Goa College of Pharmacy recently organised a two-day workshop on ‘Science of scientific writing.’ The workshop was sponsored by AICTE. The purpose of the workshop was to keep researchers updated about the skills involved in writing scientific research papers and practical applications involved in writing such papers.
The workshop was attended by 131 delegates consisting of teaching faculty and PG students from pharmacy colleges in Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof VP Kamat, Registrar, Goa University, who was also the chief guest, Vivek Kamat, Director, Directorate of Technical Education, Salim Veljee, Director, FDA, Dr SY Gabhe, Chairman, Board of Pharmaceutical Education, AICTE and Arun Naik, Chairman, Management Council of Goa College of Pharmacy. Dr GK Rao, Principal, welcomed the gathering and explained the significance of the workshop.
Dr VP Kamat, Registrar, in his address, appreciated the efforts of the college and stressed on the fact that the institute should organise such national level workshops every year for the benefit of Goan students and faculty. Lectures on various topics were delivered by the faculty in their respective fields.
Dr Shobha Rani RH, Principal, Al- Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore and Editor, Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, spoke on ‘Selecting Topics for Research Projects.’
Dr SY Gabhe, Professor, Bharti Vidyapeeth deemed University-Poona college of Pharmacy, delivered a lecture on ‘Writing Scientific Reports,’ Dr N Udupa, Director-Research (Health sciences), Manipal University spoke on ‘Good Practices for Biomedical Publications,’ Dr V Malla Reddy, General Manager, Divi’s Laboratory, Hyderabad and retired Prof Kakatiya University, Warangal delivered a lecture on ‘Salient Features of Scientific/ Technical Research Paper Writing.’
Dr Vadlamudi VSV Rao, Director, St Peter’s Institute of Pharmacy, Warangal and Editor, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences highlighted the importance of ‘Scientific Writing and the Impact of Plagiarism’, Dr V Gopal, Principal, Mother Theresa Institute of Pharmacy, Pondichery, Govt of Pondichery delivered a lecture on ‘Scientific Writing – Is it an Art or Skill or Science?,’ Dr Shivaprakash Ratnam, Chief Executive Officer, Synchron, Ahmedabad and Former Editor, Indian Journal of Pharmacology, spoke on ‘Methodology of Writing Clinical Research Protocol.’ Dr S Rajasekaran, Executive Editor, Indian Journal of Pharm. Education and Research, highlighted the importance of ‘Writing a Good Dissertation/ Thesis,’ Dr Sanjay Pai PN, Goa College of Pharmacy and Former Editor, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, spoke on ‘Writing Proposals for Funding.’
The lectures were followed by interactive sessions. The workshop concluded with the valedictory function which was graced by Rajendra Naik, Deputy Director, FDA.
EP News Bureau – Mumbai
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