletic Quiz (2"d) Classical Vocal (3'd) (Foot Ball) represented Competition. Saroj Sathwara 'lndian, 1s in Light Vocal 'l't in Gujarat University at various secured third place in the Cartooning. inter-university competitions. Hammer throw event. i,

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o Neil Contractor o Erica Macwan won the stood first in 1.t prize in the lnter- six different collegiate Poetry Recitation swimming Competition organized events at by the J G College of Gujarat Commerce. She also has University Ahmedaba d Zone been awarded a certificate lnter College Competition. of merit at the All lndia He has been sponsored Essay Writing Evenl, 2016 by the Gujarat government organized by Shri Ram for four month intensive Chandra Mission (SRCM) & training at USA prior to Rio United Nations lnformation Olympic Oualifiers. He is Centre for lndia & Bhutan. the only lndian swimmer to participate in Pro arena Swim Meet in Santa Clara California, an event o Yash Solankl stood second equivalent to Olympics. in 200 mts. style and . third ir, 100 mts. free style 4 NCC cadets have been in swimming at Gujarat selected to represent Gujarat University Ahmedabad Zone University in the Republic lnter College Competition. Day Camp 2017.

Retirements:

Obituary: Shri J. M. Shah, a 'retired faculty of the Dr N. J. Chaniyara, Director Shri J. R. Gadhavi retired College (Department of of Physical Education after his long assocration Management) left for his retired after 30 years of wlth the College. He heavenly abode on 14th his service at the College. worked with dedicatlon for July 2015. Due to his dedicated 28 years as the Senior Clerk effort, the College won (Accounts) in the College. many championships and accolades in the field of sports and games. L. D" Ants College Events at the College

o A career counselling lecture with the theme "The Career for NCC Cadets in the Force" was conducted by the Unit. Colonel R. J. Adhikari addressed the students (Girls Unit) on 7th September 2016. The College organized an etc. were organized by the The Mayor of Ahmedabad, lnduction Meeting for the volunteers in the month of Shree Gautam Shah, was students of Semester-1 on August 2016. invited to initiate the "Tree 07t^ July, 2016. Plantation Drive" in the 8 volunteers participated in Department of Sanskrit campus on 'lOth September the Digital lndia Workshop. organized a Guest Lecture 2016. A group of 14 volunteers with the theme "The A Onp Day orientation participated in Cleanliness Future and the Prospects program for the new NSS Drive initiated by the AMC. of Sanskrit Students". volunteers was conducted by A batch of 120 volunteers Director, Bramchari Vadi, the Unit on 6thAugust,2016. Sanskrit Academy oriented participated in Rural '15 the students. The Dept. of volunteers were invited to Awareness Camp (Gram Jan Sanskrit, in collaboration be a part of State Level NSS Jagruti Shibir) at Punadra Workshop. Village, from with "Sanskrit Bharti, Gandhinagar 21't till 27ih Octob er, 2016. Gujarat", organized a week A series of Social Outreach long program on Spoken programs like Tree A Workshop on Women Sanskrit from 9th Sept. to 17.t Plantation Drive, Personality Empowerment was September 20'16. Development Seminar and conducted by CWDC Blood Donation Camp on 5th August, 2016. A A workshop on Rasa, a concept which is fundamental to many forms of lndian Arts, was conducted by the Dept. of English on lOth September, 2016.

A Poster Presentation Competition on Drug De- Addiction and Mental lllness was organized by the Dept. of Psychology.

A Guest Lecture on "The lmportance of NCC" was organized by the Unit on 23'd August, 2016.

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Video Lecture by Ruzan The Cross-Country Race Faculty Achievement: Khambhata, the Founder, (lnter-College) for Bo;rs and o Dr" M. D. Chavda, Vajra-O-Force, Empowerment Girls of Gujarat L:rrversity, Principal, was elected Foundation, Ahmedabad was Ahmedabad Zone was as Senate Member of arranged. hosted by the Department of Gujarat University for 3rd Sports on 12th August 2016. A Weeklong Celebration time, Syndicate Member of 70 years of lndian The Department of Sports for 4th time, Academic lndependence with the also organized the lnter-Class Council for 4th time theme "Yaad Karo Kurbani" Cricket Tournameni. and Chairrnan Board of was held in the College from Studies, Psychology for 12th till 23,d August, 2016. the 4th time.

