GNIPST BULLETIN 2017

08-09-2017

8th September, 2017 Volume No.: 69 Issue No.: 02

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
Mission
To impart high quality pharmaceutical science, technology and management education to the budding
professionals and provide the ambience needed for developing requisite skills to make a mark of
excellence in Education, Research, Business , Industry and achieve highest personal standards.

Contents
Message from PRINCIPAL
Editorial board

Historical article
News Update
14 20142014
Knowledge based Article
Disease Related Breaking
News
Upcoming Events
Drugs Update
Campus News
Students Section
Editors Note
Archive
GNIPST Photo Gallery
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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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 DR. ABHIJIT SENGUPTA
EDITOR MR.DIPANJAN MANDAL
ASSOCIATE EDITOR MS.MOUMITA CHOWDHURY

HISTORICAL ARTICLE
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was the greatest chemist of the twentieth
century arguably ever. He was a founder of quantum
chemistry, molecular biology and molecular genetics.

To him we owe several indispensable scientific concepts

including valence bond theory and electronegativity. He
discovered the alpha-helix structure of proteins and
discovered that sickle-cell anemia is a molecular disease.

Later in his career he became a more controversial figure. For a

time the American government viewed him as a security risk.
In his final years he was labeled a quack for championing the
use of high doses of vitamin C in cancer treatments.

In an extraordinary and long life Pauling was the sole recipient

of two Nobel Prizes an unequaled achievement the first for
chemistry and the second for peace.

Beginnings
Linus Carl Pauling was born on February 28, 1901 in Portland,
Oregon, USA. He was the first of three children in the
financially stretched family of Herman Henry William Pauling,
a pharmaceuticals salesman, and Lucy Isabelle Darling.
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From an early age Linus enjoyed mathematics and discovering

how the world worked.

His father realized that Linus was unusually gifted. Unsure

about how to help his son, he sent a letter to The Oregonian, a
newspaper, asking for advice. Sadly, this was one of his final
acts. Shortly after writing the letter Herman Pauling died of a
perforated ulcer. It was June 1910 and Linus was nine.

Following his fathers death, Linuss mother paid the bills by

taking in boarders.

A Juvenile Chemist
Linus devoted himself to science against his mothers wishes
she thought a college education was a waste of time. Linus got
on rather badly with his mother and sought refuge in books.
Family life was bearable for him because he got on well with
his two younger sisters, Pauline and Lucille.

His high school friend Lloyd Jeffress had a chemistry kit at

home. Lloyd showed Linus some chemical reactions. Adding a
drop of sulfuric acid to a mixture of potassium chlorate and
sugar to produce water and carbon impressed Linus. He now
began to focus on chemistry. He built his own laboratory in his
homes basement.

By the time he was 15, Linus had the school credits he needed
to enroll at Oregon State Agricultural College in Corvallis
(now Oregon State University).

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Unfortunately his high school Washington High School,

Portland refused to award him his high school diploma
because he still needed two civics credits. Nevertheless Linus
left school, offering to pass the exams at college, but his high
school said no to this.

The school awarded him his diploma 47 years late, in 1963,

after learning that their former student had won the Nobel
Peace Prize.

Discovery of the Protein Helix Founder of Molecular

Biology
Lying in bed one day in 1948, bored and recovering from
illness, Pauling started thinking about proteins. To pass the
time, he started drawing atoms and chemical bonds on paper.
He then started folding the paper to match hydrogen bonds
with atoms. As he did so, the shape of a helix emerged. Pauling
had stumbled upon the truth about one of lifes great
mysteries. He later used X-ray diffraction to confirm the
message from his chemical origami: proteins, the basic
molecules of life, exist as helixes: the alpha-helix he had
discovered is a major variety of protein helix.
Sickle-Cell Anemia Founder of Molecular Genetics
Sickle-cell anemia is a genetic disease affecting some people
from parts of Africa and India or with ancestors from these
regions. In order to improve resistance to malaria, red blood
cells in affected people have undergone genetic change to

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produce a different shape the sickle cell as shown in the

image below.

