More than 20 pharmacy colleges across Maharashtra participated in more than 30 events conducted as a part of the 25-day festival organised by Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA-SF-MSB)- Maharashtra State Branch. Rx is one of the biggest events to encourage the spirit of competition among pharmacy students across Maharashtra. From January 10 to 14, technical events Nextech 2k15 was held where students showed their knowledge and innovative ideas in the field of pharmacy.
The theme for Rx 2K15 festival was Nexus meaning “connection”. The opening ceremony of Rx Nexus was marked by the IPA Council march followed by the colleges where each college walked with their participants displaying their college flag and sportsmanship.
Students participated during all the 3 days, small stage events like Graffiti, Junk Jamming, Singing, Ad Mad, Mono-acting, Solo and Duet Dancing were the major attractions. The show witnessed more than 2500 spectators. First position was bagged by Bombay College of Pharmacy in Fashion Show and Dr Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy in Group Dance.
Rx-Sports started on 24th Dec’14 with the Torch Run. The torch was ignited by Sumaiya Khan, Chairperson, IPA-SF-MSB and handed over to the sports secretaries of participating colleges. Overall 14 sports events took place and the Sports trophy was bagged by Bhartiya Vidyapeeth’s College of Pharmacy. Followed by sports a one day seminar- Maharashtra Pharma Congress was organized which was attended by more than 250 students.
The closing ceremony was held on 17th January presided by the chief guest of the ceremony was Dr Supriya Shidaye. The annual magazine “Panache-a flair of mind” was released by the President of IPA-MSB, Dr Hemant Mondkar. The top 3 colleges for the year 2014-2015 were also announced where the first position was bagged by Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy followed by Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy at second position and Vivekanand Education Society’s College of Pharmacy at third position.
The chief patron for this year was Cipla, official beauty sponsor was Clean and Clear by Johnson & Johnson and official media partner was Line. The other sponsors were Ajanta Pharmaceuticals, RPG Life Science, Aarti drugs Ltd, Zim Laboratories, Milan labs, Gopaldasvishram, Bliss GVS Pharma, Linde India and MJ Biopharma.