| Atul Kumar Nasa |
The second meeting of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 65th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) was recently held at Gurgaon, Haryana to felicitate the President of IPCA and also to discuss the progress of the preparation for this year’s event.
Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA) is a federation with five national pharma associations as its constituents viz: Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association (IPGA), Indian Hospital Pharmacists’ Association (IHPA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) & All India Drugs Control Officers’ Confederation (AIDCOC). This year, the 65th IPC is to be hosted by IPGA and Atul Kumar Nasa, President, IPGA, has also been honoured with the prestigious position of President of Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA).
The meeting was organised in the run up to the 65th IPC 2013, scheduled to be held from December 20-22 at Amity University Campus, Noida, Delhi NCR. The event saw participation from around 30 members of different task committees.
RC Juneja, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mankind Pharma, also the Chairman of the LOC of 65th IPC, delivered the inaugural note to the audience, thanking them for their cooperation. He said, “The purpose of IPC is to ensure empowerment of Indian pharma companies. It is a big achievement for all of us to move ahead towards this.”
AK Nasa, who has now taken over as President of IPCA, thanked all the members for giving him the opportunity to serve the profession by holding the prestigious position as President of IPCA. “I was associated with the 53rd IPC (2001) and 60th IPC (2008), held at Delhi as an Organising Secretary and both the conferences were benchmark conferences appreciated by everyone. I would request all members to extend their support for the success of 65th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress,” he said. He expressed that the 65th IPC will be different one from the past conferences, helping bring about a definite change in the national policies and thereby empowering pharmacists.
Dr Arun Garg, Organising Secretary, LOC, 65th IPC, gave a presentation about the progress of this year’s event. The theme of the conference is Pharma Vision 2020: Empowering Pharmacists. As the title suggests, the conference would deliberate on the development of pharmaceutical sciences, new drug development, R&D and their future. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will be the exhibition partner and it is expected that more than 300 exhibitors from various countries will be participating. Express Pharma will be the media partner for the conference and yatra.com will be the travel partner. He explained the duties and responsibilities of various task committees.
Prof Dr SS Agarwal, Advisor and Chairman of Scientific Services Committee, thanked Dr Ashok Kumar Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Group of Institution for his support. He added that this year the scientific sessions will be technically based and some noble laureates will be delivering their talk. BR Sikri, Advisor and Chairman of Finance Committee also requested all members to support the 65th IPC. Later on, the chairpersons of different task committees including key committees like registration, inauguration, volunteers, entertainment, press and publicity, accommodation, venue, transport, exhibition, reception, security, ladies hospitality etc., presented their views and discussed the progress of their respective committees. The meeting ended with the vote of the thanks by Dr Garg to the President, Chairman-LOC and all other members.
In the evening there was a felicitation ceremony for Nasa, the IPCA President. It was attended by more than 100 members along with their families.
EP News Bureau – Mumbai