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FOUNDATION DAY

2019

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) is the first national level institute in pharmaceutical sciences with a proclaimed objective of becoming a centre of excellence for advanced studies and research in pharmaceutical sciences.

Vision "To become a globally recognized brand in the areas of education and research in pharmaceutical sciences for the benefit of people of India and other countries and the growth of the pharmaceutical industry."

Padma Shri Prof. Jagat Ram, Director, Postgraduate

Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER

Chandigarh) delivered the Foundation Day lecture on

“Achieving Excellence Combining Focus, Talent and

Medicine”

Foundation Day, 2018

Convocation 2018

Padam Bhushan Prof. G.

Padmanabhan

Chief Guest

Convocation 2018

Batch M.S.

(Pharm.) M.Pharm.

M.Tech.

(Pharm.)

M.B.A.

(Pharm.)

2016-18 165 21 23 35

Batch Sciences M.B.A. (Pharm)

2016-18 Tanya Ralli Mizbah Ajaz Lone

Gold medallists (Masters’)

Ph.D.

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Department of Pharmacoinformatics

Software Tools Developed by the Students

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Research Highlights • ChemSuite: A package for Chemoinformatics calculations and Machine

Learning – developed at NIPER

• HToPred: A Tool for Human Topoisomerase II Inhibitor Prediction --

developed at NIPER

• Metabolite characterization of Ambrisentan (anti-hypertension agent) and

Palbociclib (for breast cancer) in in vitro and in vivo matrices by

UHPLC/QTOF/MS/MS: Detection of glutathione conjugate of epoxide

metabolite evidenced by in vitro GSH trapping assay

• Predicting Inhibitors for Multidrug Resistance Associated Protein-2

Transporter by Machine Learning Approach

• Molecular modeling analysis done on Pyridoxal kinase: A vitamin B6 salvage

pathway enzyme from Leishmania donovani

• Virtual screening and identification of potential PTP1B allosteric inhibitors

using in silico and in vitro approaches

• Virtual screening to identify potential direct InhA inhibitors of MTb and their

biological evaluation

Department of Biotechnology

Research Highlights

• The trafficking and secretion of transferrin - Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate

dehydrogenase (GAPDH) in Mtb cells

• Multiple targets of M. tuberculosis were cloned and expressed, their role in

pathogenesis is under investigation

• Structure- function analysis of a novel anti-leishmanial drug target

• Development of safe and long-acting human arginase for cancer therapy

• Development of human paraoxonase 1 for prophylactic use

• Development of improved trypsin for the production of human insulin

• Development of a stimulus-sensitive expression system for nucleic acid

therapeutics

Department of Pharmacology

and Toxicology

Research Highlights • Studies on the effect of Gut microbiome on metabolic syndrome and epigenetic

mechanisms

• Studies on the effect of GNP and SeNP on experimental osteoporosis and

epigenetic mechanisms

• miRNA based epigenetic reprogramming in prostate and triple negative breast

cancer

• Evaluating the therapeutic potential of metal nanoparticles on polycystic ovarian

syndrome

• Studies on DNA methylation in emergence of metabolic syndrome

• Studies on hepatic damage and exploring mechanism based on NLRP3, MMP-2

and Stellate cell activation

• Nrf2 as a target for protection against diabetes-induced multi-organ damage

• Diabetes-induced germ cell damage and protection with zinc and selenium

• Investigated the role of Protease activated receptors in diabetes induced cardiac

dysfunctions

• Explored the effects of pharmacological agents targeting Wnt/beta catenin

signaling pathway in peripheral neuropathic pain

• Elucidation of the role of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels in

