GNIPST BULLETIN 2016

05-08-2016

05th August, 2016

Volume No.: 57

Issue No.: 03

Vision
TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF GLORY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE
FIELD OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BY KNOWLEDGE
BASED LEARNING AND PRACTICE

Contents

Message from PRINCIPAL

Editorial board
Historical article
News Update
Knowledge based Article
Disease Related Breaking
News
Upcoming Events
Drugs Update
Campus News
Students Section
Editors Note
Archive

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MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL

"It can happen. It does happen.

But it can't happen if you quit." Lauren Dane.

We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

It gives me immense pleasure to pen a few words for our e-bulletin. At the onset I would like to thank the
last years editors and congratulate the newly selected editors for the current year.
Our first consideration is always in the best interest of the students. Our goal is to promote academic
excellence and continuous improvement.
I believe that excellence in education is aided by creating a learning environment in which all learners are
supported in maximizing their potential and talents. Education needs to focus on personalized learning
and instruction, while promoting an education system that is impartial, universally accessible, and meeting
the needs of all students.
It is of paramount importance that our learners have sufficient motivation and encouragement in order to
achieve their aims. We are all very proud of you, our students, and your accomplishments and look
forward to watching as you put your mark on the profession in the years ahead.
The call of the time is to progress, not merely to move ahead. Our progressive Management is looking
forward and wants our Institute to flourish as a Post Graduate Institute of Excellence. Steps are taken in
this direction and fruits of these efforts will be received by our students in the near future. Our Teachers
are committed and dedicated for the development of the institution by imparting their knowledge and play
the role of facilitator as well as role model to our students.
The Pharmacy profession is thriving with a multitude of possibilities, opportunities and positive
challenges. At Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, our focus is on holistic
needs of our students.
I am confident that the students of GNIPST will recognize all the possibilities, take full advantage of the
opportunities and meet the challenges with purpose and determination.
Excellence in Education is not a final destination, it is a continuous walk. I welcome you to join us on
this path.
My best wishes to all.
Dr. A. Sengupta

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EDITORIAL BOARD
CHIEF EDITOR
EDITOR
ASSOCIATE EDITOR

DR. ABHIJIT SENGUPTA

MS. JEENATARA BEGUM
MR. DIPANJAN MANDAL

HISTORICAL ARTICLE

Oswald Avery
(1877 1955)
Oswald Avery led the team that discovered DNA passes heredity
instructions through successive generations of organisms it carries
the chemical code of life.
Avery and his colleagues published their discovery in a classic paper
describing what came to be known as the AveryMacLeodMcCarty
experiment. The experiment actually represented more than a
decades worth of scientific investigations.
Beginnings
Oswald Theodore Avery was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
on October 21, 1877. His British parents, Joseph Francis Avery and
Elizabeth Crowdy, had arrived in Canada four years earlier.
They had emigrated because Joseph, a Baptist minister, felt a
spiritual calling to do Gods work in North America. The couples
three sons were all born in Canada; Oswald was the second son.
The family moved to New York City, USA when Oswald was 10
years old. His father had been invited to take over as pastor of
Mariners Temple Baptist mission. The mission was on New Yorks
lower East Side, an overcrowded part of the city with a multitude of
social problems a tough place for children to grow up.
In their spare time Oswald and his older brother Ernest taught
themselves to play the cornet. From the age of 12 onwards Oswald
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and Ernest performed music on Sundays outside the mission. The

idea was to entice passers-by inside. The neighborhoods population
included many Catholics and Jews, and Oswalds father was eager to
convert them to the Baptist creed.
Oswald was a highly talented musician. Later he was awarded a
scholarship to the National Conservatory of Music, a scholarship
that he did not use.
At the age of 15, Oswald suffered two shocks: first the death of his
brother Ernest most likely from tuberculosis; then the death of his
father from kidney disease.
No Science at College
In 1893, just before reaching the age of 16, Oswald Avery got his
diploma from New York Male Grammar School and enrolled at
Colgate Academy.
He became a freshman at New Yorks Colgate University in 1896,
where again his musical talent shone through and he became leader
of the college band.
He majored in humanities, averaging higher than 9 out of 10 in his
final years. He graduated with a bachelors degree in humanities in
June 1900, aged 22. He had taken science courses only when they
were compulsory.
The courses he chose in his final year included Philosophy, English
Literature, Political Economy, Public Speaking, and History of Art.
Medical School
By the fall of 1900, Averys ideas about his future had changed
dramatically: he entered medical school Columbia Universitys
College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.
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renowned bacteriologist scored his worst grades in the bacteriology

