The conference was on the subject ‘Amalgamation of Recent Pharmaceutical Developments in Ayurveda’, where top propagators of Indian Ayurveda from 11 states of India and other countries participated.
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences of Lovely Professional University and National Ayurveda Students & Youth Association collaborated for the organization of the International Pharmacy Conference ‘LPUNASYA-2016’ atthe LPU Campus. Minister of Education & Training of Lesotho Kingdom, Dr. Mahali Agnes Phamotse and the Health Minister of Punjab Surjeet Kumar Jyani inaugurated the two-day conference. The conference was on the subject ‘Amalgamation of Recent Pharmaceutical Developments in Ayurveda’, where top propagators of Indian Ayurveda from 11 states of India and other countries participated. Of 250 research papers received, the best 180 have been accepted and nearly 50 of these will be published in the Scopus Journal. The conference is to be conducted in 7 scientific sessions and 7 important guest-lectures to enlighten the participating students and audience about the values and importance of Indian Ayurveda practices.
Dr. Mahali Phamotse thanked the Indian Government and LPU authorities for providing her the opportunity to be a part of the great pharmacy conference at LPU. Recalling Mahatma Gandhi, she said with great humility,“To be the best one must from the best. Whatever I will be learning from this great conference, I will certainly implement in my own country for the benefit of the student-community and society in general. I appreciate LPU for its relentless efforts in the field of education, and this visit to LPU will certainly be a milestone for the education sector of my country.” She also led a six-member team from education departments and the embassy of Lesotho Kingdom to LPU. Understanding the quality oriented and cost effective higher education at LPU, Dr. Phamotse also signed an MoU with LPU for the advantage of the students of her country.
Minister Jyani addressed the conference in very simple words and inspired all amusingly to adopt old ayurvedic traditions tolive fit and contribute to society. He said,“We should be united in sprotecting our environment, nature, thinking- power and all that nature has provided us in abundance. We know all about the great values we have inherited, but we do not act upon those. If we have to live healthy, we have start acting healthy now.”
Welcoming all the elite guests, LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal said: “ Ayurveda is the oldest medical proactice in the world. We are happy to be hosting part of this great endeavour which is intended for the welfare of mankind. I am proud while sharing with you that top international brands market their products and services in the name of ayurvedic and herbal products including aloe-vera, lemon, cucumber, turmeric and more. I want that industry and academia should work collectively to make the Indian practice of Ayurveda a great success by supporting research students regularly.”
Laying stress on the importance of Ayurveda, one of the research papers- ‘Ayurveda as an Adjuvant to Chemo and Radiotherapy of Cancer’- presented by Neha Bhatia and Manish Vyas from LPU School of Pharmaceutical Sciences holds: “Various clinical trials and studies report that the impact of Ayurveda based adjuvant (a pharmacological or immunological agent that modifies the effect of other agents) therapy reduces the side effects produced by chemical treatment of cancer.”