Cognitive Impairment

• Investigating the involvement of Transient Receptor potential cation channel

Melastatin-2 (TRPM2) in Parkinson’s disease using pharmacological agent

Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis

Research Highlights • Forced degradation and drug-excipient interaction studies on Ambroxol

hydrochloride

• Preparation and characterization of degradation product standards of

Diazepam, Mitiglinide, Nateglinide, Valsartan and Candesartan cilexetil

• Comparative stability behavior of various solid state forms of Indomethacin

• Quantitation of Ezetimibe, Efavirenz, Emtricitabine, Artesunate sodium and

ethambutol hydrochloride by 19F-NMR, 1H NMR and LC-CAD

• Metabolite identification studies of Piperine

• Development of a quantitative metabolomics approach to investigate serum

metabolome in hyperlipidemia rat model in response to Fluvastatin sodium

• Impact of gut microbiota on the pharmacokinetics of CYP3A probe substrate-

Buspirone after antibiotics/probiotics administration

• PBPK modelling to study the effect of genetic polymorphism of CYP2D6 on

disposition of Paroxetine

Department of Medicinal Chemistry

Research Highlights •Benzo[d]thiazole-2-carbanilides as new anti-TB leads acting on protein target

specific to mycobacterium with activity against INH-resistant strain.

•The compound NP-96 has been discovered as potent in vitro and in vivo

blood-schizontocidal antimalarial activities against drug-sensitive and drug-

resistant parasites further in vivo studies on Rhesus Monkey to examine their

anti-relapse (tissue-schizontocidal) activity is in progress in collaboration with

CDRI, Lucknow.

•Potent anti-fungal peptidomimetic that effectively kill C. neoformans have been

identified with activity better than standard drug and synergistic activity with

known anti-fungals.

•Short peptide-based inhibitors that exhibit potent inhibition of amyloid beta-

peptide (Aβ) at very low micromolar concentrations have been identified with

potential to treat the Alzheimer’s disease.

•Established link between some medicinally important chemicals (divalent NI

compounds) and phase transfer catalysis. This phenomenon has association

with drug transport also.

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Research Highlights

• Development of nano-scaffolds for immobilization of enzymes on solid

support and use of these nano-biocatalysts for drug synthesis

• Development of nano-formulation for photosensitizers and their use in

biomedical applications.

• Green synthesis of new chemical entities using persulfates in water

• Optimization the process parameter for the production of transaminase and

laccase in stirred tank bioreactor.

• Improved laboratory-scale synthesis of a marketed drug sildenafil

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Department of Natural Products

Research Highlights

1. Phytochemical investigation and biological

evaluation of selected medicinal plants as anti-

inflammatory agents, alleviation of obesity and

associated complications, Cancer and

Leishmaniasis.

2. Development of Herbal formulation from Sea

Buckthorn.

3. Synthesis of Natural Products and their Analogs

for different therapuetic activities

National Pharmacy Week 2018

Dept. of Pharmacy

Practice

ISPOR supported National conference on Medical Writing Feb 8, 2019

ISPOR supported National conference on Medical Writing Feb 8, 2019

World Pharmacist Day 2018

Department of Pharmaceutics

Research Highlights

• Improved delivery of paclitaxel via polymeric micelles

• Supersaturation studies on BCS class II drugs

•Formulation development of Oryzanol capsules and technology transferred

to M/s AP Organics, Punjab

•Formulation development using co-crystals as novel solid forms

Central Instruments

Laboratory (CIL)

• Earlier for external samples we use to offer 50 % discount on

analysis charges to Govt institutes only but from 1st April 2018 we

had extended this facility to students of Private institute also.

• Charges for getting samples analyzed for NIPER students in

departments other than then CIL were removed.

• CIL got Rs 9 Crore for the purchase of sophisticated analytical

instrument , We are in the process to buy instruments like NMR

500 MHz, HRMS, Powder XRD, DSC , TGA and MALDI.

• A number of highly used instruments installed at various

locations at NIPER have been merged with CIL.

Technology

Development Centre

(TDC Pilot Plant)

• Industrial training titled “Practical training on in-process testing

and plant machinery, process and management” was imparted to

the students of NIPER. This, a four week program, involves

safety, cGMP manufacturing, pilot plant operations, and in-

process testing aspects, and has been conducted during the

month of June, 2018. In addition to PTPC students, other

students from NIPER (Total = 26) also participated. In

association with SMPIC, TDC-Pilot Plant imparted training to six

students from Jadhavpur University, Kalkutta.

