A pharma quiz competition was held on March 28, 2019, at the School of Pharmacy, Amrita Health Sciences campus, Kochi. The competition was based on an initial screening written test with 50 multiple choice questions (MCQs) covering different subjects in the Pharmacy curriculum.
International Women’s Day was celebrated at the School of Pharmacy, Amrita Health Sciences campus, Kochi, on March 12, 2019, for acknowledging the vast group of women present at the school as students, teachers and other supporting faculty members.
A workshop on “Design of Experiments” was conducted by the Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Amrita Health Sciences, Kochi, on December 15, 2018.
Dr. Subin Mary Zachariah, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Analysis and Dr. Umadevi P., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, presented scientific papers at the World Conference on Infectious Diseases & Antibiotics 2018 held at J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, November 28-29, 2018.
Dr. Lekshmi R. Nath, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Health Sciences campus, Kochi, was awarded the Bharat Vikas Award 2018 by the Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneswar, for her loyalty, diligence and outstanding performance in the field of Cancer Chemoprevention.
This year’s All Kerala Inter Pharma Sports Meet, Pharma Sportiva 2019, was hosted by Devaki Amma Memorial College of Pharmacy and was held at University of Calicut, January 10-12, 2019. Twenty-eight students from Amrita School of Pharmacy participated and secured the sixth position in the event.
The annual arts festival of the Amrita School of Pharmacy, Dhwani 2018, was officially inaugurated by Principal Dr. Sabitha M. on 13th October 2018, and within ten days, 13 offstage events were conducted. On 25th October, the university art festival ‘Amrita Kalotsav’18’ was inaugurated by actor Unni Mukundan.
The Department of Pharmacology, Amrita School of Pharmacy, in association with the Department of Endocrinology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), organized “Ne Diabete – Diabetes Awareness Day” on November 20, 2018 (9:30. . .
Dr. Uma Devi P., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, presented two papers at the “World Congress on Nutraceuticals and Natural Medicine” which explored the advances in nutraceuticals and natural medicine research, development and design.
As designated in 2009 by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), September 25 is observed as World Pharmacist Day every year. This year’s World Pharmacist Day was celebrated with the theme “Pharmacists: Your Medicine Experts”. As part of the celebrations, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, conducted activities to honour the hospital and community pharmacists for their services to society.