Vol. 2 Issue. 22014 August

Cont

ents

Our PatronRev. Dr. Thomas Mar KoorilosMetropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla

Our Vice PresidentRev. Dr. Philipose Mar StephanosAuxiliary Archbishop of Tiruvalla

Chairman and CERev. Dr. Shaji Vazhayil

Chief Advisor &Director of Academics & ResearchRev. Dr. Mathew Mazhavancheril

Director, MedicityRev. Fr. Mathew Vadakkekkutt

Editorial Advisory BoardRev. Fr. Mathew VadakkekkuttDirector, Medicity

Prof. Dr. Mathew GeorgePrincipal

Prof. Dr. Lincy JosephHOD. Dept of Pharm. Chemistry

Staff EditorMs.Santhi Maria Joseph

Page DesignerMr. Marvin Liju ThomasSystem Administrator

Student EditorMs. Jomcy Maria JoseMs. Biji Joseph

Vision : "We care..... God cures......."Mission : To work towards a knowledge society with a lifein abundance, through science and technology, improvinghealth care of our immediate community, state, country andthe world at large.

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGEIt is a matter of immense privilege thatPushpagiri College Of Pharmacy is bringingthe second volume of news bulletin-PHARMA ECHO. I believe that thenewsletter will serve as a window throughwhich the complete profile of the academicand co-curricular activities, achievements and

progress made during the stipulated period frequented bythe almighty can be viewed. PHARMA ECHO is being releasedadding feather of glory to the golden crown of achievements.Abundant blessings to the devoted hands behind thisendeavour.

FROM THE DIRECTORI am delighted that the second volume of thenews letter-PHARMA ECHO is beenpublished. This bulletin is a product ofexcellent team work with dedication,determination and discipline. It reflects therelishing moments and another milestoneaccomplished by the Pushpagiri College Of

Pharmacy. I immensely congratulate the genuine, indomitableand incessant efforts in bringing up the next issue of PHARMAECHO.

Rev. Fr. Mathew Vadakkekkutt(Director Medicity)

Rev. Dr. Thomas Mar KoorilosMetropolitan Archbishop of TiruvallaCatholic Archdiocese of Thiruvalla

Our Patron

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMICSI am exceptionally very pleased to know thatPushpagiri College Of Pharmacy is releasingthe second volume of the news bulletinPHARMA ECHO, with an evidence for theimmense commitment of the college toprovide ambience in catering a system thatnurtures social, ethical, substantial and

emotional development of the students. I take this opportunityto congratulate all the enthusiastic hands behind this venture.

Rev. Dr. Mathew MazhavancherilChief Advisor & Director- Academics & Research

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESKIt is a moment of immensepride that Pushpagiri CollegeOf Pharmacy has come up withthe second volume of newsbulletin-PHARMA ECHO. Weemphasis to develop anintellectually competent,professionally skil led,

spiritually evolved, Socially Responsive,Culturally tolerant bunch of students. PHARMAECHO provides a good perspective on thecreative and innovative pursuits happening inour campus and I take this opportunity toappreciate the scrupulous effort towards thisinitiative.

Prof. Dr. Mathew George,Principal

FROM THE EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

I am very contented to sharethat the second volume ofPHARMA ECHO is beingreleased. It is the most ampleand contingent record ofentire existing proceedings of

our campus. The news letter reflects thecurrent college activities which outclass theexcellence, identity, recognition and alsomaintains high scholastic principles todisseminate the l ight of Pharmaceuticaleducation and hereby congratulating the facultyand students for their genuine expertness andskillfulness to make this victorious.

Prof. Dr. Lincy Joseph, HOD

1. Inauguration of Research Lab

2. National Seminar

3. Demo at Research Lab

4. Send off to Fr.JohnKandathinkal

5. Welcome Rev. Fr.JohnVadakkekutt &Rev.Fr.Varghese Manalel

6. Sports Day

7. Farewell

8. College Day & Alumni

9. Director’s birthday

10. World Environment Day

11. Student Exchange Programme

12. Inauguration Of ToxicologyLab

13. Pharm.D Inauguration’14

14. Seminars ,Workshops &Publications

FROM THE EDITOR'SDESKI am awfully grateful to the lordalmighty in enabling our groupto bring out the PHARMAECHO-second volume. Thisnews letter is an unveiling

proof that, our college gives numerousopportunities for pushpagirians to boost theirenormous talents. It is a montage of creationsand successful accomplishment of PushpagiriCollege Of Pharmacy. On this fortunateoccasion; I heartily appreciate all whoincalculably toil hard for this venture into reality.We hereby put forth PHARMA ECHO –secondvolume, second issue for your kind appraisaland reviews…..

Ms. Santhi Maria JosephStaff Editor

Rev. Dr. Shaji Vazhayil(Chairman & Chief Executive)

Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Stephanos(Auxiliary Bishop of Tiruvalla)

Vice President

Pushpagiri College Of Pharmacy organized a NationalSeminar on “Preclinical Animal Models,Advanced Drug

synthesis and Evaluation Techniques”.The seminar was heldon 30th April 2014 at Medicity Campus,Tiruvalla.

