Pbi Uni Pharmaceutical Sciences department organises Int’l Conference
KS Diwan/ royalpatiala.in/ Patiala
A Four day DST sponsored International Conference cum workshop on “Informatics Tools in Drug Discovery and Drug Delivery (ITDDD-2018)” being organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala and Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers Punjab was inaugurated in the Science Auditorium of Punjabi University Campus.
Prof. B S Ghuman, Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala presided over the inaugural session and motivated participants through his inspirational talk. He also emphasized the need of such conferences for updating knowledge of Pharmacy Teachers in emerging fields. He highlighted the significance of Pharmacy discipline at both global and local level.
Prof Vladimir Poriokov, Head of Department for Bioinformatics, Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia inaugurated the Conference. He delivered inaugural address on “Three Decades of PASS: Development and Applications in Drug Discovery” and invited scientists for further collaborative research work.
Prof G N Sastry (Chief Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad), PROF RAMAN DANG (Secretary, APTI Centre), Prof. Rajesh Kumar Goel, President, APTI Punjab State Branch and Prof Gurpreet Kaur, Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala laid stress upon the need of informatics tools in new drug discovery.
Dr Rajesh Kumar Goel informed that more than 20 experts from Reputed Institutions of Russia, Greece, Japan, Thailand and India will deliberate on the informatics tools during three days of conference. On the last day of the event, the participating delegates will be given hands on training on the use of softwares for drug design, development and delivery.
