Dr Farhan Jalees Ahmad, associate professor, faculty of Pharmacy-Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi has been elected as the new president of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA)-Delhi branch.

The IPA-Delhi branch announced its new office-bearers and new executive council for 2009-11 for which elections were held recently. Prafull D Sheth, past president of IPA, was the returning officer for conduct of the election process.

Dr Praveen Khullar, director of Sanofi-Synthelabo (I) Ltd, Goa is the Immediate Past president. Other office-bearers are: vice-presidents, Dr Sunil Kumar Jain, chief pharmacist at AIIMS and Sanjay Talwar; honorary general secretary, Kalhan Bazaz, editor of The Indian Pharmacist; honorary treasurer, Dr Rajesh Khanna, associate director-Formulations, Fresenius Kabi, Sahibabad, UP; and joint secretary, Naresh Sharma, drugs inspector, Central Drug Standards Control Organization, Ghaziabad, UP.

In addition, the executive committee members elected to the branch are: professor Roop K Khar, Department of Pharmaceutics, faculty of Pharmacy-Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi; S L Nasa, registrar, Delhi Pharmacy Council; professor S H Ansari, dean, faculty of Pharmacy-Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi; Manish Narang; Dr Sushma Talegaonkar, assistant professor, faculty of Pharmacy-Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi; Dr Sayeed Ahmad Khan, lecturer at Department of Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry, faculty of Pharmacy-Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi; Dr Mohd Aqil, assistant professor, faculty of Pharmacy- Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi; Pankaj Jain, senior lecturer, Vaish Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Rohtak, Haryana; and Dr Tanveer Naved, assistant professor, Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Noida, UP.