IBTHUB RIPANS

IBThub, RIPANS

Level of the Biotech Hub: Institutional Level.

Date &Year of the sanction of biotech hub with DBT’s Sanction Order No:

No. BT/04/NE/2009; Dated 21/09/2010

 

Name &Designation of the Coordinator: Ms. K. Thanzami, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, RIPANS

Address of the Institution: Regional Institute of Paramedical & Nursing Sciences(RIPANS), Zemabawk, Aizawl, Mizoram-796017

            The Implementation of Institutional Level Biotech Hub project from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India in the year 2010 initiated many research activities in the Department of Pharmacy where IBThub, RIPANS is being housed. Due to equipments installed and certain activities of the Hub, many other research projects from different funding bodies had been sanctioned in the Department of Pharmacy, resulting the introduction of M.Pharm course in 2014. The number of scientific publications is also increased drastically since the inception of IBThub. In addition, the IBThub supported many local food processing industries to improve their product. One of the remarkable achievements is to design low cost, hygienic and more effective equipment for preparation of traditional fermented soybean. Traditional medicine practioners are also supported to prove their knowledge scientifically.

            IBThub, RIPANS is utilized to perform B. Pharm Final year project and M. Pharm project works. It is not only open for the coordinator and co-coordinator’s students, but for all the students in the department. IBThub, RIPANS is mainly utilized by the students and faculties of the Department of Pharmacy, RIPANS in performing their practical experiments and doing their research works. The other departments in the Institute are paramedical courses like Nursing, Laboratory Technology, Ophthalmic Technology and Radioimaging Technology whose interests are quite different as to course works, experiments and research activities. Hence, there is not much involvement of students and faculty members of other departments in the biotech hub activities. However, the hub is involved with various lifescience departments of other institutes like Pachhunga University College, Mizoram University and even with Assam University, Silchar.