PHARMA LITERATI

We are presenting the series of essays submitted for the 1st Annual Pharma Literati Essay contest. The opinions in the essay are by the authors and need to be endorsed by Pharma Literati team.                Education   is the process, which advances learning and creativity. Creativity is the accumulation of skills ,   values ,   beliefs and   habits which works as add-on to the thinking power. When this thinking power expands it provides Knowledge. A developed country is one that has the capability to strengthen the national security, accelerate the wealth along with proper blue print of technologies and aim to achieve the goal in upliftment of the lifestyle of the fellow compatriot. To this respect, education is the sole requirement to meet the developmental goals.  In ancient era education is used to impart knowledge of religion, scriptures,   philosophy ,   literature , warfare, statecraft,   ...

We are presenting the series of essays submitted for the 1st Annual Pharma Literati Essay contest. The opinions in the essay are by the authors and need to be endorsed by Pharma Literati team.  Online education has evolved to such a degree that as a method of educating and as a platform or global branding, it bears little resemblance to what it was merely a few years ago. Institutional strategies for how to engage with these changes have evolved as well, given how colleges and universities worldwide have responded to some of the latest developments in online learning. Changing trends in educational technology are thus the driving force behind many of the educational strategies now introduce across the world. Why Use Technology in Schools? Technology is a tool, not an end in itself. The goal isn’t to create a digital version of business as usual but to empower teachers to make better use of instructional strategies such as: Case-based learning, helping students master a...

We are presenting the series of essays submitted for the 1st Annual Pharma Literati Essay contest. The opinions in the essay are by the authors and need to be endorsed by Pharma Literati team.  Historically education was a very different experience when comparing it to the highly sophisticated digital learning of today. Bulky text books and stacks of photocopied handouts would be presented by your lecturer only to end up in a dark corner of your filing cabinet never to be seen again. Owing to the study growth of technology, education is no longer just a teacher talking to a bunch of students in a class room. Delivering education online at the user’s convenience offers significant benefits our traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms-enabling high-quality education to be distributed on a global scale. It has picked up pace and this growth is not set to slowdown anytime soon. Digital platforms help people get access to a world-class learning experience Cohen traditional hig...

We are presenting the series of essays submitted for the 1st Annual pharma Literati Essay contest. The opinions in the essay are by the authors and need to be endorsed by Pharma Literati team.  Yes it is true….! An online education platform with an objective to provide a platform to students and faculties to explore new opportunities in the area of online education in the field of life sciences. Pharmacy profession came in to existence 4000 years ago when the population living in northern era had separate group of people to compound and dispense medicine and separate people to diagnose and treat diseases. Since then pharmacist is gaining importance in the society. In case of our profession pharmacists are dynamic, patient-oriented professional committed to full filling the health care need of their patient. Through the academics to industry now a days everything is become easier by one word that is “ONLINE”.  Weather it is any kind of services or education or indust...

We are presenting the series of essays submitted for the 1st Annual Pharma Literati Essay contest. The opinions in the essay are by the authors and need to be endorsed by Pharma Literati team.  Introduction With the evolving technology, change has become an integral part of success and if technology is something related to internet, then people must embrace the technology as quick as possible. Education sector in India has long awaited an overhaul to meet the growing demand for a contemporary education system that is accessible to all, through technology-driven, revealing considerable potential and readiness to imbibe and learn using digital media. Although, India scored well in improving from mere 12% literacy at the time of independence to 74% as per 2011 census and youth literacy is about 90.2%, it still lags behind the world average of 84%. The literacy leads to hire a job in an industry. There are two separate worlds:  Academia and Industry . Both have very diffe...