The lnternational Yoga Day was celebrated at the College on 21'tJune, 2016.

.r" u , Conferences: . 2 faculty attended t I il# and presented Research Papers at an lnternatlonal conference 5 faculty attended and presented research papers in National Seminars conducted at different places in lndia.

5 faculty attended Workshops at KCG and other local places. *i+ f 2 faculty attended Seminars conducted by IGNOU.

Principal and G. P. Puranik attended a one day workshop on NIRF conducted by KCG.

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Students achievements: o The College team stood The College organized 2 PG students of MA-Sem-3 Second in Gujarat University various lnter-Class Cultural participated and presented Ahmedaba Zone d Cross- Competitions. a research paper at an Country Race Championship lnternational Conference The Students of the College at for Girls. Chandigarh. participated and won prizes o The Second Prize was won in the Gujarat University Kaji Tabassum SYBA - by the Volley-Ball team (Girls) Youth Festival at Zonal, lnter Economics 2"d, Maldhari in the Ahmedaba d Zone Zonal and National Levels. Purva TYBA Psychology Championship. - 2nd, Ravia Harsh Students of the College SYBA - o The Second Position was English 4th, Dave Vidhi ryBA won 8 Medals in Gujarat awarded to the College Psychology 4rh were University Youth Festival - top teams in the Gujarat performers in Sem-3 and 5. (Ellisbridge Norlh Zone) in University Ahmedabad Zone different events like Classical lyer Aditya SYBA Table-Tennis Tournament in - lnstrumental, Light Vocal Economics 3'd, Pandya both Single and Doubles. - Western, Group Song Manushri SYBA English o - - The College won the First Western, lndian Classical 4th, Maldhari Purva ryBA- prize in Gujarat University - Solo, Debate, Ouiz, Psychology 4th, Gadhavi Ahmedaba d Zone Boxing Skit, Poster making. They Aastha FYBA - English 5tt Championship (Men). stood Second in the Group were top performers in Sem- o The Handball Team stood Song (Western), Classical 2,4 and 6. First in the Gujarat University Dance (lndian) and Third in Ahmedabad Zone and Poster Making and Debate lnter Zone Championship Competition at lnter Zone (Women). Level of Gujarat University. o Our students (Boxing 3 6 students of Department (MA.SEM-3) Boys, Handball 4 Girls and of Psychology Volley-ball 1 Girl) have been participated and presented research selected in the Gujarat papers at a National University team to participate Level conference at Navasari. Jalpa Sisodiya in the lnter University got Best Research Tournaments. Paper Award in Scientific session.

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. L. M. College of Pharmacy organized a one day National Workshop on 'Breaking Barriers to Redefine Pharmacognosy' on 9th July 2016. The workshop was aimed to restructure the syllabus of . A 'Tree Pharmacognosy subject for Plantation Drive' . was initiated A State Level lnteractive M. Pharm., which would be by the NSS Seminar unit of LMCP in September and Workshop applicable centrally as a 'Cheminformatics 20'16. About 75 on in common syllabus for all the Ayurvedic and medicinal Organic and Pharmaceutical institutes throughout lndia. plants were planted Chemistry' was organized by The syllabus was framed in our Medicinal L. M. College of Pharmacy by the Pharmacognosists Plant Garden. on 15th December 2016. The from Gujarat at a pre- . Our NSS unit started an workshop was designed workshop meeting. The event entitled 'Joy of to train researchers and Chief Guest, Dr. C. K. Kokate Giving' in October 20i6. young faculty in designing INational Advisor, Society The participants gathered lead molecules using of Pharmacognosy-lndial old garments from staff cheminformatics. More than delightfully announced to and students of LMCP and 50 participants attended consider the workshop as distributed them among the the seminar. The Chief 'Ahmedabad Declaration'. less privileged members Guest Dr. C. J. Shishoo of society with the help of [Eminent Scientist and Retd. The college has been NGOs. Principal, L. M. College of awarded overall rank 12 o A team Pharmacy] and Convener, Dr. among Pharmacy Colleges of B. Pharm. M. T. Chhabria put special in National lnstitutional Semester-3 students, headed emphasis on application of Ranking Framework (NIRF) by NSS Unit, initiated an event for cheminformatics in organic issued by MHRD in 2016. lt paying homage to great lndian synthesis. is positioned 2nd at national Soldiers who serve level and 1.tat Gujarat at the border. Fifty greeting level among Grant- in-Aid cards were made Pharmacy Colleges. and delivered to the military community.

