{"id":5200,"date":"2025-07-09T03:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2026-09-18T03:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:36:21","slug":"training-on-safe-and-rational-use-of-medicines-a-drug-information-centre-dic-a-brainware-university-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/training-on-safe-and-rational-use-of-medicines-a-drug-information-centre-dic-a-brainware-university-initiative\/sdg-type\/04-quality-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Training on Safe and Rational Use of Medicines-A Drug Information Centre (DIC), a Brainware University initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Training-on-Safe-and-Rational-Use-of-Medicines-01-01-01-01-01-01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Training-on-Safe-and-Rational-Use-of-Medicines-01-01-01-01-01-01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Training-on-Safe-and-Rational-Use-of-Medicines-01-01-01-01-01-01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Training-on-Safe-and-Rational-Use-of-Medicines-01-01-01-01-01-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Training-on-Safe-and-Rational-Use-of-Medicines-01-01-01-01-01-01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Training-on-Safe-and-Rational-Use-of-Medicines-01-01-01-01-01-01-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Training-on-Safe-and-Rational-Use-of-Medicines-01-01-01-01-01-01-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Training-on-Safe-and-Rational-Use-of-Medicines-01-01-01-01-01-01-850x850.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Training on Safe and Rational Use of Medicines-<br>A Drug Information Centre (DIC), a Brainware University initiative                                                                                                                         NSS                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Pharmaceutical Technology                                                                                                                                                                                09-07-2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Brainware University, in collaboration with the Drug Information Centre (DIC) and NSS Unit, organised a training programme on <strong>\u201cSafe and Rational Use of Medicines\u201d<\/strong> to promote awareness among NSS volunteers regarding responsible and informed medication practices. The programme aimed to highlight the importance of rational drug use, the role of Drug Information Centres, and the need to empower individuals to make informed healthcare decisions. The event was attended by Prof. (Dr.) Anup Kumar Maity, Dean of Students\u2019 Welfare, Mr. Madhav Bandyopadhyay, NSS Coordinator, and Mr. Suip Saha, Departmental NSS Coordinator. Dr. Prasenjit Mondal, Chairperson of the DIC, and Ms. Teasha Chakraborty conducted interactive sessions covering self-medication, dosage compliance, antibiotic resistance, and other aspects of medicine safety, while addressing participants\u2019 queries through practical examples and discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programme enhanced the participants\u2019 understanding of safe and rational medication practices and the significance of DICs in promoting responsible drug use. The NSS volunteers were encouraged to act as peer educators and disseminate awareness about appropriate medication practices within their communities. Overall, the initiative strengthened students\u2019 knowledge of medicine safety and highlighted the importance of informed and responsible healthcare decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-quality-education.webp\" alt=\"Quality Education\" class=\"wp-image-154\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training on Safe and Rational Use of Medicines-A Drug Information Centre (DIC), a Brainware University initiative NSS Pharmaceutical Technology 09-07-2025 The Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Brainware University, in collaboration with the Drug Information Centre (DIC) and NSS Unit, organised a training programme on \u201cSafe and Rational Use of Medicines\u201d to promote awareness among NSS volunteers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,56,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-04-quality-education","category-nss","category-pharma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5202,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions\/5202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainwareuniversity.ac.in\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}