Baroda College of Pharmacy
and
Parul Institute of Pharmacy
Organized
3rd National Level Pharmacy Student Symposium
Pharmafest’11
ON
19th & 20th Feb 2011
Report on 3rd National Level Pharmacy Student Symposium
Pharmafest’11
19th & 20th Feb 2011
Pharmafest’11, a National Level Pharmacy Student Symposium, was organized
by Baroda College of Pharmacy and Parul Institute of Pharmacy, managed by
Parul Trust, on 19th and 20th Feb 2011.
Pharmafest is organized every year to provide a platform for undergraduate and
post graduate students of pharmacy to interact with each other and exchange
their views regarding the recent developments in the field of pharmacy. Various
events like poster and model presentations, elocution competition and quiz
competition are organized during two days of Pharmafest.
This year we had a participation of 1500 students from colleges in and outside
Gujarat. Following is the brief report of Pharmafest’11
Day 1 (19th Feb 2011, Saturday)
The symposium was inaugurated by Chief Guest Mr. Himanshu Jani,
Sr. HR Manager, Alembic Ltd and Guest of honor Mr. Suryakant Chaudhary,
Manager HR, Bharat Parenterals Ltd.
Events organized on 19th Feb were poster presentation and elocution
competition. Around 400 posters were presented on the prescribed themes.
Themes for Poster Presentations were
Subject: Pharmaceutics/Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Theme: 1) Site specific drug delivery
2) Time modulated drug delivery
Subject: Pharmaceutical Analysis/Quality Assurance
Theme: 1) Recent advances in Bioanalytical techniques
2) Structural identification of drugs by any one analytical technique.
Subject: Pharmaceutical chemistry
Theme: 1) Serendipity in medicinal drug discovery
2) CADD: Fundamentals, techniques or applications
Subject: Pharmacology
Theme: 1) Pharmacological intervention of any neurodegenerative,
metabolic and infectious disease
2) Non conventional therapeutic techniques (Stem cell therapy, Gene
therapy etc.)
Subject: Pharmacognosy
Theme: 1) Any one herbal drug discovery made by national Institutes
(CDRI, NBRI, IIIM etc.)
2) Global trade of any one herb for various applications and position
of India in it.
86 students took part in Elocution Competition deliberating on topics like
¾ Scope of Pharm D. in Indian scenario
¾ Pharmacy curriculum and teaching methodology: views and ideas
Inaugural session
Poster presentations
Day 2 (20th Feb 2011, Sunday)
Events organized on 20th Feb were model presentation and quiz competition.
Around 75 models were displayed on the prescribed themes.
Themes for Model competition were
Subject: Pharmaceutics/Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Theme: Any unit operation employed in manufacturing of Pharmaceutical
dosage forms.
Subject: Pharmaceutical Analysis/Quality Assurance
Theme: Any analytical instrument
Subject: Pharmaceutical chemistry
Theme: Green Chemistry
Subject: Pharmacology
Theme: 1) Physiological aspects of major body systems
2) Pathological aspects of neurodegenerative, metabolic and infectious
diseases.
Subject: Pharmacognosy
Theme: 1) Any one extraction technique/QC for herbal drug or formulation
2) Any aspect of plant tissue culture.
224 students took part in Quiz completion which was held on 20th February
2011. Questions based on general knowledge and pharmacy knowledge were
asked in different rounds. The teams were screened through two screening
rounds to get the 6 teams for the final quiz round.
Model Presentations
Quiz Competition
Poster, Model and Elocution competitions were judged by invited dignitaries
from different colleges and industries of Gujarat and prizes were given to
3 winners for each subject of each event.
Prize Distributions
Valedictory function was held on 20th February after completion of all events.
Dr. Jignesh Patel, Director - Baroque Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. was the chief
guest and Ms. Neelam kumari – Executive HR Oxygen Bioresearch Ltd. was
the guest of honour.
The overwhelming response of the student participants in Pharmafest’11 reflects
the success and need for such events in the present scenario.