• Industrial training on “Organic Synthesis, Process and

Analytical Chemistry” was provided to seventeen students of S.

Govt. College of Science Education and Research, Jagraon,

Ludhiana (Punjab) in January, 2019. During first week of

February, four students of Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa

College also participated and obtained industrial training at TDC-

Pilot Plant.

Technology

Development

Centre (TDC

Dosage Form)

• Facility was made functional in 2018-19 with

Equipments/Instruments (with the capacity of 10 kg

batch size at a time) and essential utilities

• Equipments were donated by Zoetis (Pfizer Animal

Health) and Glennmark

• This GMP facility is equipped with all required

manufacturing equipments for Oral Solid Dosage

(Tablet) (Production & Packing (Blister), In-process

quality testing (IPQC) and utilities including 14 HVACs

• Successfully conducted six (06) Pharmaceutical

Industrial Training programmes were conducted for

58 students from 6 different Colleges/Universities

• Trainings were focused on Hands on Training on QA

& Production operations

Computer Centre

A Faculty Assessment Portal

(http://192.168.18.63/feedback_new/) has been

developed and made online on the Intranet on NIPER

S.A.S. Nagar for accepting session-wise online

feedback of faculty

and teaching staff by the students and scholars and

assessment /evaluation by the Academic &

Examination Section

Library and

Information Centre

• The library comprises of specialized collection of

books on pharmaceutical sciences, pharmaceutical

market reports, thesis & dissertations, newspapers,

etc. The library subscribes international and national

journals in the field of pharmaceutical and allied

sciences for research scholars. The library has access

to more than 400 full text electronic journals which is

available through the DELNET consortium to all

computers in the institute.

• The main emphasis of the library is on providing

digital information support which is provided through

WEBOPAC powerful search engine for finding any

cataloguing information from library database.

• The Library is currently in the process of creating

digital repository of institute publications, archival

collection, theses and dissertation.

National

Toxicology Centre

• Four projects on acute and repeated dose oral

toxicity studies from external sponsors have been

successfully executed

• One project is ongoing

Small and Medium

Pharmaceutical

Industry Centre

(SMPIC)

• Nine training programmes were conducted, with 81

participants

• Three seminars were organized which were attended

by 144 participants

Placement Cell

Companies visited

• Total 18 companies have already participated in Campus

Placement at NIPER, Mohali till date.

• Numbers of companies are still in pipeline to visit NIPER,

Mohali for Campus Placement.

Students Placed

• Total 85 students have been placed in different companies

till date.

• Maximum Package: The company Merck has offered

highest package of Rs. 10.00 lac to Mr. Lalit Sharma, one of

our students.

It is followed by the company Eli Lily, which has offered Rs.

8.40 lac to two of our students.

• Maximum selection by the company: The company Suven

Life Sciences, Hyderabad, Telegana has selected 17

students of NIPER, Mohali which is maximum selection

done by a company till date. Followed by the companies

Novartis and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories which selected 11

and 09 students, respectively.

Pharmaceutical Heritage Centre

Exhibit on luminaries of Indian Pharmacy

Custom-made bio-sketches, with the aim of educating and

inspiring visitors

Research Output

Publications >100

Highest impact factor 52.15

h-index (Dec. 2018) 104

Patents granted 11

Patents filed 03

Average impact factor

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2017-18 2018-19

3.5 4.15

Journals/Books

“Methods for Stability Testing of

Pharmaceuticals”; Methods in

Pharmacology and Toxicology

(2018). Humana Press, New York:

co-edited by Prof. Saranjit Singh

Prof. Saranjit Singh co-edited a

special issue of Trends in

Analytical Chemistry on “The last

decade in regulation and control of

impurities in pharmaceuticals”

(April 2018)

