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Bi-annual Newsletter Volume - I, Issue - (I) ADICHUNCHANAGIRI
UNIVERSITY

January - June 2021

From Editor’s desk… Contents . . .

We serve, to continue to meet Academic Plan, Growth Strategy, and • Editorials
the College’s Vision and Mission. I have seen the progress made by the • Events
efforts of our faculty, it is promising and motivating. We are now home
to a cutting-edge facility with unique technological features that intro- • Jan. 19th : Fresher’s day
duces our students to the future. I am glad that this month is a time of • Feb. 1st : Annual Literary competition
clear achievements. I would also like to reiterate our goals as a commu- • Mar. 6th : International women's day
nity, 'Colleges and Universities will drive creativity, innovation, • Mar. 16th : Cybercrime awareness programme
knowledge, and community engagement through teaching and • Mar.17th :DeekshaMaitree
research. They will put students first by providing the best possible • Mar. 19th : Faculty as Guest of honour
learning experience for all qualified learners in an affordable and • Mar. 24th : World TB day
financially sustainable way, ensuring high quality, and globally com- • Mar. 25th : Skill development programme.
petitive outcomes for students. Let us all keep these words close to our • Mar. 27th : Startup programme
hearts, as we continue to encourage positive changes in attitudes. • Mar. 27th : Guest lecture series- I
• Apr. 5th -15th : Selfie contest
Editorial Chief Editor • May.15th : Webinar on plant research for COVID 19
board • May. 17-21st : Bridge Course in Pharmaceutical
Dr. B Ramesh
Pharmacy dean and Principal Management
Chief editor • May. 31st : World no tobacco day
• Jun.10-11th : Two Days National Virtual Conference
• Jun. 17th : WEBINAR oN CAREER GUIDANCE
• Jun, 21st : INTERNaTIONAL YOGA DAY
• Certificate of Quality
• Recognition of Excellence
• Say no to plastic
• Student activity
• Faculty achievements.

Dr. PulakMajumder Dr. T Yunos Pasha Dr. PrakashGowdanavar
Associate Editor Member Member

Dr. Rupesh Kumar M Dr. Annagowda H V Dr. Rajesh V
Member Member Member

January - June 2021

Parichya 2021

Students of SACCP organized a Fresher's Party “PARICHYA
2K21" for all the 1st years blooming buds from D Pharm, B
Pharm, Pharm D and M Pharm on 19th of January 2K21
&Yuvalaya. The interaction and introduction of juniors to seniors
was done with a warm cultural programme followed by
exchange of momentums. The seniors of SACCP welcome all
the fresher’s with open heart and provide a grand gesture of love
with their own creativity. The function was evidenced by
Principal, all teachers, non teaching staff and students.

|| Jai Sri Gurudev || International Women’s Day

ADICHUNCHANAGIRI On the occasion of International Women's Day, Women
UNIVERSITY Empowerment Cell & NSS Unit of Sri Adichunchanagiri College
of Pharmacy & Rotary Club BG Nagar, jointly organized Poster
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CELL Presentation, Collage Making, Photo Contest and Short film
making for ACU Constituent colleges & PU College & BGS
Celebrates MPS. The competitions were held on 6th March 2021 at
Yuvalaya, SACCP. Nearly 40 students from different institutions
International B.G. Nagara participated in various competitions.
Club ID 87512
Day

8th March 2021

Inter College Theme based Competition

‘Women in Leadership:
Achieving an equal future in Covid-19 World’

In Association with
AIMS | BGSIT | ACN | BGS COE | BGS FGC | BGS MPS

Photo Contest: (What’s app: +91 73494 77188) Short Film:

Guidelines (What’s app: +91 73494 77188)

• The contests are open for online submissions Guidelines

only. • Video should begin with Name of the

• You are required to provide a unique title & Contestant.

description for image submitted. • Video should be filmed with landscape

• Image (JPEG format) size should be no be mode.

more than 2MB. • Duration of video must 2-3 minutes

• Editing including colour enhancement, the only.
use of filters, and cropping of the Image(s) is

not acceptable. Collage Making:

Poster Presentation: (At Venue on 6 March 21) (At Venue on 6 March 21 or
Guidelines What’s app: +91 73494 77188)
• The Poster must be strictly hand made. Guidelines
• Printed pictures are prohibited. • Innovative idea.
• Pencil sketches, Paste, Thermacol and Water • Clear message.

colours are allowed. Note: Group participation / Team (if any) ≤ 5 students.