Media Flash
WINNERS OF PHARMAFEST-2011 EVENTS
Competition
Subject
Position
Winner
College
Kanani Ankur
1st prize
Kanani Vishal
Atmiya College Of Pharmacy
Ladani Umang
Deepa Patel
Pharmacognosy
2nd prize
Montina Patel
Parul Institute Of Pharmacy
Hinal Shah
Patel Pranali
3rd prize
Patel Maulika
Kalol Institute Of Pharmacy
Prajapati Chhaya
Nilesh Prajapati
1st prize
Parth Patel
Atimya College Of Pharmacy
Hiren Thhakar
POSTER
PRESENTATION
Anand Odedra
Pharm. Analysis
2nd prize
Jaimin Vaidya
Nirma College Of Pharmacy
Arshit Dave
Pritesh Patel
3rd prize
Bhadraj Chauhan
Atimya College Of Phrmacy
Pushpak Parmar
Surya Muralee
1st prize
Parul Institute Of Pharmacy
Dhobi Ankit
Anand Odedra
2nd prize
Jaydeep Jalu
Nirma College Of Pharmacy
Pharm. Chemistry
Dharmesh Patel
Shah Harsh
3rd prize
Patel Dharak
Shah Darpan
Parul Institute Of Pharmacy
Competition
Subject
Position
Winner
College
Jignesh Patel
1st prize
Brijesh Patel
Sardar Patel College Of Pharmacy
Parimal Patel
2nd prize
Shah Nisarg
C.K.Pithwala College of Pharmacy
Dave Sandip
Pharmacology
3rd Prize
Thakor Mrudang
Dharmaj College Of Pharmacy
Shah Akash
Shekh Jazib
Consolation Prize 1st
Juhi Patel
N.M.Padaliya College of
Pharmacy
Vijay Singhavi
Manali Mukadam
POSTER
PRESENTATION
1st prize
Baroda College Of Pharmacy
Shraddha Agarwal
Kothari Snehal N.
2nd prize
Nirma College Of Pharmacy
Huda Asif
Vora Harsh
Pharmaceutics
3rd prize
Patel Parth
L.B.Rao College Of Pharmacy
Patel Dixit
Vyas Janki
Consolation Prize 1st
Vasi Ruqaiya
Bhagwan Mahavir College of
Pharmacy
Shah Dhara
2nd Prize
Iyer Vatsala
Parul Institute Of Pharmacy
Jaiswal Chirayu
ELOCUTION
1st prize
Munim Krishna
2nd prize
Lakdava Dhara
3rd prize
Sheryasi Chaudhari
Milankumar Patel
Sunil Patel
Falgun Bhatt
Mayur Parekh
Rohit Aghara
Nayan Parmar
1st prize
QUIZ
2nd prize
3rd prize
Maliba Pharmacy College
C.K.Pithavala College of
Pharmacy
Parul Institute Of pharmacy
Parul Instute Of Pharmacy.
Parul Instute Of Pharmacy.
S.S Pharmacy College
Competition
Subject
Position
Winner
College
Anand Odedra
1st prize
Naiya Mohindra
Nirma College Of Pharmcy
Asif Huda
Swati Parmar
2nd prize
Grishma Patel
Sigma College Of Pharmacy
Khushbu Chauhan
Pharmaceutics
Ravi Rupavatiya
3rd prize
Sarita Ratanpara
S.S.Institute of Pharmacy
Hiral Pokiya
Vishva Desai
3rd prize
Arihant School Of Pharmacy
Bela Sanariya
Barkat Mansuri
MODEL
PRESENTATION
Pharm. Analysis
1st prize
Ajay Singh
Nirma College Of Pharmacy
Margi Desai
Harshit Dave
1st prize
Jamin Vaidya
Nirma College Of Pharmacy
Anand Odedra
Pharm. Chemistry
Milin Raval
2nd prize
Maulik Patel
Saraswati College Of Pharmacy
Krunal Nirmal
kambhani Ashish
1st prize
Bhalala Ankita
Shree Dhanvantry College Of
Pharmacy
Bharuch Jinal
Pharmacology
Zulka Ramoliya
2nd prize
Bhaumik Pandya
Palak Bhatiya
Gitatanjali Colleage Of Pharmacy
Competition
Subject
Position
Winner
College
abhishek shah
1st prize
MODEL
PRESENTATION
Hinal Patel
S.S Pharmacy College
prenal shah
Pharmacognosy
jigar sanghvi
2nd prize
Hardik shah
AGPRI Gandhinagar
mehul sathvara
Dr. Archana Paranjape,
Dr. Rajesh K.S.
Principal,
Principal,
Baroda College of Pharmacy
Parul Institute of Pharmacy