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Project Grants: ., - The coltege has received several research as well as industrial grants in the last few years, of approximately,'Rs.1'6'S-rores, from sponsors such as Department of Science and Technology (DST), All tndia Council for Technical Education (A1CTE), Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST), etc. Recently, ah industrial grant of Rs. 6 lacs has been received from Emcure 'Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Faculty Achievements: ' Theses of four M. Pharm. students guided by Dr. M. T. Chhabria, Dr. Anita Mehta and Dr. Mamta Shah were shortlisted in the 'Best Five Thesis for Final Round of Evaluation' in Rajnibhai V. patel Pharmlnnova Award Competition - 2016.

' Dr' Anita Mehta was selected as a Member, PCI lnspectors Panel and Member, RC Committee, AICTE lnspectors Panel. o Dr' Anita Mehta continues to offer her services as the Dean of Gujarat Technological University (GTU) since 2012 and as Joint Secretary, lndian Pharmaceutical Association (lPA), Gujarat State Branch. o Dr. Gaurang Shah was elected the President of lndian Pharmaceutical Association (lpA), Gujarat State Branch in November 2016.

o Dr. Parloop Bhatt was nominated as an Executive Committee Member in lndian pharmacological society and lndian Pharmacological Society-Gujarat chapter in 2016.

Faculty Publications: ' Chhabri?, M., Patel, S. (2016). Synthesis and anti-tubercular activity of a series of N1- substituted isonicotinohydrazide derivatives. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4(12),2g1-2g6. o Parma4 D', Chhabria, M. (2016). Novel thiophene derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents.lournal of Pharmaceutical science and Bioscientific Research, 6(5), 113-722. Agrawal, ' A., Chaudaga; K., Appanna, V., Mehta, A. (2016). An anti-histaminic activity of Vitamin-D in experimental models. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 5(2), 14Bg-14g7.

' Kadia, A., Shah, G. (2016). Cisplatin resistance reversal by Disulfiram and Caffeine. Journal of Pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics, 7(3), 139_141. o Kalola, J., Shah, R.,Shah, M. (2016). Ouantitative analysis of phytochemicals from lnula cappa roots. Journal of Planar Chromatography, 2g(5), 336_340. o Shah, R., Patel, T., Tettamanzi, C., Rajan, J., Shah, M. Pethambaran, B. (2016).lsolation of a Novel Piperidide from Achillea 'Moonshine' Using Bioactivity Guided Fractionation for the Treatment of Acne. Journal of Medicinal plant Research, lO(30),495_504. o Sarvaiya, K., Goswami, S. (2016).lnvestigation of the effects of vanilloids in chronic fatigue syndrome. Brain Research Bulletin, 127, lg7-194 o Bhatt, c., Pundarikakshudu, K., patel, p., patel, N., panchal, A., Shah, G., Goswami, s. (2016) Beneficial effect of aspirin against interferon-E-2b-induced depressive behavior in rats. Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology and physiology, 43(r 2), 120g-1215. o Shah, K., Goswami, S. (2016). lmpact of stress in inflammation associated with depression European Journal of Biomedical and pharmaceutical Sciences, 3(3),354_360.