Awards/Achievements Prof. Saranjit Singh Editor, Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Prof. U. C. Banerjee Lupin Visiting Fellow for Bioprocess Technology Endowment

(2018-2019) (ICT Mumbai)

Prof. A. K. Chakraborti Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Best Ph D Research Guide Award in

Pharmaceutical Chemistry for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018

Prof. P. V. Bharatam DST-DAAD personnel exchange project

Prof. S. S. Sharma

• SERB Expert committee member in Life Sciences for Early Career

Research Award and National PDF

• Academic Editor, Behavioural Neurology

• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Current Neurovascular Research

Prof. S. M. Jachak

• Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Best Ph D Research Guide Award 2017

• Organized two-week Specialized Training Programme for Drug Regulatory

Officials from Africa India Africa Forum Summit – III (IAFS – III), E&SA, under

ITEC-SCAAP

• Organized training programme “Recent Trends and Challenges in Regulation

and Standardization of Herbal Drugs and Formulations”, under ITEC-SCAAP

• Organized training programme “Pharmaceutical Quality by Design: A risk

Based approach” under ITEC-SCAAP

• Organized training programme “Recent Trends and Challenges in

Biopharmaceuticals” under ITEC-SCAAP

• Organized training programme “Advanced Analytical Techniques: Basic

Principles and Application for Quality assessment of Drugs and

Pharmaceuticals” under ITEC-SCAAP

Awards/Achievements • Organized 6th Biennial Conference on Drug Discovery in Natural

Products and Traditional Medicines (DDNPTM), NIPER S.A.S. Nagar

Prof. I. P. Singh

• “Honorary Visiting Professor”, Shizuoka University, Japan

• Worked toward establishing collaborations with Shizuoka University,

Japan

• Organized 6th Biennial Conference on Drug Discovery in Natural

Products and Traditional Medicines (DDNPTM), NIPER S.A.S. Nagar

Dr. A. H. Pande

• Was a part of team receiving CSIR Technology Award for Life Sciences

2018 at Vigyan Bhaban

• Coordinated a two week intensive training program (ITEC) on ‘Recent

Trends and Challenges in Biopharmaceuticals’ 03-13 October, 2018,

NIPER-SAS Nagar

Dr. Sanyog Jain

• ABAP Gold Medal for Advanced Research in Nanoscience and

Technology- 2018 by Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy

(ABAP), India

• Shiv Nath Rai Kohli Memorial Mid-Career Best Scientist Award 2017-

2018

• Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Best Masters’ thesis Guide Award in

Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology

• Editorial Advisory Board Member: Molecular Pharmaceutics (American

Chemical Society; ACS) (I.F. 4.556)

• Associate Editor (for India, Egypt and the Near East): AAPS

PharmSciTech (Springer, USA) (I.F. 2.666)

• Associate Editor: Biomed Research International (Publishers: Hindawi

Publication Corporation) (I.F. 2.583)

Awards/Achievements • Associate Editor: Journal of Nanopharmaceutics and Drug Delivery

(American Scientific Publishers)

• Associate Editor: Journal of Pharmaceutics (Publishers: Hindawi

Publication Corporation)

• Member of the editorial board of the international journal Recent

Patents on Drug Delivery and Formulation (Publishers: Bentham

Science)

• Member of the scientific committee of 16th International

Symposium of Controlled Release Society (CRS) Indian Chapter on

Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug

Delivery Systems, Mumbai

Dr. Abhay T.