The drawback of the change is that sickle cells carry less

oxygen, resulting in sickle-cell anemia. In November 1949,
Pauling and his graduate student coworkers discovered that
sickle-cell anemia is caused by an abnormal protein. The
electric charge on the hemoglobin of sufferers is different from
that in healthy people. Sufferers have a mixture of normal red
blood cells and sickle cells.

Furthermore, Pauling and his students proved that Mendelian

inheritance actually works at the level of the properties of a
protein molecule, not just whether the protein is present or
not. In doing so, they established an enormously important
new scientific discipline molecular genetics.

Back to Chemistry and Curing Cancer with Vitamin C

From 1967 to 1969 Pauling was a professor of chemistry at the
University of California, San Diego.

Between 1969 and 1974 he was a professor of chemistry at

Stanford University.

Since his brush with death in the 1940s, Pauling had become
increasingly interested in the relationship between nutrition
and health. In 1970 he published a bestseller, Vitamin C and the
Common Cold.

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In 1973 he founded the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and

Medicine at Menlo Park, California. The main focus of his
work was researching the health benefits of large doses of
vitamin C, particularly in treating atherosclerosis, heart
disease and cancer.

He organized treatments involving very large doses of vitamin

C for cancer patients. He and his team got positive results.

The results were rebutted by researchers from the Mayo

Clinic, who said they could not replicate them.

The Mayo Clinics rebuttal was then rebutted by Pauling, who

said the Mayo Clinic had not followed the same vitamin C
dosing regime he had used, and they had ended vitamin C
dosing after less than three months, rather than using it as a
long term treatment.
Paulings vitamin C claims remain controversial and are not
used in any standard treatments for cancer.

The Linus Pauling Institute still exists, researching the links

between nutrition and health. It is now based at Paulings
Alma Mater, Oregon State University.

Some Personal Details and the End

Pauling met his future wife Ava Helen Miller in his final year of
college in Oregon. She was a student in one of the chemistry
classes he taught.

They married in 1923 when he was 22 years old. Three of their

four children pursued scientific careers: Linus Jr. became a
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psychiatrist; Peter a crystallographer; Edward a biologist.

Their daughter Linda married geologist Barclay Kamb. Linus
and Avas children gave them 15 grandchildren.

Ava encouraged Paulings forays into politics. He said she

should have shared his Nobel Peace Prize.

Linus Pauling died of prostate cancer on August 19, 1994 in Big

Sur, California. He was 93 years old. His ashes and those of his
wife were buried in Oswego Pioneer Cemetery, Lake Oswego,
Oregon in 2005.

NEWS UPDATE
Human skin cells transformed directly into
motor neurons:(7th September, 2017)
Scientists have converted skin cells from healthy adults
directly into motor neurons without going through a stem
cell state. The technique makes it possible to study motor
neurons of the human central nervous system in the lab.
Unlike commonly studied mouse motor neurons, human
motor neurons growing in the lab would be a new tool since
researchers can't take samples of these neurons from living
people but can easily take skin samples.

Biologists slow aging, extend lifespan of

fruit flies:(6th September, 2017)
In research that potentially could delay the onset of
Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, stroke,

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cardiovascular disease, and other diseases of aging, biologists

have produced a genetic one-two punch that significantly
slowed aging and improved health in the middle-aged fruit
flies they studied.

Emoji fans take heart: Scientists pinpoint

27 states of emotion: (7th September,
2017)
The Emoji Movie, in which the protagonist can't help but
express a wide variety of emotions instead of the one assigned
to him, may have gotten something right. A new study
challenges a long-held assumption in psychology that most
human emotions fall within the universal categories of
happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear and disgust.

