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Dr Sajeev Chandran BITS Pilani bags APTI's Young Pharmacy Teacher of the Year 2008 Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008-10-11 08:54:48 - The Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) applauded the achievements of Dr Sajeev Chandran in the first decade of his teaching career by conferring upon him the coveted APTI Young Pharmacy Teacher of the Year 2008 Award at a glittering function during the Annual Convention at Bilaspur on 03 October 2008.

Headquartered at Bangalore, APTI with the mission to be the best National Platform for dealing with all issues related to Pharmacy Teaching and Education in India was established in 1966, by the leading luminaries of Pharmacy education in India Prof. M. L. Schroff, Prof G.P. Srivastava, Prof B M Mithal and others.

Dr Sajeev Chandran who joined BITS in 1998 is presently Assistant Professor in the Pharmacy Group and also an Assistant Dean of the Engineering Services Division of BITS Pilani. The Pharmacy Group of BITS, Pilani is one of the few early schools of Pharmacy in India. Established in 1950, under the able leadership of (Late) Prof. M. L. Schroff, Father of Pharmacy Education in India, it has blossomed into one of the most sought after Schools of Pharmacy in India.

Sajeev holds a B.Pharm degree from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and M.Pharm degree as well as PhD from BITS Pilani. In addition he holds MBA from IGNOU also. His field of specialization is Pharmaceutics. He has close to 40 publications in peer reviewed journals. Dr Sajeev extensively uses for teaching, case studies, discussion forums, worksheet based assignments, role playing exercises etc. He has also introduced hands-on experience for the students in the areas of rDNA technology & cloning, quality assurance & validation, pharmacokinetics and clinical pharmacy. Apart from various B Pharm and M Pharm courses, he has also taught courses for the M Phil Hospital & Health Systems Management and Master of Public Health degrees of BITS Pilani. One should not be surprised if it is said that he is also playing the role of Warden for Gandhi Bhawan which is one of the Boys hostels of BITS Pilani. The homepage of Dr Sajeev Chandran is discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/discipline/pharmacy/sajeev/index.htm

The 13th Annual National Convention 2008 of APTI was held at Guru Ghasidas University (recently declared as Central University) Bilaspur, Chattisgarh during October 3-4, 2008. Dr Sajeev Chandran received the award from Dr B Suresh, President Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) who is also the President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association and Vice Chancellor, JSS University, Karnataka. The award carries a felicitation with a garland of sandal wood, a kosa silk shawl, Plaque, Merit Certificate, Citation apart from a Cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-. Other dignitaries who graced the function included Shri H.D. Diwan, Deputy Speaker, Chattisgarh Assembly; Dr. L. M. Malviya, Vice Chancellor, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, Prof. P.C. Dandiya, Eminent Pharmacy Educationist and other office bearers of APTI.

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Home Page of Dr. Sanjeev Chandran:

http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/discipline/pharmacy/sajeev/index.html

Email:   sajeev13@gmail.com

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