Prize Award (Each Event/ Team) : Date: 06 - 03 - 2021 RSVP :
1st Prize ` 3000/- Time: 9.30 A.M to 12.30 P.M Mr. Ravindra BN
2nd Prize ` 2000/- Venue: SACCP Yuvalaya Ph: +91 73494 77188
Mrs. Mallamma T
Ph: +91 70903 78132

January - June 2021

SACCP Literary Competition-2021

Institutional cultural unit organised Annual Literary Competition-2021 on
1st February to 6th February 2021. Various competitions were organised
for in campus students in this event. All the students are taken part and
submit their competition entries in various events. The event consist of
multiple parts such as- Drawing Competition- (Pencil Sketch, Water
Colour, Pen Sketch, Cartoon or Puzzle- Any Relevant topic), Writing
Competition (Kannada/ English) - (Essay, Stories, Short Stories, Poems,
Any Relevant topic), Photography competition- (Topic: College Campus/
College Life) etc. Students were actively participated in these events and the winners will be facilitated and awarded on
annual day ‘Dikhsha Maitry 2021’.

Awareness Program on Cyber Deeksha Maithree- 2021
Crime
Organized ‘DeekshaMaithree’ Graduation day and
Cybercrime awareness program for ACU Students was Alumni meet 2021 on 17th March 2021 at Yuvalaya.
organized by BGS College of Education, ACU, BG Nagara His holiness Sri SriPurushothamanandanathaSwamiji
on 16.03.2021 at Panchajanya Auditorium, ACU Campus. graced the function and delivered the words of wisdom
More than 200 students of various constituent colleges to the entire graduated pharmacist.
participated in the program. Sri Adichunchanagiri college of
Pharmacy, BG Nagara deputed 50 students of various courses ParampoojyaGuruji highlighted the importance of
accompanied by two faculties. Honorable Registrar, Dr. CK pharmacy education to provide better health care to the
Subbaraya chaired the session. society and also stressed on the importance of
pharmacist services during COVID pandemic. The
Mr. Sharath M B, explain the various concepts of event was presided by Mr. Sunil Attavar, Chairman and
digitalization along with its advantages & threats. Speaker Managing Director, Group Pharamaceuticals,
enlighten the participants about the various apps and Bengaluru and President, KDPMA Bengaluru. In his
permissions given from the mobile. He also highlighted the deliberation, he stressed upon the importance of
values and provided tips regarding the Data protection and honesty and loyalty by pharmacists in their profession.
password protection, handling social media. In addition, he
also provided laws for child pornography and mishandling During this event of annual college magazine
the secured data. Further, he also informed how to register the ‘Aoushadhagiri’ (Volume VIII), monthly newsletter
complaint in such cases. Overall, students enjoyed the session ‘Aoushadhavani’ and health information leaflets were
and got aware of the changing digital world. The session was released by dignitaries.
concluded by Prof. Shivaram AT, Principal, BGS College of
Education, BG Nagara. On this eve, felicitation to Mrs. Pramila N. D and Mr.
Govindaraju N with as distinguished Alumni 2021
awards.

During this occasion, 140 graduates of different
pharmacy courses like B. Pharm, Pharm. D, M. Pharm
from different part of the country were graduated
witnessed by 200+ proud parents. This programme was
also attended by Dr. S ChandrashekharaShetty,
Honorable Vice Chancellor ACU, Dr. C. K Subbarya,
Registrar, ACU, Principals of six ACU constituent
colleges, MS AHRC and teaching &non-teaching
faculties.

