Webinar dwells on NEP 2020

Chandigarh: The Panjab University Alumni Association in collaboration with Swayam Cell of the varsity organised a webinar on “National Education Policy 2020: Joining the dots”. Dr Vishal Sharma, coordinator, Swayam Cell, welcomed speakers and moderated the event. Vinita Arora, Dr Rajiv Khosla and Sanjiv Gupta were the keynote speakers of the event. Vinita, Senior Principal, Bhavan Vidhyala, explained the change from 10+2 to 5+3+3+4 system of the NEP 2020 in school education and its benefits. Khosla, Associate Professor, DAV Institute of Management, discussed countries like England, Canada and Singapore where students wanted to go for higher education. Gupta, Chief GM (Manufacturing), SML Isuzu Ltd, discussed the industry academia aspect of the policy. TNS

Discussion on innovations in NDDS

Chandigarh: The MHRD Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) and placement cell of the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) organised a webinar on “Innovations in NDDS: Challenges and opportunities” by Dr Rakesh Kumar Bhasin, vice-president and head, R&D, Biocon Pharma Ltd, Bengaluru, under the UIPS expert talk series. Prof Indu Pal Kaur, chairperson and head, placement cell, UIPS, welcomed everyone and introduced chief guest and speaker Prof VR Sinha, Dean (Research). Prof Sinha stressed upon the importance of novel drug delivery system (NDDS) as an excellent tool to address the limitations of the traditional drug delivery systems like patient compliance, bioavailability, side effects and toxicity. TNS