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Dr. Vijay Thawani
E-Mail: vijaythawani@rediffmail.com
Blog: http://vijaythawani.blogspot.com
Netgroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netrum
Summary: Working as Associate Professor in Pharmacology at Government Medical College, Nagpur, India, with experience of 27 years in medical teaching and 22 years in research and administration. Good communicator, prolific writer, with 100 research publications. Widely traveled, have been invited for presentations in US, Thailand and many places in India. I have two patent applications pending with US Patents and Trademark Office. I was co-investigator for WHO project on Hospital Waste Management and WHO-HAI project on medicine pricing. Recipient of appreciation letter from WHO SEARO, I am a trained faculty for rational use of medicines and have been trainer in international courses. I have been invited by WHO, SEARO as resource person for training course on rational use of medicines. I have coordinated courses conducted in collaboration with WHO and ICMR. Participated in Technical Briefing Seminar at WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland on WHO funding. Owner and moderator of yahoo group – Netrum.
Academic Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Pharmacology), MA (Sociology), MA-I (Public Administration), Bachelor of Journalism, Postgraduate Diploma in Pubic Relations (Gold Medal), Postgraduate Diploma in Gandhian Thought (Topper), Certificate in Social Welfare Administration.
Computer Literacy: Certificate in Office Automation
Present Employment: Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Nagpur.
Other responsibilities at the college:
Executive Committee member of Alumni Association
Supervisor in-charge of outdoor dispensaries.
Was in-charge of Medical Stores, Super Specialty Hospital
Was teacher-in-charge of Students' Council
Was Editor of English section of the college magazine
Was Teacher-in-charge, Postgraduate Teaching, Department of Pharmacology
Was Students’ Councilor
Teaching Experience: 27 years
Recipient of appreciation letter:
From the Regional Director, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South East Asia for safeguarding the integrity of WHO reputation in medicines.
Research:
· Published 100 papers in indexed, national, international medical journals.
· 20 papers pending publication with various journals.
· Research project funded under “Star Research Project” scheme of The Medical Research Council of Maharashtra, Directorate of Medical Education & Research, Government of Maharashtra.
· Associated with 4 ongoing research projects.
· Presented research paper at Second International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines (ICIUM -2004) at Thailand in March 2004 on WHO sponsorship.
· Was co-investigator for WHO project (No. INHEHH 001) on Baseline study for hospital waste management.
· Was co-investigator of WHO and Health Action International (HAI) funded project on Medicine Pricing.
· Guided the study, which won Prof U. K. Sheth award for best paper in Clinical Pharmacology at 35th All India Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society held at DRDE, Gwalior in 2002.
· First recipient of 10% reprint revenue (Rs.12,000) share from Indian Journal of Pharmacology out of Rs 1,20,000 earned by journal on sale of reprints of a published paper.
· Was guide / trial monitor of the research projects which were awarded Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Short Term Research Studentship in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
· Was guide of the research project, which received Rs.1.35 lakh grant under Sir Madhavrao Chitnavis Clinical Research Fellowship for 2003 -04.
· Applied for two patents with US Patent & Trademark Office.
· Hundreds of citations on search engines as “V+Thawani” and “Vijay+Thawani”.
· Recognized PG Guide for MD (Pharmacology) and supervisor for PhD of Nagpur University.
· Was clinical pharmacologist member of Ethics Committee of Govt Medical College, Nagpur.
Medical Journalism:
· Editorial board member and peer reviewer - Indian Journal of Pharmacology.
· Member of the Scientific Advisory Board and peer reviewer - The Milestone, Journal of Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Govt. of Maharashtra.
· Reviewer - Journal of Postgraduate Medicine.
· Reviewer - Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
· Book Reviewer - The Antiseptic.
· Published invited editorial in Indian Journal of Pharmacology.
· Published many invited articles in national and local newspapers and magazines.
· Edited book on Human Genetics.