Sangamwar

Research project recommended under India-Germany

“BioHR:Bioinformatics in Health Research” call

Dr. Dipika Bansal

• Travel grant to attend the 17th World Congress on Pain, Boston,

MA, USA

• Research project (3y) recommended for funding by ICMR, New

Delhi

• Research project (2y) recommended for funding by ICMR, New

Delhi

Dr. Rohit Sharma (MC) Thomas Mitchell medal of excellence awarded by Irish Research

Council

Awards/Achievements

Aarzoo Thakur (PA)

• First prize in poster presentation at One Day Symposium on

Biopharmaceutical Risk-Assessment, “Biopharmaceutics and Drug

Delivery: An Industrial Perspective”, SAS Nagar

• Second prize in poster presentation at 3rd Annual Meeting, Indian

Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (SSX), Bangalore

Dilip Kumar Singh (PA)

• Nico Nibbering Travel Award (International Mass Spectrometry

Foundation)

• International Travel Support Award (SERB)

Mayur K. Ladumor (PA) ISSX Travel Grant

Sanika Jadhav (PE) Special appreciation award, “Best Presentation Award” at second

Russian interuniversity GxP summit, Sochi, Russia

Dr. Ganesh Shete (PE) Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Award for the most “Innovative PhD

Thesis” in Pharmaceutics

Samarth Thakore (PE)

Second prize, Poster presentation at one-day symposium on

“Biopharmaceutics and Drug Delivery: An Industrial Perspective”,

NIPER S.A.S. Nagar

Jayprakash Yadav (PE)

DST International Travel Award for attending and poster

presentation at 2018 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition,

Washington DC, USA

Awards/Achievements Amanpreet Kaur,

Poonam Singh Thakur,

Prashant Parmar,

Sneha Sheokand and

Arvind K. Bansal (PE)

IPA ACG SciTech Innovation Award for the category “Best

Innovative Development of Solid Dosage Form of the year 2018”

Purvi Shah (NP)

Best presentation award in “4th International Symposium Toward

the Future of Advanced Researches in Shizuoka University, Japan”

Shizuoka University Hamamatsu campus, Japan

Sanjay Kumar (NP)

first prize in poster presentation in 6th Biennial Conference on Drug

Discovery in Natural Products and Traditional Medicines

(DDNPTM), NIPER, S.A.S. Nagar

Deepika Kathuria (MC) Newton-Bhabha Fellowship, University of Sheffield, UK

Priyank Purohit (MC) Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Award 2017-2018 for the most

“Innovative PhD Thesis” in “Pharmaceutical Chemistry”

Pradeep Jadhavar (MC) Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Award 2016-2017 for the most

“Innovative Ph D Thesis” in “Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Meenu Saini (MC) DST international travel award for poster presentation at the

256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, USA

Awards/Achievements

N. Sushma Sri (BT) Best poster presentation award, National Conference on Molecular

Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Dr Sabbir Khan (PC) Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Award 2018 for the most

“Innovative PhD Thesis”

Mir Asrar (PP)

• Prize for poster presentation at 1st National Biomedical Research

Competition, AIIMS Rishikesh

• Travel grant to attend International Society for

Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Europe

2018, Barcelona, Spain

Gurudutt Dubey (PTPC) Rajnibhai V. Patel PharmInnova Award 2018 for the best Masters’

thesis

Seema Kirar, Joydev K.

Laha and Uttam C.

Banerjee (PTBT)

Best poster award, 9th Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry

(AsBIC9) Conference, National University of Singapore

Seema Kirar (PTBT)

• DST international travel grant to attend 9th Asian Biological

Inorganic Chemistry (AsBIC9) Conference, National University of

Singapore

• ICMR International travel grant for attending

NanoWorldConference, San Francisco, CA, USA

Awards/Achievements

Prof. Sanjay Jachak coordinated

a two-week Specialized Training Programme for

Drug Regulatory Officials from Africa India

Africa Forum Summit – III (IAFS – III), E&SA

(ITEC-SCAAP)

Prof. Sanjay Jachak coordinated

a training programme on Recent Trends and

Challenges in Regulation and Standardization of

Herbal Drugs and Formulations (ITEC-SCAAP)

Prof. Sanjay Jachak coordinated

a training programme on Pharmaceutical Quality by

Design: A risk Based approach (ITEC-SCAAP)

Prof. Sanjay Jachak coordinated

a training programme on Recent Trends and

Challenges in Biopharmaceuticals (ITEC-SCAAP)

