Institutional Distinctiveness

Member of Health Care Team

According to author ZigZiglar, "Life is an echo." What you send out comes back, and what you sow, you reap. Hence, along with the thrust and priority of creating competent pharmacy professionals who efficiently contribute to the healthcare system of society and to the pharmacy profession, the Annasaheb Dange College of B. Pharmacy at Ashta also maintains its practises as a member of the healthcare team. Eventually, our organisation is not only provide quality education to produce knowledgeable, skilled pharmacists but also fulfil our duties towards society. At the current date, the thing that is most needed by society is a human values education, which should be inculcated in the young generation, and among the human values most essential is humanity. Our motto is "spread humanity," and for us, humanity means caring for and helping others whenever and wherever possible. Being an education institute in the pharmacy field, we feel that it is our prime responsibility to help society by taking care of its health.

Educator for young healthcare team

We consider our students to be messengers of society who reach and enlighten almost every member of society, directly or indirectly. Hence, through the regular teaching and learning process, we prepare them well to act as competent pharmacy professionals. Our consistent academic records reflect the efforts we made to shape the next generation of health care professionals. We also believe that educational institutes play a prime role in creating sensitive human beings. Henceforth, we organise several programmes to create awareness among students about various diseases and health challenges. To date, Annasaheb Dange College of B Pharmacy has organised 14 student awareness programs. The feedback received from students about such a programme confirms that it serves the purpose of enhancing the knowledge of students. Such knowledgeable and confident students participated in social awareness rallies organised by the institute and performed remarkably well. Similarly, the villagers with whom our student has interacted expressed their positive views and appreciated his knowledge level. This supports our claim of being an educator for young healthcare teams.

Beacon of hope for solving health issues of society

It is necessary to be always grateful towards society, in which we exist and grow endlessly; henceforth, the institute believes taking care of the health of society is its prime goal. Through various activities, help is delivered to society whenever it is needed. As per the survey of the local community and related studies, it was noted that several health issues arising in society are due to people's ignorance of the disease, its causative agents, and the incubation period of the disease. The local community struggles while fighting against vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, etc. Hence, we conducted a special awareness session about dengue disease. In that session, aspects related to causes, prevention, diet, and herbal remedies for the treatment of disease were discussed. We conducted rallies in a local village to make people aware of diseases as well. To prevent the spread of Dengue fever, we released guppy fish into local water sources (lakes, wells, etc.) to eliminate mosquito larvae.

Another survey conducted by the Institute revealed that the local community is addicted to tobacco and related products. In order to fight against this issue, we conducted a special awareness programme for our students. Later on, these trained representatives spread awareness among society through means of counselling and street play. Due to tobacco and related products, oral health is much affected; hence, we organised a free oral health check-up camp for the community. Another example of an act of kindness by the Institute is the distribution of free medicines to the local community through the means of special health camps. To date, the institute has conducted 13 different activities to solve the health problems of society during the last five years. Along with such acts, the institute always focuses on the health and hygiene of society. This flashes light on our act of being a beacon of hope for solving health issues in society.

Synchronising with the national health policy of 'Swasth Bharat'

The government of India has launched its plan for improving the health of its citizens, among which the key aspects are information about diseases, quitting tobacco for life, blood donation, Fit India, etc. We feel privileged to arrange a blood donation camp at our institute; every year we organise a blood donation camp to fulfil the need for societal health. As discussed earlier, spreading awareness about the disease is a regular practise of our institute, which also informs the nation's policy. Our students have secured prizes in the Government of India-supported Khelo India and Fit India movements. All these activities lead to a healthy society, which eventually complies with ‘Swasth Bharat Abhiyan’. Along with health, hygiene is equally important, and our institute did remarkably well under the "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" scheme. We have arranged several cleanliness drives in the local society; along with that, our campus also supports solid and liquid waste management, which also supports keeping a healthy environment.

Concerning the thrust and priority of creating competent pharmacy professionals, chosen by the institute, the facts presented and successes achieved denote progress in attaining the vision of the institute. Being the torch bearer for budding pharmacists, we always make them aware of their responsibilities as a member of the health care team. Our motto is to shape the present generation for tomorrow’s better India.

Following programs are conducted to showcase Institutional Distinctiveness

1. Member of Health care team

2. Educator for young healthcare team

3. Beacon of hope for solving health issues of society

4. Synchronizing with the national health policy of 'Swachh Bharat'