course.
In 1904, aged 26, Avery graduated and moved into general medical
practice.
An Introduction to Bacteriology
After two years working as a family doctor, Avery was fed up. Too
many of his patients were suffering from incurable conditions,
leaving him feeling thoroughly helpless.
He reached the conclusion that the best way he could help society
would be to find ways of stopping microorganisms killing people. He
decided to become a microbiologist.
He made the transition gradually, working part-time in milk
bacteriology. Averys job was to make measurements of bacteria in
milk before and after pasteurization.
Pneumonia Research
In 1907, aged 30, Avery became assistant director of the Hoagland
Laboratory in Brooklyn, New York. There, in addition to teaching
students, he trained in modern chemical and bacteriological
methods. He also learned to carry out experiments with unusually
meticulous care this would be one of the characteristics of his
future research work.
He began his research career with a study of fermented milk
products, like yogurt. He investigated their role in controlling
harmful gut bacteria in humans, a theme that would became
fashionable again about 100 years later.
Avery published nine papers in academic journals. In 1913, a paper
about tuberculosis caught the eye of Rufus Cole, director of the
Rockefeller Institute in Manhattan. On a visit to Hoagland, Cole
made a point of having a chat with Avery, sizing him up.

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The upshot was that Avery became a bacteriologist at the

Rockefeller Institute in September 1913, a month before his thirtysixth birthday.
For the rest of his career, Avery focused his research on pneumonia
bacteria. Penicillin antibiotics were still decades away, and over 50
thousand people in America were dying of pneumonia every year.
A Strange Way to Become an American
America entered World War 1 in 1917. Avery attempted to join the
U.S. Army Medical Corps as an officer. He was refused, because,
although he had lived all his adult life in America over 30 years in
fact he was not a citizen.
Avery, 40 years old and an eminent bacteriologist, enlisted as a
private the lowest rank. Then, because he was on active duty in
wartime, he was naturalized as an American citizen. In 1918 he was
promoted to Medical Corps Captain.
The Discovery that Genes are DNA
Heredity and DNA Before Avery
Mendel, Miescher, and DNA
In 1866, Gregor Mendel in Moravia (now the Czech Republic)
showed that offspring inherit their parents physical characteristics
according to clear mathematical rules. His work was ignored until
1900.
In 1871, Friedrich Miescher in Germany discovered a new substance,
naming itnuclein, because it came from the cell nucleus. Today we call
this substance deoxyribonucleic acid or, more simply, DNA.
Scientists did not actually suspect that DNA played a role in
heredity. They knewsomething must carry instructions from parents to
offspring, and they knew the instructions followed Mendels laws.
These instructions the units of heredity were given the name
genes.
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Nobody knew what genes were made of, but for a long time they
were thought to be based on proteins.
The Griffith Experiment Life Gets Weird
In 1928, Frederick Griffith in the UK found something amazing he
turned one strain of bacteria into another.
His work involved Streptococcus pneumoniae, a species that has two
strains Rough (R) and Smooth (S) so named because of their
appearance under the microscope.
Rough is not especially harmful. Smooth is a killer.
Griffith experimented by infecting mice with R and S bacteria. He
found:
Mice infected with R survived as expected.
Mice infected with S died as expected.
Mice infected with heat-killed S survived as expected.
Mice infected with a mixture of R and heat-killed S died NOT
expected. Moreover, living S were found in the bodies of mice
infected with a mixture of R and heat-killed S NOT expected.
Something from the dead S had prompted the living R to produce
living S. And, very significantly, the change was heritable: When R
was transformed to S, the following generations of bacteria were S.

After Avery
From Skepticism to Belief
Griffiths work interested Avery. It related to his own specialty
pneumonia bacteria. Avery admired Griffith, but greeted his
extraordinary results with disbelief, suspecting the bacteria were
contaminated.
A young research fellow in Averys lab, Martin Dawson, repeated
Griffiths work. When Dawson confirmed Griffiths results, Avery
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was forced to admit that R to S transformation was a fact. Other

laboratories came to the same conclusion.
No Need for Mice
Dawson continued researching the strange phenomenon. In 1930, he
made significant progress, proving that mice were innocent
bystanders. He mixed R and heat-killed S bacteria in glassware and
saw R reproducing to produce S.
First Isolation of DNA
Dawson moved to a new job and Avery enthused another young
Rockefeller researcher, James Alloway, to begin working on what he
called the transforming principle.
Alloway dissolved heat-killed S cells and filtered out fragments to
leave a fibrous substance. We now know this was DNA, but Alloway
did not. He found this substance was all that was required to
transform R to S. In 1932, Alloway moved to a new job.
Dawson and Alloway offered theories about the transforming
principle, neither of which would prove to be correct.
Slow, Difficult Work
Avery began carrying out experiments himself, but his time was
severely limited by work on other major studies. He also spent about
six months away from the lab seriously ill.
The experiments were difficult, often producing results that could
not be repeated. Progress was very slow.
By 1935, Averys evidence suggested to him that neither proteins nor
carbohydrates caused the transformation. Perhaps, he speculated in
1936, a nucleic acid was the key factor? Of course, there are only two
nuclei acids, DNA and RNA, so Avery was getting close to the