14 March 2017, Volume l, lssue I o Bhatt' P', Patel, z' (2016). Temporal trends in pharmacology publications by pharmacy institutes: A deeper pharmacorogy, dig. lndian rournar of 4g(suppt t), s74-s77. o Ratnakar, N', Gohel, M. (2016). Statistical optimization of controlled porosity osmotic tablet of Milnacipran Hcl. Asian Journal of pharmaceutics, r0(3), 263-27i. Korani, D', Doshi, D- (2016)' ' Development and validation of stability indicating HPTLC method for simultaneous estimation of Propranolol hydrochloride and Flunarizine dihydrochlo ride. tnternational lournal of Pharma Research & Review, 5(7), l_g. Book Published: Ratnakar, N', Halatwala, K. (2016). tnftuence ' of hydrophobic polymer on drug release; A case study. saarbrucken, Germany: LAp LAMBERT Academic publishing.

Affiliation of M. pharm. (Self-Finance) Course LMCP had successfully undergone the PCI inspection for M. Pharm. (Self-finance) affiliation on 12th & 13th Aug' 2016. Dr. P' R' Vavia (Professor, The lnstitute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai) & Dr' M' Saraf (Principal, N' Bombay College of Pharmacy) carried out the inspection.

PhD Awarded Alumni Achievements: Ms. Hiral Koradia was Mr. Pankaj Patel [CMD, awarded Ph. D. in August Zydus Cadila and Chairman, 2016, for her thesis entitled Advisory Committee of 'Studies in Oxcarbazepine L.M.C.Pl as the President Modified Release of Federation of lndian Formulations Using Ouality By Chambers of Commerce Design Approach'. and lndustry (FICCI), and Chairman, BoG, llM Udaipur.

Ms. Radhika Pandya was Dr. Navin Sheth awarded Ph. D. in December [Member, GPSC] as the 2016, for her thesis entitled Vice Chancellor of Gujarat 'Dissolution Enhancement Technological Un iversity (GTU). of BCS Class ll Drugs Using Hybrid Technique of Solid Dispersion and Adsorption Employing the Concept of Quality by Design'.

Eminent Visitor:

Dr. c. Sekar [Prof, University of Findray, USA] visited LMCP in July, 2016. He offered guidance to the undergraduate and postgraduate students regarding the current status and scope of pharmacy practice in USA.

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Student Achievements: ' Raina Priya (M' Pharm. Sem-lll) bagged first position in the State Round of lndian pharmaceutical Association (lPA) sponsored IPA-Devinder Pal National Elocution Competition on the topic 'Pharmacists for a Healthy lndia' held in Oct. 2016 at L. M. College of pharmacy. o six students of B. Pharm. Semester-7 were sent to Canada under the 5th consecutive lnternational Experience Programme (lEp) initiated by GTU. They were enrolled in Laurentia n U n iversity, Sudbury, Canada for courses on Medicinal chemistry and pharmacology. o Priyanka Badlani & Himika Gandhi (B. pharm. sem.-5) received honorable mention for participation in category-ll of All lndia Essay writing Event-2016, organized by Shri Ram Chandra Mission & United Nations lnformation Centre for lndia & Bhutan. Three ' students of M.Pharm. received Gold Medals from Gujarat Technological University (GTU) for securing top ranks in 2016.

lnaxi Parmar Karishma Halatwala Naiya (Pharmaceutical Patel Chemistry) (Pharmaceutics) (Pharmacognosy)

Placement Activities: ln the year 2016, more than 25 companies from all over lndia conducted on-campus interviews at our college. Around 54 students from all ,1 the courses were recruited pharm. . Yash Mehta (B. . Bhavini Shah and Fazila by a number of Pharma Sem.-3) received 2"dPrize in Khanjara received'Best Giants. Essay Writing Competition Poster PresentationAwa rds' Renovations at LMCP: and Dhruv Shah (B. Pharm. for'Vasculoprotective effect The Ahmedabad Education Sem.3) received 3d Prize in of regulator of G-protein Society has invested around Skit Competition, at Gujarat signaling-2 (RG52) against Rs. 20 lacs for relocating State NSS Day celebration, in diabetic cardiovascular the Post Graduate Pharma. organized by Gujarat complication' 'Role and of Chemistry Laboratory to Technological University, Heat (Hsp) Shock Proteins the first floor of college. hosted by Sardar Patel in Diabetes', in DIACON Besides, with a humble University, Vidyanagar, in 2016, National a Conference donation of Rs. 4.5 lacs September 2016. organized at Ahmedabad from an Alumni of LMCP, Diacare by Medilink in the Undergraduate Pharma. December 2016. Chemistry Laboratory has also been revived.

