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1 10-02-2017 GGGNNNIIIPPPSSSTTT BBBUUULLLLLLEEETTTIIINNN 222000111777 10th February, 2017 Volume No.: 63 Issue No.: 04 Vision To develop responsible citizens who would be professionally equipped to think globally and act locally and become reformers of society to meet the challenges of future. Mission To impart high quality pharmaceutical science, technology and management education to the budding professionals and provide the ambience needed for developing requisite skills to make a mark of excellence in Education, Research, Business , Industry and achieve highest personal Message from PRINCIPAL Editorial board Historical article News Update Knowledge based Article Disease Related Breaking News Upcoming Events Drugs Update Campus News Student s Section Editor s Note ArchiveGNIPST Photo Gallery For your comments/contribution OR For Back -Is sues.

2 GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY W e bs i t e : ht t p: / / gni ps t. a c. i n 10-02-2017 MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL "It can happen. It does happen. But it can't happen if you quit." Lauren Dane. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle It gives me immense pleasure to pen a few words for our e- BULLETIN . At the onset I would like to thank the last year s editors and congratulate the newly selected editors for the current year.

3 Our first consideration is always in the best interest of the students. Our goal is to promote academic excellence and continuous improvement. I believe that excellence in education is aided by creating a learning environment in which all learners are supported in maximizing their potential and talents. Education needs to focus on personalized learning and instruction, while promoting an education system that is impartial, universally accessible, and meeting the needs of all students. It is of paramount importance that our learners have sufficient motivation and encouragement in order to achieve their aims.

4 We are all very proud of you, our students, and your accomplishments and look forward to watching as you put your mark on the profession in the years ahead. The call of the time is to progress, not merely to move ahead. Our progressive Management is looking forward and wants our Institute to flourish as a Post Graduate Institute of Excellence. Steps are taken in this direction and fruits of these efforts will be received by our students in the near future. Our Teachers are committed and dedicated for the development of the institution by imparting their knowledge and play the role of facilitator as well as role model to our students.

5 The Pharmacy profession is thriving with a multitude of possibilities, opportunities and positive challenges. At Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, our focus is on holistic needs of our students. I am confident that the students of GNIPST will recognize all the possibilities, take full advantage of the opportunities and meet the challenges with purpose and determination. Excellence in Education is not a final destination, it is a continuous walk. I welcome you to join us on this path. My best wishes to all. Dr. A. Sengupta Click here to go at the top 1 10-02-2017 EDITORIAL BOARD CHIEF EDITOR DR.

6 ABHIJIT SENGUPTA EDITOR MS. JEENATARA BEGUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR MANDAL HISTORICAL ARTICLEW ernher Von Braun When it comes to the field of rocket science and space exploration, the name Wernher von Braun is one of great esteem. It was in the 1930s-1970s when he made significant contributions to rocket science and space exploration and these contributions made him an important man in history. So much was the importance of his contributions that the German scientist is often called as the Father of Rocket Science. First, his works were only noted in Germany, but after the World War II, he also began to be a prominent figure in the United States as well.

7 Early Life and Educational Background Wernher von Braun was a part of an aristocratic family. His place of birth Wirsitz, and was the middle child in the brood of three. Magnus Freiherr von Braun, his father, was from an affluent family, and because of this, he and his father both had the title Freiherr which is equivalent to being a Baron. Magnus Freiherr von Braun was a conservative civil servant, and he was the Minister of Agriculture in the Federal Cabinet. Emmy von Quistorp, Wernher s mother, can trace her family s ancestry back to the medieval European royalties.

8 It was his mother who had started his curiosity for knowing more about outer space. After Wernher von Braun s Lutheran confirmation, he received a telescope as a gift from his mother and it was then when he began to love astronomy. When his family transferred residence to Berlin, he had caused a great disruption in one of the crowded streets after having attached and set fire to fireworks on his toy wagon. He drew his inspiration from the speed records made by Fritz von Click here to go at the top 2 10-02-2017 Opel and Max Valier. Apart from his curiosity with fireworks, he was a talented musician who played pieces by masters such as Bach and Beethoven from his memory.

9 He learned how to play both the piano and cello while he was young and though he originally wanted to be a composer, he was destined for greatness in another field. In 1925 he began to attend a boarding school which was in Ettersburg Castle. During the early years, he wasn t excelling in mathematics or physics but because of Die Rakete zu den Planetenr umen or the book called By Rocket into Interplanetary Space which he acquired back then, he honed his skills in mathematics and physics because space travel was something which has always fascinated him.

10 He then joined the Spaceflight Society or Verein f r Raumschiffahrt when he went attended Technische Hochschule Berlin. There he was able to have a hand in assisting Willy Ley in the tests he was conducting for liquid-fueled rockets. Because of this exposure, he believed that so much more would be needed to make space exploration come true and it prompted him to further his studies by entering Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit t in 1934 to have his post-graduate courses which earned him a degree in physics. While in the following years his work had been focused on military rockets, his real interest was for space travel.