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answer. However, many more years would pass before he felt he had
proof of his speculation.
Getting Faster Proteins and Lipids Positively Ruled Out
In 1935, Avery was joined by a new young researcher, Colin
MacLeod, a prodigy who had been admitted to Montreals McGill
University at the age of 15.
MacLeod and Avery had unusually similar backgrounds: they were
each natives of Nova Scotia and each had moved to New York. They
were both qualified medical doctors who had shifted careers into
bacteriology. Their fathers had both been protestant church
ministers, and both had moved to Canada from the UK.
MacLeod gave the research a new impetus, developing more reliable
laboratory techniques. However, both Avery and MacLeod were
involved in other projects too.
In 1940, they dropped all other work to concentrate on the
transforming principle, toiling together for long hours in the
laboratory.
By 1941, Avery and MacLeod were certain that the transforming
principle was protein-free and lipid-free. They knew this because
they could reliably remove these substances from heat-killed S
bacteria, and see that whatever was left caused the R to S transition.
At this stage MacLeod officially left the project; he had been
appointed Professor of Bacteriology at New York Universitys School
of Medicine. In practice, however, he came back frequently as the
project neared its exciting conclusion.
Rough is Transformed to Smooth by Smooths DNA
With MacLeods official departure, Maclyn McCarty, a 30-year-old
postdoctoral fellow from Indiana, joined the project in September
1941. McCarty had been carrying out research at Johns Hopkins
Hospital. When his boss there, Professor Edwards Park, heard
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McCarty was going to join Averys lab, he told McCarty that Avery
was at the top of the stratosphere for research.
Progress was now rapid. The scientists removed all other parts of the
cell to leave just the transforming substance. McCarty established by
chemical testing that the substance could only be deoxyribonucleic
acid, i.e. DNA. Avery noted that DNA had not even been found in
these bacteria before.
AveryMacLeodMcCarty
Near the end of 1943, Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty submitted their
work for publication in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. It was
published the following year.
Genes are DNA
Ironically, Averys work was completed while World War 2 was
raging. He and his colleagues discovered one of the secrets of life in a
time when more scientists than ever were seeking efficient ways of
delivering death.
Avery was 66 years old when his DNA work was finally published.
The idea that genes are DNA was strongly resisted. A number of
influential scientists would not let go of the idea that genes were
proteins. They explained away Averys results by saying his DNA
was contaminated by proteins. However, in time, nobody could
contradict DNAs new status.
In April 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered how DNA
carries information. Avery lived long enough to see this.
Scientists now know with certainty that DNA carries the
instructions needed to assemble lifeless molecules into living
organisms.

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Some Personal Details and the End

Avery lived mainly for his work. He never married and had no
children. He never lost his fondness for music, and in his vacations he
enjoyed spending time sailing.
He had been a notable public speaker and debater at college, but in
his professional life he was usually reluctant to speak in public. In
fact, he was really only at ease in his laboratory, in the company of
his researchers. Everyone called him Fess short for Professor.
In 1948, aged 71, Avery moved to Nashville, Tennessee to enjoy some
family life. He rented a large house close to the home of his younger
brother Roy, who was teaching bacteriology at Vanderbilt
University. Avery spent a lot of time with Roys family. His cousin
Minnie Wandell became his housekeeper.
Oswald Theodore Avery died of liver cancer in Nashville on February
20, 1955, aged 78. He was buried in Nashvilles Mount Olivet
Cemetery.

NEWS UPDATE

Inspired by evolution: A simple treatment for

breathing problem among premature infants:
(05th August, 2016)

As humans evolved over many thousands of years, our bodies

developed a system to help us when we start running and
suddenly need more oxygen. Now, using that innate reflex as
inspiration, researchers have developed a noninvasive way to treat
potentially harmful breathing problems in babies who were born
prematurely.

Discovery of infants' airway microbiomes may

help predict lung disease: (05th August, 2016)

In contrast to the general belief that the airways of an infant are

sterile until after birth, researchers have found that the infant
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airway is already colonized with bacteria when a baby is born -and this is true for infants born as early as 24 weeks gestation.
How microbes get into the airways is still unclear, but the pattern
of colonization appears to have an important link to later severe
neonatal lung disease.

Scientists identify marker for myeloid-derived

suppressor cells: (05th August, 2016)

Scientists have identified a marker that distinguishes PMNMDSCs from neutrophils in the blood of patients with a variety of
cancers. Study also showed that higher numbers of cells positive
for the marker were associated with larger tumor size.

Alzheimer fibrils at atomic resolution: (05th

August, 2016)

Elongated fibers (fibrils) of the beta-amyloid protein form the

typical senile plaques present in the brains of patients with
Alzheimer's disease. A research team has simultaneously
succeeded in elucidating the structure of the most disease-relevant
beta-amyloid peptide 1-42 fibrils at atomic resolution. This
simplifies the targeted search for drugs to treat Alzheimer's
dementia.

New way to inhibit development of lung cancer:

(05th August, 2016)
Medical researchers have found that inhibiting a protein called BMI1
could inhibit the development of lung cancer.

