Research

The Department of Pharmaceutics, established in 1991 has Four M. Pharm specializations viz., Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance and Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, each having intake of 15 students.

The post graduate program of Pharmaceutics (Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics) focused on research and coursework related to the formulation development and biopharmaceutical characterization of drug products. The department works towards promoting a team-based approach to develop various drug delivery tools such as nano-carriers, controlled drug delivery systems, transdermal drug delivery system, mucosal drug delivery etc., for managing the life-threatening diseases/disorders includes Alzheimer's disease, various types of cancers, infectious diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, diabetes and its complications etc.

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs and Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance programs focus on qualification and validation of instrument/equipment, validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing, documentation and dossier compilation.

The departmental research activities in various areas would enable further advancement and expansions in patentability/commercialization of developed nano-formulations, temperature and humidity mapping of manufacturing area and training on eCTD compilation. With competent teaching staff and good research outcomes, we are offering various professional add-on courses.

We are extending our expertise and facilities as mentors to other institutions/industries and plan to further strengthen to be recognized as Centre of Excellence in Nanomedicine.

Department of has 17 faculty members (04 Professors, 6 Associate Professors, 3 Assistant Professors and 4 Lecturers) with wide range of academic and research experience.

The Faculty members in the department are also actively pursuing Major and minor projects with a worth of Rs. 1.6 cores from DST, DBT, and ICMR, and publish articles in peer reviewed SCI indexed journals (519 publications in last 5years) with high impact factor (Impact factor in the range of 1.1 to 15.47) and filed 11 Indian patents out of which 3 granted, 2 published.

The department has adequate lab facilities including sophisticated instruments are available for carrying out quality research to nurture strong research culture with an emphasis on quality of publications, Ph.D. theses and research projects.


Competencies of the faculty

Formulation and evaluation of

  • Nanoparticles-Solid lipid nanoparticles, graphene nanoribbons, liposomes
  • Smart gels for dental preparations
  • Controlled release dosage forms
  • Immediate-release dosage forms
  • Ocular drug delivery systems
  • Transdermal drug delivery systems
  • Implants
  • Microspheres