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Chandigarh March 22, 2021

A one-week web faculty training school under the initiative of UGC Networking
Resource Centre (UGC-NRC), on “TOOLS ENABLING DRUG DISCOVERY AND DRUG ANALYSIS IN
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH” from 22 March to 27 March 2021 was inaugurated today in
online mode at the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab
University Campus, for pharma faculty and researchers across the country by
Professor Tapas K Kundu, Director CSIR – Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh.

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Professor Tapas K Kundu delivered the Key Note Address on “COVID – Treatment and
Vaccine.” Prof Kundu gave an overview of the different genomic structures
responsible for the mutation & the second peak being encountered presently. He also
discussed the challenges and opportunities in new drug discovery process and
highlighted the potential of drug repurposing in COVID 19 management. He sensitized
the audience and encouraged everyone to get vaccinated while continuing with mask
and social distancing.

Professor V. R. Sinha, Dean of University Instruction, Panjab University, in his
address described about the applications and scope of contemporary drug discovery
tools in pharmaceutical research.

Professor Indu Pal Kaur, Chairperson, UIPS and Programme Coordinator, UGC-NRC
welcomed the participants and briefed them about the achievements of UIPS and UGC-
NRC programs. Professor Renu Chadha, Course Coordinator, summarized about the course
content to the participants and Dr Neelima Dhingra, Joint Course Coordinator
conducted the proceedings of the event.

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Subsequent sessions included a lecture by Professor Gulshan Kumar Bansal, Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala on “LC-MS:
A powerful tool in drug discovery and development.” The post-lunch session covered
informative talks by Professor Purnananda Guptasarma, Department of Biological
Sciences, IISER, Mohali on “Analysis of the identity, purity, conformation and
function of therapeutic proteins” and Leveraging In silico Approaches in Drug
discovery process by Dr Neelima Dhingra, Assistant Professor UIPS, Panjab
University, Chandigarh

A total of 35 participants were selected for training, hailing from various
Colleges/Universities, representing 13 different states of India. The training
school intends to apprise the young participants/researchers/ teachers about the
synthetic and analytical techniques adopted in the drug discovery and drug analysis
process; leading computational tools and their use in drug design and development
process and incorporating these tools in research projects.

UIPS is the first and the only Pharmacy Institute in the country selected by MHRD
for creating UGC Networking Resource Centre to promote and foster research and
academics in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences by training young pharma trainers,
selected across the nation.

Chandigarh March 19, 2021

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Panjab University, Chandigarh has extended the date for inviting inputs from
all stakeholders till 26th March 2021 for its designated portal, informed Sh. Vikram
Nayyar, officiating Registrar and Member Secretary, of the Committee constituted for
PU Governance Reforms. The same can be accessed through the link:
https://pugovernancereforms.puchd.ac.in.

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Chandigarh March 18, 2021

A six member delegation of National Defence University (NDU) Development team of Nepal visited the Panjab University, Chandigarh on 17^th March 2021 which was headed by Lt. Gen. Bala Nanda Sharma (Retd.), Chairman of that University.  The other members of high powered committee were Prof. (Dr.) Shambhu Ram Simkhada, Brig. Gen. Bishu Raut, Joint Secretary Ministry of Defence Krishna Prasad Gnawali. Dr. Jaskaran Singh Waraich, Chairperson, Department of Defence and National Security Studies was the Nodal officer for the conduct of visit of Nepalese delegation.

The purpose and objective of their this visit was to know the management & administration, Act & Regulation incl. the course curricula and conduct of various courses by the university.

The delegation was formally welcomed by Prof. V.R. Sinha, Dean of University Instruction who also apprised delegates about the management & administration of the University and the working of various academic departments being run under the nine faculties of the university as well as the affiliated colleges with the university.  He also assured the full support to the visiting team for the development of University in Nepal.

 The team also discussed the mandate for development of NDU in Nepal and also shared their views while showing their keen interest to visit the departments running various courses on disaster management.

 Prof. Rajesh Gill, Dean Research was also present during the interaction of the team with DUI who further highlighted the significance of various courses on Disaster Management which are being conducted in the Department of Defence and National Security Studies and Department of Geography in  Panjab University.

The team later visited the Department of Defence and National Security Studies wherein the Chairperson Dr. Jaskaran Singh Waraich gave highlights of various courses being run by the department incl. the two P.G. Diplomas in Disaster Management & Security and Homeland Security. Prof. Simrit Kahlon, who was also accompanying the team, briefed the delegation about the peculiarities of governance structure and the rich history, culture and heritage of Panjab University.

Further, the team visited the Department of Geology where Dr. Mahesh gave the presentation on his    research work on in the Himalayan Region of India and also showed the various instruments being used in their studies on seismography.

After visiting Geology department, delegation also went to the department of Geography,  one of the oldest department,  where Dr. Vishwa Bandhu Singh gave presentation about the department and the course content of Master in Disaster Management while also highlighting  the future prospects of the course.

The delegates also had a tour of the University campus which was followed by exchange of mementoes as a token of remembrance .

The NDU development team highly appreciated the academic and research standards of the University especially the Departments they visited on the day. They also expressed their keen interest in developing future academic collaborations with Panjab University. 

Chandigarh March 18, 2021

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Startups may be small. But they create ripples in the economy that change people’s way of living. Startups are engines of growth. To avoid economic stagnation, methods must be sought to foster competition and assist transformational entrepreneurs.

With this impetus, a webinar on unravelling the “why and how of startups” was organized and hosted by University Business School, P.U.R.C., Ludhiana, Punjab, on 17^th March 2021 at 10.30 am.

Honourable Vice Chancellor of Panjab University Chandigarh Professor Raj Kumar graced the event with his presence as the Chief Guest. With an aim to imbibe students with entrepreneurial qualities, the key speaker of the day was Ms. Akshita Bahuguna, Founder Director Future Icons Group.

The webinar was attended by large number of participants who included the teachers, people from industry and the students

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Prof. Ravi Inder Singh Director PURC, Ludhiana extend warm welcome to the Chief Guest Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh and to Ms. Akshita Bahuguna, Keynote Speaker. Prof. Ravi Inder Singh gave an overview of how startups have the power to influence the economy of a nation and cited examples of successful entrepreneurs like jeff bezos and bill gates. He announced the opening of a startup cell in the UBSL PURC campus.

Vice Chancellor and Chief Guest Prof. Raj Kumar extended his presidential address to advocate students on how each person has an entrepreneur hidden in them to lad their paths. His motivated the students to start startups as a part of their career.

The key speaker of the Ms. Bahuguna who is an Edupreneur is well versed with significant aspects of the corporate world of startups. She walked through key messages of webinar to encourage students to take smart decisions about building the startups and administered to their fears of failure in life. She beautifully described her own life story of how her path was full of stumble stones at all corners, yet she is a successful edupreneur today as she never gave up on her ambitions of success. She did what she loved the most. Ms. Akshita Bahuguna presented short videos of real life stories of entrepreneurs such as the owner of KENT RO Mukesh Gupta, the CEO and co-founder of the Whatsapp Jan Koum and Brian Acton. Also she briefed out the story of Karsanbhai Patel, the man behind “Washing powder Nirma”.

She believes that for students the right time to start building startups is right off!

After her talk she took up questions from the enthusiastic audience and appreciated their efforts.

Towards the end, vote a thanks was proposed by Dr. Ashish Saihjpal, Coordinator University Business School, Ludhiana. He also acknowledged madam Akshita Bahuguna for her valuable and considerable in Genuity and for taking time to share here very useful resources.