Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani-Pilani Campus

Overview-Mission and Vision

About the Department

The Pharmacy department of BITS Pilani is one of the few early schools of Pharmacy in India. Established in 1950, under the able leadership of (Late) Prof. M. L. Schroff, Father of Pharmacy Education in India, it blossomed into one of the most sought after Schools of Pharmacy in India due to its broad-based education system and university-industry linkages, which is the hallmark of BITS, Pilani.

In the year of 2011, the Department of Pharmacy has completed 60 years of its existence as a premier institution in the field of Pharmacy Education and Research in India and abroad. The Department is continuously undertaking research projects funded by industries and governmental funding agencies like CSIR, UGC, AICTE, DST and MHRD. Ph.D. degrees have been awarded to about 60 candidates till now. Alumni are well placed in India as well as abroad in various pharmaceutical companies, government organizations like drug control, research laboratories, etc., and in several well-known academic institutions.

Department Mission

To achieve excellence in teaching and research by

Making of a dedicated team of faculty
Creating state of the art research facility
Preparing pharmaceutical professionals who can adapt to rapid changes in science and technology
Developing cost effective technology to support pharmaceutical industry

Department Vision

To emerge as a global center of excellence in pharmaceutical education and research

Degree Outcome

Outcome of B. Pharm degree

Outcome of M. Pharm degree

Research

The Department is continuously undertaking research projects funded by industries and governmental funding agencies like CSIR, UGC, AICTE, DST and MHRD. Ph.D. degrees have been awarded to about 60 candidates till now.

Prof. R. N. Saha (Director, BITS Pilani-Dubai campus) received chair professorship award in the recognition of their significant contributions to teaching/research work. Recently, Prof R. Mahesh (Professor of Pharmacy and Dean faculty Affairs Division) received best paper award (Pharmacology discipline) in APTI held in Oct. 2011 at Moga, Punjab. Recently, the department of Pharmacy has been sanctioned five UGC funded BSR fellowships for PhD students. Currently there are 17 faculty members and 46 full-time PhD students in the Dept. of Pharmacy.

Courses

The courses offer exhaustive exposure to various practical aspects of the research methodologies, instrumental techniques, emerging areas and industrial operations

Faculty

Our faculty have extensive experience in industry, research as well as teaching. Our strength is a reflection of their skills, innovation and drive. Our staff members typically have a high sense of purpose and derive great meaning from working together to ensure BITS Pilani's academic and research excellence is well supported.

Student's Corner

This section provides vital information to the students interested in pursuing a degree in Pharmacy at BITS, Pilani. Students graduating from Department of Pharmacy at BITS, Pilani, have always emerged out in flying colors and attained new heights of success.

Attention candidates appearing for Ph D Interviews I sem 2020-21

All candidates appearing for Ph D interviews for I Sem 2020-21 MUST note

Instructions
Schedule
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Ph.D. Short Listing criteria

7.5/75% cGPA or above in M. Pharmacy, M. Pharm./ MS Pharm (Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry ) or equivalent for candidates having such degree
B. Pharm/M.Sc./ME/Pharm D/ MTech as highest degree not considered

News & Announcement

Pharmacist Day celebrated at Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani on 25th September 2020 (via online mode)

Ph.D admission in First Semester 2020-21

Mr. Kishan S Italiya (Ph.D. Research Scholar) working with Dr Anupama Mittal has received the following awards recently:
"AAPS 2019 Best Abstract Award" at AAPS PhramSci360 2019 International conference held at texas, USA on 03-06 November 2019.
Best Poster Presentation Award (Innovative Idea & Patents category) in 2nd National Biomedical Research Competition (NBRCom-2019)held at Chandigarh, INDIA on 17th November 2019.
Ms. Arisha Mahmood (M.Pharm., III SEM) wins the best individual speaker prize at the annual intercollege debate competition organized by Sentiss Pharma at Niper Mohali on 7th Nov'19 on the topic "Trade wars and new drug regulations in the US and Europe: Opportunity or Pitfall for Indian pharma companies"
Mr. Kishan S Italitya (Ph.D. Research Scholar) working with Dr Anupama Mittal has received "International Travel support" from DST for attending AAPS 2019 PharmSci360 to be held at Texas, USA.
Mr. K.V.Krishna (Ph.D. Research Scholar) working with Dr Dubey and Prof Saha has received "CSIR Foreign Travel Grant" for attending 6th Asia-Pacific Congress of Interventional Oncology, held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 02-05 October 2019.
Mr. K.V.Krishna (Ph.D. Research Scholar) working with Dr Dubey and Prof Saha has been awarded "Young Investigator Award" at the 6th Asia-Pacific Congress of Interventional Oncology, 2019 held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 02-05 October 2019.

SIF for B.Pharm course

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SIF for M.Pharm course