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Project Grant: The institute received Research Grants of Rs. 55 Lakhs from various funding agencies, such as, Dept. of Space, Bangalore, Dept of Biotechnology, New Delhi, SAC - ISRO, etc. It also received Rs. l, dtl 77,685/- under Equity lnitiative from RUSA . Dr. R. K. Pujara, leAC . A workshop was organized (KCG) Coordinator organized a on'Mushroom Cultivation, National Level Seminar on 2"d September, 2016 under IOAC. The main by the Microbiology Ranking: theme of the seminar was Department. 80 students The institute stands 32nd to evaluate the role of were trained on successful in the list of lndia's best Governance, Leadership and mushroom growth and colleges in lndia Today- Management in imparting marntenance. Nielsen Survey 2015. The quality education. The . institute has also been seminar As a part of environment aimed to deliberate declared as a Centre on various protection and safety drive, benchmarks for Potential Excellence that can different programs were differentiate good under the CPE scheme quality organized in the month of education from poor during Xll plan. August and September, quality education. Dr. M. N. Patel, Vice-Chancellor; 201 6, includin g Managin g e-waste, Sustainable Gujarat University was the Consumption Collaborations: Chief Guest. He emphasized and Livelihood, Environmental photography . The institute has signed maintaining standards of and Nature Environment a MoU with Zydus Cadila. teaching, examination and research Trekking in Panchmahal in the university. o The lnstitute has signed The guest District. of honour was a MoU with CEE under Dr. B. S. Madhukar, Advisor; the coordinatorship NAAC. of Dr. Alpana Shukla, A Teachers' Training program Head, Botany Dept., for SAYEN- on 'Remote Sensing and South Asian Youth GIS was organized from 2l,t Environment Network to 26th November; 2016 by to create a network the Botany Dept. Faculty of enthusiastic members were exposed and environmentally concerned to the software behind youngsters. the technology of remote senstng.

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Faculty Publications: Facuhy Achievements:

medicines to treat Parmar, M. and Jain, B. K' (2016)' Plant based Journals of various ailments in domestic animals - a case study' Medicinal Plants Studies, 4(5), 74-78' Dr. B. K. Jain, Prof. D. K. storage practices Vaghela, Dr. N. R. Panchal Parmar, M. and Jain, B. K.(2016).lndigenous from Gujarat' have been selected as and related traditional knowledge - a case study 7(4), 485- senate members of Gujarat tnternational Journal of Pharma and Bio science, University in 2016-17. 489.

,Mehta,K.andJain,B.K'(2016)'Phytochemicalscreeningof root extract of Phyllanthus fraternus' Webster lnternational JournaloflnnovativeResearchinScience,Engineeringand TechnologY, 2(3), 69 - 73' Department of Mathematics oParmar,M.andJoshi,P.andJain,B'K''(2016)'Traditionalhealth has been aPPointed as Vice chhotaudepur llTE UniversitY, care practices indigenous to the forest dweller of Chancellor Earlier, he forest division: a case study from Gujarat' lnternational Gandhinagar. as the Vice JournaloflnnovativeResearchinScience'Engineeringand had served Chancellor of KSIC/ Kutch TechnologY, 8(5),15166 - 15772' UniversitY. .Varjani,S'andUpasani,V.(2016).CoreFloodstudyforenhanced oilrecoverythroughex-situbioaugmentationwiththermo-and aeruginosa halo-tolerant rhamnolipid produced by Pseudomonas 182' lmpact NCIM 5514. Biores. Technot. (Etsevier) 220, 175 - factor 4.917 Dr. S. N. Zala, Head, v. (2016). carbon spectrum utilization by o Varjani S. and Upasani Department of Chemistry Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCIM 5514: an indigenous strain of has been aPPointed as Vice and surface active properties of Production, characterization Chancelloc M. K' Bhavnagar (Etsevier) 221,510 516' biosurfactant. Biores. Technol. - University in August, 20'15'