January - June 2021

Glimpses @ Deeksha Maithree

January - June 2021

Facutly as Guest of Honour nurses are the key persons who are directly
involved in drug calculation as we dealing
Seminar on “Everything is a drug; It depends on dosage calculation” with the patients care. Sir also shared some of
Clinical Clinical Nursing Unit of Adichunchanagiri College of clinical experience during the session. Finally
Nursing organized seminar on “Everything is a drug; It depends on we took feedback from the participants and
dosage calculation” on 19-03-2021 at Lecture Hall, AIMS for nursing concluded the session with Vote of thanks.
students and for staff nurses. The seminar was successful by
participation of 270 were participants.

Prof. Dr. Ramesh, Principal College of Pharmacy was the Chief Guest
and Prof. Dr N V Muninarayanappa, Principal and Dean, ACN was
presided over the inauguration programme, Mrs. Vishalakshi, Nursing
superintendent, Mrs. Hemalatha Nursing Service department were also
present during inauguration.

The Programme was inaugurated by the dignitaries by lighting the
lamp. Dr. Ramesh, Dean and Pricncipal, SACCP in his address
explained about statistics of drug errors it happens in clinical setting
and the significance of drug calculation for nurses as they play a vital
role in the administration of drugs. Prof. Dr. N V Muninarayanappa
principal of college of nursing in his address emphasized that the

World Tuberculosis Day 2021

NSS unit and Rotary B G Nagara conducted "World Tuberculosis
Day " on 24th March 2021 in association with Department of
Community Medicine and NTEP unit of AH&RC at Alisandra
village. Program was inaugurated by all dignitaries by watering
the plant. The chief guest of the Awereness program was Dr.
Ramesh, THO Nagamangala, in his speech he mentioned that
early identification and treatment of TB is the key to preventing
further spread TB and our aim is to reach out to every TB patient
and urge them to go to the nearby government health centres for
treatment. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Shashikanth SK, Nodal
officer NTEP, provide all the basic information and highlighted
the statistics of TB disease in India. During the program our NSS
volunteers performed role play to spread the awerness about the
TB and also presented the TB information poster to the
Anganavadi of the village. Dr. Basavaraj M Ingalgeri, Prof and
Head Department of Community Medicine. Dr. Sheethal, NSS
programme officer, AIMS and Mr. Ravindra B N, NSS
programme officer, Mr. Punith, PRO, SACCP coordinated the
programme. Around 120 villagers and 25 NSS volunteers
participated enthusiastically in the programme.

January - June 2021

Skill Development Programme

Training and Placement Cell has conducted 2 days Skill Development
Program on “CAMPUS TO CORPORATE” on 25th & 26th March
2021. Program was initiated by Mr. Sachin Kambhoje, CEO, Opex
Accelerator. Pvt. Ltd., Kohalapur and Mr. Brijesh Talwadekar, Trainer,
Opex Accelerator. Pvt. Ltd., Kohalapur

Day 1: The Skill development was started with Ice Breaker &
Breakthrough by Mr. Brijesh Talwadekar and Trends of
Industry & Trends in Job Domains, Interview Process & Job
Wise Interview Rounds by Mr. Sachin Kambhoje.

Day 2: The Skill development was started with HR Interview
Preparation, Business & Corporate Etiquettes, and Interview
Etiqutes by Mr. Sachin Kambhoje and Mr. Brijesh Talwadekar

In Valedictory Dr. T Yunus Pasha has distributed Certificate to all the
Participants and we got good review from the participants.
Around 140 Final Year students of B. Pharm, Pharm. D and M. Pharm
Participated enthusiastically in the programme.

