National Pharmacy Week celebrated

Tribune News Service

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Dehradun, November 23

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post-Graduate Institute of Bio-Medical Sciences (SBSPGI), Balawala, celebrated 55th National Pharmacy Week (NPW) with grandeur today.

Students, faculty and staff of the institute actively participated in the celebrations. The Indian Pharmaceutical Association has been celebrating National Pharmacy Week every year in the third week of November.

The major focus of the celebrations is to create awareness among public, healthcare providers and authorities about the NPW theme in specific and about the pharmacy profession and the role of the pharmacist in general. The theme selected for this year was: “Pharmacists for a Healthy India; Role in Prevention and Management of Diabetes”. Several events were organised on the theme , including a procession by students, poster competition, street play and pharmacy quiz.

The celebrations started with the procession being flagged off by institute director FC Garg and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences principal Veerma Ram. The procession was led by faculty members of the pharmacy department. During the procession, students held placards and posters regarding the prevention and management of diabetes. They also distributed pamphlets to people around Balawala and encouraged them to lead a healthy life and prevent diabetes and obesity through regular exercise and diet control.

Later, students participated in a poster-making competition on diabetes. The first prize was bagged by Apurva Sahu and Aakansha Sameul (M. Pharma second year). Swati Gusain and Kalpana Johari (M.Pharma 2nd year) bagged the second prize. The third prize went to Divya Binwal and Sonam Bhaduria (B.Pharma 4th year).

Students performed a street play at Balawala Inter-college and later at the Institute premises and educated the audience regarding diabetes. A pharmacy quiz was also organised by the department in which six teams participated. The teams comprised of four undergraduate students and one post-graduate student in each team. The first prize in the quiz was bagged by team Kaveri which comprised of Swati Gusain (M. Pharma second year), Amandeep Singh (B. Pharma fourth year), Peeyush Rawat (B. Pharma third year), Piyush Verma (B.Pharma second year) and Durga Unityal (B. Pharma first year).