School of Pharmacy, Lloyd Institute of Management & Technology organises seminar

Atul Kumar Nasa, lightening the lamp during inaugural ceremony of national seminar

Lloyd Institute of Management & Technology recently organised a national seminar on ‘Pharma Regulatory Affairs: Current Trends & Career Opportunities’ along with an orientation day programme for the 11th batch of B Pharmacy students. The Chief Guest of the seminar Archna Mudgal, Registrar cum Secretary, Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) was felicitated by Manohar Thairani, President, Lloyd Group. Thairani, in his welcome address, thanked all the dignitaries for sparing their valuable time for the seminar at Lloyd.

Mudgal congratulated the 11th batch of B. Pharmacy students for opting to study Pharmacy at Lloyd Institute. She emphasised on the need for a quality education system with more of practical orientation and informed the audiences about the various initiatives taken by PCI.

Vijay Bhalla, Director of School of Pharmacy, welcomed the guests, students and parents and explained to students about the growth and potential of pharma industry in India.

Manohar Thairani, President – Lloyd Group of Institutions, presenting memento and participation certificate to Atul K Nasa- Licencing Auhtority, Drugs Control Department, NCT Delhi

Atul K Nasa, Licencing Authority, President IPGA, Managing Trustee- IPGA Welfare Trust, Drugs Control Department, NCT Delhi, in his key note address, informed students about the various career opportunities available in pharma regulatory affairs and also briefed the students about the importance of joining professional associations and participation in mega events like Indian Pharmaceutical Congress.

SL Nasa, Registrar, Delhi State Pharmacy Council, President- IHPA also congratulated the institute and the management for maintaining such high standards of teaching in the Department of Pharmacy at Lloyd. He told the audience about the various initiatives that he, as the registrar of the Delhi Pharmacy Council, had undertaken for the upliftment of the pharmacy profession.

Lab-coats were given to all the new entrants in a formal ceremony by SL Nasa, wherein 375 students took the pharmacist’s oath. More than 40 abstracts were received from 14 different colleges and a CD comprising these scientific abstracts was released on the occasion. Kirti Soni of Jamia Hamdard received the best poster award. Garima Mishra received the second prize while Harsharan and Renuka shared the third prize.

The speakers at the scientific session included PK Jaggi (Ex Head of office and LA), Dr A Ramakrishnan (DDC-FDA), Dr MK Chourasia (Scientist-CDRI, Lucknow), Dr Nitin Jain (Scientist-DBT, New Delhi) and Rajeev Karwayun (Lead Auditor-TUV).

The critical issues in pharma regulatory affairs were deliberated on in the scientific sessions.

Vandana Arora thanked the guests and the entire team of Lloyd for making the event successful.

EP News Bureau – Mumbai