Invasive plants change ecosystems from the

bottom up : (5th September, 2017)
Even when two different Phragmite lineages are grown side-by-
side in the same ecosystem, the bacterial communities in the soil
differ dramatically. This is a discovery that will aid in
understanding how plant invasions get started and the
conditions necessary for their success.
Contrasting long-term cognitive effects of
psychiatric drugs in schizophrenia: (5th
September, 2017)
A long-term study has found that low cumulative exposure to
benzodiazepine and antidepressant medications does not seem

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to affect cognition in schizophrenia. However, long-term high-

dose use of antipsychotic drugs seemed to be associated with
poorer cognition, whereas a relatively long break in
antipsychotic use was associated with better cognitive
functioning.

Using antidepressants during pregnancy may

affect your child's mental health: (7th
September, 2017)
The use of antidepressants during pregnancy increases the risk
of your child being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder later in
life, a study of almost one million Danish children shows.
However, heritability also plays a part, according to the
researchers.

Yoga, meditation improve brain function and

energy levels, study shows: (6th September, 2017)

Practicing brief sessions of Hatha yoga and mindfulness

meditation can significantly improve brain function and energy
levels, according to a new study.

For detail mail to editor

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KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

Naloxone Role in myocardial ischemia

It should be noted briefly that in addition to an examination of the

opioid receptor-independent cardiac effects of opioid agonist
drugs, many studies have found opioid receptor- independent
cardiac effects of opioid antagonists. The most extensively studied
opioid receptor antagonist is naloxone at all opioid receptors .
Naloxone has shown to reduce the rate of the cardiac action
potential (Phase O) and to increase action potential duration in
both canine cardiac purkinje fibers and guinea pig papillary
muscles respectively indicative of Na+ and K+ channel blockade.
Recently Pugsley and Goldin examined the opioid receptor
independent effects of racemic () naloxone on rat cardiac and
neuronal Na+ currents expressed in oocytes isolated from X. laevis
frogs. Further, naloxone administration to congestive heart failure
patients showed increased blood pressure and heart rate,
suggesting a homeostatic regulatory role for endogenous opioid
systems in CHF . Naloxone, when given at doses similar to those
used in shock states, reduced the incidence of ventricular
tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) in rats subject
to coronary artery occlusion . Morphine and naloxone have been
shown to block the propagation of action potentials in many nerve
and cardiac muscle preparations by directly inhibiting voltage-
dependent Na+ and K+ currents .Studies using a variety of cardiac
muscle preparations have shown that a large number of diverse
opioid agonists, such as morphine and U-50,488 H, and
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antagonists, including naloxone and Mr1452, exert similar opioid

receptor-independent properties on cardiac muscle .

Mackenzie and Sitsapesan and Parratt reported that naloxone

reduced ischemic arrhythmias in rats by blocking mu and kappa
opioid receptors in rats. The quaternary naloxone derivative MrZ
2593 was also effective against ischemic arrhythmias, and since it
did not cross the bloodbrain barrier, suggested that the
antiarrhythmic actions of opioids may be mediated by peripheral
opioid receptors . Also, in their studies, naloxone attenuated
ischemic arrhythmias produced by the kappa-opioid receptor
agonist U-50,488H. Sarne found that the incidence of ischemic
arrhythmia could be reduced by the opioid receptor antagonist
naloxone. Further, MacKenzie have shown that naloxone and
MR2266 both reduce the incidence and severity of arrhythmias in
rats subjected to coronary artery occlusion. These reports suggest
that naloxone may have a role in the management of ischemia.
Faden reported that naloxone significantly improved spinal cord
blood flow as well as long-term motor recovery. At high doses
naloxone appears to have potent antioxidant activity and rapidly
reverses post-traumatic reduction in extracellular calcium after
experimental spinal injury .

Application of naloxone in high concentration antagonizes the

effect of dynorphin providing a strong support of naloxone
induced blockade of kappa-opioid receptors . Application of nor-
binaltorphimine (a selective antagonist of kappa-opioid receptor)
reverses the dynorphin effect but is less effective than naloxone in
the hippocampal neurons .It has also been reported that in order to
test the hypothesis that naloxone reverses ischemic neurologic
deficits (or that it has a protective effect during temporary focal
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cerebral ischemia), it must be given before the onset of irreversible

cellular damage.

