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.

PhD Advertisement 2020-2021 (SEM II)

Ph.D admission in Second Semester 2020-21

News & Announcement

The Department of Pharmacy at BITS Pilani has entered the QS World Subject Rankings-2021 for pharmacy and pharmacology in the 151-2000 band.

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on the sponsored project by National Supercomputing Mission, DST, under the supervision of Dr. Vaibhav A. Dixit.

Applications are invited from suitable candidates for Laboratory Research Assistant to work on the sponsored project by an Industry, under the supervision of Dr. Deepak Chitkara.

Dr. P.D. Sethi Memorial National Award 2019 conferred to Mr. Ginson George & Mr. Dileep P. S under the supervision of Dr. Atish T. Paul

DST INSPIRE fellowship to Mr. Prashant Auti (PhD research scholar) working under the mentorship of Dr. Atish T. Paul

Miss Dhanashree Surve (PhD scholar with Dr. Anil Jindal) receives the prestigious Sun Pharma Science Scholar Award 2020

International virtual conference on Computer-Aided Drug Design

"International virtual conference on Computer-Aided Drug Design" organized successfully by Dept of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.

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International virtual conference on Drug Discovery and Delivery held on 6-7 Nov 2020

" International virtual conference on Drug Discovery and Delivery" organized successfully by Dept of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.

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SIF for B.Pharm course

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SIF for M.Pharm course