· Edited In-house journals/magazines of Government Medical College Nagpur and V.N. Government Medical College, Yavatmal.
Invited as Faculty / Guest Speaker at:
· 34th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, Nagpur, 2001. Topic: Medicine promotion.
· 18th All India Steel Medical Officers’ Conference, JLN Hospital & Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai (7-9 Feb 1997).
· All India Conference of Industrial Psychiatrists, Rourkela.
· Tata Main Hospital, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur (28 Sept 1997).
· Tata Hospital, Jamadoba
· Indian Pharmacological Society, Vidarbha Branch
· Indian Medical Association (IMA) Zonal Conference of Chattisgarh Region, Durg, (17 Aug1997).
· IMA Workshop on self-assessment of medical professionals, Raipur (11 Jan1998).
· IMA Kanhan-Kamptee
· Vidarbha ENT Conference, Yavatmal
· New Millennium World Congress on Alternative Medicine & Therapies, Mumbai (6-8 Apr 2000)
· National Aids Control Organization (NACO) workshop on AIDS
· Nagpur University, Govt. Dental College Nagpur, Ayurvedic College Yavatmal, MSS Institute of Social Work, Manganese Ore India Ltd, Lions Club MIDC Nagpur, and many other places.
· USA for research presentations in two international conferences on sponsorship (in Sept - Oct 2003).
· 5th Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Training Course in Clinical Pharmacology in Traditional Medicine at Nair Hospital, Mumbai (6-15 Sept 2004).
· Short Term Training Programme on Basic Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Biology sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India at Sindhu Mahahavidyalaya, Nagpur (9 July 2005). Topic: Research in herbal medicines.
· Medical Council of India (MCI) sponsored symposium on Rational use of antibiotics, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur (1 Oct 2005).
· Resource person for “International Course on Rational Use of Medicines in Community” at Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (15-24 Jan 2006).
· Resource person for “Training course on promoting rational medicine use in the community” conducted in collaboration with WHO's Essential Drugs and Other Medicines, SEARO, at Govt. Medical College, Nagpur (1 – 8 Mar 2006).
· “Putting patients first” seminar organised by Health Education Library for People (HELP), Mumbai. Topic: Educating patients about their medicines. (7-8 Apr 2006)
· Silvercon – 2006 on “Making medicine consumer friendly” organised by IPS Gujarat chapter at B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. Topic: Information therapy and patient empowerment. (8 Oct 2006)
· All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) sponsored Staff Development Programme “Recent trends in quality assurance of pharmaceuticals” at Sharad Pawar College of Pharmacy, Nagpur. Topic: Rational use of medicines. (13 Oct 2006)
· Medical Staff Research Society, Govt. Medical College Nagpur. 24 Nov 2006. Topic: Writing a good manuscript.
· International training course on promoting rational drug use in the community at IIHMR, Jaipur (10 -21 Dec 2006).
Organized many conferences/CME/Workshops/courses, of which notable are:
¨ Was Organizing Secretary of 2nd Conference of South Asia-Pacific Society of Human Genetics and 25th Annual Conference of Human Genetics at Nagpur (9-10 Jan 2000).
¨ Was Coordinating Secretary, 34th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, Nagpur (10-12 Jan 2002).
¨ Was course coordinator for “Training course on promoting rational medicine use in the community” conducted in collaboration with WHO's Essential Drugs and Other Medicines, SEARO (01 – 08 March 2006).
¨ Was course coordinator for WHO sponsored “Training of trainers’ workshop on integrating clinical pharmacology, concept of essential medicines and rational medicine use into the UG curriculum “(17 Aug 2006).
¨ Was course coordinator for ICMR sponsored “Workshop on biomedical communication in cyberage” (18-20 August 2006).
Courses / Workshops attended:
Ø National workshop on Clinical Pharmacology at PGI Chandigarh (13-18 Feb 1995).
