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Department of Pharmacy

About Us

The Department of Pharmacy at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus hails its core strength from well-qualified faculty, some of the brightest minds of the country and good laboratory facilities. Students are trained in all diverse fields of pharmacy orienting their applicability to industrial and research needs. We aim to become the top pharmacy school in the country with a vision to train and nurture manpower towards fundamental research in pharmacy leading to technology innovation and entrepreneurship. Along with ongoing collaborations with renowned international and national universities, the department aims at carrying out collaborative research in thrust areas as well as promotes exchange of faculty and students for mutual benefit.

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Research

The Department of Pharmacy at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus has been excelling with regard to the research and consultancy since the inception of this campus (2008). To its credit the department has been publishing research papers in well-renowned international and national journals and has been successful in attracting voluminous funding from various government agencies like UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, OSDD, etc. The faculty in this department has collaborations with various Indian and Foreign Universities like, IISc, Bangalore; NIMHANS, Bangalore; NII, New Delhi; ISER, Pune; IICT, Hyderabad; IIT, Kanpur; NIH, USA; NCI, USA; Karolinska Institute, Sweden etc.

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Sonal Fande

Ph.D. Supervisor - Prof. Dharmarajan Sriram,
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Ami Sirdesai

Ph.D. Supervisor - Prof. Dharmarajan Sriram,
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Paulkar Suraj Shrihari

Ph.D. Supervisor - Prof. Nirmal Jayabalan,
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Vipparthi Pravinkumar Ganesh

Ph.D. Supervisor - Prof. Onkar Prakash Kulkarni   ,
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Kushal Vesmaker

Ph.D. Supervisor - Prof. Arti Dhar    ,
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ASIF MOHD ITOO

Ph.D. Topic - Pharmacy

Ph.D. Supervisor - Prof. Swati Biswas,
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Junior Research Fellow

Application for the position of one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position for the BITS Hyd and La Trobe University project titled " Formulation-based strategy to design membrane targeting antimicrobial peptide-based therapeutics for cancer and eye infections" under the supervision of Prof. Swati Biswas ( BITS-Hyd) and Prof. Adam Mechler (La Trobe University).

Junior Research Fellow

Application for the position of one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position for the ICMR project titled "Revolutionizing Phototherapy with Hypoxia-Reversing Photothermal/ Photodynamic Nanoparticles-Laden In Situ Gel for Non-Invasive Tumor Ablation in Oral Cancer" under the supervision of Prof. Swati Biswas, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Post Doctoral fellow

Applications are invited from candidates for the position of Post Doctoral fellow to work on the following consultancy project (Corneal Patch for Ocular Therapy) under the supervision of Prof. Nirmal J, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Research Fellow

Applications are invited from candidates for the Junior Research Fellow Position to work on the following project sponsored by Velux Stiftung, working under the supervision of Prof. Nirmal J, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Ph.D Scholar

Applications are invited for ONE position of PhD Scholar on project, “Additively Manufactured Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Cellular Lattices-Based Scaffolds for Neural Tissue Engineering Applications” under the supervision of Prof. Abhijeet Joshi Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus and Prof. Nitin Kotkunde Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Ph.D Scholar

Applications are invited from suitable self-motivated candidates for ONE position of Ph.D. Scholar on the project, “Exploring the synergistic benefits of co-delivering angiogenesis and DNMT inhibitors using nanoliposomes for pancreatic cancer treatment” under the supervision of Prof. Akash Chaurasiya and Prof. Kumar Pranav Narayan Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. Deserving candidates check the eligibility criteria and qualification process of the PhD program of BITS Pilani (http://www.bitsadmission.com/phmain.aspx).

Junior Research Fellow

Application for the position of one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position for the ICMR project titled "Revolutionizing Phototherapy with Hypoxia-Reversing Photothermal/ Photodynamic Nanoparticles-Laden In Situ Gel for Non-Invasive Tumor Ablation in Oral Cancer" under the supervision of Prof. Swati Biswas, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Junior Research Fellow

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on the following project sponsored by the Science & Engineering Research Board - Core Research Grant (SERB-CRG, File No. CRG/2023/003045) under the supervision of Prof. Tanmay Chatterjee, Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus and co-supervision of Prof. Balaram Ghosh, Department of Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.

Research Scientist

Application for the position of one project research scientist 1 position for the ICMR project " Brain-Targeted Antibacterial Nanomedicine to Revolutionize the Existing Therapy for Bacterial Meningitis" under the supervision of Prof. Swati Biswas, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Junior Research Fellow

Application for the position of one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position for the CSIR ASIPRE project "Nanozyme-Incorporated Light-Responsive Hydrogel as Angiogenic Antibacterial Wound Dressing for Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcer" under the supervision of Prof. Swati Biswas, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Department of Pharmacy BITS Pilani (Pilani and Hyderabad campus) ranked 3rd in NIRF ranking 2023. 

 
NIRF Ranking 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 & 2018: Department of Pharmacy BITS Pilani(Pilani and Hyderabad campus).

Activities

Projects and electives offered by the department include study oriented, lab-oriented and computer projects spanning across the sixth to eighth semesters which play a pivotal role in refining the strong theoretical background earned during earlier semesters. On an average 3 out of 5 contact hours are devoted to laboratory courses. The rigors of labs and projects develop a student to deliver quality work within strict time constraint. The department firmly believes in maintaining a healthy balance between curricular and extra co-curricular activities. Thus the department not only encourages our students to strive excellence in Pharmacy but also support and motivate them for their overall development and a well-rounded personality.

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