Event
Name : World Pharmacist’s Day
Date : 26-09-2022
Venue : Metro College of Health Sciences and Research
Metro college of Health Sciences & Research has celebrated World Pharmacist’s Day with great zeal and fervour. Every year on September 25th, Pharmacists around the globe celebrate World Pharmacists Day. The theme for this year is “Pharmacy united in action for a healthier world”. This year’s theme aims to showcase pharmacy’s positive impact on health around the world and to further strengthen solidarity among the profession. “The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 3 sets out a number of health targets, including for non-communicable diseases (such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and mental health) and communicable diseases (for example, HIV, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases).
The function was started with the message of good wishes from our honourable MD, Dr.Sonia Lal Guptafollowed by the speech of Director-Education Dr.Kanak Lata. She highlighted the importance of pharmacist nowadays along with the role pharmacists played during the pandemic. Pharmacy being a noble profession was the key point of her speech.
A rally was organised by the students and faculty members on this occasion. The students carried the banners and raised the slogans. Various activities were scheduled such as Quiz competition, Rangoli, Poster, Model Presentation, Essay writing.
After the completion of the rally, the students were assembled in the seminar hall for respective events and as per the scheduled timings, the events were organized.
The first event was the Rangoli Competition which was co-ordinated by Ms. Preeti Tiwari (Asstt. Professor) and Ms. Komal Bhati (Asstt. Professor). Many students actively participated in the event.Chetna & group (D.Pharma 2nd year) were declared winner.
The second event was the poster presentation which was co-ordinated by Ms. Rehana Parveen (Asstt. Professor), Dr. Hashim Khan (Asstt. Professor) and Mr. Shashank Tiwari (Asstt. Professor). The studentsof B. Pharm and D. Pharm came across to participate and winner was selected by the evaluation of Judges.
In this event, best poster was adjudged of Anurag (B. Pharm 2n(d year)
The third event was the Model presentation, which was co-ordinated by Ms. Rashmi Singh (Asstt. Professor) and Ms. Aditi Saxena (Asstt. Professor). The students of B. Pharm made models like cyclone separator and sieve separator and it was evaluated by the judges. The model of Kanak & group (B. Pharm 3rd year)was announced winner.
The fourth event was the Assay Writing competition which was co-ordinated by Mrs Nidhi Srivastava (Associate Professor) and Mr. Raju Singh (Asstt. Professor). The students wrote the factual assays related to the theme of the event. This event was won by Anurag (B. Pharm 2nd year).
The last event of the day was Quiz competition which was conducted by Mrs Sakshi Minocha (Asstt. Professor), Ms Ayesha Parween (Asstt. Professor)and Mr. Aamir Malik (Asstt. Professor). The topic of the Quiz competition was General Awareness, Subject knowledge and Picture Identification which was held in 3 different rounds.The winners of Quiz competition were Harshit & group (B. Pharm 3rd year).
The students were provided refreshment after the completion of the event. The event was closed by the speech of Principal Dr. Praveen Gaur and Vice-principal Dr. Sameer Rastogi. A vote of thanks was delivered by Ms. Aditi Saxena.
The event materialized through tireless contribution and enthusiasm of faculty members and students. We are thankful to the Management of MCHSR, especially our Honourable MD-MCHSR Dr. Sonia Lal Gupta and Director-Education MCHSR , Dr. Kanak Lata and Mr. Jaishankar Mishrafor providing all the necessary requirements and giving their whole hearted support for the event.