Microscopic collisions help proteins stay healthy:

(05th August, 2016)

Studies are providing basic new understanding about 'heat shock

proteins,' also called'chaperone proteins.' Researchers presented data
that show how heat shock proteins break apart protein complexes.
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From Sci Fi to reality: Unlocking the secret to

growing new limbs: (05th August, 2016)

Many lower organisms retain the ability to regenerate tissue after

injury. Humans share many genes with these organisms, but our
capacity for regeneration is limited. Scientists are studying the
genetics of these organisms to find out how regenerative mechanisms
might be activated in humans. Researchers have identified common
genetic regulators in three regenerative species, suggesting that they
have been conserved by nature through evolution.

Why you're stiff in the morning: Your body

suppresses inflammation when you sleep at
night: (05th August, 2016)

New research describes a protein created by the body's 'biological

clock' that actively represses inflammatory pathways within the
affected limbs during the night.

Asthma pill could reduce symptoms in severe

sufferers: (05th August, 2016)

The first new asthma pill for nearly 20 years has the power to
significantly reduce the severity of the condition, a new study has
found.

Self-healing diamond-like carbon: (05th August,

2016)

A group of tribologists -- scientists who study the effect of friction in

machines -- and computational materials scientists recently
discovered a revolutionary diamond-like film that is generated by the
heat and pressure of an automotive engine.

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For detail mail to editor

KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

FDA approves Cinqair to treat severe asthma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Cinqair
(reslizumab) for use with other asthma medicines for the
maintenance treatment of severe asthma in patients aged 18 years
and older. Cinqair is approved for patients who have a history of
severe asthma attacks (exacerbations) despite receiving their current
asthma medicines.
Asthma is a chronic disease that causes inflammation in the airways
of the lungs. During an asthma attack, airways become narrow
making it hard to breathe. Severe asthma attacks can lead to asthmarelated hospitalizations because these attacks can be serious and
even life-threatening. According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, as of 2013, more than 22 million people in the U.S.
have asthma, and there are more than 400,000 asthma-related
hospitalizations each year.
Health care providers and their patients with severe asthma now
have another treatment option to consider when the disease is not
well controlled by their current asthma therapies, said Badrul
Chowdhury, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Pulmonary,
Allergy, and Rheumatology Products in the FDAs Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research.
Cinqair is administered once every four weeks via intravenous
infusion by a health care professional in a clinical setting prepared to
manage anaphylaxis. Cinqair is a humanized interleukin-5
antagonist monoclonal antibody produced by recombinant DNA
technology in murine myeloma non-secreting 0 (NS0) cells. Cinqair
reduces severe asthma attacks by reducing the levels of blood
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eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that contributes to the

development of asthma.
The safety and efficacy of Cinqair were established in four doubleblind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials in patients with severe
asthma on currently available therapies. Cinqair or a placebo was
administered to patients every four weeks as an add-on asthma
treatment. Compared with placebo, patients with severe asthma
receiving Cinqair had fewer asthma attacks, and a longer time to the
first attack. In addition, treatment with Cinqair resulted in a
significant improvement in lung function, as measured by the volume
of air exhaled by patients in one second.
Cinqair can cause serious side effects including allergic
(hypersensitivity) reactions. These reactions can be life-threatening.
The most common side effects in clinical trials for Cinqair included
anaphylaxis, cancer, and muscle pain.
Cinqair is made by Teva Pharmaceuticals in Frazer, Pennsylvania.
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety,
effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines
and other biological products for human use, and medical devices.
The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our
nations food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that
give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
Jeenatara Begum
Assistant Professor
GNIPST

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DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

(MERS-CoV) Saudi Arabia: (25th July, 2016)
Between 2 and 14 July 2016, the National IHR Focal Point for the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 9 additional cases of
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
infection, including 2 deaths.
Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

Workshop of Bioinformatics will be held on 6th August, 2016 at B

N N College BHIwandi, Maharastra

1st international conference on Medical, Medicine and Health
Sciences will be held on 13 to 14th August, 2016 at New Delhi.

DRUGS UPDATES

Novartis CDK4/6 inhibitor LEE011 (ribociclib)

receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation
as
First-Line
Treatment
for
HR+/HER2Advanced Breast Cancer: (26th July, 2016)
Novartis announced that the US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to LEE011
(ribociclib), in combination with letrozole, for the treatment of
hormone receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor
receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast
cancer. LEE011 is a selective cyclin dependent kinase (CDK4/6)
inhibitor.
Read more

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CAMPUS NEWS
Farewell 2016:
On 25th May 2016 GNIPST celebrated the farewell programme for
the final year students of M.Pharm, M.Sc, B.Pharm, B.Sc and BHM.
Best of luck to all final year students for their future life.
ALUMNI MEMBERS 2016:
Congratulations to new Alumni Members of GNIPST.
Placement Record 2016:
SL
NO

COMPANY NAME

DR. LAL PATH LAB

APOLLO
PHARMACY

36

25

ABBOTT INDIA

74

03

HETERO DRUGS

18

Production,
QC and QA

ERIS LIFE SCIENCES

01

18 (Waiting
for final
interview)
01 (Joined)