January - June 2021

Enterprunourship Development Program

Institutional Innovation council (IIC)
has conducted an awareness programme
on Startup and Entrepreneur
“JOURNEY OF STUDENT: IDEA TO
STARTUP” on 27th March 2021.
Program was initiated by Mr. Sachin
Kambhoje, CEO, Opex Accelerator. Pvt.
Ltd., Kohalapur and Mr. Brijesh
Talwadekar, Trainer, Opex Accelerator.
Pvt. Ltd., Kohalapur
They discussed and enlightened the
students about startups and how to
establish an Startup. Around 200
students of B. Pharm and Pharm. D
Participated enthusiastically in the
programme

Guest Lecture Series

Conducted a seminar for PG students on the
topic of “Recent Advancment and Trends in
Pharmaceutical Industry” on 27th March
2021.

The Resource person was Mr.Raja Agnihotri,
Chief Business Officer, Sarvatham Group of
Industries, Hyderabad. He gave valuable
information regarding current hypothesis of
COVID-19 and interacted with students.

January - June 2021

Department of Pharmacy Practice organizedavirtual Guest
Lecture on 8th May 2021 for V and VI Pharm. Dstudents
along with IV Year B.Pharm Students via Google meet.
The topic of the webinar was “Pharmacovigilance:
Concepts and Applications". The Speaker of this event
was Mr. Muhammed Rashid PP, Ph.D Scholar,
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Karnataka, India. A total of 85
participants were attended that virtual session and an live
interactive session.

Selfiecontest 2021

Women empowerment cell organized selfie contest on
1-15th April 2021 on various themes includes ‘Back to
Home’, My Mother –My Inspiration, Healthy Moments,
Swachha Bharath’ etc.

January - June 2021

Search of a remedy from plants for Covid-19

Department of Pharmacognosy in collaboration with
Karnataka Registered Pharmacists Association (KRPA)
organizeda webinar on "In search of a remedy from plants for
Covid-19 " on 15th May 2021.

The main speaker of the webinar was Dr HrishikeshDamle,
Founder, CEO and MD of Atrimed Ltd. Bangalore. The
events onboarding talk and moderation was presented by Mr.
Sunil chiplunkar, Advisory member, KRPA, conclusive
remarks and brief introduction was presented by Dr. B
Ramesh, Dean and Principal, SACCP, and closing remarks
and vote of thanks were conveyed by Mr. Saleem Ahmed,
Director, KRPA, Mysuru.

The webinar kicked off with information on plant based
secondary metabolites origin to their usefulness in diverse
clinical conditions owing to their variety of pharmacological
activities.Dr. Damle also discussed about the process flow in
which how different natural molecules are subjected to in
silicomodelling followed by their in vitro anti SARS Cov 2
activity evaluation is carried out to search for a potential
antiviral molecules.

The webinar was attended over 600 attendees from across
India. Event also witnessed young minds clarifying their
doubts by posting their questions to the speaker.Over all the
webinar gave basic insights and useful information on various
plant based molecules in pipeline ready to be used as antiviral
clinically in line with Remdesivir.

January - June 2021

Two Days National Virtual Conference

Legacy of the Sri Adichunchanagiri College of Pharmacy,
that learning never stops @ SACCP, continued with the
beginning of Two days National level Conference on
“Drug Repurposing – Strategy for New Drug
Development” in virtual mode during 10th to 11th June,
2021.

The conference was hosted by Department of
Pharmacognosy. Amalgamation of information on aspects
pertaining to drug repositioning was exchanged by all the
eminent speakers, and was very well perceived by the
delegates. The conference speakers were a blend of
intellectuals from academia as well as industry with a
genuine research background.

Nearly 1000 plus delegates representing different states
like Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Andhra
Pradesh, Sikkim, Gujarat etc. registered for the
conference and a lion share of registreesattended the
conference. Simultaneous live streaming of all the
sessions through Youtube was also made available.
During the sessions delegates not only learnt what is a
Drug repurposing, strategy used for repurposing but also
perspectives, challenges associated with it. Even though,
current trends in using medicinal plants to combat Covid
19 to learning real examples of drug repurposing with
regard to cardiovascular drugs. At the end of all plenary
sessions, a panel discussion was convened to make the
conference more exciting and interesting.