Dipanjan Mandal
Assistant Professor
GNIPST

DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
(MERS-CoV) Saudi Arabia :( 6th September,
2017)
Between 13 and 30 August 2017, the National IHR Focal
Point of Saudi Arabia reported 12 additional cases of Middle
East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV),
including one death and, and one death from a previously
reported case.
Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS:
National conference on nanomaterials at
Namakkal,Tamilnadu will be held on 20-21st September,2017

69th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) to be held at

Chitkara University 22nd - 24th Dec. 2017

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DRUGS UPDATES

Statins May Help People With COPD Live

Longer: (8th September, 2017)
Drugs known as statins may have benefits beyond lowering
"bad" LDL cholesterol levels. A new study suggests people with
chronic lung disease who take these drugs may extend their
survival.
Read more

CAMPUS NEWS
National seminar 2017:
National seminar on Conservation Of Biodiversity And
Sustainable Use Of Biological Resources sponsored by Bengal
Biodiversity Board,Govt of West Bengal, organized by GNIPST
was held on 1st September, 2017 at GNIPST auditorium.

POSTER PRESENTATION COMPETITION:

Congratulation to Rashmita Biswas for holding 1st position,
Nilanjan Ray for 2nd position and Moumita Mitra for 3rd
position in scientific poster competition in National seminar on
Conservation Of Biodiversity And Sustainable Use Of Biological
Resources sponsored by Bengal Biodiversity Board,Govt of
West Bengal, organized by GNIPST was held on 1 st September,
2017.

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Teachers Day Celebration:

On 4th September GNIPST celebrated teachers day at GNIPST
auditorium.
SOME GLIMPSE OF TECHERS DAY CELEBRATION

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Freshers welcome programme:

On 5th September GNIPST organized the Freshers welcome
programme CRESCITA 2k17 at GNIPST auditorium.

SOME GLIMPSE OF FRESHER WELCOME PROGRAMME

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WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY JIS GROUP:

Pre workshop assessment techniques by Dr Nicholas Philips
and Ms Mara Simmons was held on 7th September at GNIPST
conference room.
MOMENTS OF THE WORKSHOP

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ASTERICA WINNERS:
Congratulations to the students who won the fashion show
competition in College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital.
Abhishek Singh
Tanushree Chatterjee
Srija Sur
Supratim Das
Arnab Ghosh
Sneha Bag
Somnath Diyan
Susmita Kar
Navdeep Ghai
Poulami Das

INDUCTION PROGRAMME AT GNIPST:

An Induction Programme for the newly admitted students was
organized at GNIPST on 25th August, 2017.

GLAXO SMITHKLINE PHARMACEUTICALS LTD:

Congratulations to SNEHAM SEN, RITAM CHOWDHURY
and SOUMYADEEP BHATTACHARYA-selected for the
position of Medical Business Associate at GLAXO
SMITHKLINE PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.

REVIENS:
GNIPST bidded goodbye to the final year students by the
farewell programme REVIENS. Best of luck to the final year
students for their future life.

COGNIZANT:
Congratulations to 27 number of students who got job in
Cognizant.

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Sl Name of student Sl Name of student

No. No.
1 AINDRILA BHOWMICK 15 SHASHWATA GHOSH
2 SHARMISTHA DAS 16 SAMHITA KUMAR
3 MOZAMMEL HAQUE 17 DIPTARCO SINGHA
4 BANTI SINGH 18 ABHISHEK GUPTA
5 ABHIRUP SAHA 19 SUBHAJIT MANNA
6 ARUNAVA 20 SAYANI BANERJEE
CHAKRABORTY
7 PAYEL BHATTACHARJEE 21 SAURAV
CHAKRABORTY
8 SAYANI BANERJEE 22 DEBARATI
BHATTACHARYA
9 APARUPA SINHA 23 RITAM CHOUDHURY
10 AISHWARYA DATTA 24 SOUMIK DEY
11 ARIJIT PRAMANIK 25 SOUMAVA
BHATTACHARYA
12RANIT PAUL 26 SNEHAM SEN
13PRITI KUNDU 27 MANDIRA GHORAI
14SOUMYADEEP
BHATTACHARYA
NESTLE INDIA LTD:
Congratulations to SHANTANEEL INDU, SAYANTAN
DATTA and SUBHADIP CHAKRABORTY-selected for the
position of Nutrition Officer Trainee at NESTLE INDIA LTD.

