National Conference on Herbal

Ahmedabad, 19 Mar, 2015: L. M. College of Pharmacy organized two day national conference on ‘Frontiers and avenues in the field of Herbal Drug Research’ on 6^th and 7 ^th February 2015, at Ahmedabad Management Association. Conference was inaugurated by Chief Guest Dr. Ketan Patel and Guest of Honour Dr. B. M. Shah with the key note address by Dr. Malati G. Chauhan .

On first day there were 5 scientific sessions by eminent speakers. Dr. V. K. Joshi delivered his talk on ‘Global scenario of research in ayurvedic medicines’, Dr. V. P. Bhatt gave his recommendation on ‘Significance of documentation of ethnomedicinal data’ then Dr. Karan Vasisht said about ‘Designing solutions for challenges in standardization of herbal drugs’. Mr. Kaushik Shah shared his expertise in ‘Blueprint of Herbal Drug Manufacturing Unit’. The day ended with a panel discussion session chaired by Dr. Punderikakshudu . The panel members were eminent personalities from the field of herbal drug research.

After breakfast second day started with Dr. Shakti Vinay Shukla who shared his views on ‘Opportunities of Aromatic plants in fragrance & flavour industry’. Later Dr. R. S. Bhakuni delivered his speech on ‘Chemistry and structural modifications of lead therapeutic molecules of medicinal plants’. Dr. Amit Agarwal shared his knowledge on ‘Approaches in Herbal drug analysis’.

There was a Poster presentation session which included about 42 research papers. In the Post Lunch sessions, Dr. Lal Hingurani gave his views on ‘Current need to link research with commercial sustainability of medicinal plant products’ then Dr. B. Ravishankar showed his point of view on ‘Preclinical studies for Ayurvedic sector’.

In Valedictory function Chief Guest Dr. Hemant Koshia and Dr. N. R. Sheth distributed the prize and appreciated the event success. Conveners of the conference, Dr. Mahesh Chhabria and Dr. Mamta Shah acknowledged and thanked speakers, delegates and all members for the success of the event.CCI Newswire