Vivekanand Education Society organises national symposium

Vivekanand Education Society (VES) recently celebrated its 50 years of existence in the field of education. In continuation with the Golden Jubilee celebrations VES College of Pharmacy organised a two-day national symposium on ‘Innovative Frontiers in Green Chemistry. Green chemistry incorporates a new approach to the synthesis, processing and application of chemical substances in a manner to reduce threats to health and the environment. In wake of growing environment pollution, green chemistry implements sustainable development in the field of chemistry and chemical technology.

The symposium was attended by as many as 150 delegates consisting of students, academicians and pharma industry people. Speakers of national and international repute presented their lectures on various aspects of Green Chemistry which included fundamentals of green chemistry and its principles, methods for safer chemical processes and green analytical techniques, reduction of hazardous chemical wastes, and microwave assisted chemical syntheses etc.

The symposium was inaugurated by Prof BP Bandgar, Ex-Vice Chancellor of Solapur University, who was also the keynote speaker. The symposium included scientific sessions by Dr Sanjay Poman, Business Development Manager, Merck Millipore, Dr Kushal Manudhane, Senior Scientist, Dr Reddys Laboratory, Hyderabad, Dr Rakesh R Somani, Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, VES College of Pharmacy, Prof SH Bhosale, Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune, Prof KS Jain, Principal, Jondhale college of Pharmacy, Asangaon, Dr SS Dhage, Former Deputy Director, NEERI, Mumbai, Dr BB Shingate, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dr BAMU, Aurangabad and Prof Vijay Khanna, Head, Organic and Drug Chemistry, Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar.

The symposium included poster presentations from delegates. A total 25 posters were presented based on the theme of the symposium. Principal of the college and symposium convener, Dr Supriya S Shidhaye welcomed the guests and addressed them with the objective and theme of organising the symposium to the audience. She thanked the speakers for sharing their knowledge and experience.

Dr Rakesh Somani, Associate Professor and HOD, Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, was the symposium co-convener. The inaugural programme was attended by BL Boolani, the Founder Trustee and Trustee In-charge of the college, who appreciated the efforts taken by college for such initiatives. The organising committee, principal and the co-convener thanked the management and all the delegates for their support to this endeavour.

The two-day symposium was successful in drawing attention of budding scientists towards emerging frontiers in green chemistry. The organising committee was highly appreciated by the delegates for their efforts in providing a platform for many delegates to showcase their work and interact with eminent speakers.

EP News Bureau – Mumbai