The specialists of Pharma are expected to participate in the two-day International Pharma Conference which is going to organise at Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology and Science (SGRRITS).
Elaborate discussions on the significance, effects and modern research conducted on pharmacovigilence and herbal medicines would be held in International Conference on Pharmaceutical Science' (I.C.P.S.), which is going to start on Friday. This will be the first conference of itskind in the Uttarakhand, claimed Principal of Pharma Department, SGRRITS and the conference convener Prof Preeti Kothiyal.
While addressing the mediapersons in a press conference held at SGRR institute in Dehradun on Wednesday, Prof Kothiyal said that the president of Pharmacy Council of India, Dr B Suresh is likely to present in the conference as chief guest and will deliver the key note lecture on the conference theme. Besides him, Vice-Chancellor and Secretary of Pharmacy Council of India Archana Mudgal, Vice-President of Centre for Responsible Nutrition, USA, Dr James Griffith, WHO Switzerland's Dr Shanti Paul, Director, School of
Natural Products, Dr Pulok Mukherjee, President of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) Dr Mahesh Burande, Director Research of Punjab University Dr VK Kapoor, Director of Abott laboratories of Pharma Industry Dr Shishir Bhand, Professor, Biotechnology Dr GS Randhawa etc. are expected to share their ideas, knowledge and experiences with the students.
Dr Preeti Kothiyal informed that as much 1,000 students, faculty members and industry delegates have registered their names for participating in the conference. Besides, research papers of 402 researchers from 35 reputed Pharma institutes have been received and most significant out of these are the research papers from researchers hailing from IIT, FRI Dehradun, Punjab University, Forensic laboratory Gujarat and three researchers from Nepal will also be presenting their research papers. Specialists will also share their knowledge on the adverse effects of antibiotics, role of regulatory bodies in Pharma education, Pharma vision-2020 and the recent research works and effects and globalisation of herbal medicines.
Principal of SGRR PG College Prof VA Bourai said that is a matter of pride for SGRR Mission as well as for Uttarakhand that such exponents form India and Abroad are sharing their ideas and knowledge in the same conference. Dr Singh Dean Academics, Col Anand Dean Administration, Dr Nardev Singh, Manish Mishra, Yogendra Bahuguna, lakshmi Goswami, Dr Prashant Mathur, Dr Arun Kumar and Praveen Chaudhary were also present.