Matoshri College of pharmacy, Eklahara organise one week. Educational Tour visit to Southern India during 18/12/2019 to 26/12/2019 for third year and final year students.
The visit was organized with the prior permission and guidance of Principle Dr. G. S Talele HOD of B pharm Prof. S. N Kapase and HOD of D pharm Prof. P.P Chavhan.
Students of B Pharm specially Pratik Gujarani, Kadam Jayesh, Suyog Nikam, have taken hard efforts and initiative under the continuous guidance of Prof. Poonam Shinde B pharm Course coordinator and Mr. Amar Randhe Tour in-charge, which made this visit a grand success. Total 38 students along with 4 faculty member joined this industrial visit.
Duration: 18/12/2019 to 26/12/2019
Our journey to southern region of India kick started from Kalyan Junction. Confirmed sleeper class tickets at concessional rates were obtained for students in Train No (11041) Cennai express. The 28hr long journey started with lot of excitement and enthusiasm .The hot and humid climate of southern India was felt during the travel .Once we reached Chennai the cool and humid breeze started to blow. Many of us got excited to see chennai for the first time.
The 71st Indian Pharmaceutical Congress with the theme ‘Pharma Vision 2030: Healthcare System – Role of Regulators’ was recently organised at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai. The three-day conference saw participation from pharmaceutical experts, regulators, academicians and pharmacy students from across the country.
The event began with the release of the souvenir for the 71st Indian Pharmaceutical Congress by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) V G Somani; Ravi Uday Bhaskar, Director General, Pharmexcil; Atul Nasa, Drugs Control Officer, Drugs Control Department and T V Narayana, President, Indian Pharmaceuticals Association (IPA), along with several other dignitaries. Later, a number of panel discussions were held wherein industry stalwarts, academicians and regulators deliberated on various achievements and challenges in the industry.
Chief Guest Dr Sylendra Babu, IPS, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), addressed the students present at the congress. Dr Dinesh Dua, Chairman, Pharmexcil, shared his vision for pharma industry in 2030. T V Narayana, President, Indian Pharmaceuticals Association (IPA), Mumbai, shared the annual report for IPC 2018-19 and informed the audience about the background of this congress.
This year’s conference was hosted by AIDCOC. Guest of Honour for IPC 2019, Dr. Somani, in his address, kept the students in focus and said that there are three types of regulators – one is the regulator for quality, safety and efficacy.
Awards were also given by AIDOC to recognise people who have made an immense contribution to the pharma industry. A few other awards were also conferred to academicians by IPA, IHPA and APTI. Industry stakeholders were also able to showcase their innovations at the exhibition that was organised alongside the conference.
It was also announced that the 72nd edition of IPC will be held at Nagpur University in December 2020.
Guindy Snake Park, it is located next to the Children's Park in the Guindy National Park campus.
The park exhibits a total of 39 species, including 23 species of Indian snakes, all 3 Indian species and 4 exotic species of crocodiles, 3 species of Indian tortoises and turtles and 6 species of the larger Indian lizards. Snake species on display include reticulated python, Indian rock python, common krait, Russell's viper, saw-scaled viper, Indian rat snake, red sand boa, common sand boa, dog-faced water snakes, common cat snake, common kukri snake, common bronzeback tree snake, annulated sea snake, common wolf snake, common vine snake, striped keelback, checkered keelback, olive keelback, common trinket snake, spectacled cobra, banded sea krait and hook-nosed sea snake. Crocodilian species include the gharial,[5] marsh crocodile, saltwater crocodile, Siamese crocodile, African dwarf crocodile, Nile crocodile and spectacled caiman. Other reptiles at the park include water monitor, Bengal monitor, Indian black turtle, Indian flapshell turtle, Indian star tortoise, spotted rock gecko and South Asian chamaeleon.
The Kamakshi Temple is an ancient Hindu Temple dedicated to Kamakshi, the ultimate form of Goddess Lalitha Maha Tripurasundari(Parvati). It is located in the historic city of Kanchipuram, near Chennai, India. The Temple was most probably built by the Pallava kings, whose capital was Kanchipuram.
The Image of the main Deity, Kamakshi, is seated in a majestic Padmasana, a yogic posture signifying peace and prosperity, instead of the traditional standing pose. Goddess holds a sugarcane bow and bunch of five flowers in the lower two of her arms and has a pasha (lasso), an ankusha (goad) in her upper two arms. There is also a parrot perched near the flower bunch. There are no other Goddesss temples in the city of Kanchipuram, apart from this temple, which is unusual in a traditional city that has hundreds of traditional temples. There are various legends that account for this fact.
The Kanchi Kailasanathar temple is the oldest structure in Kanchipuram. Located in Tamil Nadu, India, it is a Hindu temple in the Tamil architectural style. It is dedicated to the Lord Shiva.