Placement Record 2017:

SL COMPANY NAME NUMBER OF NUMBER JOB
NO STUDENT OF PROFILE
APPEARED/APPLIED STUDENT
SELECTED
1 NESTLE INDIA LTD 46 03 Nutrition
Officer
Trainee

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2 SUNKNOWLEDGE PVT. 10 10 Officer

LTD.

3 COGNIZANT 42 27 Officer

4 GLAXO 40 03 Medical
SMITHKLINE Business
PHARMACEUTICALS Associate
LTD:

IRIS 2017 competition results:

Painting:
1st: Sanchita Adhikary
2nd: Abhiraj Pathak
3rd: Swagata Paul
Photography:
1st: Arnab Sarkar
2nd: Amit Kumar
3rd: Aditya DebGhosh
Antakshari:
1st: Biswadip Chakraborty
Divyashree Biswas
2nd: Debargha Dutta
Neha Das
3rd: Sourav Guha
Tamal Khan
Dumb Charade:
Champion:
Himadri Poddar
Gourab Samajdar
Ritushree Bag
Short film:
Dwidha by Ankur Sen, Aditya DebGhosh, Arnab Chakraborty,
Sreyoshi Dey, Ankita Aditya, Ranit Kundu, Nirupan Gupta.
Games:

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COC:
Champion Team (God Father):
Abhirup Dey, arijit Pramanik, Kuntal Nadi, Arghya Roy, Aaman
Roy, Arunava Chakraborty, Nayan Karmakar, abhiraj Pathak,
Tamal Khan, Arijit Mitra Thakur.
Need for speed: (NFS)
1st: Soham Roy
2nd: Anurag Baidya
3rd: Shantoneel Indu
Fifa-XI:
1st: Sayantan Datta
2nd: sounak Paul
Solo singing:
1st: Ritobroto Paul
2nd: Arpita Sarkar
Solo Dance:
1st: Monodeepa Ghosh
2nd: Dipshikha Kar
3rd: Srestha Sengupta
Group Dance:
Champion Team:
Aimless:
Susmita Kar
Srija Sur
Sayani Sarkar
Ankur Sen
Supratim Das
Sayantan Das
Somnath Diyan
NIRF of GNIPST:
GNIPST received NIRF (National Institutional Ranking
Framework) ranking amongst Top 75 Pharmacy Institutions in
India and the best Pharmacy Institution in West Bengal by
MHRD, Govt. of India.

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IRIS 2017:
GNIPST is going to organize the cultural fest IRIS 2017 on 5th
and 6th April, 2017.
ICMR Sponsored National Seminar at Orisa:
Congratulations to Ranit Kundu who have got first prize in oral
presentation in ICMR sponsored National Seminar at Orissa.
Intra college cricket tournament 2017:
On 21st and 22nd February 2017 GNIPST organized Intra college
cricket tournament.
Congratulations to the winner:
B.Pharm 2nd year
Man of the match:
Soham Ray
Highest wicket Taker:
Shovon Ghosh
Highest run scorer:
Saikat Bera
Sardar Jodh Singh Trophy 2017:
On 17th February 2017 GNIPST participated in Sardar Jodh Singn
Trophy 2017 and played the cricket match against Asansol
Engineering College and GNIT.