JUPITER
PHARMACEUTICALS

05

01 (Joined)

Production,
QC and QA

GOVT PHARMACIST

4 (Joined)

Hospital
Pharmacist

ALCHEMIST EYE
HOSPITAL

Hospital
Pharmacist

OPTIVAL HEALTH
SOLUTIONS PVT.
LTD. (MEDPLUS)
NESTLE INDIA LTD

21

2 (Waiting for
final
interview)
21

08

02

10

NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF
STUDENT
STUDENT
APPEARED/APPLIED SELECTED
64
7

JOB
PROFILE
Sales,
Marketing and
office assistant
Hospital and
retail chain
pharmacist
Sales and
Marketing

Sales and
Marketing

Community
Pharmacist
Nutrition
Officer
Trainee

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11

LUPIN

01

01

Sales and
Marketing

12

GSK
PHARMACEUTICAL
LTD
OAK
PHARMACEUTICAL

05

02 (1 of them
already joined)

Sales and
Marketing

06

02 (Joined)

Sales and
Marketing

13

IPA Bengal Pharma & Healthcare trust scholarship 2016:

Congratulations to Rudradip Das, student of B.Pharm 3rd year has

been awarded IPA Bengal Pharma & Healthcare trust scholarship
2016.

Accreditation by NAAC:
SL.
NO.
01

NAME OF THE STATE

INSTITUTE
Guru
Nanak West
Institute
of Bengal
Pharmaceutical
Science
And
Technology,
Kolkata-700114

CGPA(out GRADE
of scale 4)
2.70
B

GPAT 2016 Result:

The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT2016. We congratulate them all.
Aishika Datta
Mainak Chatterjee
Indira Saha
Priyanka De
Aheli Mukherjee
Soumya Guha
Debanjana Das
Debalina Datta
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Evana Patra
Himadrija Chatterjee
IRIS 2016:
GNIPST organized colllege fest IRIS 2016 from 11th to 13th March,
2016.
Result of different events:
Intracollege Quiz competition:
1st: Arani Roy and Dipayan Nath
2nd: Bhaskar Singha and Pratik Nandi
Intracollege Painting competition:
1st: Swagata Paul
2nd: Aviraj Pathak
3rd: Dippyoman Guha
Group Dance Competition:
Karma Group
Intercollege Solo Dance Competition:
1st : Monodipa Ghosh
2nd: Aditya Paul (NIT)
Antaksari Competition:
1st: Sunanda and Aparupa
2nd: Meghna and Joyita
3rd: Arpita and Pami
Intercollege Solo Singing Competition:
1st: Arpita Sarkar
2nd: Arvind Raj (Sudhir Chandra College)
3rd: Priyam Mondal (Supreme College)
Intercollege Band Competition:
1st: D Errors
2nd: Mukti
3rd: GNIPST band
Fashion:
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Best Male: Md. Nadeem Shah

Best Female: Sweta
Best Couple: Md. Nadeem Shah and Susmita Kar
Blood donation Camp 2016:
On 4th March 2016 Social Service club and Alumni Association
of GNIPST organized a Blood donation camp in association with
Association of voluntary Blood Donars, West Bengal.
Reminiscence & 1st Alumni meet 2016:
On 28th February 2016 GNIPST organized the Reunion programme
Reminiscence & 1st Alumni meet 2016.
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC):
A NAAC peer team completed a three-day inspection (17th
February to 19th February, 2016) of GNIPST to evaluate its
academic credibility and infrastructure on Friday.
Saraswati Puja 2016:
On 13th February 2016 the students of GNIPST celebrated
Saraswati Puja at GNIPST campus.
GNIPST Cricket 2016 result:
Winner: B.Pharm 4th year
Runners: B.Pharm 2nd year
Man of the match, best wicket taker, best batsman: B.Pharm 4th
year student Gourab Dey
GNIPST Sports 2016 result:
Relay Race for Boys:
1st: Maruf Billa, Somenath Dian, Subhajit Majumdar, Abu Sufia
100 meter Flat Race for Girls:
1st: Nirmita Gupta
2nd: Joyati Ghosh
3rd: Moutan Roy
Long Jump for Girls:
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1st: Aindrila Bhoumik

2nd: Manpreet Ghai
3rd: Anjali Mondal
Shotput for Girls:
1st: Koyal Ghosh
2nd: Nirmita Gupta
3rd: Sneha Pal
Discuss for Girls:
1st: Manpreet Ghai
2nd: Nirmita Gupta
3rd: Sneha Pal
Sack race for Girls:
1st: Nirmita Gupta
2nd: Aindrila Bhoumik
3rd: Moutan Roy
Balance race for Girls:
1st: Indira Saha
2nd: Nirmita Gupta
3rd: Aindrila Bhoumik
Relay Race for Girls:
Aindrila Bhoumik
Manpreet Ghai
Anjali Mondal
Joyati Ghosh
Skipping for Girls:
1st: Aindrila Bhoumik
2nd: Anjali Mondal
3rd: Manpreet Ghai
200 meter Flat Race for Girls:
1st: Anjali Mondal
2nd: Moutan Roy
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3rd: Nirmita Gupta

