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Pharmacy School Dance
Sep. 20th, 2009 10:49 pmWe arrived back a little late for the Pharmacy College's fall welcome event/dance. This was the same idea as the MBA school's event, welcoming alumni to mix with students and dance the gerba. They had a booming live band but, curiously, only a handful of people were dancing (though most were in gerba clothes). The food was much better. The pharmacy college's director/dean, Dr. J.K. Patel, welcomed us heartily. He had shown Michael around his pharmacy the day before, including their greenhouse of plants used for drugs and drug research.
Michael joined in the gerba circle and danced for two rounds, arms waving, and surprising everyone including himself. As for me, I think I did a little better trying to dance this time, joining the line of women and mimicking their steps: turn clockwise and clap, turn counterclockwise and clap, then turn around and move forward and clap again. Maybe I'm learning this thing.
Pharmacy is a growing field in India; many drugs are manufactured here. Language note: in the US, a pharmacist is a highly trained dispenser of prescription drugs--those people are called "chemists" in India (and here, they normally don't ask for prescriptions). In India, a Pharmacy degree prepares you for biochemistry and drug research. They have several different concentrations at this pharmacy school, including animal research and ayurvedic (traditional plant-based medicine). It's not quite NIH, but they're doing real research here.
Michael joined in the gerba circle and danced for two rounds, arms waving, and surprising everyone including himself. As for me, I think I did a little better trying to dance this time, joining the line of women and mimicking their steps: turn clockwise and clap, turn counterclockwise and clap, then turn around and move forward and clap again. Maybe I'm learning this thing.
Pharmacy is a growing field in India; many drugs are manufactured here. Language note: in the US, a pharmacist is a highly trained dispenser of prescription drugs--those people are called "chemists" in India (and here, they normally don't ask for prescriptions). In India, a Pharmacy degree prepares you for biochemistry and drug research. They have several different concentrations at this pharmacy school, including animal research and ayurvedic (traditional plant-based medicine). It's not quite NIH, but they're doing real research here.
