Name: Abdul Hayat Siddiqui

Birth Place: Delhi

Academic Qualification: D. Pharm from Noida Institute of Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida, India (2019-2021)

Languages you speak/write: English, Hindi

Welcome to our exploration of campus life. In this interview series, we engage in meaningful conversations with Abdul Hayat Siddiqui to delve into the heart of campus life.

Priya: Hello Hayat, welcome to Medbound Times. Please tell us something about your professional life.

Hayat: Hello! My name is Abdul Hayat Siddiqui. I have completed my pharmacy from NIET, Greater Noida. I have done my 4-month internship from Lady Hardinge Medical College and SSK Hospital, New Delhi. I'm registered pharmacist from Delhi.

Priya: Why did you choose this profession?

Hayat: Pharmacy is the best profession for me because it makes me happy and gives me a satisfactory feeling from the bottom of my heart because I have had an interest in medicines and their therapeutic uses since my childhood.

Priya: How do get admission in NIET?

Hayat: If you want to pursue pharmacy at NIET, you must have completed 12th grade with a science stream. After that, you can take admission in either a diploma, which is a 2-year course with 500 hours of compulsory internship, or a bachelor's degree, which is a 4-year program.

Priya: Tell us something about the campus and hostel life at NIET?

Hayat: NIET is one of the premier pharmacy institutes in India's National Capital Region (NCR). NIET offers graduation and post-graduation to thousands of students every year. The campus is good and quite big. Being a day scholar, I didn't have personal experience with the hostel, but as my friends and classmates told me, the hostel is good. All the students have separate beds and study tables with proper lighting and ventilation, and the mess food is good. We have a canteen on campus that provides good quality food at an affordable price.

Priya: How is the study, and what about the practical?

Hayat: Study is good, and practical classes are conducted regularly. Our classes and practicals are like this: in the first half, we have theory classes, and then in the second half, we have practical classes of 3 hours, in which we have to write practical in our practical notebook and perform at the same time. After completion of the practical, marks are assigned on the basis of practical and viva.

Priya: Best/memorable moment?

Hayat: Many, but farewell was unforgettable. All the arrangements were made by our juniors, and there was dancing and singing solo performance, which makes it the best memory of my college life.

Priya: Any final message for upcoming juniors?

Hayat: The message from my side is that if you are choosing pharmacy, you are making yourself independent because pharmacy gives you choices, whether you want to run your business or work for a company. So be happy about it and proud to be a pharmacist.