Dr. B Ramesh, Deanof Pharmacy & Principal, SACCP, B
G Nagar flagged off the sessions with the welcome
address. Team of SACCP is extremely thankful to all the
eminent speakers, Dr. VikasShirsat, Senior VP, Jubilant
Biosys Ltd., Dr. HrishikeshDamle, MD and CEO,
Attrimed Biotech, Dr. S Parasuraman, Associate Prof,
Unit of Pharmacology, AIMST University, Malaysia, Dr.
Sunil Jalapure, Prof and Principal, KLE College of
Pharmacy Belgavi,and Dr. JestinChellian, Faculty of Life
Sciences, International Medical University, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia for sharing their knowledge and
Research expertise for the learning of all budding
researchers.

Overwhelming response was recorded for a quiz
competition that was organized following two days
sessions competing for first and second cash prize of
Rupees 2000/- and 1000/- respectively.

Attendees felt attending such an event during this
pandemic actually made more sense to a true researcher as
world over scientists are looking for alternatives for
prevention and treatment of COVID-19.

January - June 2021

Webinar on Career Guidance

Webinar on “Career Pathway and Study Abroad Opportunities for Pharmacy
Graduates” was jointly organised by Adichunchanagiri University’s, Sri
Adichunchanagiri College of Pharmacy, B. G. Nagara, Karnataka and AECC
Global Services for Pharmacy Graduates. Webinar was held on June, 17, 2021.

Webinar started with welcome address by Dr. Prakash Goudanavar, Professor &
Head, Department of Pharmaceutics. The Speaker of the webinar was Mr. Joel
Noronho, Operations-AECC Global Services, Karnataka & Kerala.

Through the webinar, the participants were provided insights into study abroad
opportunities – Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, UK and USA, Entry
requirements for study abroad, Exams to be taken for study destinations – IELTS,
PTE, TOEFL, GMAT, GRE and Scholarships and Career Opportunities in
abroad.

The webinar witnessed the enthusiastic participation of more than 200 students
across the country.

International Yoga Day-2021

Institutional NSS unit celebrated
7th International Yoga Day by
focusing on the theme "Yoga for
well-Being" on 21st June, 2021. In
order to create awareness about the
International Yoga Day and its
important, A short video was played
in Zoom platform and posters
containing information on benifits
of Yoga was circulated among
students and staffs. Unit also
encouraged students and staff to
take online pledge at
yoga.ayush.gov.in to make yoga an
integral part of their life. Some
event glimpse furnished below

January - June 2021

STUDENT ACTIVITIES:

Bridge Course:
Students of VI and VIII semesters ware undergone bridge course during lockdown time organized by Opex-ACU jointly
in the field of Pharmaceutical Management. This virtual course has enthusiastically participated by students and obtained
their certification after completion of course.

E-poster Competition: • Students of I D Pharm has participated e-poster competition organized by Sarojini College
of Pharmacy, Kolhapur, on the event of ‘World no tobacco day’. The theme of the event was
‘Commit to quit.

• On 8th March 2021, accordance with ‘International women’s day program’ the student of
IV Pharm D i.e., Medhini, Anwitha, Rakshith were participated in poster competition and
declared winner of the event.

• Medhini and Anwith from IV Pharm D also participated in photo contest organized for the
part of ‘International Women’s day’ celebration 2021.

• Students of IV Pharm D attended seminar on social media trafficking at BGSPM School at
15thMarch 2021.

• Women empowerment cell organized selfie contest on 1-15th April 2021 on various themes
includes ‘Back to Home’, My Mother –My Inspiration, Healthy Moments,
SwachhaBharath’ etc. The winner of the event was declared, Medhini H Gowda from IV B
pharm in ‘My Mother –My Inspiration’ category.