Ø Training programme on Hospital clinical waste: Hazards, management and infection control at Indian Society of Health Administrators at Bangalore (24-26 June 1999).
Ø Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Convention on Interpathy Research Policies & Priority Areas in Research at Nashik (18-20 Jan 2000)
Ø ICMR Workshop on Biomedical Communication in Cyberage at JIPMER, Pondicherry (23-25 Aug 2001)
Ø Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Regional Workshop on Development of Integrated Teaching at Nagpur (29-30 Jan 2002)
Ø ICMR Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of Traditional Medicine at Nair Hospital, Mumbai (13-23 March 2002)
Ø Regional Workshop on Good Clinical Practices organized by Pfizer & Pharmacology Research Society, IGMC Nagpur (9-10 Dec 2002)
Ø Pre-survey workshop on Medicine Prices conducted by WHO and HAI at Hyderabad (14-16 April 2004).
Ø Training Programme on Intellectual Property Rights at Intellectual Property Training Institute, Government of India, Nagpur (12-14 May 2004)
Ø Promoting Rational Drug Use in the Community by WHO, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (23-30 Jan 2005)
Ø Post-survey workshop on Medicine Prices conducted by WHO and HAI at Goa (21-23 June 2005).
Ø Regional workshop on Biomedical and municipal solid waste at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) by Toxics Link and TISS at Mumbai (23-24 May 2006).
Ø Biomedical Information Retrieval at National Informatics Centre, New Delhi (17-21 July 2006).
Ø WHO/ UNICEF Technical Briefing Seminar at WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland (18-22 Sept 2006).
Association with medical organizations:
v Life member, Indian Pharmacological Society
v Life member, Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India
v Patron, Thalessemia Society of India, Nagpur
v Director, Indian Academy for Rational Use of Drugs
v Chief Editor, Indian Pharmacological Society, Vidarbha Chapter.
v Patron, Sindhi Medicos’ Association, Nagpur
v Life Member, Rashtra Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Cancer Hospital, Nagpur.
v Life member and Executive Committee Member, Govt. Medical College Alumni Association, Nagpur.
National Cadet Corps (NCC)
As an Officer:
· Was Associate NCC Officer for 15 years
· Last rank: MAJOR (NCC)
· Last designation: Second-in-command of 2 Maharashtra Medical Company NCC.
· Recipient of commendation certificates from all Group Commanders under whom worked.
· Recipient of commendation medal from Director General NCC.
· Qualified two Medical Officers Junior Command Courses of Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India from Army Medical Corps School and Training Centre, Lucknow. Stood 5th in order of merit in one of them.
· Qualified Parasailing Instructor Cadre.
· Provided medical cover to DG NCC All India Trekking Expedition “Shivaji Trail”.
As a Cadet:
· Was Senior Under Officer
· Qualified Basic Paratroopers Course
· Qualified Advanced Leadership Course in rock climbing
· Was Best Cadet of the Unit – 2 Maharashtra Medical Company NCC
· Was Best Cadet from Senior Division (Boys) of NCC Group Head Quarters Nagpur
· Passed B and C Certificate examinations
· Was Vice Chancellor’s nominee from NCC on Nagpur University Students’ Council.
As a student in Govt. Medical College:
Was Class representative
Was College Representative in Nagpur University
Was Captain of college Football and Hockey teams
Played in All India Inter Medical Hockey Tournaments
Was General Secretary of Sports & Games Association
Was Founder member and Treasurer, Voluntary Blood Donors’ Organization
Was Founder member and Secretary, Interns’ Association
Adventure Sports:
· Founder President, Nagpur Trekkers’ Association.
· Life member, Nagpur Mountaineers.
· Participated in five National Himalayan Trekking Programmes organized by Youth Hostels Association of India. Was Group Leader of two.
Civil Defence:
Qualified Basic Civil Defence Course of Govt. of Maharashtra with Distinction.
