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Chandigarh September 19, 2021

University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences successfully marked the beginning of virtual weeklong celebrations on the occasion of National Pharmacovigilance Week from 17^th September to 23^rd September. The celebrations began with a webinar on “Pharmacovigilance Basic Method Practices and Pharmacovigilance Programme of India” by Professor Bikash Medhi, Coordinator – PGIMER Pharmacovigilance Centre Regional Resource and Training & Technical Support Centre for North India; Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Additional Medical Superintendent (AMS), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, on 18^th September 2021.

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Professor Indu Pal Kaur, Chairperson, UIPS briefed the audience about the theme “Pharmacovigilance Programme of India: The Current Initiative Towards Patient Safety”. Professor Poonam Piplani, Convener, Lecture organizing team of UIPS, introduced the distinguished guest speaker.

Professor Bikash Medhi shared that every drug has adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and it is important to look for ways to minimise them and take maximum benefits. 5-10% of the hospital admissions are attributed to adverse drug reactions, out of which 0.3% are fatal in nature. He enlightened the audience about the World’s biggest Thalidomide tragedy that instigated the Pharmacovigilance Programme worldwide, and about the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) which is largely involved in monitoring the safety profile of medical products used in India.

The webinar served as an extensive platform for communication & knowledge enrichment of the various stakeholders in the field of safety of medical products for the ultimate benefit of the patient.

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Professor Kanwaljit Chopra, Head, Pharmacology & Former Chairperson UIPS, took charge of the Q&A session at the end. More than 170 participants attended the webinar.

Chandigarh September 15, 2021

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Department of Laws, Panjab University organized a guest lecture on Right to Information. The lecture was presided over by Sh Shiv Raman Gaur, Director of Higher Education, DAVCMC, New Delhi as the chief guest who is also an alumnus of Department of laws, Panjab University. The lecture was conducted in the presence of Devinder Singh, Chairman, Department of laws, Panjab university, Prof. Jyoti Rattan and other faculty members,  Panjab University. 

Sh Shiv Raman Gaur, extended his gratitude to the educationists of Panjab University and referred Prof. Devinder Singh as his former teacher during his college years. He Shiv Raman Gaur, stressed upon the usage of the sections of Right to Information Act, by linking it with common life examples.  He also emphasized on the practical application of the these sections and it’s interpretation. The esteemed guest , also gave a reference of Section 6(3) of Right to Information Act, 2005 which talks about Public Authority obligations.  He shared some of his personal experiences relating to the groundwork reality of the act which gave a better insight to the students about the working of Right to Information as an act. Few of the real life examples quoted by him also gave the students an idea about what constitutes the subject matter of Right to Information and what needs to be excluded. He also encouraged the students to employ research methods in order to gain a better understanding of  Right to Information Act .

Prof. Devinder Singh, Chairman, Department of Laws while explaining the importance of Right to Information, stressed on the relevance of the Act in today’s era, and traced it’s development over the years. 

Earlier, Prof. Jyoti Rattan in her welcome address highlighted the importance of International scenerio of Right to Information  by mentioning United Nation freedom of Information Principles and 16th global position of Indian RTI Act.

Dr. Reena Kansal concluded the lecture with a vote of thanks.

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Chandigarh September 8, 2021

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Department of Life Long Learning and Extension in collaboration with Centre for Social Work celebrated International Literacy Day on 8^th September, 2021.  More than 30 faculty members, students and office staff participated in the celebration of the event. 

The celebration promoted the World Theme of Literacy Day enumerated as; ‘Literacy for Human Centred Recovery: Narrowing the Digital Divide’.  Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Parmjit Singh Kang, Chairperson, DLLL&E welcomed the participants and highlighted the importance of literacy as a tool to change the word by educating everyone by raising their awareness, knowledge and information level.

Prof. Sween, Senior Most Faculty Member of the DLLL&E traced the history of celebrating this day at the International Level.  She said that Technology and Digitalization can enhance the participation of literacy at the individual, community, national and global level by computing and communicating the knowledge and information by using technology.

Dr. Gaurav Gaur, Chairperson, Centre for Social Work promoted literacy as a tool for community participation and effective communication. He said more efforts should be put-in to increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio, so that everyone can become literate.

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While speaking on the occasion, Prof. Prabha Vig from the department highlighted literacy to act as a passion for students and professionals so that they can continuously update their knowledge, information and awareness level to cope with knowledge explosion and adapt themselves according to it.  This indeed will help them to progress for self, community and nation. She further embarked that on the event of International Literacy Day celebrations, we should undertake activities like; donating books to local libraries, relatives and neighbourers, gifting a book to friends and starting a community lending library. 

Prof. Prabha Vig proposed the vote of thanks.