• 44 students of VI semester have registered for A General course on intellectual property
right on WIPO website during last week of May 2021.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Mr. Venugopal N, Dept. of
Regulatory affairs, Delivered a
talk on "Hatch Waxman Act and
Orange Book : A US Regulatory
Prospective" On 3rd June 2021,
During: Certified Bridge Course
on "Regulatory Affairs" on a
virtual platform, organized by
Bharati Vidhyapeeth College of
Pharmacy, Kolhapur and Opex
Accelator Pvt. Ltd.

• Dr. Prakash Goudanavar,
Professor and Head, Dept. of
Pharmaceutics, has delivered a
guest lecture on "Drug
Repurposing: An Emerging
Strategy for Drug Development"
On 9th July 2021, During: An
event "Adjunct Lecture" MSU
School or Pharmacy, University
of Shah Alam, Malaysia.

January - June 2021

• Dr. Rajesh Venkataraman, Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacy
Practice, was invited as the Evaluator for the Poster Competition being held on
3rd July 2021 at Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy has been organized "3rd
Global Online Conference & Workshop On DRUG DEVELOPMENT 4.0:
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES - KRUPAPHARMACON 2021" on 2nd - 3rd
July 2021. On 3rd July, a Scientific Poster Competition was organized for
original work in Medical, AYUSH, Pharmacy, Nursing, Masters in Public
Health and Allied Health Sciences researchers on any of the following tracks
i.e., Recent advances in Pharmacological and Clinical studies, Advances in
Medicinal Chemistry, Analytical
validation and Computational Drug
Design, Herbalism and natural product
chemistry, Recent innovations in the
sphere of Pharmaceutical Technologies,
Formulation development and Drug
Delivery Systems etc.

Dr. Pulak Majumder currently serving as an assistant CONFERENCE
professor, Department of Pharmacognosy and SPONSORSHIP FOR
Phytochemistry, has been awarded with degree of ‘Doctor FACULTIES
of Philosophy’ for his research work entitled ‘Development
and formulation of Polyherbal Formulation for various Faculties from Clinical Trial Centre of
Dr. Pulak Majumder clinical diseases’ from PRIST University, Thanjavur, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Ms.
Tamilnadu on 7th January 2021. Dr. Majumder has more Devi Gokulan, Senior Clinical Research
than 30 scientific research and review publications in Coordinator, Dr. Berlin P Kurian, Dr.
reported international journals. Three text books and two Gopika Surendran and Dr. Krishnendhu
book chapters along with one Indian provisional Patent is Ajayakumar (Junior Clinical Research
also credited to him. Coordinators), has been sponsored by Sri
Adichunchanagiri College of pharmacy,
Dr. M. Shankar Dr. M. Shankar, working as assistant professor, for attending the two day virtual
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been conference organized by Indian Society of
awarded with degree of ‘Doctor of Philosophy’ for his Clinical Research (ISCR), entitled ‘14th
research work entitled ‘Pharmacognostical and annual conference 2021’ on 19th and 20th
Pharmacological Evaluation of Eugenia Jambolana of March. The theme of the conference was
Leaves’, from Himalayan University, Arunachal Pradesh, “Clinical Research-Transforming Lives:
on 28th March 2021. Dr. Sankar, have published over 60 2021 and Beyond” The conference
research and review articles and also two book chapter in program specially crafted to focus on the
reported scientific journals. future of clinical research and how it is
transforming lives in general, as well as
Dr. Naga Prashant K serving assistant professor in discussion on merging research
department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry has been opportunities in India.
awarded with degree of ‘Doctor of Philosophy’ for his
research work entitled ‘Development of a validated The conference was attended by over 500
RP-LC/MS method for quantification of different delegates from medical and pharmacy
institutions, ethics committees, the
Dr. Naga Prashant K pharmaceutical industry, government,
patient’s organizations and clinical
categories of drugs in biological matrices’ from Vels research organizations.
Institute of Science,Technology and advanced studies on
22nd January 2021. There are 12 research and review
publications along with two Indian patents are in his credit.

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