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

Scope of Pharm D. in Indian scenario

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

POSTER PRESENTATION

Pharmacognosy

1st prize

Kanani Ankur

Atmiya College Of Pharmacy Kanani Vishal

Ladani Umang

2nd prize

Deepa Patel

Parul Institute Of Pharmacy Montina Patel

Hinal Shah

3rd prize

Patel Pranali

Kalol Institute Of Pharmacy Patel Maulika

Prajapati Chhaya

Pharm. Analysis

1st prize

Nilesh Prajapati

Atimya College Of Pharmacy Parth Patel

Hiren Thhakar

2nd prize

Anand Odedra

Nirma College Of Pharmacy Jaimin Vaidya

Arshit Dave

3rd prize

Pritesh Patel

Atimya College Of Phrmacy Bhadraj Chauhan

Pushpak Parmar

Pharm. Chemistry

1st prize Surya Muralee

Parul Institute Of Pharmacy Dhobi Ankit

2nd prize

Anand Odedra

Nirma College Of Pharmacy Jaydeep Jalu

Dharmesh Patel

3rd prize

Shah Harsh

Parul Institute Of Pharmacy Patel Dharak

Shah Darpan

Competition Subject Position Winner College

POSTER PRESENTATION

Pharmacology

1st prize

Jignesh Patel

Sardar Patel College Of Pharmacy Brijesh Patel

Parimal Patel

2nd prize Shah Nisarg C.K.Pithwala College of Pharmacy

3rd Prize

Dave Sandip

Dharmaj College Of Pharmacy Thakor Mrudang

Shah Akash

Consolation Prize 1st

Shekh Jazib N.M.Padaliya College of

Pharmacy Juhi Patel

Vijay Singhavi

Pharmaceutics

1st prize Manali Mukadam

Baroda College Of Pharmacy Shraddha Agarwal

2nd prize Kothari Snehal N.

Nirma College Of Pharmacy Huda Asif

3rd prize

Vora Harsh

L.B.Rao College Of Pharmacy Patel Parth

Patel Dixit

Consolation Prize 1st Vyas Janki Bhagwan Mahavir College of

Pharmacy Vasi Ruqaiya

2nd Prize

Shah Dhara

Parul Institute Of Pharmacy Iyer Vatsala

Jaiswal Chirayu

ELOCUTION

1st prize Munim Krishna Maliba Pharmacy College

2nd prize Lakdava Dhara C.K.Pithavala College of Pharmacy

3rd prize Sheryasi Chaudhari Parul Institute Of pharmacy

QUIZ

1st prize Milankumar Patel

Parul Instute Of Pharmacy. Sunil Patel

2nd prize Falgun Bhatt

Parul Instute Of Pharmacy. Mayur Parekh

3rd prize Rohit Aghara

S.S Pharmacy College Nayan Parmar

Competition Subject Position Winner College

MODEL PRESENTATION

Pharmaceutics

1st prize

Anand Odedra

Nirma College Of Pharmcy Naiya Mohindra

Asif Huda

2nd prize

Swati Parmar

Sigma College Of Pharmacy Grishma Patel

Khushbu Chauhan

3rd prize

Ravi Rupavatiya

S.S.Institute of Pharmacy Sarita Ratanpara

Hiral Pokiya

3rd prize Vishva Desai

Arihant School Of Pharmacy Bela Sanariya

Pharm. Analysis 1st prize

Barkat Mansuri

Nirma College Of Pharmacy Ajay Singh

Margi Desai

Pharm. Chemistry

1st prize

Harshit Dave

Nirma College Of Pharmacy Jamin Vaidya

Anand Odedra

2nd prize

Milin Raval

Saraswati College Of Pharmacy Maulik Patel

Krunal Nirmal

Pharmacology

1st prize

kambhani Ashish Shree Dhanvantry College Of

Pharmacy Bhalala Ankita

Bharuch Jinal

2nd prize

Zulka Ramoliya

Gitatanjali Colleage Of Pharmacy Bhaumik Pandya

Palak Bhatiya

Competition Subject Position Winner College

MODEL PRESENTATION Pharmacognosy

1st prize

abhishek shah

S.S Pharmacy College Hinal Patel

prenal shah

2nd prize

jigar sanghvi

AGPRI Gandhinagar Hardik shah

mehul sathvara

Dr. Archana Paranjape, Dr. Rajesh K.S.

Principal, Principal,

Baroda College of Pharmacy Parul Institute of Pharmacy