Annual Sports Meet 2017:

On 14th and 15th February 2017 GNIPST organized Annual Sports
Meet 2017.
Congratulations to the following winner:
Flat Race 100 m for Boys:
1st: Suman Ghosh
2nd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
3rd: Arnab Ghosh
Flat Race 100 m for Girls:
1st: Moutan Roy
2nd: Manpreet Kaur
3rd: Kriti Prasad

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Flat Race 200 m for Boys:

1st: Suman Ghosh
2nd: Arnab Ghosh
3rd: Abhiraj Pathak
Flat Race 200 m for Girls:
1st: Anjali Mondal
2nd: Moutan Roy
3rd: Kriti Prasad
3 Legged Race:
1st: Aindrila Bhowmick
Anjali Mondal
2nd: Poulami Sarkar
Pamolita Paul
3rd: Renu Sha
Sayani Das
Long Jump for Boys:
1st: Abu Sufian
2nd: Saikat Bera
3rd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
Long Jump for Girls:
1st: Sayani Das
2nd: Aindrila Bhowmick
3rd: Anjali Mondal
Skipping for Girls:
1st: Moutan Roy
2nd: Aindrila Bhowmick
3rd: Anjali Mondal
Shot put for Boys:
1st: Arijit Mitra Thakur
2nd: Bishal Kr. Singh
3rd: Abu Sufian
Shot put for Girls:
1st: Koyel Ghosh
2nd: Aindrila Bhowmick
3rd: Pamolita Paul

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Discuss throw for Boys:

1st: Arijit Mitra Thakur
2nd: Monojit Dutta
3rd: Bishal Kr. Singh
Discuss throw for Girls:
1st: Nasrina Mondal
2nd: Aparupa Sinha
3rd: Kriti Prasad
Sack Race 50 m for Boys:
1st: Sneham Sen
2nd: Arijit Mitra Thakur
3rd: Maruf Billa Akunji
Sack Race 50 m for Girls:
1st: Kriti Prasad
2nd: Nasrina Mondal
3rd: Moutan Roy
Relay Race (4x100 m) for Boys:
Winner: Sneham Sen
Abhiraj Pathak
Arijit Mitra Thakur
Suman Ghosh
Relay Race (4x100 m) for Girls:
Winner: Kriti Prasad
Sayani Das
Nasima Mondal
Sunanda Konar
Go for Goal for Boys:
1st: Abhiraj Pathak
2nd: Arnab Ghosh
3rd: Subhankar Malakar
Balance Race 100 m for Girls:
1st: Aindrila Bhowmick
2nd: Pamolita Paul
3rd: Moutan Roy
Tug of War (Boys):

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Winner: Arnab Mondal

Arnab Chakrabarty
Asif Iqbal
Ankit Chowdhury
Arnab Sarkar
Tug of War (Girls):
Winner: Aparupa Sinha
Priya Bardhan Roy
Poulami Sarkar
Pamolita Paul
Moutan Roy
Flat Race for /male Staff:
1st: Dr. Subhendu Bandyopadhyay
2nd: Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar
3rd: Dipanjan Mondal
Hit the Stamp for Male Staff:
1st: Dipanjan Mondal
2nd: Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar
3rd: Dr. Asis Bala
Hit the Stamp for Female Staff:
1st: Anuranjita Kundu
2nd: Prapti Chakraborty
3rd: Rakhi
Balance Race for Female Staff:
1st: Moumita Chowdhury
2nd: Priyanka Ray
3rd: Jeenatara Begum
Hari Bhanga for Female Staff:
1st: Sumana Roy
2nd: Priyanka Ray
3rd: Rakhi
Tug of War (Female Staff):
Winner: Dr. Sumana Chatterjee
Dr. Sriparna Kundu Sen
Sumana Roy

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Jeenatara Begum
Moumita Chowdhury
Jaya Banerjee
Satabdi
Sunknowledge Pvt. Ltd.:
Congratulations to the students who got the job of
Sonknowledge Pvt. Ltd.
1. Aishwarya Datta
2. Debjani Saha
3. Sayani Banerjee
4. Priya Dey
5. Anurag T K Baidya
6. Diptarco Singha
7. Soumyadeep Bhattachrya
8. Soumava Bhattacharya
9. Aniruddha Bhar
10. Dibyojyoti Chatterjee
QUIZ organized by GNIDSR:
Congratulations to Pratik Nandi and Bhaskar, who have
acquired 2nd position in quiz competition organized by GNIDSR.
Reminiscence 2017:
On 12th February, 2017 GNIPST celebrated Reunion programme.
GPAT 2017:
The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified,
GPAT-2017. We congratulate them all.
Rudradip Das
Tanmoy Saha
Arpita Ghosal
Sampita Pal
Soham Chatterjee
Sajjaman Halder
Swati Abat
Anjali Mondal
Tanaya Palit

