DoP reconstitutes Board of Governors for NIPER after long gap

The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has reconstituted the Board of Governors for the premier National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, after it remained without a board for a long time.

The Department has constituted the 20-member Board with Dr V M Katoch, the Secretary of the Department of Health Research, as the chairperson. Director of the NIPER, Joint Secretary in-charge of Pharmaceutical Industry in the DoP, Secretary, Technical Education in the Government of Punjab, Financial Advisor to the DoP, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), and Member-secretary of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will be ex-officio members.

President of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) and President of Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) will be the two other ex-officio members, according to a notification by the DoP. Lalit Kumar Jain (Pharmachem, New Delhi) and Ajay Piramal (CEO, Piramal Health Care) will represent the industry as members of the Board.

Experts like Dr Tushar K Chakraborty (director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow), Dr R C Deka (director, AIIMS, Delhi), Prof. N Rajendran (director and Professor at Madras Medical College), Prof T Alesan (Associate Professor at Kamraj College, Thoothukudi), Dr Nagarajan Venkataraman (Professor Emeritus in Neurosciences, Tamil Nadu), Prof. Vinod Kumar Dixit (Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences), Dr Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar), Dr N J Gaikward (Professor at Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University), Prof. D Acharya (director, IIT Kharagpur) and Prof. B Suresh (vice-chancellor, JSS University, Mysore and the president of the Pharmacy Council of India) will be the other members.

“In terms of Section 4(4) of the NIPER Act, 1998, the term of office of chairperson and members of the Board of Governors, other than ex-officio members, shall be three years,” the notification said.

DoP reconstitutes Board of Governors for NIPER after long gap

The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has reconstituted the Board of Governors for the premier National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, after it remained without a board for a long time.

The Department has constituted the 20-member Board with Dr V M Katoch, the Secretary of the Department of Health Research, as the chairperson. Director of the NIPER, Joint Secretary in-charge of Pharmaceutical Industry in the DoP, Secretary, Technical Education in the Government of Punjab, Financial Advisor to the DoP, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), and Member-secretary of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will be ex-officio members.

President of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) and President of Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) will be the two other ex-officio members, according to a notification by the DoP. Lalit Kumar Jain (Pharmachem, New Delhi) and Ajay Piramal (CEO, Piramal Health Care) will represent the industry as members of the Board.

Experts like Dr Tushar K Chakraborty (director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow), Dr R C Deka (director, AIIMS, Delhi), Prof. N Rajendran (director and Professor at Madras Medical College), Prof T Alesan (Associate Professor at Kamraj College, Thoothukudi), Dr Nagarajan Venkataraman (Professor Emeritus in Neurosciences, Tamil Nadu), Prof. Vinod Kumar Dixit (Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences), Dr Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar), Dr N J Gaikward (Professor at Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University), Prof. D Acharya (director, IIT Kharagpur) and Prof. B Suresh (vice-chancellor, JSS University, Mysore and the president of the Pharmacy Council of India) will be the other members.

“In terms of Section 4(4) of the NIPER Act, 1998, the term of office of chairperson and members of the Board of Governors, other than ex-officio members, shall be three years,” the notification said.

DoP reconstitutes Board of Governors for NIPER after long gap

The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has reconstituted the Board of Governors for the premier National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, after it remained without a board for a long time.

The Department has constituted the 20-member Board with Dr V M Katoch, the Secretary of the Department of Health Research, as the chairperson. Director of the NIPER, Joint Secretary in-charge of Pharmaceutical Industry in the DoP, Secretary, Technical Education in the Government of Punjab, Financial Advisor to the DoP, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), and Member-secretary of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will be ex-officio members.

President of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) and President of Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) will be the two other ex-officio members, according to a notification by the DoP. Lalit Kumar Jain (Pharmachem, New Delhi) and Ajay Piramal (CEO, Piramal Health Care) will represent the industry as members of the Board.

Experts like Dr Tushar K Chakraborty (director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow), Dr R C Deka (director, AIIMS, Delhi), Prof. N Rajendran (director and Professor at Madras Medical College), Prof T Alesan (Associate Professor at Kamraj College, Thoothukudi), Dr Nagarajan Venkataraman (Professor Emeritus in Neurosciences, Tamil Nadu), Prof. Vinod Kumar Dixit (Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences), Dr Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar), Dr N J Gaikward (Professor at Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University), Prof. D Acharya (director, IIT Kharagpur) and Prof. B Suresh (vice-chancellor, JSS University, Mysore and the president of the Pharmacy Council of India) will be the other members.

“In terms of Section 4(4) of the NIPER Act, 1998, the term of office of chairperson and members of the Board of Governors, other than ex-officio members, shall be three years,” the notification said.

Short term courses at NIPER

In an effort to generate revenues with the help of private partners to run the newly established NIPERs, the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) is planning to launch some short term courses in the new NIPERs as per the detailed project report submitted by the consultant firm, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Pvt Ltd. Courses like those on intellectual property rights concerning the pharma industry, short term courses for the employees of the pharma companies, course on emerging sectors like biopharma are being planned in these institutes.

Private partners for NIPERs

The Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) is mulling over different ideas to generate revenues with the help of private partners to make the new NIPERs fully functional and autonomous.

A proposal under consideration is to leave some revenue generating activities like running hostels, auditorium, guest house, recreation and sports, maintenances etc to the private partners.

A suggestion also has come for full or part running of the exclusive courses under the PPP in some NIPERs. Though the detailed project report had suggested four types of collaboration, the DoP is yet to make a final decision yet on these proposals.

The new NIPERs, set up at Hajipur in Bihar, Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, Kolkata in West Bengal and Guwahati in Assam, are currently run with the help of mentor institutes already existing in these places. The government had approved setting up of six more institutes under NIPER in 2007 initially for two years, which had since been extended up to 2011.

Openings for the position of Assistant Professors at NIPER

Openings for the position of Assistant Professors at NIPER (ROLLING/OPEN ADVERTISEMENT)

Pay band PB-3 Rs. 15600-39100 Academic Grade Pay of Rs. 8000/-. The initial pay in pay band is Rs. 30,000 plus AGP of Rs. 8000/-

The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER) is an Institute of National importance established by an Act of Parliament under the aegis of Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India. The Institute is situated at S.A.S. Nagar(Mohali), Punjab adjoining Chandigarh the City Beautiful. The main thrust areas of research is Tuberculosis, Malaria, Leishmaniasis and Diabetes.

The Institute has excellent facilities for advanced education and research in pharmaceutical sciences and technology and is looking for faculty of high calibre and potential, willing to face the challenge of building this Institute into a center of excellence. The focus is on master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral programmes.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & AGE

Assistant Professor: Ph. D with 1st class or equivalent grade at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and at least five years of teaching/research/industrial experience with published work of high quality. Age Limit is 45 years.

Applications from prospective candidates are accepted throughout the year. Based on the qualifications and need of the department concerned, the applications shall be processed at regular intervals.