SCOP organises AICTE sponsored faculty development programme

Sinhgad College of Pharmacy (SCOP), Vadgaon (Bk), Pune recently organised AICTE sponsored two weeks faculty development programme on Research and Practice in Metabolic Disorder: Past, Present and Future. More than 50 faculty members from different institutes in and around Pune actively participated in the event

Dr KN Gujar, Principal Sinhgad College of Pharmacy designed this faculty development programme, which was inaugurated by Dr AG Unikrishnan, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Endocrinologist at Chellaram Diabetes Centre, Pune.

During the entire fortnight, academicians, scientists and medical practitioners made intensive deliberations and shared their experiences to increase the awareness amongst the pharmacy teachers about the limitations of current therapies for the prevention and management of various metabolic disorders and related co-morbidities. An attempt was made to discuss the changing epidemiology of obesity and metabolic syndrome with emphasis on role of lifestyle, pharmacological, traditional, surgical, and novel approaches to control the situation.

The coordinator of the programme, Prof Dilpesh Jain, SCOP, also arranged a visit to Pioneer Diagnostic Centre and Chellaram Diabetes Institute to explore the latest in technology for diagnosis and treatment of metabolic syndrome.

EP News Bureau – Mumbai