GNIPST BULLETIN 2015

14-08-2015

14th August, 2015

Volume No.: 48

Issue No.: 01

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

GNIPST Photo Gallery

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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

Aristotle

Aristotle is the Great philosopher who had a vast knowledge in

different disciplines. Studying different subject he contributed a
lot in each of those subjects. He contributed in physics, poetry,
zoology, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, and biology.
This laurel Greek philosopher was born in Stagira in 384 BC. His
father Nicomachus was a physician to the king Amyntas III of
Macedons court and it is believed that their ancestors also held
this position. Earlier in his life he was taught by his father at home
and the medical knowledge he got from his father led him to
investigate natural phenomenon later on. At the age of 18 he
admitted in to the young Greek aristocracy run by Plato, another
Great Greek philosopher, and Aristotle became the most favorite
student of Plato.
As a scientist Aristotle made a good contribution which was very
influential for the development of the science over the year. Mainly
he spent most of his life researching the natural science and he did
the researches without making reference to the Mathematics
which was later proven as the weakness of his research by the
scientists. His natural science oriented research includes botany,
zoology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, and meteorology,
geometry and many more. He was also the teacher of the Great
warrior Alexander the Great. This great philosopher died n 322
BC.

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NEWS UPDATE

Scientists find the brain works to minimize loss

of vision, other functions: 14th August, 2015
A new study may have unlocked understanding of a mysterious
part of the brain -- with implications for neurodegenerative
conditions such as Alzheimer's. The results open up new areas of
research in the pursuit of neuroprotective therapies.

Revealed: Helicobacter pylori's secret weapon:

14th August, 2015

Is the game up for Helicobactor pylori? Researchers have identified

the molecular mechanism that the bacterium's best-known
adhesion protein uses to attach to stomach sugars and evade the
body's attempts to 'flush' it away.

'Fishing expedition' nets nearly tenfold increase

in number of sequenced virus genomes: 14th
August, 2015

Using a specially designed computational tool as a lure, scientists

have netted the genomic sequences of almost 12,500 previously
uncharacterized viruses from public databases.

Young minds think alike; older people are more

distractible: 14th August, 2015

Age is believed to change the way our brains respond and how its
networks interact, but studies looking at these changes tend to use
very artificial experiments, with basic stimuli. To try to
understand how we respond to complex, life-like stimuli,
researchers showed 218 subjects aged 18-88 an edited version of an
episode from a Hitchcock TV series while using functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure their brain
activity.
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Tdap booster vaccine rates triple at family care

clinics using automated reminders: 14th August,
2015

Electronic reminders at clinics helped boost rates of Tdap booster

that protects against tetanus, diptheria, and whooping cough, a
study shows. Guidelines recommend that adolescents and adults
ages 11 and up receive a single dose of the Tdap vaccine for booster
immunization even if they have had a Td (tetanus and diphtheria)
vaccine within the past 10 years.

Regenerating nerve tissue in spinal cord injuries:

13th August, 2015

Researchers are exploring a new therapy using stem cells to treat

spinal cord injuries within the first 14 to 30 days of injury. The
therapy uses a population of cells derived from human embryonic
stem cells containing progenitor cells that support nerve cells and
can potentially make poorly functioning nerves function better.

Alert to biologists: Ribosomes can translate

'untranslated region' of messenger RNA: 13th
August, 2015

In what appears to be an unexpected challenge to a long-accepted

fact of biology, researchers say they have found that ribosomes -the molecular machines in all cells that build proteins -- can
sometimes do so even within the so-called untranslated regions of
the ribbons of genetic material known as messenger RNA
(mRNA).

