Practical Learning & Advanced Research Facilities
Pharmaceutical Laboratories helps in training the students in the manufacturing and formulation of drugs. Students are well trained in the method of formulating drugs in different dosage forms like Tablets, Capsules, Parenterals, Ointments, creams, Eye drops and syrups.
Various practical aspects of Pharmaceutics like Physical Pharmacy, Unit operation, Dispensing Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Biopharmaceutics, Community Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Microbiology are taught to the students.
Drug interaction, stability and shelf-life studies are carried out. Different aspects of filling, packing, sealing and labeling are studied by the students. Cosmetology also plays a major role and students are trained in the manufacturing of cosmetics like vanishing creams, cold cream, lotion, liniment, hair dye, lipstick, perfume and shampoo.
Microbiological screening, testing and anti-microbial activities are carried out in the Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Laboratory. The research interest of the Department includes Pharmacokinetics and novel drug delivery system studies.
The machine room is well equipped with machines generally encountered in pharmaceutical industry practice, helping students connect classroom concepts with real production and formulation processes.
The Pharmacology department trains students in Anatomy & Pathophysiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology. Students are given facilities to understand different systems of human anatomy, their function and pathology with tools like models, charts, permanent slides, bones and skeletons.
After becoming well versed with Human Anatomy & Pathophysiology, students learn and make use of pharmacological laboratories where they study general pharmacology, drug dose, use, mechanism, action and screening of drugs.
Software for the basic demonstration of pharmacological experiments is also available, strengthening conceptual clarity along with practical exposure.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratories are meant for synthesis, purification, extraction, identification and quantification tests of organic, inorganic, herbal and medicinal compounds. Pharmaceutical chemistry stands at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacology with strong focus on synthesizing pharmaceutical drugs.
Students are familiarized with various organic compounds through their nature, physical and chemical properties and use in chemical reactions. The labs are equipped with glassware for pharmaceutical analysis like burette, pipette, volumetric flasks and measuring cylinders.
The setup also supports analytical techniques such as titration, gravimetric analysis, volumetric analysis and compound assay. The laboratories are well ventilated and equipped with magnetic stirrers, hot plates, digital melting point apparatus, determination apparatus and hot air ovens.
Pharmacognosy Laboratories are well equipped and suitable for various pharmacognostical studies. We provide facilities for students to acquire skills in learning morphological and microscopical characters of natural drugs using compound microscopes, dissection microscopes and projection microscopes.
Students are trained in different stages of natural drug research like extraction, separation of groups of compounds, purification and identification of individual compounds and re-characterization. Sophisticated instruments are used for chromatographic and standard spectroscopic techniques.
Major research interest of the department has been in the area of traditional healthcare systems with a view toward utilization of traditional and folklore remedies in primary healthcare. Standardization of herbal drugs and qualitative & quantitative evaluation of phytomedicine are also carried out by students as project work.
