3rd International Conference on Herbal and Synthetic drug Studies- HSDS- 2016 begins at Azam Campus
The third International Conference on “Herbal and Synthetic Drug studies (HSDS-2016)” sponsored by University Grants Commission (UGC) was inaugurated at the Assembly hall of Azam Campus at09:45 am on Thursday.
Dr. Vijayamohanan Pillai , Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, presided over as the chief guest of the function. Amongst the foreign delegates who participated in the conference comprised of
George Weiner – Director, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa ,Roy Jensen – Director, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Shrikant Anant – Associate Dean, Research at the University of Kansas Medical Center, USA, Timothy Stemmler – Wayne State University, US ,Iztok Turel – University of Ljublijana, Slovenia and others. An Abstract book was also released by the Chief Guest Dr. Vijayamohanan Pillai. Mr Pillai in his address pointed out the importance of herbal products and their increasing usage in daily life. He said there are a lot of herbs which have several medicinal use we know traditionally but scientifically no research takes place on them till now. He also talked about the drug dopamine which is a neuro transmitter.
MCE Society President P.A. Inamdar emphasized that the foreign delegates should ensure for greater collaboration between the college and their universities and further said that seminars and conferences on similar themes will prove helpful in the Indian education Scenerio. Inamdar further added that world class research facilities were available at Azam Campus and pathbreaking innovations could be achieved through international academic collaborations Dr. Khursheed Ahmed (convener of conference) said that the conference was a stepping stone towards futuristic reasearch in the domain and appealed to the scientific community to come up with original and cutting edge research by harnessing information technology. Dr Khursheed also proposed the vote of thanks.