E-Mail: vijaythawani@rediffmail.com
Blog: http://vijaythawani.blogspot.com
Netgroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netrum
Summary: Working as Associate Professor in Pharmacology at Government Medical College, Nagpur, India, with experience of 27 years in medical teaching and 22 years in research and administration. Good communicator, prolific writer, with 100 research publications. Widely traveled, have been invited for presentations in US, Thailand and many places in India. I have two patent applications pending with US Patents and Trademark Office. I was co-investigator for WHO project on Hospital Waste Management and WHO-HAI project on medicine pricing. Recipient of appreciation letter from WHO SEARO, I am a trained faculty for rational use of medicines and have been trainer in international courses. I have been invited by WHO, SEARO as resource person for training course on rational use of medicines. I have coordinated courses conducted in collaboration with WHO and ICMR. Participated in Technical Briefing Seminar at WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland on WHO funding. Owner and moderator of yahoo group – Netrum.
Academic Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Pharmacology), MA (Sociology), MA-I (Public Administration), Bachelor of Journalism, Postgraduate Diploma in Pubic Relations (Gold Medal), Postgraduate Diploma in Gandhian Thought (Topper), Certificate in Social Welfare Administration.
Computer Literacy: Certificate in Office Automation
Present Employment: Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Nagpur.
Other responsibilities at the college:
Executive Committee member of Alumni Association
Supervisor in-charge of outdoor dispensaries.
Was in-charge of Medical Stores, Super Specialty Hospital
Was teacher-in-charge of Students' Council
Was Editor of English section of the college magazine
Was Teacher-in-charge, Postgraduate Teaching, Department of Pharmacology
Was Students’ Councilor
Teaching Experience: 27 years
Recipient of appreciation letter:
From the Regional Director, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South East Asia for safeguarding the integrity of WHO reputation in medicines.
Research:
· Published 100 papers in indexed, national, international medical journals.
· 20 papers pending publication with various journals.
· Research project funded under “Star Research Project” scheme of The Medical Research Council of Maharashtra, Directorate of Medical Education & Research, Government of Maharashtra.
· Associated with 4 ongoing research projects.
· Presented research paper at Second International Conference on Improving Use of Medicines (ICIUM -2004) at Thailand in March 2004 on WHO sponsorship.
· Was co-investigator for WHO project (No. INHEHH 001) on Baseline study for hospital waste management.
· Was co-investigator of WHO and Health Action International (HAI) funded project on Medicine Pricing.
· Guided the study, which won Prof U. K. Sheth award for best paper in Clinical Pharmacology at 35th All India Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society held at DRDE, Gwalior in 2002.
· First recipient of 10% reprint revenue (Rs.12,000) share from Indian Journal of Pharmacology out of Rs 1,20,000 earned by journal on sale of reprints of a published paper.
· Was guide / trial monitor of the research projects which were awarded Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Short Term Research Studentship in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
· Was guide of the research project, which received Rs.1.35 lakh grant under Sir Madhavrao Chitnavis Clinical Research Fellowship for 2003 -04.
· Applied for two patents with US Patent & Trademark Office.
· Hundreds of citations on search engines as “V+Thawani” and “Vijay+Thawani”.
· Recognized PG Guide for MD (Pharmacology) and supervisor for PhD of Nagpur University.
· Was clinical pharmacologist member of Ethics Committee of Govt Medical College, Nagpur.
Medical Journalism:
· Editorial board member and peer reviewer - Indian Journal of Pharmacology.
· Member of the Scientific Advisory Board and peer reviewer - The Milestone, Journal of Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Govt. of Maharashtra.
· Reviewer - Journal of Postgraduate Medicine.
· Reviewer - Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
· Book Reviewer - The Antiseptic.
· Published invited editorial in Indian Journal of Pharmacology.
· Published many invited articles in national and local newspapers and magazines.
· Edited book on Human Genetics.
· Edited In-house journals/magazines of Government Medical College Nagpur and V.N. Government Medical College, Yavatmal.