. Rathod, B. Bhatt H. and UPasani V' (2016). Extracellular Salterns at Hydrolases producing Haloarchaea from Marine

1 lmPact factor Okhamadhi, Gujarat, lndia' IJCMAS 5,(1 ) 51-64. 2.937.

(2016)' Novel Synthesis Shah, R. and Shah, N. and Ramani,V' Dr. J. J. Patel was felicitated Journal of of Tetra Zolo, Pyrrolopyrimidim es' lnternational by Anandiben Patel, former Scientific Research, 5, (8) 626' Chief Minister of Gujarat for her extensive contribution to 21 Textbooks and . Several faculty members have co-authored rural women Gujarat State Practical Manuals of Physics and Chemistry for Education Board in 2016' March 2017, Volume l, lssue I

Alumni Activities: Eminent Visitor: AIumni organized a Mega Garba Event on 4th Dr. William Trafford from National lnstitute October 2016, where more than lOOO students of Health, Washington, USA and Dr. were given a platform to participate and Vivek Tanawade from A- Star lnstitute of interact. Our AIumni offer financial support to Bioinformatics, Singapore visited and interacted poor students every year. with faculty members.

The Alumni has contributed Rs. 11 Lakh in the form of Fixed Deposits to be used for student development activities.

Student Achievements: o Shivangi Our students bagged a total Nautiyal, student of 25 individual medals and 7 of Zoology college medals in lnter Zonal Department was Youth festival in different overall topper events. of Science faculty in B. Sc. Cadet Nidhi Tomar and Cadet Semester - 6 examination in Manthan Amin (B. Sc. Sem - Harsh Mehta participated Gujarat University, 201 6. 5, Biochemistry department) in RD camp - 2016.They o won a Gold Medal in the Heta Shah (Microbiology were selected for Youth I nternational Taekwondo- Department) and Manasvi exchange program Russia 2016 - held in Bangalore. Dobriya (Geology and Singapore. Cadet Nidhi He also won two Bronze Department) received Tomar got an award for the medals in different categories gold medal from Gujarat best cadet of Gujarat, Air in the National Taekwondo University in June 2016. Squadron. Tournament held in o Harsh Mehta (B. Ahmedabad in December Sc. Semester- 2016. 5, Biochemistry department) won a prize in poster competition at the lnternationa I Conference on 'Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods' jointly organised by lndian Society of Agricultural Biochemists and Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat.

19 Campus lnterview for B.Sc. Chemistry Mrs. Pratirna,loshr, l-lead, & [v]icrobiology subject was held on Zoology. Cec: . :'' . r: :c 7ih lv{ay 2016. A total of 35 sir;cjen'ts iniunc2016 -,. "'e \r\j--re eelected and offered job: n-v of mcre than 4C iesi:i, Si)e Guiarat',,iVater Resource Developmerii \,lJas \r'e i'y active iir crr.ti-r Comrnittee, DH Consultancy ancl acadc'nic :nd c.r, :' Zyiu.; Caciiia. acii,;ii,ies of th.-: gsji-^qi," S,re 'r,ryas ths ccn'rre.3i' ri irJl:r!j A Career Counsellirrg weel< and

Iecture series was organised ir-r 0biturai"y: September, 2A16. Career after B"Sc. in t/Ve regret lfre sudderr lndia and abroad, Opportunity after demise of i\'4i'. Babubhai and Career advancements Graduation Patel, Head, l\4athemalics in different fields of defence services Departrnent. were some of the topics includeci. He was very rnuch involved with academic as well as administrative activities of the college.

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