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A noble step to help the underprivileged

Star Campus Desk

ASIAN Paints (Bangladesh) Ltd. and Stamford University Bangladesh jointly arranged a programme to distribute food and clothes among the unprivileged people at different locations of the city at the culmination of Rag Day, BBA, 28th batch of the university.

This was the first time ever in this country Asian Paints and students of Stamford University brought the core meaning of Rag Day. On that day the students saved their daily expenditure and sold their own rejected clothes to buy foods for those unprivileged people and also gave their fresh clothes to them.

This is a small initiative by Asian Paints (Bangladesh) Ltd and Stamford University Bangladesh to make a landmark and create awareness among those people/institutions who are interested to come up with the same idea. Marketing executive of Asian Paints said that there are 54 private universities, 25 public universities and 2 international universities, from these universities more than 5 lac students are passing out in a year. If all the students follow the way Stamford University done on their rag day then 5 lac poor people will have foods and clothes for a day. Simultaneously the students will also be able to accomplish a responsibility as vigilant citizens in the beginning of their new life.

Pharmacy Students of Primeasia University visit Pharmaceuticals Plant

Prof. Sk. Feroz Uddin Ahmed

RECENTLY, 41 students and faculty members of the department of Pharmacy of Primeasia University made a day long learning-visit to Beacon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Prof. Sk. Feroz Uddin Ahmed led the visiting team. Manufacturing plant of Beacon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is situated at Kathali, Mymensingh. It is a very well planned and constructed pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant with a world-class standard and reputation. It has special interest in manufacturing anti-cancer drugs, hormone and other high-tech specialized products.

Students received cordially by Nitai Das, Vice President and S A B M Shahadat Ali, Quality Compliance Manager of the plant. The students and faculty members were impressed by observing its system of wastes management, water treatment plant, environment control devices and segregation of manufacturing units. Das briefed the visitors on their stands for Validation Master Plan (VMP) as per European GMP 2002 and cGMP 210,211 regulations to guarantee quality drug manufacturing. The students visited the production departments, product development department, quality assurance department, quality control and quality compliance department, oncology plant, specialized lyophilised product manufacturing unit etc. of the manufacturing plant. Through the visit the students and faculty members came to know that Beacon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is the only pharmaceuticals manufacturer that has been introducing anti-cancer drugs, total Intra-venous nutrients, liquids in hard gelatine capsule and lyophilised drugs for the first time in Bangladesh. At the end of the visit, the Vice President and Quality Compliance Manager of the plant discussed with the visitors different aspects and techniques of pharmaceutical manufacturing and answered some queries of the students.

(The writer is Head, Department of Pharmacy Primeasia University)