The main objective of the seminar was to equip the facul-ties, students and practicing registered Pharmacist with animpact of “Preclinical Diabetics ExpirimantalModels,Microwave assisted Drug synthesis in Drug Devel-opment followed by the Workshop Demo by AD Instrumetsand Orchid Scientifics.

The Seminar was officialy inaugurated by seeking the bless-ing from almighty,Prof.Dr.Mathew George, Principal,Pushpagiri College Of Pharmacy delivered the welcomespeech.The dignitaries and the delegates were welcomed.Thepresidential address was given by Rev.Dr.ShajiVazhayil,Chairman and C.E of Pushpagiri Group Of Institu-tions. The National Seminar was traditionally inaugurated

by Dr.C.Retnakaran, Pro-vice Chancellor,Kerala University OfHealth Sciences,Thrissur.

The National Seminar had a total of five sessions.The firstand foremost session was handled by Dr.N.Gopalankutty, Pro-fessor, Department Of Pharmacology, MCOPS,ManipalUniversity.The discussion was on the topic “Advaced DiabeticExpirimental Models In Scientific Research.Second session waslead by Prof. Dr. K. K. Srinivasan,Professor andHOD,SMVITM,Bantkal,Karnataka pointing out stratergies of“Microwave Assisted Drug,Synthesis in Drug Development”.30Posters from various colleges participated in the poster pre-sentation session. The best poster award was presented toDr.Suseem from department of Pharmaceutical sciences,Vellore.The third, fourth and fifth sessions included a Workshop Demoby A.D Instruments and Orchid scientifics (Bombay).We endedup the Seminar with a Lab Demo session at our newly inaugu-rated Research Lab.

A REPORT ON NATIONAL SEMINAR - WORKSHOP, JOINTLY ORGANISED BYDST, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,NEW DELHI ON 30th APRIL 2014

INAUGURATION CEREMONY

Through the Sessions... Poster Sessions...

A REPORT ON COLLEGE DAY CUMALUMNI MEET’14

“RENDEZVOUS 2014’’- to gather,to relish and to connect with PushpagiriCollege of Pharmacy was conducted on24th of May 2014. The College Day cel-ebration “RENDEZVOUS ’14" was agreat relief from the tedious monoto-nous academics. It was most awaited dayof an academic where all the elementsthat build the body of Pushpagiri cametogether to work hand in hand andmade the event fruitful.

“RENDEZVOUS’14" was inauguratedby Sri. Jayaraj Warrier, Caricature, Film,Television and Stage Artist. The Presi-dential address was delivered by Rev.Dr.Shaji Mathews Vazhayil, Chairman andCE of Pushpagiri Group of Institutions.

This auspicious occasion was filled with joy and excitement by a wide variety of cultural programmes performed by thePushpagirians.

Pushpagiri College of Pharmacy had a prideful moment by conducting the very first “ALUMNI’14" by inviting all the passedout nine batches of our College.

The Alumni Meet’14 had a nostalgic glimpse with slideshow along their waken paths and was made elegant by the distri-bution of mementoes to the Alumni’s.

“The College Day celebration Cum Alumni Meet’14" -to Gather, to Relish and to Connect with PCP was concluded withthe musical touch of ‘GANAMELA’

The inauguration ceremony of third batch Pharm.D was held on30 th July, 2014. The welcome speech was delivered by Prof.Dr.MathewGeorge,Principal,Pushpagiri College Of Pharmacy. The august as-sembly had the presidential address by ReV.Dr.Shaji MathewsVazhayil,Chairman,Pushpagiri Group Of Institution followed by theinaugural address by Prof.Dr.S P Dhanabal, J S S College of Phar-macy, JSS University, Ooty. The ceremony was filled of God’s gracewith the blessing speech by Rev.Fr.Pradeep MammenVazhatharamalayil, Principal, MACFAST, Tiruvalla. Rev.Dr.MathewMazhuvencheriyil, Director, Academics & Research, Pushpagiri GroupOf Institution and Rev.Dr.Mathew Vadakkekuttu, Director, Medicityconveyed felicitation, followed by the vote of thanks.

INAUGURATIONCEREMONY OF THIRD BATCH PHARM D

Felicitation by Sri. Sarath SwamiBest Outgoing Student

Patients who receive stress ulcer prophylaxis suffer more ad-verse events with proton pump inhibitors (PPI) than with hista-mine 2 (H2) receptor antagonists, a new study shows.

Critically ill patients can develop bleeding caused by stressulceration, so clinicians often prescribe a PPI or H2 receptorantagonist as prophylaxis. But these medications come with arisk for adverse events .

The researchers looked at the records of patients admitted toa 54-bed medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) from July2009 to February 2013.Of the 14,280 patients who receivedstress ulcer prophylaxis, 5718 were excluded because they wereon acid suppression prior to admission, did not receive stressulcer prophylaxis in the ICU,or received both a PPI andH2 receptor antagonist.Of theremaining 8562 patients, 3681(43%) received a PPI and 4881(57%) received an H2 receptorantagonist.

