A hands on Training Program on

Strategies and Approaches for  Characterization of Pharmaceuticals  and Biopharmaceuticals

Under the scheme of 

Synergistic Training Program Utilizing the Scientific 

and Technological Infrastructure (STUTI) 

An initiative by 

Department of Science and Technology, India

Organized by 

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (PMU)

Hosted by 

Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth

(Deemed to be University), Pune

AGENDA

Time Activity Proposed Speaker/ Faculty/Resource Person DAY 1: 17 MAY 2022

09:00am – 09:30am Arrival and Registration Resource person from the host institute 09:30am – 10:00am Welcome and Introduction In-charge of the event from the host institute  10:00am – 10:30am Morning Break

10:30am – 12:00pm Lecture session-1: Challenges and Opportunities  in Characterization of Pharmaceuticals and 

BiopharMaceuticals 

12:00pm – 13:00pm Lecture session-2: Fundamental aspects of UV  and IR for Pharmaceutical Analysis

13:00pm – 14:00pm Lunch Break

14:00pm – 15:00pm Lecture session-3: Introduction of Zeta Potential  Analyser

15:00pm – 16:15pm Lab session and training for Determination of  Particle size and Zeta Potential

16:15pm – 17:30pm Hands on Training for Analysis of  Pharmaceuticals by UV Spectrophotometery

17:30pm – 17:45pm Evening Break

Dr. V K Mourya 

Professor & Principal, Government College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad

Dr. Hemant K Jain

Professor, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

Mr. Kishor Sawant 

HORIBA India Pvt Ltd, Thane

Ms. Swati Bharati

Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

Dr. Hemant K Jain

Professor, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

17:45pm – 18:00pm Q&A Session, Feedback/ end of the day In-charge of the event, speakers and lab incharge DAY 2: 18 MAY 2022

09:00am – 09:30am Arrival and Breakfast

09:30am – 10:00am Welcome and Introduction In-charge of the event from the host institute 

10:00am – 11:30am Lecture session-1: HPLC Separations and  Requirements

Dr. S Y Gabhe

Professor, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

11:30am – 13:00pm Lecture session-2: Bio-analytical Techniques Dr K Manoj Bob 

Dy General Manager-Bioanalytical Research, Lupin Bioresearch Center, Pune

13:00pm – 14:00pm Lunch Break

14:00pm – 15:00pm Lecture session-3: Applications of HPTLC Dr. L Sathiyanarayanan

Vice Principal, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

15:00pm – 16:30pm Lab session and HPLC training/ Lab Safety and  Instructions

16:30pm – 16:45pm Evening Break

Dr. Upendra S Pendse

Sr. Research Scientist, Public Testing Lab., PCP, BVDU, Pune

16:45pm – 17:45pm Lab session and HPTLC training Mr. Sandeep Sankaran  Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

17:45pm – 18:00pm Q&A Session, Feedback/ end of the day In-charge of the event, speakers and lab incharge DAY 3: 19 MAY 2022

09:00am – 09:30am Arrival and Breakfast

09:30am – 10:00am Welcome and Introduction In-charge of the event from the host institute 

10:00am – 11:30am Lecture session-1: Current trends in Clinical  Research – Drugs and Biopharmaceuticals

11:30am – 13:00pm Lecture session-2: Introduction to LC-MS &  GC-MS 

12:30pm – 13:30pm Lunch Break

13:30pm – 14:30pm Lab session and training/ Lab Safety and  Instructions

Dr. Senthil Thyagarajan

Director, BioRadius Therapeutic Research Pvt Ltd, Pune Dr. Dashrath Oulkar

Application Head, Thermofieser scientific, Delhi Speaker/ lab in charge

14:30pm – 16:00pm Lab session and training of LC-MS Dr. Sangram Patil

Chief Chemist, Centre for Food Testing, Poona College of 

Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

16:30pm – 16:45pm Evening Break

16:45pm – 17:45pm Lab session and training of GC-MS Dr. Sangram Patil

Chief Chemist, Centre for Food Testing, Poona College of 

Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

17:45pm – 18:00pm Q&A Session, Feedback/ end of the day In-charge of the event, speakers and lab incharge

Time Activity Proposed Speaker/ Faculty/Resource Person DAY 4: 20 MAY 2022

09:00am – 09:30am Arrival and Breakfast

09:30am – 10:00am Welcome and Introduction In-charge of the event from the host institute  10:00am – 12:00pm Basics of Biopharmaceutics Dr. C Bothiraja

