Nirma University (NU) was established in the year 2003 as a Statutory University under a Special Act passed by the Gujarat State Legislative Assembly. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recognized Nirma University under Section 2(f) and the University is also accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Nirma University is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). In addition to Institute of Pharmacy, the other constituent institutes of the University include Institute of Technology, Institute of Diploma Studies, Institute of Law, Institute of Management, and Institute of Science. The 125-acre green and clean campus is serene with picturesque landscapes. Excellent hostel and transport facilities are available along with bank, dining halls, canteen, student store, yoga hall, health center, gymnasium, and sports grounds on the campus.
The processes used by academic and industrial scientists to discover new drugs has recently experienced a true renaissance with many new and exciting computer aided techniques being developed in the past 5-10 years. Medicinal chemistry has benefited tremendously from the technological advances in the field of Computer Aided Drug Design. Structure-based drug design has been shown to be an invaluable technology for medicinal chemistry and drug discovery applications since it often dramatically reduces the overall cost of drug discovery. Many advances including crystallography and informatics are behind these successes. Of great importance is also the impact these advances in structure-based drug design are likely to have on the overall pharmacokinetic and toxicity profile of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. The aim of the workshop is to disseminate knowledge about this immensely useful discipline, which accelerates the design of new leads for the life threatening diseases like Cancer, AIDs, Tuberculosis, Leishmania etc. These new tools have had a significant impact on both drug design and discovery in the pharmaceutical industry that helps the scientist in their research work. The workshop introduces concepts through lectures delivered by renowned speakers, discussion regarding envisaged and encountered problems in these and related technologies. The workshop will also include hands-on training on some important computer software for drug design. Attending the workshop will be of great help to budding scientists from various fields as it covers how to effectively put to use the knowledge of different software of drug design.
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