Awards/Achievements

Prof. Sanjay Jachak coordinated

a training programme on Advanced Analytical

Techniques: Basic Principles and Application for

Quality assessment of Drugs and

Pharmaceuticals (ITEC-SCAAP)

Prof. Sanjay Jachak coorganized 6th Biennial

international conference on “New development in

Drug Discovery from Natural Products and

Traditional Medicines” (DDNPTM- 2018)

Dr. A. H. Pande coordinated a two week

intensive training program (ITEC) on ‘Recent

Trends and Challenges in Biopharmaceuticals’

03-13 October, 2018, NIPER-SAS Nagar

Dr. A. H. Pande was a part of team

receiving CSIR Technology Award for

Life Sciences 2018 at Vigyan

Bhawan

Awards/Achievements

Dr. A. H. Pande visited Shizuoka University and delivered

invited lecture at ‘The 4th International Symposium towards the

Future of Advanced Research in Shizuoka University 2018’ at

Shizuoka University, Japan; Mar 04- Mar 09, 2018

Rajbhasha Award

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education

and Research (NIPER), S.A.S.Nagar received

third prize for the year 2016-17 amongst the

category of various organizations of

production, training and research institutes in

tricity for commendable work in the field of

Rajbhasha Hindi by Town Official Language

Implementation Committee (NARAKAS),

Chandigarh

Visits abroad

Prof. P. V. Bharatam

• Department of Bioorganic chemistry, University of

Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

• Delivered a lecture at Department of Pharmaceutical

Chemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

• Delivered a lecture Department of organic chemistry,

University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany

• Department Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of

Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany

• Department of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart,

Stuttgart, Germany

Prof. A. K. Bansal • Invited talk at AAPS PharmSci 360, Washington DC, USA

Prof. I. P. Singh

• Invited lecture at 4th International Symposium Toward the

Future of Advanced Researches, Shizuoka University,

Japan

Dr. Ipsita Roy • Oral presentation at 18th European Congress on

Biotechnology, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. A. H. Pande

• Invited lecture at 4th International Symposium Toward the

Future of Advanced Researches, Shizuoka University,

Japan

Visits abroad

Dr. Sanyog Jain • Editor Strategy Meeting of AAPS Pharm SciTech,

Washington DC, USA

Dr. Sushma Singh • Oral presentation at 1st International Caparica Congress

on Leishmaniasis, Caparica, Portugal

Deepika Kathuria

(MC)

• University of Sheffield, UK (Newton-Bhabha Fellowship)

• DST-DAAD personnel exchange project

Sumit Chourasia

(MC) • DST-DAAD personnel exchange project

Meenu Saini (MC) • 256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA,

USA

Sanika Jadhav (PE) • Second Russian interuniversity GxP summit, Sochi,

Russia

Deepika Patel (PE) • Second Russian interuniversity GxP summit, Sochi,

Russia

Purvi Shah (NP)

• 4th International Symposium Toward the Future of

Advanced Researches, Shizuoka University, Japan (Visit

fully funded by Shizuoka University)

Visits abroad

Sanjay Kumar (NP)

• 4th International Symposium Toward the Future of

Advanced Researches, Shizuoka University, Japan (Visit

fully funded by Shizuoka University)

Gautam Kumar (NP) • 19th Tetrahedron Symposium, Lake Garda, Italy

Rohini Verma (NP) • Second Russian interuniversity GxP summit, Sochi,

Russia

Dilip Kumar Singh

(PA)

• Attended 22nd International Mass Spectrometry

Conference, Florence, Italy

Mayur K. Ladumor

(PA)

• Attended 22nd North American ISSX Meeting, Montreal,

Canada

Jayprakash A.

Yadav (PE)

• 2018 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington

DC, USA

MoU signed between NIPER S.A.S. Nagar and

Shizuoka University This MoU was included in the joint statement issued during Honorable

Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan in Oct. 2018

International Collaboration

International Collaboration

Dr. Ahad Ahmedov, Vice Chancellor of Rector, Bukhara State Medical Institute,

Uzbekistan visited the Institute on April 27, 2018 and visited the Institute’s

research facilities.

