POTENTIA '22 & Dr M L DHAWALE MEMORIAL ORATION 2022
To commemorate the inception of
Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College and the birth anniversary of Dr M L
Dhawale, the Dr ML DHAWALE MEMORIAL ORATION was initiated last
year with a vision to showcase the potential of
research aptitude in students and promotion of homoeopathic research. This
year, POTENTIA, a competitive avenue for student researchers of homoeopathic colleges all over India,
was organized on July 13th and Young
Researcher Award was instituted and conducted for the student researchers
of Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College on 14th July 2022.
The objective of
this forum is to promote research in homoeopathy in order to evolve further the scientific basis of homoeopathy
On
13th July 2022, 24
Undergraduate and Post Graduate Homoeopathic students from West Bengal, Belgaum, Bangalore, Moodabidri,
Tamilnadu, and Dharwad participated
in the National level student research paper presentation competition - POTENTIA
2022. Rev. Fr Roshan Crasta,
Administrator, Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital and
Homoeopathic Pharmaceutical division flagged off the event. He was accompanied
by the Prinicpal, Dr E S J Prabhu Kiran,
Vice Principal, Dr Vilma Meera Dsouza
and the convener, Dr M L Dhawale Memorial Oration, Dr K John Paul. Dr Kurian P J,
Chair Person, Scientific committee introduced the Judges for Potentia 2022. The
judges were Dr Shivashankara A R,
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Father Muller Medical College, Dr Sudheer Prabhu, Professor,
Department of Community Medicine, Father Muller Medical College and Dr Prashanth Tamboli, H.o.D, Research
and Medical Informatics, Dr M L Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute, Mumbai
The inaugural programme commenced at
9.45a.m followed by welcome address by the Principal. Rev. Fr Roshan Crasta,
Administrator thanked the delegates for participating in the competitions The
programme was presided by Rev. Fr
Richard Aloysius Coelho, Director, Father Muller Charitable Institutions. The
Chief Guest of the programme was Dr
Bipin Jain, Principal & Director, Dr M L Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic
Institute, Mumbai and the Guest of Honour was Dr Prashant Tamboli, H.o.D Research & Medical Informatics, Dr M
L Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute, Mumbai.
The winners of the research paper
presentation were declared and felicitated by the Guests on the dais.
First Place: Dr Pritam Goswami, Mahesh
Bhattacharya Homoeopathic Medical College, West Bengal
Second Place: Mr Raj Kannan, Alva's
Homoeopathic Medical College, Moodabidri
Third Place: Dr Shirurkar Manali Ramachandra,
Government Homoeopathic Medical College, Bangalore
Later, the convener gave the event report
and vote of thanks.
The Keynote address was delivered by the
Guest of Honour, Dr Prashant Tamboli on the topic "Need for Fundamental Research in Homoeopathy"
The
post-lunch session commenced at 2p.m with the competition for the Young
Researcher Award 2022, for the student researchers of Father Muller
Homoeopathic Medical College. Ms Muthu
Valliammai Nachiappan was declared as the Young Researcher of Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College for
the year 2022.
The
MCs for the 2-day event were Ms Asha D'Souza, Ms S M Kokhila, Dr Shreyank
Kotian, Ms Jeena Joy, Ms Ankitha Karanik & Ms Srikanya