Sack race for Boys:
1st: Maruf Billa Akunjee
2nd: Abu Sufian
3rd: Sufian Sk.
100 meter Race for Boys:
1st: Abu Sufian
2nd: Maruf Billa Akunjee
3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
200 meter Flat Race for Boys:
1st: Maruf Billa Akunjee
2nd: Subrajit Mazumder
3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
Long Jump for Boys:
1st: Abu Sufian
2nd: Maruf Billa Akunjee
3rd: Dipankar Kamila
Go for Goal for Boys:
1st: Rohan Dutta
2nd: Souvik Ganguly
3rd: Ankit Chowdhury
Discuss throw for Boys:
1st: Bishal Kr. Singh
2nd: Raj Kumar
3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
Shotput for Boys:
1st: Arijit Mitra Thakur
2nd: Bishal Kr. Singh
Tug of War for Boys:
Dipu Roy, Doyal Hui, Ankit Dey, Rohan Dutta, Bishal Kumar
Singh.
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Tug of War for Girls:

Indira Saha, Joyati Ghosh, Sneha Pal, Manpreet Ghai, Debolina
Roy.
On 29th January to 30th January 2016 GNIPST organized the cricket
match.
On 27th January and 28th January 2016 GNIPST organized the
Annual Sports programme.
From 19th January, 2016 to 28th January, 2016 B.Pharm final year
students had their Industrial Tour in Gangtok, Sikkim and Pelling.
They visited Alkem Laboratories Ltd. Sikkim under the
supervision of Ms. Jeenatara Begum, Mr. Samrat Bose and Mr.
Dipanjan Mondal.
On 12th January, 2016 the students and teachers of GNIPST
celebrated youth day on the occasion of 153rd birth anniversary of
Swami Vivekananda.
A competition on Innovative and Scientific Modelling will be held
in Tech-Fest 2016. Only B.Pharm students are eligible for
participation. Last date for topic submission is 11th January, 2016
and last date for Model submission is 20th January, 2016. Posters
are also invited on different subjects. Last date for soft copy of the
posters submission is 11th January, 2016.
A Bulletin committee will be formed and all the committee
members are requested to attend the Bulletin Committee Meeting
on 4th January, 2016.
On 23rd December 2015, a meeting was held in GNIPST for Bulletin
committee formation and Tech-Fest 2016.
Dr. Asis Bala got 1st prize in the Oral presentation conducted by
SFE in Jadavpur.
Recived a Grant in aid from Department of Science &
Technology, Govt of WestBengal under the Scheme of Scientific
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Project Research & Science Popularization Programme during the

financial year 2015-16 to GNIPST as per details below
Grantee Institution: Guru Nanak institute of Pharmaceutical
Science & Technology
Principal Investigator: Dr Swati Chakraborty
Title of the Project: Identification of heavy metal chromium Cr
(VI) & Nickel (Ni) tollerence bacteria to develop microbial
biosensors and role on secondary metabolite of medicinal plant
Bacopa monnieri(L) in metal contaminated soil of East Kolkata
Wetland.
Grant in Aid: Eighteen lakh Ninety Eight Thousand & One
Junior Research fellow for three years of duration
Some teachers and students of GNIPST attended the seminar SFE
2015.
Report of National Seminar on Current Innovation in
Biotechnology for Human Welfare:
1. Name of the Institute: Guru Nanak institute of Pharmceutical
Science & Technology
2. Sanctioning Authority: West Bengal State Council of Science
& Technology, Department of Science & Technology, Government
of West Bengal for conducting Seminar for National Science Day.
3. Seminar Topic : Current Innovation in Biotechnology for
Human Welfare.
4.Amount Sanctioned: 30,000/5. Purpose of Utilisation: Celebration of National Science Day (7th
November 2015) One day National Seminar on Current
Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare.
Eminent Speakers from Indian Stastical Institute, Viswa-Bharati
University, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vidyalaya, National Institute
of Occupational Health ,Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute,
Directorate of Drug Control(WB) etc. were invited for the
presentation in scientific lecture sessions.
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There was scientific poster presentation competition among the

