International Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery & Development in the Twenty First Century.

Year: 2002
Venue: Kolkata

The symposium provided a unique opportunity to the participants to deliberate on various aspects of drug discovery process including advances in Chemical and Biological sciences. The symposium was graced by eminent scientists hailing from highly acclaimed international academic institutions such as University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, Stanford University, USA and reputed Indian academic institutions such as Bose Institute, Kolkata, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Scientists from Merck & Co., Rahway, USA, F. Hoffmann La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, Bayer AG, Germany, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Regional Research Institute, Jorhat, Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram were other distinguished participants of the symposium.

International Symposium on Drug Discovery At The Crossroads; The confluence of chemistry, biology and information technology.

Year: 2003
Venue: Kolkata

This symposium was honoured by renowned scientists not only from the industrial sector both national and abroad such as Aponetics, Switzerland, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, Syngenta International, Berkshire, UK, Bristol Myers Squibb, New Jersey, USA, Discovery Partners International, AG, Basel, Switzerland, Discovery Partners International, San Diego, USA, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, F. Hoffman-La Roche Wipro Health Science, Bangalore, India, but also from reputed academic institutions such as Drew University, New Jersey, USA, The Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Microbiology, State Pharmaceutical Administration of China and Fujian Province, Fuzhou, China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular biology & Applied Ecology, Germany, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA, The University of Texas, M. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Indian Institute of Science, Banglalore, India.