Department of Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics help in training the students in drug formulations like tablets, capsules, parenterals, ointments, creams, eye drops, syrups, drug interaction, stability, shelf-life studies, etc. Different aspects of filling, packing, sealing, and labeling are studied by the students. Various practical aspects of Pharmaceutics like Physical Pharmacy, Unit Operation, Dispensing Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Biopharmaceutics, Community Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Engineering, etc. are taught to the students.

Main areas of research in the department of pharmaceutics include –Novel drug delivery systems (Polymeric & lipid based nanosystems), ocular drug delivery systems, transdermal drug delivery system, mucoadhesive drug delivery system and use of bio-polymers for NDDS.

Machine Room equipped with all the modern equipments and instruments related to the production and in-house quality control of tablets, capsules, liquids and injectibles.

Equipment available: Tablet Punching machine, Fluidized bed drier, Double cone blender, Tray drier, Brook field Viscometer, Filter press, Disintegration apparatus, Tablet coating machine, Capsule filling machine, Ointment filling & sealing machine, Friabilator, Ampoule sealing machine, Tablet Hardness tester, IR moisture balance, etc.