A HEALTH CAMP WAS ORGANISED BY INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

“HEALTH IS WEALTH” Keeping this motto in mind Institute of Pharmaceutical Research  had organised a  series of  health camp in the following rural areas from 24^th May,2013 to 8^th June,2013

These  camps were organized  under Coorporate Social Responsibilty  (CSR)Vision of GLA University.

Various routeine health check up tests like Analysis of Blood group,  measurement of B.P., Weight, Height  and BMI (Body Mass Inex)  were carried out in this camp.

Through this blog  we, faculty of Institute of Pharmaceutical Research want to show our gratefulness to all villagers, village Pradhan  for their cooperations  and support and without it our purpose couldnot be solved.

The schedule of various health camp along with the teachers who had supervised the whole health camp activity was given below:

SL.NO	DATE	PLACE	NAME OF TEACHERS	NAME OF TECHNICIANS
1	24-May-13	LAXMI NAGAR	MR. KAMAL SHAH, MR. JITENDRA KR. GUPTA	MR. DHARMENDRA SARSWAT
2	27-May-13	SONKH	MR.YOGESH MURTI, MR. PRABHAT KR. UPADHAYA	MR. DURGESH C AGRAWAL
3	28-May-13	RAYA	MR. JITENDRA KR. GUPTA, MR. KAMAL SHAH	MR. MUKESH PALI
4	29-May-13	CHHATA	MRS PIYALI RANA , MS. SONIA SHARMA	MR.SOHAN SARSWAT
5	31-May-13	ADING	MR.PRABHAT KR. UPADHAYA, MR. YOGESH MURTI	MR. NEERAJ AGRAWAL
6	03-JUNE-2013	AKABARPUR	Ms SHRUTI TANDON, MR. GOPAL AGRAWAL	MR. SOHAN SARSWAT
7	04-JUNE-13	CHAUMUHAN	MR. GOPAL AGRAWAL, MR.JITENDRA GUPTA	MR. DEVENDRA KUMAR
8	05-JUNE-13	RAL	MS. SHRUTI TANDON, MS. SONIA SHARMA	MR. DEVENDRA KUMAR
9	06-JUNE-13	JAIT	MS.PIYALI RANA, MR. JITENDRA GUPTA	MR. DEVENDRA KUMAR
10	8-Jun-13	KOSI	MR. BHUPESH C.SEMWAL, MR. JITENDRA KR. GUPTA	MR.JITENDRA AGRAWAL

                  GLIMPSES  OF  RURAL AREA  HEALTH CAMP

    
                                       AT  LAXMINAGAR HEALTH CAMP
                       

                                                     AT ADING HEALTH CAMP

                   
                                             AT CHHATTA HEALTH CAMP

                                     AT SONKH HEALTH CAMP

                                          AT AKBARPUR HEALTH CAMP

WHY?

          There are so many careers in the health field in which a person can choose from. But you can choose to be a pharmacist for so many reasons because being a pharmacist; you involve and lead to becoming an important member of a health care team. Pharmacists are experts in drugs developed to treat and prevent human diseases. They advise doctors and patients on which prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs, medicines and therapies are appropriate for treating certain health conditions. Pharmacists are considered one of the most visible and one of the most accessible health care professionals in the world. Every day, billions and billions of people walk into drug stores and depend on pharmacists for assistance and advice for their health care needs. They prepare medications, fill prescriptions, and teach patients how to take the medication. The dynamic evolution of pharmacy practice, as seen through the eyes of new professional students, encompasses the need for improvements in medication safety, access to pharmaceutical care, reducing the incidence of adverse drug events, enhancing cultural competence in the deliver of care, the acquisition of advanced training for delivering pharmaceutical care, involvement in disease state management, and the delivery of medication therapy management services.

          Pharmacists are highly qualified professionals with a specialist in medicines. Studying pharmacy is intellectually demanding and stimulating as you will acquire in-depth knowledge of a range of subjects from the basic and applied sciences such as physiology, biochemistry and advanced neuropharmacology to social pharmacy concepts. You will develop advanced communication and problem-solving skills as well as research skills in the laboratory or practice setting. The M. Pharm course provides graduates with the skills required to follow a variety of career paths. The pharmacy degree equips you with an extensive knowledge of medicines, one of the most common interventions used in promoting health and preventing disease.

          You can choose a field or career as per your preference and as per your personal style, be it taking up a job, starting a business, or a joint venture. With an advance in the medical field, the demand for pharmacists is increasing and the scope of application of this field too is widening. But, becoming a pharmacist requires a basic degree in pharmacy along with commitment, hard work and passion for the job.

So Don’t Worry! If You Choose Pharmacy as Career, Your future is indeed in good hands!

YOGESH MURTI

Assistant Professor

Institute of Pharmaceutical Research,

GLA University, Mathura

A GUEST LECTURE AT INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

As we all know Institute Of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University is land of opportunity. Each day teaches us something new and exciting which enhances our knowledge thereby resulting in overall growth. A similar opportunity was provided to us by Institute Of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University in form of a guest lecture by Dr Anil Kumar, Professor, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Punjab University Chandigarh. He is a very eminent personality who has worked extensively in field of pharmacological Investigation of Central Nervous System with a number of research publications for the same.

He gave presentation on the topic “Pharmacological Investigation of Herbal Hypnotics”. As we all know that insomnia is most common problem of present time with every second person suffering from it. Although a number of synthetic drugs are available in the market but there intolerable adverse effect cannot be ignored. Therefore our focus is sifting to herbal drugs as they posses lesser or no adverse effect. His presentation elaborated on the same “use of herbal drugs as hypnotics”. He also focused on the various screening model for pharmacological investigation drugs acting on CNS. He divulged in the various problems and hurdles a researcher face during investigation related to CNS and elaborated on how problem can be solved and hurdles overcome. He answered all the queries put to him by student and faculty members present. In the end I would like to thank Prof Pradeep Mishra, Director, Institute Of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University and Dr Harlokesh Narayan Yadav, Head of Department (Pharmacology), Institute Of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University for providing us with such wonderful opportunity and enriching experience.

By
Shefali Singh

M.Pharm II year

Pharmacology