Immunosuppression could be to blame for

proliferation of the deadliest form of skin
cancer, researchers say: 13th August, 2015
Organ transplant recipients are twice as likely to develop
melanoma as people who do not undergo a transplant, and three
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times more likely to die of the dangerous skin cancer, suggests new
research.
For detail mail to editor

KNOWLEDGE BASED ARTICLE

Study finds little improvement in mortality rate

for extremely preterm infants since 2000

About 500,000 babies are born premature in the United States

each year, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Those infants, born before 37 weeks of gestation, will likely deal
with the threat of numerous complications or even death.
Accurate data on how those infants fare is important as doctors
and parents face difficult decisions. Dr. Michael Malloy, a
neonatologist and professor at the University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston, recently took a closer look at the infant
mortality rates of extremely preterm infants.
What Malloy found and described in a paper in Journal of
Perinatology was that while there were significant improvements in
the infant mortality rate among extremely preterm infants before
2000, there has been little improvement since the turn of the
century.
Previous studies looking at extremely preterm infants - babies
born after only 22 to 28 weeks of gestation - typically only look at
short periods of time and often use data from specialized centers
with the latest technology and treatments, Malloy said.
But to get a broader view Malloy looked at infant birth and death
certificates from the National Center for Health Statistics and
compared the mortality rates from 1990 to 2000 and then from
2000 to 2010. He looked at more than 47,000 records and tracked
the infant mortality rate for each week of gestation from 22 to 28.
What Malloy found was that there was a 40 to 50 percent
reduction in death for each gestational week from 1990 to 2000.
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For example, the mortality rate of preterm infants born after 23

weeks of gestation decreased from 81.4 percent in 1990 to 67.8
percent in 2000. For babies born after 28 weeks the mortality rate
dropped from 9.5 percent in 1990 to 6 percent in 2000.
"We see a marked improvement across all these gestation ages,"
Malloy said.
But from 2000 to 2010 there was little to no improvement in the
mortality rate, he said.
The difference may be related in part to the advances made in the
1990s. Advances such as the use of synthetic surfactant to prevent
breathing disorders and the antenatal steroids likely helped reduce
the mortality rate, Malloy said.
But while improvements to techniques and technology have been
made since 2000, there have been no great breakthroughs or new
discoveries, Malloy said. And the mortality rate from 2000 to 2010
has not improved dramatically, he said.
Malloy said he points out these trends to help both doctors and
expecting parents have realistic information when it comes to
extremely preterm infants.
"It is attempt to temper public expectations," Malloy said. "We just
can't work complete miracles. We have to accept the fact that
there is a biology that we are running up against."
Jeenatara Begum
Assistant Professor
GNIPST

DISEASE RELATED BREAKING NEWS

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus

(MERS-CoV) Saudi Arabia: 12th August, 2015

Between 3 and 9 August 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 17 additional cases of
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

infection, including 3 deaths.
Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmacognosy,

Phytochemistry & Natural Products will be held on 26th to 28th
October, 2015 at Hydrabad.

DRUGS UPDATES

FDA Approves Keveyis (dichlorphenamide) for

Primary Hyperkalemic and Hypokalemic Periodic
Paralysis: 10th August, 2015

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE:TARO) announced

that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
Keveyis (dichlorphenamide) 50 mg Tablets for the treatment of
primary hyperkalemic and hypokalemic periodic paralysis, a group
of rare hereditary disorders that cause episodes of muscle
weakness or paralysis. Keveyis is the first medicine approved by
the FDA for the treatment of primary periodic paralysis, which is
estimated to affect approximately 5,000 people in the United
States.
Read more

CAMPUS NEWS
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.
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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.
JIS SAMMAN 2015
On 11th May, 2015 GNIPST attended the JIS SAMMAN 2015.
JIS SAMMAN Awards:
Best College (Non Engineering):
GNIPST
Best Principal:
Dr (Prof.) Avijit Sengupta
Best HOD:
Mr. Jaydip Ray
Best Faculty:
Mr. Debabrata Ghoshdastidar (Pharmacy)
Dr. Swati Chakraborty (Life Sciences)
Best faculty since inception:
Mr. Jaydip Ray
Best Office Staff:
Ms. Jaya Banerjee
Best technical Assistant:
Mr. Somnath Majhi
College Blue:
Avik Paul
Highest DGPA of 2014:
B.Pharm:
Purbali Chakraborty (4th year)
Diksha Kumari (3rd year)
Aishika Dutta (2nd year)
Sampita Paul (1st year)
M.Pharm:
Aritra Mukherjee (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
Mounomukhar Bhattacharya (Pharmacology)
B.Sc (Biotechnology):
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Papiya Saha (3rd year)