Invited as Faculty / Guest Speaker at:
· 34th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, Nagpur, 2001. Topic: Medicine promotion.
· 18th All India Steel Medical Officers’ Conference, JLN Hospital & Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai (7-9 Feb 1997).
· All India Conference of Industrial Psychiatrists, Rourkela.
· Tata Main Hospital, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur (28 Sept 1997).
· Tata Hospital, Jamadoba
· Indian Pharmacological Society, Vidarbha Branch
· Indian Medical Association (IMA) Zonal Conference of Chattisgarh Region, Durg, (17 Aug1997).
· IMA Workshop on self-assessment of medical professionals, Raipur (11 Jan1998).
· IMA Kanhan-Kamptee
· Vidarbha ENT Conference, Yavatmal
· New Millennium World Congress on Alternative Medicine & Therapies, Mumbai (6-8 Apr 2000)
· National Aids Control Organization (NACO) workshop on AIDS
· Nagpur University, Govt. Dental College Nagpur, Ayurvedic College Yavatmal, MSS Institute of Social Work, Manganese Ore India Ltd, Lions Club MIDC Nagpur, and many other places.
· USA for research presentations in two international conferences on sponsorship (in Sept - Oct 2003).
· 5th Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Training Course in Clinical Pharmacology in Traditional Medicine at Nair Hospital, Mumbai (6-15 Sept 2004).
· Short Term Training Programme on Basic Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Biology sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India at Sindhu Mahahavidyalaya, Nagpur (9 July 2005). Topic: Research in herbal medicines.
· Medical Council of India (MCI) sponsored symposium on Rational use of antibiotics, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur (1 Oct 2005).
· Resource person for “International Course on Rational Use of Medicines in Community” at Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (15-24 Jan 2006).
· Resource person for “Training course on promoting rational medicine use in the community” conducted in collaboration with WHO's Essential Drugs and Other Medicines, SEARO, at Govt. Medical College, Nagpur (1 – 8 Mar 2006).
· “Putting patients first” seminar organised by Health Education Library for People (HELP), Mumbai. Topic: Educating patients about their medicines. (7-8 Apr 2006)
· Silvercon – 2006 on “Making medicine consumer friendly” organised by IPS Gujarat chapter at B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. Topic: Information therapy and patient empowerment. (8 Oct 2006)
· All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) sponsored Staff Development Programme “Recent trends in quality assurance of pharmaceuticals” at Sharad Pawar College of Pharmacy, Nagpur. Topic: Rational use of medicines. (13 Oct 2006)
· Medical Staff Research Society, Govt. Medical College Nagpur. 24 Nov 2006. Topic: Writing a good manuscript.
· International training course on promoting rational drug use in the community at IIHMR, Jaipur (10 -21 Dec 2006).
Organized many conferences/CME/Workshops/courses, of which notable are:
¨ Was Organizing Secretary of 2nd Conference of South Asia-Pacific Society of Human Genetics and 25th Annual Conference of Human Genetics at Nagpur (9-10 Jan 2000).
¨ Was Coordinating Secretary, 34th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, Nagpur (10-12 Jan 2002).
¨ Was course coordinator for “Training course on promoting rational medicine use in the community” conducted in collaboration with WHO's Essential Drugs and Other Medicines, SEARO (01 – 08 March 2006).
¨ Was course coordinator for WHO sponsored “Training of trainers’ workshop on integrating clinical pharmacology, concept of essential medicines and rational medicine use into the UG curriculum “(17 Aug 2006).
¨ Was course coordinator for ICMR sponsored “Workshop on biomedical communication in cyberage” (18-20 August 2006).
Courses / Workshops attended:
Ø National workshop on Clinical Pharmacology at PGI Chandigarh (13-18 Feb 1995).
Ø Training programme on Hospital clinical waste: Hazards, management and infection control at Indian Society of Health Administrators at Bangalore (24-26 June 1999).
