The President’s Address To The 16th National Convention of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India Apticon – October, 2011 At Moga (Punjab)
It gives me great pleasure to extend to the chief guest, all the members of the APTI and the distinguished guests a warm welcome to the 16th Annual Convention of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India.
It has been extremely kind of the Management, Principal, Staff and students of the ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga to have graciously come forward to play the host and make arrangements for the conduct of the convention. It is a great responsibility they have undertaken and have been going about making all arrangements with interest and enthusiasm. This is my second visit to this place. We must appreciate the development of this college which excelled in the field of Pharma education with their quality education. We also appreciate their contribution to the APTI for conducting its major event of the year.
This is 16th Annual convention of our Association. APTI established in 1966 has gone through a process of healthy democratization. The APTI today is a major organisation – the only one for pharmacy education and has 6500 life members. APTI strives to bring the pharmacy education on a single platform, improve the quality of pharmacy education and honour the achievements of distinguished teachers. Although many milestones have been crossed, but more heights need to be scaled. My quest has been the one for principles to orient the reformation of higher education in the third millennium. This is because, I strongly believe this millennium will be that of: "Change being the only thing constant". In this era of constant change, of enhanced internationalism; education and training needs to be adequately imparted to deal with knowledge society which can be done only if our students are amply trained. The efforts of the association in encouraging and supporting its members to attain the best have always been appreciated. It is our responsibility as pharmacy professionals to keep up with the pace of the world and APTI is one such avenue through which this can be achieved.