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A College of Pharmacy with diploma course was established in 1972 which was affiliated to the Delhi Board of Technical Education. In 1973, B.Pharm. course was started under Delhi University. In 1982, M.Pharm. in Pharmacognosy was started. From 1986 M.Pharm programme in all the four disciplines and simultaneously a Ph.D. programme in all the disciplines was started. Earlier the intake for B.Pharm. was 40 which was enhanced to 60 with the approval of AICTE in 1996. From 1997 self financing B.Pharm. course was started with 60 seats. In collaboration with Ranbaxy Laboratories, department of Pharmaceutical Medicine was started in 1999 for Ph.D. programme in this discipline. It is a unique programme of its own kind in our country. The Faculty consists of the following departments:
Note : Three new PG courses started in faculty of pharmacy.
M. Pharmacy (Quality Assurance)
Department of Pharmaceutics of Faculty of Pharmacy has started M.
Pharmacy course in Quality Assurance from the Academic session
2002-2003, with the approval of University Grants Commission. The course
covers the contemporary topics related to:
The Course is of four semester duration (2 years) out of which 2 semesters will cover the course work and the last two semesters will be devoted to research project and training in a Pharmaceutical Industry. The students qualifying this course will meet the current and future requirements of R&D personnel from the Pharmaceutical Industry. M. Pharmacy (Pharmacy Practice) Department of Pharmacology has started a P.G. Course in Pharmacy Practice. The course is being run in Collaboration with Majeedia Hospital and will be of four semester duration (2 years), out of which 2 semesters will cover up the course work and another two semesters will be devoted to research project and training to be undertaken in a Hospital. The new course has been established in Majeedia Hospital and the facilities of Drug Information Services have already been created. Two clinicians from Majeedia Hospital from are associated with this course. The department publishes a bimonthly newsletter on the topics of current drug information. Click here for Newsletter in PDF Format. M. Pharmacy in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology A PG course (M.Pharm) in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology has been started
by the Department of Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry from the academic
session beginning 2004. The course is approved by the University Grants
Commission and is of four semester duration (2 years). The first two
semesters comprises of course work on topics related to Biomolecular
structure, functions and related techniques including bioinformatic tools
and genetic engineering, Molecular Biology covering drug design, DNA
technology and gene therapy and the applications of pharmaceutical
biotechnology. Central Instrumentation Facility Teaching The Faculty offers Masters’ course in Pharmacy (M.Pharm.) of three semester duration; Bachelor course in Pharmacy (B. Pharm/B.Pharm(Unani)) of four year duration; Diploma course in Pharmacy (D. Pharm/D.Pharm(Unani)) of two year duration as well as Ph.D. programme in all the Departments. Research The Faculty lays emphasis on integrated research approach on modern and indigenous drugs and formulations. The thrust areas of investigation in the four departments are as under: Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Areas of research include synthesis of new compounds of potential pharmaceutical interest, studies on prodrugs and synthesis of glycosides, biological evaluation of these products, isolation and characterization of constituents from indigenous medicinal plants, standardization of Unani drugs. Pharmaceutics: There is a planned programme of product development including sustained release medication, controlled drug delivery systems, aerosols and formulation and evaluating of polyherbal products. The specific area of research are drug targeting, ocular inserts, transdermal drug delivery system, iontophoresis herbal formulation and prodrugs. The department is also undertaking academia- industry collaboration projects with Ranbaxy Research Laboratories and other pharmaceutical industries. Pharmacology: The department conducts research in the areas of Neuro-pharmacology, evaluation of medicinal agents and dosage forms with particular reference to indigenous drugs, potassium-channel opener and calcium-channel blockers and drugs acting on CVS. Besides this research in the area of Pharmacokinetics and Biochemical Pharmacology are also carried out. Pharmacognosy and Phytochemsitry: The main areas of research include isolation, identification and evaluation of constituents of natural drugs, plant tissue culture and its applications. Pharmaceutical Medicine: The main areas of research include clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacokinetics. A Unique programme in Pharmaceutical Medicine has been established with the financial support of the Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. for training candidates with Masters degree in Pharmacology for Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Medicine. Thrust
Areas
Publications Infrastructure for PG and Ph.D. labs is being upgraded to carry out advanced research in the following areas :
DEPARTMENT
OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY
Thrust
Areas
Publications The nature of competition in the industry puts a premium on research so there is a great demand for M. Pharm. and Ph.D. students in the research and drug development in pharmaceutical industry besides teaching positions in the discipline of Pharmaceutical Chemistry The department plans to start two new M. Pharm. Courses in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and establish a computer aided drug design laboratory. Thrust
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Development of Mucosal Drug Delivery System: The department has been pursuing research in this area for many years. Several papers have been published in International and national journals. Recently one paper was presented at International Symposium on controlled Release of Bio-active materials at Boston (USA). Further the department has on going major research schemes from UGC and AICTE in this area. Two products developed by the Deptt. have undergone initial clinical trials in Majeedia Hospital. With this initial background and research potential in this area, collaborative efforts will be made with suitable Pharmaceutical companies from the point of view of commercial exploitation of some pharmaceutical products. Transdermal & Iontophoretic Drug Delivery Systems: This area has also received good attention and success in the last ten years. The future efforts will be to discover, various physical and chemical methods of transdermal penetration enhancement. This research area is likely to be important and will remain a basic issue for the development of Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems which have a bright future in next decade. Development of HI-Tech Pharm Tech & Pilot Plant
Laboratory: The Department in next ten years should be in a position
to develop a Hi-Tech Pharmaceutical Technology Research and Pilot Plant
laboratory. This will be achieved by obtaining funds from various funding
agencies like UGC, CSIR etc. Every Senior teacher will be asked to develop
an area of research and make all efforts in this direction. At present the
Deptt. has already sought about 20 lacs from AICTE and Ranbaxy Research
Lab. for various equipments etc. This is a beginning in this direction. After obtaining better infrastructural facilities, the Deptt. can take up more Industry sponsored projects, and collaborate more effectively to initiate and sustain contemporary, and applicative research areas. This will be very pertinent in view of post-GATT scenario, when Pharma Industry would need to have such collaborations and Interactions for sharing the manpower and the Intellectual Property Rights with academic institutions. DEPARTMENT
OF PHARMACOGNOSY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY
Thrust
Areas
Publications The department has following immediate plans :
A grant of Rs. 10.00/- Lakhs for a duration of 5 years under the R & D scheme has been sanctioned by AICTE for the project Titled "DEVELOPMENT OF VALIDATED PROCESS FOR EXTRACTION AND ISOLATION OF FULVIC & HUMIC ACIDS FROM SHILAJIT & THEIR EVALUATION IN DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT" under the supervision of Prof. S.P. Agarwal. |