The temple was built from 685-705CE by a Rajasimha (NarasimhavarmanII) ruler of the Pallava Dynasty. The low-slung sandstone compound contains a large number of carvings, including many half-animal deities which were popular during the early Pallava architectural period. The structure contains 58 small shrines which are dedicated to various forms of Shiva. These are built into niches on the inner face of the high compound wall of the circumambulatory passage. The temple is one of the most prominent tourist attractions of the city.
The Shore Temple(built in 700–728 AD) is so named because it overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is located near Chennai in Tamil Nadu.
It is a structural temple, built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD. At the time of its creation, the site was a busy port during the reign of Narasimhavarman II of the Pallava dynasty. As one of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, it has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. It is one of the oldest structural (versus rock-cut) stone temples of South India.
Krishna's Butterball (also known as Vaan Irai Kal and Krishna's Gigantic Butterball) is a gigantic granite boulder resting on a short incline in the historical coastal resort town of Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu state of India.
Since it is part of the Group of Monuments at Mamallapuram, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built during 7th- and 8th-century CE as Hindu religious monuments by the Pallava dynasty, it is a popular tourist attraction.
The boulder is approximately 6 meters high and 5 meters wide and weighs around 250 tons. It seems to float and barely stand on a slope on top of 1.2-meter (4 ft) high plinth which is a naturally eroded hill, and is said to have been at the same place for 1200 years.[1][10] A part of the boulder on top back has eroded away, making it look like a half-spherical rock from the back, while it looks round shaped from other three sides.
Travelling from Mahabalipuram to Hydrabad
Our journey to Hydrabad started from Mahabalipuram Junction.
Snow World is an amusement park located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India within an area of about 2 acres (0.81 ha). A gigantic Two-hundred tonnes of artificial snow was laid on the layered flooring which was specially prepared to avoid seepage or melting. The park can accommodate a total of 2,400 visitors in a day. Every visitor gets acclimatised to lower temperatures in a step-wise manner, 20 °C (68 °F), then 0 °C, and then a sub zero temperature. In addition, visitors are given protective clothing like extra-warm sweaters and jackets and snow caps and a steaming cup of soupy broth for consumption to help them acclimatise to the rapidly but gradual temperature change. The internal area, also called as the Cryo Zone, maintains a constant temperature of – 5 °C. For 1 hour, a maximum of 300 visitors at a time can explore the different facilities such as kid’s snow play area, snow wars, snow tube slide.
The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum located at Dar-ul-Shifa, on the southern bank of the Musi River in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the three National Museums of India.
Originally a private art collection of the Salar Jung family, it was endowed to the nation after the death of Salar Jung III. It was inaugurated on 16 December 1951. It has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artifacts, carpets, clocks, and furniture from Japan, China, Burma, Nepal, India, Persia, Egypt, Europe, and North America. It is one of the largest museums in the world.
Hussain Sagar is a heart-shaped lake in Hyderabad, Telangana, built by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah in 1563. It is spread across an area of 5.7 square kilometers and is fed by the River Musi. A large monolithic statue of the Gautama Buddha, erected in 1992, stands on Gibraltar Rock in the middle of the lake. It also separates the city centre of Hyderabad from its neighborhood Secunderabad.[1] The maximum depth of the lake is 32 feet.
An 18-meter high monolithic statue of Lord Buddha towers over the lake from atop the Rock of Gibraltar. The idea was a part of the Buddha Poornima project in 1985. The statue was chiseled out of a white granite rock, weighing 450 tons. It was carved by 200 sculptors for two years. The statue was transported to Hyderabad in November 1988. After initial problems, the statue was erected on 12 April 1992 on a red lotus pedestal.
The Ramoji Film City in India is located in Hyderabad. Spread over 1666 acres. It is the largest integrated film city in Telangana and has been certified by the Guinness World Records as the largest studio complex in the world. It was built by Telugu film producer Ramoji Rao in 1996. It is also a popular tourism and recreation centre, containing natural and artificial attractions including an amusement park. Around 1.5 million tourists visit the place every year.
Birla Mandir refers to different Hindu temple built by the Birla family in different cities.All these temples are magnificently build with white marble on a 280 feet (85 m) high hillock called the Naubath Pahad located to the south of Hussain Sagar. The construction took 10 years and was consecrated in 1976 by Swami Ranganathananda of Ramakrishna Mission.
Golconda Fort, also known as Golkonda (lit. "round hill") is a fortified citadel and an early capital city of the Qutb Shahi dynasty (c.1512–1687), located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Because of the vicinity of diamond mines, especially Kollur Mine, Golconda flourished as a trade centre of large diamonds, known as the Golconda Diamonds.
Educational Tour visit to Southern India was successfully organised with the support of staffs and students. This visit really brought positive change in thinking and provided practical insights about the future prospects of pharmacy.
The following are the outcome of the visit.
Ms. Kakad V. K (Asst. Prof. B Pharm)
Dr. G.S. Talele (Principle of MCOP)
Mrs. P.R Shinde (Asst. Prof. B Pharm)
Mr. P.P Chavhan (HOD of D Pharm)
Mr. A.S. Deore (Asst. Prof. B Pharm)
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