The 63rd National Pharmacy Week, organized by the Faculty of Pharmacy at VGI, embraced the theme "𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲," highlighting the vital role pharmacists play in promoting health and well-being.
𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐥 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥- 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚- 𝐂𝐎𝐎, 𝐕𝐆𝐈, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒.𝐏. 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐲- 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 & 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫- 𝐕𝐆𝐈, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐕.𝐊. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡- 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐚- 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐨𝐣𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐝-𝐮𝐥-𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦- 𝐈𝐧-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐧- 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 the event featured a series of engaging activities such as an 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧-𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.
These initiatives aimed to raise awareness about 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬' 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 beyond dispensing 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 their importance in rational 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬.
