The Department of Pharmaceutics established its undergraduate programme in 1984 and upgraded to post graduation in 1991. It was also recognized as a centre for Ph.D programme in 2000. At present there are 13 teaching faculties, out of which 7 are with Ph.D qualification and others are pursuing their Ph.D. Currently the department offers PG programmes in Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs and Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance. Department of Pharmaceutics provides cutting-edge research opportunities in an up-close and personal environment. The Department of Pharmaceutics is one of the most vibrant departments of the college as it offers a professional research environment focusing on the novel areas of formulation research like targeted drug delivery, nanotechnology, and vesicular drug delivery systems.
The department offers a healthy research environment lead by senior and expert faculty. The department has established advanced Nano Lab for its P.G students, and Ph.D and research scholars which is well equipped with cutting edge laboratory instrumentation. Drug regulatory affairs and Quality assurance department offers an industrial training and to the students in top leading Pharmaceutical companies. Apart from the training these are encouraged to undertake industrial projects with pharmaceutical industries. The department has well equipped three undergraduate laboratories, three postgraduate research laboratories, an advanced research laboratory for Ph.D scholars and a sophisticated instrumentation room with advanced instrumentation like Malvern Zetasizer, Particle Size Analyser with Biovis software, HPLC, FT-IR, three UV-Visible spectrophotometers, Lyophilizer, Brookfield Viscometer, Probe Sonicator, Cold Centrifuge, Design expert software etc. These facilities are supported by a central computer lab with internet facilities. The department also well equipped Pilot plant setup.
To achieve centre of excellence in the field of pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery by innovative and current concepts in education and research.
To create an environment conducive for pursuing quality teaching and research and to provide students and research scholars with a basic understanding of designing dosage forms and drug delivery systems, evaluation and manufacturing.
Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics is a postgraduate course. The eligibility required for the admission to the course is to qualify in B. Pharm (Bachelor of Pharmacy) from recognized institute. The duration of the study is two years. The curriculum will have four semesters. Core subjects include drug delivery system, modern pharmaceutics, regulatory affairs, molecular pharmaceutics, advanced biopharmaceutics &pharmacokinetics, computer aided drug development and cosmetics and cosmeceuticals.
With successful completion of this program one can find suitable career in areas such as R&D, F&D, Production, Quality assurance and Marketing in Pharmaceutical companies, Academics in Universities.
Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics is a postgraduate course. The eligibility required for the admission to the course is to qualify in B. Pharm (Bachelor of Pharmacy) from recognized institute. The duration of the study is two years. The curriculum will have four semesters. Core subjects include good regulatory practice, documentation and regulatory writing, clinical research regulations, drug regulations and other legislation in India and intellectual property rights, regulatory aspects of drugs and cosmetics, regulatory aspects of herbals and biologicals, regulatory aspects of medical devices, regulatory aspects of food and nutraceuticals
Successful completion of this program one can find suitable career in Pharmaceutical companies as pharmaceutical regulatory affairs professional
Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics is a postgraduate course. The eligibility required for the admission to the course is to qualify in B. Pharm (Bachelor of Pharmacy) from recognized institute. The duration of the study is two years. The curriculum will have four semesters. Core subjects include quality management system, quality control and quality assurance, product development and technology transfer, hazards and safety management, pharmaceutical validation, audits and regulatory compliance, pharmaceutical manufacturing technology.
Successful completion of this program one can find suitable career in Pharmaceutical companies as quality assurance professionals.
The Departments research activities focus on formulation science and drug delivery, with particular emphasis in the following areas: Novel and targeted drug delivery systems such as Liposomes, Niosomes and Vesicular drug delivery systems, Transdermal drug delivery system, mouth dispersible and unfolding films for oral administration, In Situ gel drug delivery systems, Micro and Nano particulate drug delivery system in the treatment of periodontitis.
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