Annual Report of Himalayan Pharmacy Institute for the Academic Year 2007-08

Awards & Honors

• Dr.B.P.Saha, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has the Recipient of Prestigious Acharya P.C Ray Gold Medal,  By Indian Pharmaceutical Association for his outstanding contribution in the field of Pharmaceutical Education & Research.
   
• Dr.K.Gauthaman, T.S. Mohamed Saleem, V.Ravi, H. Basnette, Best paper award winner at the 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress in Varanasi, India in Dec 2007, for the paper entitled “Cardioprotective effect of alcoholic Hibiscus rosa sinensis flower powder in acute model of myocardial ischemic reperfusion injury in rabbits – A molecular approach”.

The same research group achieved a historical milestone by consequently winning the best paper award in the last three Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2005-2007.

• Dr.K.Gauthaman, Principal, Editorial Board Reviewer, Ph.cog net Magazine.
   
• Dr.K.Gauthaman, Principal, Editorial Board Reviewer, Biomed central.com Pharmacy Journals
   
• Dr.B.P.Saha, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr.K.Gauthaman, Principal, and Prof.P.K.Kar has honored by Sikkim University (Central University Established by an Act of Parliament of India) as a syllabus review committee members for Pharmacy course.
   
• Dr.K. Gauthaman, Mr.T.S. Mohamed Saleem, Mr.V. Ravi, Mr.Sita Sharan Patel, Dr.S. Niranjali Devaraj Alcoholic extract of Terminalia arjuna protects rabbit heart against ischemic-reperfusion injury: role of antioxidant enzymes and heat shock protein has accepted for oral presentation in the forthcoming 5th International conference Medicine Health & Science 2008 Singapore organized by World Academy of Science, Austria.
   
• Mr. Dharmendra Solanki, has won best paper award for the paper entitled “Preparation and characterization of Zidovudine vaginal microcapsules in National Seminar on research and Education in Pharmaceutical Sciences held on 13th April 2008 Khargone (M.P) India.
   
• 4 PG Students are received GATE fellowship from AICTE and one staff had qualified GATE.
   
• With the amazing infrastructure facilities, faculty strength the approval authorities, All India council of Technical Education and Pharmacy Council of India had extended the approval up to 2009-10 & 2010-11 Academic Sessions respectively.
   
• Dr.K.Gauthaman, Principal, CO-Chairman – Pharmacognosy, Scientific Service Committee, 59thIndian Pharmaceutical Science Congress Varanasi India.