Shomasree Das (2nd year)
Ayanita Basak (1st year)
B.Sc (Microbiology):
Bonhisikha Chatterjee (3rd year)
Riaz Hossain (2nd year)
Soumi Chowdhury (1st year)
BHM:
Bishal Roy (3rd year)
Shreyabhanja Chowdhury (2nd year)
Recitation:
Udita Majumder
Debate:
Srijita Roy
Poushali Ganguly
Quiz:
Arani
Dipayan Nath
Band:
Syantan Ghoswami
Anurag Ghosh
Atanu Mondal
Arka Khamaru
Ritobroto Paul
Abhirup Dasgupta
Fashion:
Md. Nadeem Shah
Koustav Sarkar
Shaksar Saha
Avirup Dasgupta
Ranit Kundu
Namrata Ganguly
Shreyasee Mitra
Chandrika Saha

Ray

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Debopriya Chatterjee
Riya Taran
Innovative Modeling:
Ankit Chowdhury
Kartik Koley
Mudasar Manna
Dipan Chaterjee
Abhishek Singh
Kaustav Pal
Manojit Dutta
SPIRIT JIS 2015
On 03th to 05th April, 2015 JIS organised SPIRIT JIS 2015.
GPAT 2015 Result:
The following B.Pharm. final year students have qualified, GPAT2015. We congratulate them all.
Diksha Kumari
Rupanjay Bhattacharya
Avik Paul
Xtasy 2015:
GNIPST is going to organize the Tech Fest Xtasy 2015 from 30th
March, 2015 to 1st April, 2015.
FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME:
The FINISHING SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME is going
to organize 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.
st
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.
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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.
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.
JOBS:
All the students of Final Year B. Pharm and M. Pharm are hereby
informed that an interview will be conducted on 23rd May, 2015 by
Standard Pharmaceuticals Ltd. GSK for post: Production, QA, QC.
All the students of Final Year B. Pharm and M. Pharm are hereby
informed that an interview will be conducted by GSK for sales and
marketing job.
Details given below:
Date: 27.03.2015
Time: 09:45 am
Venue : GSK Consumer Healthcare Limited, Unit No. 208,
nd
2 Floor, Ecospace Campus B (3 B), New Town,
Rajarhat, 24 Pgs (N). Kolkata-700156.
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THYROCARE provisionally selected 15 students from JIS Group.

Amongst these, 3 students of B. Sc (H) Biotechnology and M. Sc

Biotechnology have been selected.
Ipsita Mondal (M. Sc Biotechnology)
Debriti Paul (M. Sc Biotechnology)
Debopriya Chatterjee {B. Sc (H) Biotechnology}
The final year students of B.Pharm (31 students) and B.Sc (11
students) attended the pooled campus drive of Abbott India Ltd.
on 10th March, 2015 at Jadavpur University. Among them 17
students have gone through to the final round of this pooled
campus drive and short listed for final selection.
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
wasdelivered 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.

STUDENTS SECTION
WHO CAN ANS WER FIRS T????

In October 1934 Arnold Orville

Beckman registered the first patent
for which complete chemical
instrument ?
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Answer of Previous Issues Questions:
B. Soma Raju

Identify the person

Answer of Previous Issues Image:

B. Soma Raju

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 1st issue of 48th 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
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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
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 hour
long discussion among more than thirty participants on different
aspects of pharmacy education. Five nonmember participants
applied for membership on that very day.
GNIPST is now approved by AICTE and affiliated to WBUT for
conducting the two years post graduate course (M.Pharm)
in PHARMACOLOGY. The approved number of seat is 18.
The number of seats in B.Pharm. has been increased from 60 to
120.
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,

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hypertension and developing biotechnological tools for enhancing

bioactive molecules in these plants.

Activity Clubs of GNIPST:

Name of Club
SPORTS
LITERARY AND PAINTING
SCIENCE AND INNOVATIVE
MODELLING
ECO
SOCIAL SERVICES
PHOTOGRAPHY
CULTURAL
DEBATE AND EXTEMPORE

Member Faculty
Mr. Debabrata GhoshDastidar
Ms. Jeenatara Begum
Mr. Samrat Bose
Ms. Sumana Roy
Dr. Asis Bala
Ms. Sanchari Bhattacharya
Ms. Priyanka Ray
Mr. Soumya Bhattacharya

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