students of different colleges of WestBengal. Total number of
sixty three posters were selected for presentation and best three
posters were awarded .
I. First prize winners Poulami Majumdaer, Indrajit Karmakar,
Suchandra Majumder, Pallab kanti halder from Jadavpur
University, Department of Pharmaceutical Science on Evaluation
of invitro antidiabetic activity of methanol extract of Curcuma caesia
rhizome
II. Second Prize winners Susmita Dutta, Swati Chakraborty , Guru
Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology,
Optimization of biofilm poduction from Pseudomonas sp. and
application in antimicrobial and bacteriocin producing activity ,
III. Third prize winners are jointly from Arindam Ganguly, Aparupa
Bhattacharya, Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science &
Technology, Microbial fuel cell and Apurba Mukherjee , Sutapa
Mukherjee, Madhumita Roy, Chittaranjan National Cancer
Institute , The common Indian spice curcumin act as an enhancer
of antitumor agent in Leukemia.
Around 580 delegates from different academic and reserch
institutes attended the day long seminar
Swarangam:
On 9th November, 2015 GNIPST organized the post puja and pre
Kalipuja celebration programme Swarangam.
National Science Day 2015:
On 7th November 2015, GNIPST organized a National Seminar on
Current Innovation in Biotechnology for Human Welfare, on the
occasion of Science day 2015 on the theme of Science for Nation
Building. Sponsored by West Bengal State Council of Science &
Technology, Catalysed & Supported by National Council for
Science, Technology & communication, DST, New Delhi.
Winners of Intracollege Football Tournament:
Congratulations to B.Pharm final year for their victory in
Intracollege Football Tournament.
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Intracollege Football Tournament:

On 9th October and 10th October, 2015 GNIPST has organized the
Intracollege Football Tournament.
EN BIOLET:
On 5th and 6th October, 2015 seminar was held on EN-BIOLET by
Stone India Ltd.
INDOOR BATTLE 2015
On 24th September, 2015 GNIPST organised the Indoor games
(Table Tennis, Carrom, Chess for both Boys and Girls) Indoor
Battle 2015.
Congratulations to all winners and participants.
The Winners are:
Table Tennis (for Boys):
1st: Soumen Dhara (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmacology])
2nd: Ratul Banduri (B.Pharm, 3rd year)
3rd: Sneham Sen (B.Pharm, 3rd year)
Table Tennis (for Girls):
1st: Sweta Saha (B.Sc [BT], 3rd year)
2nd: Moutan Roy (B.Pharm, 2nd year)
Carrom (for Boys):
1st: Sk. Sajjat Ali (B.Pharm, 4th year) and Sk. Abdul Aslam
(B.Pharm, 3rd year)
2nd: Sourabh Saha (B.Pharm, 4th year) and Rajib Singha Roy
(B.Pharm, 4th year)
3rd: Arnab Banerjee (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmaceutics])
and Achinta Banerjee (M.Pharm, 2nd year [Pharmaceutics])
Carrom (for Girls):
1st: Sreyashee Mitra (B.Pharm 4th year) and Rituparna Das
(B.Pharm 4th year)
2nd: Rinita DasBhowmik (B.H.M, 1st year) and Tania Datta (B.H.M,
1st year)
3rd: Sushmita Sen (D.Pharm, 2nd year) and Keya Das (D.Pharm, 2nd
year)
Chess (for Boys):
1st: Sayantan Dutta (B.Pharm, 3rd year)
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2nd: Tanmoy Das Biswas (B.Pharm 4th year)

3rd: Sourabh Saha (B.Pharm 4th year)
Chess (for Girls):
1st: Rituparna Das (B.Pharm 4th year)
2nd: Suchetana Dutta (B.Pharm 4th year)
3rd: Krishnakali Basu (B.Pharm 4th year)
SAGAR DUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE FEST-ASTERICA 2015
WINNER:
The students of GNIPST stood first in the FASHION SHOW
competition of Sagar Dutta Medical College Fest:
Congratulation to the participantsSouvik Ganguly (B.H.M 2nd year)
Riya Taran (B.Pharm 4th year)
Moktar Hossain (B.Pharm 4th year)
Chandrika Saha (B.Pharm 4th year)
Swaranjeet Banik (B.Pharm 4th year)
Sampita Pal (B.Pharm 3rd year)
Ranit Kundu (M.Pharm 1st year)
Susmita Kar (B.Pharm 2nd year)
Md. Nadeem Shah (B.Pharm 4th year)
Sreyashee Mitra (B.Pharm 4th year)
Sunanda (M.Pharm 1st year)
Best Male Model of ASTERICA 2k15:
Souvik Ganguly (B.H.M 2nd year)
Best Female Model of ASTERICA 2k15:
Sampita Pal (B.Pharm 3rd year)
Anchor:
Sreejita Roy (B.Sc )
Solo Singing competition:
Sayantan Goswami (B.Pharm 4th year):winner
Arpita (B.Sc) :2nd runner up
CARNIVAL OF CANVASS:
On 4th September the Students of GNIPST celebrated the freshers
party for Masters degree students.
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On 4th September the students of GNIPST celebrated Teachers

