About University & Department
The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak has been established by an Act of the Parliament of India. It came into existence by the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Act, 2007 and came into action on July 2008. The jurisdiction of the University extends to the whole country and it is fully funded by the Central Government through the University Grant Commission. Department of pharmacy has started in IGNTU campus, Amarkantak from the academic session 2016-’17 with the prior approval of Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi. The department of pharmacy offers four year Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) and two year diploma in pharmacy (D.Pharm) courses with an intake of 60 for each course and an active Ph.D programme is also running in the department. The mission of the pharmacy department is to train the students with the best of technical knowledge and skills for global need to serve the society with ethics and commitment.
About the Seminar
This national seminar on Indian tribal medicinal plants research: challenges & prospects will promise to be an exciting opportunity to hear about the latest initiatives and research avenues in medicinal plants research with a focus on Indian folk medicine. This would also provide an opportunity for the students and young teachers to interact with the resource persons/scientists from industry, research institutions and academia to update their knowledge. As a whole it would immensely benefit all the delegates from various parts of the country particularly central states.
DBT SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR
on
Indian Tribal Medicinal Plants Research:
Challenges & Prospects
(ITMPR – 2018)
28-29 April, 2018
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University,
Amarkantak, M.P
Scientific Themes
• Advanced Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry
• Herbal Drug Technology.
• Screening of natural products for new drug development
• Standardization and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants
• The role of Ethnobotanists in the search for new medicinal plants
• Tribal medicine: An untapped treasure
• Connecting Indian wisdom and western Science
• Tribes in India: Status of health research
• Medicinal plants research of rural India
• Applications of Plant Biotechnology in Natural Product.
Scope of the Seminar: The seminar will provide an opportunity to review and update the recent developments in the frontier of Tribal Medicinal Plants Research, as the experts would be deliberating on the theme. It would enable the delegates including young teachers, research scholars, post graduate students to interact with the experts/resource persons to enrich their knowledge. The participants can also exchange views on concepts and potential research areas and funding agencies in medicinal plant research.
Call for Abstracts
Participants are cordially invited for presentation in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, plant biotechnology, botany, medicinal plants research and phytochemistry. The last date for receiving of abstracts is 10th April, 2018. The abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of experts and the acceptance of presentation (oral or poster) will be mailed to the author. Number of papers for oral and poster presentations will be limited to maintain the quality. Abstracts must be written in English, not exceeding 300 words. The abstract should include title (14pt, bold, upper case, Times new roman), authors names & affiliations (12pt, sentence case, times new roman all through). The text should be single spaced 12pt Times new roman font. Abstracts should be mailed to pharmacyseminar@yahoo.com. Registration of the student participants must be forwarded by Head of the institution.
Poster presentation: The size of the poster should not exceed 120cm (height) and 90 cm (width). The poster must be prepared in English. The contents of the poster should be readable from 1.5 meters.
Oral presentation: Young researchers, faculty members, PhD scholars and PG students are most encouraged for oral presentation. Maximum time for the oral presentation is 10 min. The presentation should be MS Power Point 2010 format. Best oral and poster presentations will be rewarded.
Speakers: This seminar will be addressed by renowned speakers from Academia, Industry and Research Organizations.
Registration Fees ( on or before 10th April, 2018):
Faculty/Project Fellow: Rs.800/-
Students/Research Scholars: Rs.500/-
Account No. 3666503631
IFSC Code: CBIN0284695
MICR Code: 484016137
Name of the Bank: Central Bank of India
Delegate registration fee, by all participants, can be paid through D.D/online by any nationalized bank in favour of the convener, National Seminar ITMPR 2018, payable at Central Bank of India, IGNTU Campus Branch, Amarkantak. The fee should reach us by 10th April, 2018. Please send DD/online fee receipt along with the registration form. No TA/DA will be paid to the participants.
Accommodation:
Modest accommodation will be provided on sharing basis (single/double/dormitory) in hostels of the university. For this, the participants should have completed their registration by 10th April, 2018.
Important dates:
Last date for submission of abstract: 10thApril, 2018
Acceptance of abstract: 15th April, 2018
Please send the complete filled-in registration for
along with DD to the following address.
Dr K Srinivasa Rao
Convener - National Seminar
Dept of pharmacy, Indira Gandhi National Tribal
University, Amarkantak – 484 887, M.P.
Email:pharmacyseminar@yahoo.com
How to reach: Amarkantak is situated 25km in the west of Pendra Road Railway Station (Chattisgarh) on Katani-Bilaspur route of south West Central Railway. Almost all the trains running on this route are having halt at this station.
Nearest Railway Station:
1. Pendra Road – Distance 25 KM
2. Bilaspur – Distance 125 KM
Organized by
Department of Pharmacy, IGNTU
Venue: Swami Vivekananda Auditorium
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
Amarkantak - 484 887. M.P.
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