Proton Pump Inhibitor Riskier Than H2 for Stress Ulcer ProphylaxisJibitha Mamachan II-Mpharm

The difference in the size of the 2 treatment groups wasstatistically significant (P <  .0001). However, the researchersfound that stress ulcer prophylaxis was indicated in only 32.3%of patients in the PPI group and 37.8% of patients in theH2 receptor antagonist group (P < .0001). Indications for thistherapy include duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, Helicobacter pyloriinfection, erosive esophagitis, mechanical ventilation,coagulopathy, and gastric reflux disease.

The increased risk for adverse events in the PPI group wasalso significant.

Table. Adverse Event Rates in Patients ReceivingProphylactic Therapy

SUMMER TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PHARM D STUDENTS AT MCOPS, MANIPALOn June 30 th to July 5th 2014, a student exchange programme along with summer training programme was held at Manipal

College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal. Ms. Ancy T. Joseph, Ms. Fina Francis and Ms. Naina Betcy Allan from second year PharmD along with Prof. Dr. Mathew George(Principal), Prof. Dr. Lincy Joseph (HOD), Ms. Santhi Maria Joseph (Asst. Professor) and Ms.Dhanya Prabhakar (Asst. Professor) were participated in this programme.

Rev. Fr. Mathew Vadakkekkutt(Director Medicity)

Rev. Fr. Varghese ManalelSpiritual Director

Hearty Welcome to PCP...

Adverse EventGastrointestinal bleedingClostridium difficile infectionNosocomial pneumonia30-day mortality

PPI Group,%4.701.900.296.00

H2 Receptor Antagonist Group, %1.101.300.263.70

P Value<.0001.02.8<.0001

PUBLICATIONSPAPER PUBLISHED DURING THE PERIOD

JANUARY 2014 TO JUNE 2014Lincy Joseph, Mathew George, Surekha S R : Phytochemical Quantificationand Amylase Inhibitory Activity of Pimenta dioica Journal of Biological andScientific Opinion.Lincy Joseph, Mathew George, Surekha S R : Synthetic Strategy andTherapeutic Utility of Oxygen and Nitrogen containing Heterocycliccompounds. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2014, Vol.4(4),417-431.

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS ATTENDED· Prof.Dr.Mathew George,Prof.Dr.Lincy Joseph, Mrs.Leena P N, Mrs.Surekha S R,

Ms.Santhi Maria Joseph attended a one day seminar at Pushpagiri Medical Collegeon April’14.

· Prof.Dr.Mathew George,Prof.Dr.Lincy Joseph, Ms.Santhi Maria Joseph,Ms.Dhanya Prabhakaran attended seminars at Manipal College Of PharmaceuticalSciences on June 30th July 5th 2014.

· Ms.Dhanya Prabhakaran and Mr.Tibin Abraham attended seminar at College OfPharmaceutical Sciences, Trivandrum Medical College on April 3rd 2014.

Intractive Session with faculty atManipal University

Honoring of Research Director, Dr. N Uduppa byProf. Dr. Mathew George at Manipal University

Farewell to Rev. Fr. John Thomas Kandathinkal, Medicity Director on 14-05-2014

Meditation andOrientation Programme

A three day meditation and orientation class under the lead-ership of Rev. Fr. Mathew Chooravady, were conducted for thestudents of Pushpagiri College of Pharmacy. The Class mainlyfocused on the spiritual, moral and personal developments.Counselling session was also organized for the interested stu-dents.

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAYCELEBRATIONS @PCP

Director's Birthday Celebration

With staff.....

With Students ......

LAUNCHING OF CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY LABORATORY,DEPT. OF PHARM.CHEMISTRY & ANALYSIS

Inaugural ceremony of Clinical toxicology laboratory was held on July 25 th , 2014, Friday at 11.00 am. The inaugural and theblessing ceremony was done by Rev. Dr. Shaji Mathews Vazhayil, CEO, Pushpagiri Group of Institutions. Rev. Dr. Mathew Mazhavancheril,Director – Academics, Rev. Fr. Mathew Vadakekuttu , Director –Medicity Campus , Prof. Dr. Mathew George, Principal, PCP, Prof. Dr.Lincy Joseph, HOD – Department of Chemistry, Rev. Sisters, faculties were present during the inaugural ceremony.

Inauguration of Pharmacutical Research Lab

WorkshopDemo At

PharmacuticalResearch Lab

INDUSTRIAL VISIT AT PASTEUR INSTITUTE, COONOOR, OOTY - THIRD YEAR B.PHARM

Congratulations .........• Ms.Anila K Alexander of Fourth Year

MG University bagged second rankin university examination

FAREWELL TOMG BATCH 2013-14

Releasing of Academic Calander 2014-15

COLLGE DAYCELEBRATIONS

2014

SPORTS DAY2014

COLLEGE DAY2014