World Pharmacist Day was celebrated today at the Lucknow Campus of Maharishi University of Information Technology with great zeal, on the theme ‘Pharmacy: Always trusted for your Health’. The event was put together by Maharishi school of Pharmaceutical Sciences. To mark this day, blood donation camp and poster competition was organized which were very well participated. Dr. Ch. V. Rao (Sr. Principal Scientist, CSIR- NBRI, Lucknow) graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The blood donation camp was organized in collaboration with SGPGI, Lucknow, coordinated by Dr. Bharat Singh and his team. Over 30 units blood was donated by faculty, staff and students of MUIT. The poster competition received more than 70 entries from students of different schools of MUIT, Lucknow campus which were judged by the Deans of all Schools. The certificates were given away to all blood donators and to three best entries of poster competition.
The Maharishi University of Information Technology (MUIT) was established under MUIT Uttar Pradesh Act No. 31 of 2001 Notification no 573 dated 06 October, 2001. The University Main Campus is at Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The University is reputed to disseminate quality education. His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ji was the First Chancellor of the University. MUIT has been recognized and included in the list of Universities, maintained by the UGC under section 2 (f) of the UGC Act,