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Anurag T K Baidya
Rajdeep Saha
Sayani Banerjee
Abhishek Gupta
Soumik Dey
M.Pharm:
Shakshar Saha
Rajshekhar Roy
Sanu Praharaj
Cognizant:
Congratulations to the students who got the job of Cognizant.
Shayeri Nandi
Alinda Guha Roy
Annesha Dutt
Madhurima Saha
Aindrila Guha
Shankha Saha
Ranit Kundu
Sanu Praharaj
Sweta Majumder
NBA Accreditation:
NBA has accreditated GNIPST.
Debate competition:
On 19th November, 2016 our student Pratik Nandy and
Dippoman Guha was participated in All India University debate
Competition organized by Calcutta Debate Circle.
International seminar 2016:
International seminar on Global Advancement in
Pharmaceutical research and startup organized by GNIPST in
collaboration with IPGA was held on 22nd October, 2016 at
GNIPST auditorium.

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NBA visit:
The experts of National Board of Accreditation or NBA will be
going to visit GNIPST on 24th September and 25th September,
2016.

Recent Trends in Pharmaceutical Research:

A Science Awareness Programme comprising of seminar on
Recent Trends in Pharmaceutical Research was organized by
GNIPST in collaboration with National Academy of Science
India (NASI) on 30th august, 2016 from 2 pm to 4.30 pm at
GNIPST auditorium. Plantation programme was also organized
by Eco club. Dr. Hemanta Kumar Majumder, gave his valuable
lecture on Modern Biology & its Evolution and Dr. Pijush K
Das delivered his lecture on Site specific Drug Targeting Magic
Bullet approach.
World Photography Day celebration:
On 19th August 2016 GNIPST celebrated World Photography
Day at Dakhineswar.

Farewell 2016:
On 25th May 2016 GNIPST celebrated the farewell programme for
the final year students. Best of luck to all final year students for
their future life.

ALUMNI MEMBERS 2016:

Congratulations to new Alumni Members of GNIPST.
Accreditation by NAAC:
SL. NAME OF THE STATE CGPA(out GRADE
NO. INSTITUTE of scale 4)
01 Guru Nanak Institute of West 2.70 B
Pharmaceutical Science Bengal
And Technology,
Kolkata-700114

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STUDENTS SECTION
WHO CAN ANSWER FIRST????

Identify the biotechnologist

Answer of Previous Issues Image:

Charles Laveran

Send your thoughts/

Quiz/Puzzles/games/write-ups or any other
contributions for Students Section& answers
of this Section at gnipstbulletin@gmail.com

EDITORS NOTE
It is a great pleasure for me to publish the 2nd issue of 69th
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
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Dr. Abhijit Sengupta, Director of GNIPST for his valuable

advice and encouragement. Special thanks to Dr. Prerona Saha,
Mr. Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya
and Ms Jeenatara Begum 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 1 st prize in poster presentation event in
Prakriti 2015 at Department of Agricultural and Food
engineering, IIT, Kharagpur.

OTHERS:
On 24 and 25 February, 2015 Swamiji of Gourio Math was
th th

delivered some motivational lectuers in GNIPST.

The students of GNIPST participated in the 4th Sardar Jodh
SinghTrophy organised by NIT on 20th 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 Products, JU on the skill to write a good manuscript for
publication in impact journals. It was followed by nearly two
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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 Member Faculty
CULTURAL Ms. Priyanka Ray
DEBATE AND EXTEMPORE Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya
ECO Ms. Sumana Roy
LITERARY AND PAINTING Ms. Jeenatara Begum
PHOTOGRAPHY 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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