Journal of Pharmacovigilance

Pharmacovigilance: Concepts, applications and current scenario

3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmacovigilance & Clinical Trials

October 27-29, 2014 Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India

K C Singhal

Keynote: J Pharmacovigilance

Abstract:

Professor Krishan Chandra Singhal earned both his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1964 and his Doctor of Medicine in 1968 from King George?s Medical College Lucknow. His major areas of research are Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. He has established a new method for screening potential antifilarial agents using Setaria cervi as test organism. He was Professor and Chairman Department of Pharmacology, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, AMU Aligarh before he joined as Vice Chancellor, NIMS University Jaipur, India. Dr. Singhal has been President (1994); Treasurer (1982-1984) of Indian Pharmacological Society; President (1999), General Secretary (1994-1998), Treasurer (1982-1993) of Indian Academy of Neurosciences, President, Chief Editor, Indian Journal of pharmacology (1989-1991), Editor (Pharmacology) Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Vice President, Indian Society of Hypertension; President, Society of Pharmacovigilance, India (2000-2005), Consultant, Clinical Pharmacology on committee for Categorization of Essential Drug in the Country. At present he is patron Society of Pharmacovigilance, India, member advisory committee National Pharmacovigilance Programme, Indian Medical Association, member apex committee on Pharmacovigilance of drugs of Ayurveda, Unani & Siddha. He was coordinator of WHO special center for ADR Monitoring in India. He has participated in workshop on teaching methodology at Rapino, Russia; Indo- US workshop on Problem Based Learning and Computer oriented teaching. He has more than 200 research publication in National and International Journals and presented more than 205 paper/lectures at National and International conferences. Prof. Singhal is a founder fellow of IMA Academy of Medical Specialities, Founder fellow of Indian Pharmacological Society, Founder fellow of Indian Academy of Neurosciences and Founder of Society of Pharmacovigilance India. He has been consultant WHO centres for International Drug Monitoring Uppsala, Sweden for eight years. He was visiting Professor to Health Science Centre, University of Tennessee at Memphis, USA