Pharmaceutical Talent Quiz
The Royal Society of Chemistry Deccan Section in association with School of Pharmacy, Anurag Group of Institutions (AGI), Hyderabad, held an Inter-College Quiz competition for pharmacy students on 29th March, 2014.
The event was designed to encourage and build confidence in pharmacy students to exhibit their communication skills and basic knowledge necessary to face job interviews for their future career. The questions were framed in such a way as if they were facing a mock interview for placements in the pharmaceutical industry.
The Inter-college quiz competition saw 22 teams (of two members each) from various pharmacy colleges, all competing with one another to take the honours. After initial screening, six teams were selected for the final quiz competition.
The quiz was on three specialised fields such as pharmaceutics, pharmacology and pharmaceutical analysis. After three rounds of questions based on the areas mentioned above, spread over 1hour and 30 minutes, three top teams were selected for prizes on the basis of their overall score.
Two hundred students and staff attended the quiz programme. In order to allow the audience to participate, we asked a few questions on the final round involving the audience and gave away pens (with the RSC logo) and chocolates to the students who answered correctly.
Cash prices, GK books and certificates were given to winners and runners-up. Books and certificates were given to other participants.
Prof Peesapati, Dr V. Jayathirths Rao and Mr. Samm conducted this special event with the support of Dr P. V. Diwan, Director, School of Pharmacy, AGI, Hyderabad.
Report by Prof Peesapati