CHANDIGARH, 14.06.25-Election of the Executive Council of Punjab Branch of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), representing pharmaceutical scientists across North Indian region, has duly been approved by the Central Executive Council of IPA in Mumbai.

The General Body Meeting of various life members of IPA Punjab State branch, was held in the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh. Professor Indu Pal Kaur, immediate Past Secretary of IPA Punjab Branch, presented a Power-point report on various activities and achievements of the Association, conducted the proceedings of the election process for the New Executive Council for next two years.

Professor Bhupinder Singh Bhoop (former Chairman, UIPS-PU; Dean Alumni Relations, PU; founder Coordinator, National UGC Centre of Excellence in Nano-Biomedicine), was unanimously elected as the President of the Council; while Professor Anil Kumar, current Chairman of UIPS-PU, and Former Dean Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, as the Honorary Secretary of the Council.

In addition, Professor Preet M S Bedi (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar), Dr Girdhari Lal Singal (former State Drugs Controller, Haryana State), and Professor Ranju Bansal (UIPS-PU) were also elected unopposed as Vice-President, Joint-Secretary and Hony. Treasurer, respectively. Professor O. P. Katare (UIPS-PU, and current DPIIT-IPR Chair Professor, PU) will be part of the Council as its immediate Past President.

A total of FIVE State Executive Council Members were also elected unopposed, viz. Dr Manish Kapoor (Current State Drugs Controller, Himachal Pradesh State); Professor Poonam Piplani (UIPS-PU), Dr Sanjay Bajaj (CEO, Glostem Pvt Ltd), Professor Alka Bali (UIPS-PU), and Principal Dr Baljinder Singh Bajwa (PMI Barnala).

Besides, 13 renowned pharma personalities representing various pharma disciplines of the North Indian region were also elected to the Advisory Panel, Panel of Co-opted Members, and Panel of Permanent Invitees.

PERMANENT INVITEES:

1.Professor Kanwaljit Chopra (UIPS-PU)
2.Mr Amit Kumar Duggal (Deputy Drugs Controller, Punjab)
3.Professor Indu Pal Kaur (UIPS-PU)
4. Ms Vaishali Aggarwal (CTO, Scott-Edil Pharmacia Ltd.)
5.Mr Jaspreet Singh Gulati (CEO, Hitech Formulations Pvt Ltd)

CO-OPTED MEMBERS:

1.Dr Pradeep Kumar Mattu (former State Drugs Controller, Punjab State)
2.Professor Rajesh Kumar Goel (Punjabi University, Patiala)
3.Professor Thakur Gurjeet Singh (Chitkara University, Rajpura)

ADVISORY PANEL:

1.Professor T R Bhardwaj (Advisor to VC, Baddi University, Solan, HP)
2.Professor Saranjit Singh (former Dean, NIPER, Mohali)
3.Mr Sanjeev Kumar Garg (Joint Commissioner, FDA, Punjab)
4.Dr Pushvinder Jit Singh (Chairman & MD, Tynor Orthotics Ltd, Mohali)
5.Professor Monica Gulati (Sr. Dean, Lovely Prof. University, Jalandhar)