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EVENTS /ANNOUNCEMENTS Volume -II Issue -1 August-2021

Events organized by School SPPSPTM, SVKM’S NMIMS, Mumbai

A Faculty Development Program on the “Use of Advanced
tools and technologies for Effective Online Teaching”, by
SPPSPTM, SVKM’S NMIMS, Mumbai was organized
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from 1 August 2020 to 5 August 2020 in on-line mode
for the in-house faculties. The faculty member from
Mumbai, Shirpur and Hyderabad Campus shared the
knowledge in the domain with others to enable effective
teaching-learning process during this pandemic.
SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
(NMIMS) School of Pharmacy & Technology Management
(SPPSPTM), Mumbai conducted a webinar on September
14, 2021 on “Lung cancer therapeutic strategy: tumor
vasculature targeted lipidic nanocarriers”.

The expert speaker of the session was Dr. Mahavir B. Chougule. Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi,
USA. Dr. Chougule shared his views on pathophysiology and advanced therapies in the treatment of lung cancer. He informed the
participants how the success rate of lung treatment still remains unsatisfactory. In the conventional therapies the drug is administered
at a high dose and associated with toxic effects. Therefore, he emphasized on the need for having site-specific targeted delivery of
therapeutically active agents for effective treatment of lung cancer. The speaker shared his experiences on working on live industrial
projects where they have been able to deliver the chemo drug using targeted biodegradable tumor vasculature homing lipidic
nanocarriers to lung tumor cells while sparing normal cells. The speaker shared the remarkable achievement of investigating the use
of the developed targeted nanocarriers on lung cancer xenografts/orthotopic tumor models.
Social activities done by the colleges on-field during covid times by SPPSPTM, SVKM’S NMIMS, Mumbai

“Manavta” was the flagship event of social responsibility forum of
SPPSPTM, SVKM’S NMIMS, Mumbai for the year 2020-2021.
The main aim of this event was to nurture kindness and humanity
while the pandemic persists. This event was divided into three
categories
Safety Kit Donation Drive:
Every member at Kshamta took the initiative to donate a safety

kit to all the unprivileged workers and house helps who find it
difficult to make the ends meet in tough times of COVID-19. The
kits included masks, sanitizers, gloves, and items that fulfill the
basic needs like soap, snacks, and dental kits along with
medication including painkillers and multi-vitamin tablets.
Food Donation Drive:
Team Kshamta along with ZOMATO FEEDING INDIA-MUMBAI joined hands for this drive and tried their best to feed the poor in these
difficult times as they struggle to meet their basic needs in areas like Vile Parle and Bandra.
Samvaad with Kshamta:

It is an initiative taken by Team Kshamta where the team members of Kshamta had conversations about the hardships and struggles
with the house helps and helpers around them. The interview made all of us realize how tough were the months of lockdown for
people with small jobs and how they made the ends meet. Sometimes listening to the conversations make us realize how fortunate we
are to have our family members who work so hard to fulfill our demands and expectations.

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