Professor, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

12:00pm – 13:00pm Lecture session-2: Biopharmaceutical aspect of  Generic Medicines 

13:00pm – 14:00pm Lunch Break

14:00pm – 15:00pm Lecture session-3: Introduction of type 4  dissolution system

15:00pm – 16:30pm Lab session and training of Dissolution  Apparatus, USP 4, SOTAX

16:30pm – 16:45pm Evening Break

16:45pm – 17:45pm Lab session and training for Preparation of  Nanofibers

Dr. Atmaram Pawar

Professor and I/C Principal, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

Mr. Suhas Yewale

Associate Director Techno Commercial, Sotax India Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai Mr. Suhas Yewale

Associate Director Techno Commercial, Sotax India Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai

Mr. Abhishek

Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

17:45pm – 18:00pm Q&A Session, Feedback/ end of the day In-charge of the event, speakers and lab incharge DAY 5: 21 MAY 2022

09:00am – 09:30am Arrival and Breakfast

09:30am – 10:00am Welcome and Introduction In-charge of the event from the host institute  10:00am – 11:30am Need of microwave assisted synthesis Dr. Deepali Bansode

Associate Professor, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

11:30am – 12:30pm Lecture on Basics on Raman Spectroscopy Dr. T G Ajithkumar Chairman Physical/ Materials Chemistry Division CSIR-National Chemical 

Laboratory, Pune

12:30pm – 13:30pm Lunch Break

13:30pm – 14:30pm Role of QSAR in drug discovery Dr. V M Kulkarni

Professor, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

14:30pm – 15:30pm Lab session and training/ Lab Safety and  Instructions

15:00pm – 16:00pm Lab session and training of Handheld Raman  Spectrometer-(Serstech)

16:30pm – 16:45pm Evening Break

16:45pm – 17:45pm Lab session: training of Microwave assisted  Synthesizer Anton Paar Monowave

Speaker/ lab in charge

Mr. Sandeep Sankaran

Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

Ms. Snehal Thakar

Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be  University), Pune

17:45pm – 18:00pm Q&A Session, Feedback/ end of the day In-charge of the event, speakers and lab incharge DAY 6: 22 MAY 2022

09:00am – 09:30am Arrival and Breakfast

09:30am – 10:00am Welcome and Introduction In-charge of the event from the host institute 

10:00am – 11:15 am Lecture session: Introduction to Computer Aided  Drug Designing (Structure Based Drug Design 

(Docking)

11:15am – 12:30pm Lecture session: Advances in Characterisation of  Drug Delivery System

12:30pm – 13:30pm Lunch Break

13:30pm – 14:30pm Lecture session: Proteomics: A window for  Indentification of Therapeutic Bioactive Proteins

14:30pm – 15:30pm Lab session and training/ Lab Safety and  Instructions

15:00pm – 16:00pm Lab session and training Demonstration of  Docking simulation

16:30pm – 16:45pm Evening Break

Dr. R G Kulkarni 

HoD (Pharm Chem), Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

Dr. Varsha Pokharkar

Dean & Vice Principal, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

Dr. Abhay Harsulkar

Professor, Dept. of Pharm. Biotech., Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati  Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune

Speaker/ lab in charge

Mr Vinayak Walekar 

Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

16:45pm – 17:45pm Lab session: Protein analysis by SDS PAGE Dr. Shama Aphale

Astt Professor, Dept. of Pharm. Biotech., Poona College of Pharmacy, 

Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune

17:45pm – 18:00pm Q&A Session, Feedback/ end of the day In-charge of the event, speakers and lab incharge

Time Activity Proposed Speaker/ Faculty/Resource Person DAY 7: 23 MAY 2022

09:00am – 09:30am Arrival and Breakfast

09:30am – 10:00am Welcome and Introduction In-charge of the event from the host institute  10:00am – 13:00pm Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulation Dr. Ankit Ganeshpurkar

Astt. Professor, Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune

13:00pm – 14:00pm Lunch Break

14:00pm – 15:00pm Lecture: Biotechnological Approaches for  Production of Phytopharmaceuticals

15:00pm – 15:30pm Lab session and training/ Lab Safety and  Instructions

Dr. A G Namdeo

HoD (Pharmacognosy) Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune Speaker/ lab in charge