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Dear Sir/Madam,
We are much delighted to inform you that a great event in the history
of College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical College,
Thiruvananthapuram is going to happen on 22nd Nov. 2009. We are
arranging
an Alumni Meet on that day with the following events.
3.00 PM General body meeting
(in our College auditorium)
4.00 PM Tea
4.30 PM Inauguration (in Medical College Garden)
5.00 PM
Honouring the first batch.(This done by thew recently passed
out batch, the aim is to bridge the gulf between
generations.
All of them are presented with a beautiful memento)
5.30 PM "Jugal
Bandi" (Musical concert by Maya varma)
6.30 PM "GURUVANDANAM" (Paying homage to the
deceased faculty
followed by honouring the
retired faculty.
"Ponnada aniyikkal"
and presenting memento are the main attractions.)
7.30
PM Dinner amidst of variety entertainment programmes
Some 10-12 first batch students and all the retired faculty
with their family are attending the function.
many retired hands of
Drugs Control dept.are also attending. Many of our alumni are also
coming. It is one of the rarest
occasions to meet all our family members
(CPSians) and our beloved teachers, who moulded us to our present shape.
we
have very great plans in our mind. We are launching a web site for the
Alumni Association. Shortly you can have access
to it on the net. We are
identifying one co-ordinator from each batch. He/she shall collect the
phone No. and email
ID of his/her batch mate. In consultation with the
batch mates he/she shall formulate an action plan with respect
to the
contribution they are going to offer to their Alma mater.
I request all of you to become members
of Alumni association and
register yourself for the Alumni
meet 2009. Please disseminate this news
to all our alumni known to you by forwarding this message.
Thanking you
Yours
faithfully.
Organising secretary Secretary of Alumni Association
(Dileep.K.J
)
(P.N.Presannakumaran)
Asst. Prof. of Pharmacy
Asso. Prof. of Pharmacy
09447343257
09447242213
dileepkj07@gmail.com pnpkdgr@gmail.com
No Kerala Entrance Exam for BPharm, BSc
Nursing
Apr-15-09
From next academic year there Kerala CEE will not manage admissions to courses
like BSc Nursing, BPharm, BPT and MLT using Kerala CET scores. The admissions to these courses will be based on Plus 2 marks.
The notification was issued today by Govt. of Kerala.
Briefing the media after a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said the marks and grades
in the eligibility tests conducted by various Boards would be coordinated and a committee comprising the Secretaries of the
health, general education and higher education departments, Director of Medical Education and two experts from the government
sector would be appointed to make recommendations in this regard. He said the health department would decide the criteria
for admission on the basis of the committee’s recommendations.
Admission to these courses would be from the ranklist compiled by the LBS Centre for Science and Technology
from next year onwards, he added. The government took the decision to improve the standard of para-medical courses, including
nursing, and to ensure admission to brilliant students.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous NEW YEAR 2009!!
Welcome to 2008 B.Pharm Admission students
All the staff and students extend a warm welcome to our new studetns
and hope that they have a pleasant experience of a lifetime!
KBSA Reconstituted --- New KBSA 2008-2009.
On 24th May, the KBSA for the year 2008-2009 was constituted.
It was a function where prize winners of the 07-08 Pharmfest Minerva
were congratulated and appreciated with certificates.
A number of books (including books on GATE, GRE, TOEFL and IELTS, and
Pharmacy Subject related books) were donated to the CPS library.
Wishing the new KBSA 08-09 all success.!
New M.Pharm Admissions and New Academic Year for B.Pharm
- Welcome!
With a new academic Year starting, due to the delay in the course,
we anxiously await new activities that our college can involve in to be more lively.! Its unfortunate theres a year
lag, between passing out of B.Pharm and getting into M.Pharm due to the delays in the way the course is going. Hope things
change for the better, sooner than later!
Pharmacy Week Celebrations.
With a rally from Pattom to Medical College Auditorium, several
back to back seminars on Current Pharmacy information and a grand night with the participation of Pharmacy colleges under
the University of Kerala, Pharmacy Week Celebrations went off with a Bang! With participation of KBSA and the teachers, the
Kerala State Pharmacy Council with the cooperations of Local Pharmacists made it an event worth remembering.!
MINERVA....the quest continues
In search of the zenith of arts and wisdom as claimed supreme
by the Romans in the form of goddess Minerva, the college of Pharmaceutical Sciences was ignited in the extravagant festival
all through the week from 12th to 16th November.
With a dedicated sports day on 14th, and the final conclusion
in an explosive night at the Old Auditorium, Medical College, the students participation and cooperation truly blessed the
celebrations.
Inspite of its unintended
shortcomings if any, a long awaited festival was a enriching and fun occassion. Its hoped, that it met to all
expectations. Send your comments in to ultimatetj@yahoo.com
PHARM FEST AND NATIONAL PHARMACY WEEK CELEBRATIONS
This year we're going to have yet another vibrant Pharmfest. Hoping
that we will receive good participation for the same.
Several Programs will be arranged for the same and we invite the
entire college to share and celebrate!
KERALA PIRAVI Celebrations
This years KBSA went that extra mile to revive another thread of our ethnicity.
Celebrating the Malayalee spirit, a essay writing competition, a Quiz and a Function was arranged in college. It was enjoyed
by staff and students alike.
WELCOME to 2007 B.Pharm.
Wishing a warm welcome to our new friends.
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KBSA MAGAZINE..
"Impressions....what lies beneath""
RELEASED !!
This year by God's grace, we were able to release" Impressions....what
lies beneath"
In a function....at our college auditorium, Hon. Vice Chancellor
of Kerala University kindly released the magazine by presenting copies to our respected principal Dr. Rema Devi and our HOD.