Ø Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Convention on Interpathy Research Policies & Priority Areas in Research at Nashik (18-20 Jan 2000)
Ø ICMR Workshop on Biomedical Communication in Cyberage at JIPMER, Pondicherry (23-25 Aug 2001)
Ø Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Regional Workshop on Development of Integrated Teaching at Nagpur (29-30 Jan 2002)
Ø ICMR Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of Traditional Medicine at Nair Hospital, Mumbai (13-23 March 2002)
Ø Regional Workshop on Good Clinical Practices organized by Pfizer & Pharmacology Research Society, IGMC Nagpur (9-10 Dec 2002)
Ø Pre-survey workshop on Medicine Prices conducted by WHO and HAI at Hyderabad (14-16 April 2004).
Ø Training Programme on Intellectual Property Rights at Intellectual Property Training Institute, Government of India, Nagpur (12-14 May 2004)
Ø Promoting Rational Drug Use in the Community by WHO, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (23-30 Jan 2005)
Ø Post-survey workshop on Medicine Prices conducted by WHO and HAI at Goa (21-23 June 2005).
Ø Regional workshop on Biomedical and municipal solid waste at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) by Toxics Link and TISS at Mumbai (23-24 May 2006).
Ø Biomedical Information Retrieval at National Informatics Centre, New Delhi (17-21 July 2006).
Ø WHO/ UNICEF Technical Briefing Seminar at WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland (18-22 Sept 2006).
Association with medical organizations:
v Life member, Indian Pharmacological Society
v Life member, Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India
v Patron, Thalessemia Society of India, Nagpur
v Director, Indian Academy for Rational Use of Drugs
v Chief Editor, Indian Pharmacological Society, Vidarbha Chapter.
v Patron, Sindhi Medicos’ Association, Nagpur
v Life Member, Rashtra Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Cancer Hospital, Nagpur.
v Life member and Executive Committee Member, Govt. Medical College Alumni Association, Nagpur.
National Cadet Corps (NCC)
As an Officer:
· Was Associate NCC Officer for 15 years
· Last rank: MAJOR (NCC)
· Last designation: Second-in-command of 2 Maharashtra Medical Company NCC.
· Recipient of commendation certificates from all Group Commanders under whom worked.
· Recipient of commendation medal from Director General NCC.
· Qualified two Medical Officers Junior Command Courses of Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India from Army Medical Corps School and Training Centre, Lucknow. Stood 5th in order of merit in one of them.
· Qualified Parasailing Instructor Cadre.
· Provided medical cover to DG NCC All India Trekking Expedition “Shivaji Trail”.
As a Cadet:
· Was Senior Under Officer
· Qualified Basic Paratroopers Course
· Qualified Advanced Leadership Course in rock climbing
· Was Best Cadet of the Unit – 2 Maharashtra Medical Company NCC
· Was Best Cadet from Senior Division (Boys) of NCC Group Head Quarters Nagpur
· Passed B and C Certificate examinations
· Was Vice Chancellor’s nominee from NCC on Nagpur University Students’ Council.
As a student in Govt. Medical College:
Was Class representative
Was College Representative in Nagpur University
Was Captain of college Football and Hockey teams
Played in All India Inter Medical Hockey Tournaments
Was General Secretary of Sports & Games Association
Was Founder member and Treasurer, Voluntary Blood Donors’ Organization
Was Founder member and Secretary, Interns’ Association
Adventure Sports:
· Founder President, Nagpur Trekkers’ Association.
· Life member, Nagpur Mountaineers.
· Participated in five National Himalayan Trekking Programmes organized by Youth Hostels Association of India. Was Group Leader of two.
Civil Defence:
Qualified Basic Civil Defence Course of Govt. of Maharashtra with Distinction.
posted by Dr. Vijay Thawani at 2:25 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Sir!Hope you are doing great in Nagpur.I think its time for you to update your CV to Professor level.:)
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