NIPER-Industry Collaboration

Company Collaboration

Dr Reddy’s

Laboratories

• PhD program for Dr Reddy’s staff members

• Collaborations in the area of mutual interest

Biocon-BMS BMS Scholarship; Project

Janssen

(J&J)

• J&J Fellowship/Scholarship (~ USD 10,000)

• PhD program for J&J staff members

• Donation of HPLC instrument

Zoetis • Donation of instrument at TDC (Dosage Form)

• Industry sponsored post-doctoral positions

• CSR funds

P&G Clinical Protocols, Natural Product Fingerprinting,

etc. Novartis • Industry sponsored PhD

• PhD/Post doc Dr. Morepen Scientific Collaboration in area computational

chemistry, pharmacology and process

biotechnology

Seminars organized

6th Biennial International Conference on 'New development in

drug discovery from natural products and traditional medicines’

(DDNPTM-2018) was organized from Nov. 15-17, 2018.

One day mini symposium on Traditional Chinese Medicine and

Ayurveda was also organized

Seminars organized

A two week specialized training programme on ‘Drug Regulatory

Affairs’ for drug regulatory officials from Africa was organized from

April 10-20, 2018

Seminars organized

AAPS NIPER Student Chapter in association with Bristol-Myers-

Squibb and Syngene International organized a one-day

symposium on “Biopharmaceutics and Drug Delivery: An

Industrial Perspective” on Nov. 30, 2018

Seminars organized

1st National Pharma HR Conclave was organized by

Department of Pharmaceutical Management on 25th Jan. 2019. The objective of this conclave was to provide a platform for HR leaders around

the Pharma Industry to share their knowledge and experiences in this ever-

changing field and guide the students of this institute to tackle any issues

regarding human resources.

Social welfare activities

A Health Camp was organized on campus on Aug. 31, 2018

NIPER S.A.S. Nagar was awarded for its excellent donation to humanity, i.e. blood

donation, by Rotary and Blood Bank Society, Chandigarh on Feb. 03, 2019

Social welfare activities

Plantation drive Staff Club (World Happiness Day)

Health Card

• With a health card, an employee or a dependent family

member can take treatment from the empanelled hospitals.

• Already issued: 20

• Action is in hand for issuing the health cards to the

remaining employees and their dependent family members

Other Important Events

Competitive events organized during Hindi Pakhwada

Celebration of 150th birth anniversary

of Mahatma Gandhi

Review of ITEC/SCAAP training

programme by JS, MEA

Other Important Events

National Technology Day celebrated at NIPER S.A.S. Nagar

(May 11, 2018)

Other events

National Unity Day

Vigilance Awareness Week Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

Armed Forces Flag Day

Other events

Shaheed Diwas Yoga Day

World Pharmacy Day

Prof. Raghuram Rao Akkinepally, Director, NIPER – SAS Nagar visited

Uzbekistan as a part of Ministerial delegation headed by Hon’ble

Mansukh L Mandaviya, Minister of State (Chemical & Fertilizers).

Prof. Raghuram Rao

Akkinepally, Director,

NIPER – SAS Nagar

alongwith Prof. IP Singh

And Dr. Abhay Pande -

visited Shizouka

University - Japan

Formulation development of Oryzanol

capsules by Prof. A. K. Bansal’s laboratory;

technology transferred to M/s AP Organics,

Punjab

Transfer of Technology

Department of Pharmaceuticals

Projects Government agencies

Industrial projects/Consultancies

[Rs. lakh]

4,481.00

331.69 115.18

4,927.87 TOTAL

GRANT-IN-AID RECEIVED

66

37 grant applications have been submitted to various funding agencies

MHRD NIRF Rankings 2018

NIPER S.A.S. Nagar ranked I (Category: Pharmacy)