It was a long cherished venture and desire of the students
to make such a magazine possible.
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CONDOLENCE!
Our beloved Divya E.S. (Student of 2nd M.Pharm {Pharmacy Practice},
CPS,MC,Tvm.) passed away on 2nd June. She completed her D.Pharm diploma and B.Pharm degree from the College of Pharmaceutical
Sciences. She is a native of Palode, Thiruvananthapuram. Students of the college attended the funeral at her house on 4th
June 2007. We Condole the family and pray that God will help them overcome the loss.
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INAUGURATION OF DRUGS MANUFACTURING UNIT
AT OUR COLLEGE!!! (16th May 2007)
Thiruvananthapuram: The Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) here will
soon make available morphine capsules free to terminally ill cancer patients across the State through all Government-recognised
pain and palliative clinics.
This has become possible with the commissioning of the new drugs manufacturing unit at the
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical College, which has the capacity to produce about 30,000 morphine sulphate capsules
every day.
The unit, which is the first ever Government-run morphine capsules manufacturing unit in the country with cGMP
certification (current Good Manufacturing Practices), is a collaborative effort of the RCC and the College of Pharmaceutical
Sciences. The Rs.15-lakh plus project has been funded by the RCC.
The unit was inaugurated by Minister for Health P.K.
Sreemathy here on Wednesday. She said the Government would make available necessary funds for the unit's expansion. Minister
for Law M. Vijayakumar presided over the function.
The drug-manufacturing unit at the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
has been manufacturing liquid morphine for the patients at RCC since 1991. The project to manufacture morphine in the capsule
form was drawn up as it is easier for doctors and caregivers to administer it to patients in the correct dosage.
The existing
drug manufacturing unit was renovated at the initiative of the RCC so as to enhance its capacity to produce liquid morphine
from 4,000 bottles a year to 10,000 bottles. Morphine in the tablet form is currently being manufactured by just one private
pharmaceutical company in the State.
According to doctors at the Pain and Palliative Medicine unit of the RCC, there is
a scarcity of morphine for palliative care purposes, primarily because almost all oral morphine manufacturing units are in
the private sector.
The RCC alone requires about 12.5 kg of morphine every year for catering to the 9,000-odd patients
who attend its palliative clinics. A chunk of the patients are from Tamil Nadu, which has only about five or six palliative
clinics, while Kerala has a network of over 70 such centres, doctors said.
The RCC is already making available free morphine
for its patients in the out-patient and in-patient clinics. It also has an outreach palliative care division, which reaches
pain-relieving drugs to patients at home free .
A Drugs Information Centre will soon be set up at Government Medical College
Hospital (MCH), Thiruvananthapuram, for providing information to doctors and consumers about new drugs, drug reactions, side-effects
and research information.
The Government also plans to upgrade the Drugs Testing Laboratory at the College of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, MCH, so that it can test all drugs purchased through the central purchase committee as well as study drug interactions/reactions.
The projects would be undertaken with the Rs.3.21-crore assistance that the Centre has sanctioned now, for a Capacity
Building Project on Improving Food Safety and Quality Control of Drugs, Minister for Health P.K. Sreemathy said here on Wednesday.
She was inaugurating the new morphine capsules manufacturing unit at the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Facilities
The Central
aid is to be utilised for improving the laboratory facilities for the pre-qualification testing of drugs by the Drugs Control
Department in the State, for improving food safety and for public information and education activities. The department has
pointed out to the State Government that there is little scope for expanding the Drugs Testing Laboratory because of space
constraint. Instead, it has suggested that the laboratory at the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences be upgraded and technical
staff appointed, so that it can function as a wing of the Drugs Testing Laboratory. This way, the laboratory can be used for
research activities of pharmaceutical students.
Under the Rs.3.21-crore project, Rs.20 lakh has been set aside for
State-level IEC (Information, Education and Communication) activities, part of which will be utilised for setting up the Drugs
Information Centre, Ms. Sreemathy said. The services of Clinical Pharmacy students at the MCH could be utilised for the centre.
Pursue research
She said that there was no bar on doctors going abroad for pursuing
research or academic activities. Doctors needed to upgrade their knowledge for the benefit of patients, she added.
Minister for Health P.K. Sreemathy inaugurated the funtion whilst
Minister for Law M. Vijayakumar presided. Director of RCC B. Rajan, State Drugs Controller S.M. Thaha, head of Pharmaceutical
Sciences B. Seetha Devi, Joint Director of Medical Education V. Geetha, among others, spoke at the function.
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WELCOME TO NEW HOD
Taking the reigns from our Dr. Sudhakaran Nair sir, Prof. B Seethadevi Madam
is our new Head of the Department. A very close support to the KBSA and a person with keen interest in student activities,
we have many hopes and expectations. We wish Madam all the very best in her new responsibilities.
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FAREWELL!!
Two of our esteemed proffesors left us this April 30th. Our HOD Dr. Sudhakaran
Nair and Prof. Sureshchand were given a farewell ceremony on 27th April by the KBSA. The function had student and teacher
representation giving their farewell messages to our beloved teachers who we will truly miss.
The service they have both put into the college and into the wider field of
Pharmacy in Kerala cannot be forgotten.
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CONDOLENCE
The former Director of The college of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical College,
Trivandrum , Prof. I. Ramabhadran passed away today, 14/1/07.
He served as the first Director of the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences. A
condolence meeting was held at the Auditorium of The College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, on 15th Jan at 10.30am.
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Kerala B. Pharm Students Association
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