Pharmaceutics

The Department of Pharmaceutics, established in 2011 in NCP, with M Pharm specializations in Pharmaceutics, with an intake of 15 students.Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) or old drugs into a medication to be used safely and effectively by patients. In this regard, the department equips a student with the knowledge and experience necessary for an excellent Pharmaceutical Formulation Scientist. Department of pharmaceutics provides excellent learning opportunities in a competent, well versed research atmosphere. The Specialization focuses on imparting training with a well- designed curriculum in order to become experts in the field of formulation development, Scale- up, Production and industrial Pharmacy.               

Curriculum is offered in 3 tracks, B. Pharmacy and M. Pharmacy and  Pharm D programme.. The department is richly blessed with a smart team of well experienced, dedicated teachers. Promising and productive research is carried out in the field of Formulation and novel drug delivery. A handfull of papers are published every year, in Peer reviewed, national and internationally well recognized journals.


PROGRAM

M Pharm Pharmaceutics

This program was introduced in NCP on 2011. The course content is methodically structured and designed to prepare the students for a career in pharmaceutical industry and to continue research activities in various pharma avenues including higher studies. The program provides various opportunities to the students to participate in R & D projects and to develop the research skills. Brief outline of the courses to be studied under this program is given below


OUR STAFF

Faculty

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    DR. S. KUPPUSWAMY

    Professor and HOD

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    DR. MANJU MARIA MATHEWS

    Professor

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    MS. FLOWERLET MATHEW

    Associate Professor

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    MR. DHANISH JOSEPH

    Associate Professor

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    DR. FELS SAJU

    Associate Professor

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    ELIZABETH N. XAVIER

    Asst.Professor

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    MR. EBY GEORGE

    Asst.Professor

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    MRS. VIDYA PETER

    Asst.Professor

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    ANCY I J

    Asst.Professor

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    SONIA NINAN

    Asst.Professor

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Pharmaceutics

 Infrastructure:

·         5 Pharmaceutics Laboratories For B Pharm Programme

·         Separate Laboratory For M Pharm Programme

·         Exclusive Research Laboratory 

·         Well Maintained Pilot Manufacturing Machine Room

Core research areas:

·         Cancer drug development

·         Diabetic Drug Development

·         Controlled Release Dosage Forms

·         Sustained Release Dosage Forms

·         Liposomes, Niosomes

·         Transdermal Patches

·         Floating Tablets

·         Bioadhesive Systems

·         Osmotic Pumps

·         Solubility studies 

·         Pharmacokinetic studies

Instrumentation

Ø  Research Lab

·         Brookfield Viscometer

·         Dissolution Apparatus

·         Humidity Chamber

·         High shear homogenizer

·         High speed refrigerator centrifuge

·         Moisture analyser


Ø  Pilot Manufacturing Machine Room

·         Rotary Tableting Machine

·         Granulator

·         Tap density apparatus

·         Leak test apparatus

·         Double cone blender

·         V Cone blender

·         Cube Mixer

·         Triple roller mill

·         Tablet Coating Machine

·         Pelletizer

·         Liquid Filling Machine

·         Disintegration Apparatus

·         Capsule Filling Machine

·         Rotary evaporator

·         Dissolution apparatus

Ø  Other Lab facilities of the Department

·         Digital magnetic stirrer

·         Tap Density Tester

·         Colony Counter

·         Digital pH Meter

·         Rotary Shaker

·         Centrifuge

·         Microscope

·         Antibiotic Zone Reader

·         Bod Incubator

·         Autoclave

·         Hot Air Oven

·         Incubator

·         Ball Mill

·         Franz Diffusion Cell