Day.
ESPERANZA:
On 21st August, 2015 the 1st year students of GNIPST were
welcomed in the Freshers Welcome Programme ESPERANZA.
HOMAGE TO FORMER PRESIDENT DR A P J ABDUL
KALAM:
On 31st July, 2015 all the students and teachers of GNIPST paid
their homage for our former president Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION:
GNIPST has been certified by the Alumni Association under the
West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961.
FAREWELL PROGRAMME:
On 15th May 2015 GNIPST celebrated the farewell programme
Sesh Chithi for the final year students of M.Pharm, M.Sc,
B.Pharm, B.Sc and BHM.
FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME:
The FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was
organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Training
& Placement Cell, GNIPST in collaboration with Indian Pharmacy
Graduates Association (IPGA), Bengal Branch from 21st February
to 11th April, 2015 at GNIPST Auditorium.
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On 21 February, 2015 the Finishing School Training Programme of
GNIPST was inaugurated by Sri Soumen Mukhopadhyay, Deputy
Director, Drug Control Office, Goutam Kr. Sen, President, IPGA,
Mr. Subroto Saha, Asst. Directorate, Drug Control Office, Mr.
Ranendra Chakraborty, Sales Manager and Associate Director Dr.
Reddys Laboratory.
On 28th February, 2015 Dr. D. Roy, Former Deputy Drug
Controller, Mr. Sujoy Chakraborty, divisional Therapy Manager,
Cipla and Mr. Vikranjit Biswas, Senior Manager, Learning &
Development, Cipla delivered their valuable lectures in the 2nd day
FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME of GNIPST.
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On 14th March, 2015 Mr. Milindra Bhattacharya, Senior Manager,

QA & QC, Emami Ltd. and Mr. Joydev Bhoumik, Manager,
Operation, Ranbaxy Laboratory Limited delivered their valuable
lectures in the 3rd day FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING
PROGRAMME of GNIPST.
On 21st March, 2015 Mr. Tridib Neogi, Associate Vice-President
(Quality Assurance), Albert David Ltd. delivered his valuable
lectures in the 4th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING
PROGRAMME of GNIPST.
On 28th March, 2015 Dr. Gautam Chaterjee, an Alumni of Jadavpur
University and presently associated with NIPER delivered his
valuable lectures in the 5th FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING
PROGRAMME of GNIPST.
On 11th April, 2015 the closing ceremony of the FINISHING
SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME was held in GNIPST
Auditorium.

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EDITORS NOTE
It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 3rd issue of 57th Volume
of GNIPST BULLETIN. All the followers of GNIPST BULLETIN
are able to avail the bulletin through facebook account GNIPST
bulletin I am very much thankful to all the GNIPST members and
readers who are giving their valuable comments, encouragements
and supports. I am also thankful to Dr. Abhijit Sengupta, Director
of GNIPST for his valuable advice and encouragement. Special
thanks to Dr. Prerona Saha, Mr. Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar
and Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for their kind co-operation and
technical supports. Thank you Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya for the
questionnaires of the student section. An important part of the
improvement of the bulletin is the contribution of the readers. You
are invited to send in your write ups, notes, critiques or any kind of
contribution for the forthcoming special and regular issue.
ARCHIVE
ACHIEVEMENT:
Congratulations to Anurag Chanda, student of B.Pharm final year
who have got the 1st prize in poster presentation event in Prakriti
2015 at Department of Agricultural and Food engineering, IIT,
Kharagpur.
OTHERS:
On 24th and 25th February, 2015 Swamiji of Gourio Math was
delivered some motivational lectuers in GNIPST.
The students of GNIPST participated in the 4th Sardar Jodh
th
SinghTrophy organised by NIT on 20 February, 2015.
On 8th February, 2015 Gnipst celebrated the Reunion
programmeReminiscence Reloaded 2015.
The general body meeting of APTI, Bengal Branch has been
conducted at GNIPST on 15th June, 2012. The program started with
a nice presentation by Dr. Pulok Kr. Mukherjee, School of Natural
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Products, JU on the skill to write a good manuscript for

publication in impact journals. It was followed by nearly two hour
long discussion among more than thirty participants on different
aspects of pharmacy education. Five nonmember participants
applied for membership on that very day.
AICTE has sanctioned a release of grant under Research
Promotion Scheme (RPS) during the financial year 2012-13to
GNIPST as per the details below:
a. Beneficiary Institution: Guru Nanak Institution of Pharmaceutical
Science & Technology.
b. Principal Investigator: Dr. LopamudraDutta.
c. Grant-in-aid sanctioned:Rs. 16,25000/- only
d. Approved duration: 3 years
e. Title of the project: Screening and identification of potential
medicinal plant of Purulia & Bankura districts of West Bengal
with respect to diseases such as diabetes, rheumatism, Jaundice,
hypertension and developing biotechnological tools for enhancing
bioactive molecules in these plants.

Activity Clubs of GNIPST:

Name of Club
CULTURAL
DEBATE AND EXTEMPORE
ECO
LITERARY AND PAINTING
PHOTOGRAPHY

Member Faculty
Ms. Priyanka Ray
Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya
Ms. Sumana Roy
Ms. Jeenatara Begum
Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharya and
Mr. Abir Koley
SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE Mr. Samrat Bose
MODELLING
SOCIAL SERVICES
Dr. Asis Bala
SPORTS
Mr. Debabrata GhoshDastidar
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