School of Pharmacy

School of Pharmacy

Pharmacy

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The School of Pharmacy is been approved by the Pharmacy Council of India, All India Council of Technical Education and University Grants Commission. The school started its first batch in the academic year of 2019-20. The school has 6 modern classrooms, 13 modular laboratories with sophisticated instruments. The school is attached to the general hospital which is situated in the campus of Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology.  Pharmacy School has well-qualified, foreign-trained skilful professional teaching professors with a doctorate or post-graduation degrees. School of Pharmacy motivates and encourages the faculty members to actively participate in research activities. 

Programme Offered

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  • B.Pharmacy 
  • D.Pharmacy
  • Pharm.D

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  • M.Pharm Pharmaceutics

The pharmacy career perfectly suits for students who are interested in pharmaceutical sciences and how the medicine assists patients to cope up with their health condition. There are countless exciting career opportunities available for the pharmacists worldwide. Sathyabama School of Pharmacy has one dream of impacting and improving the patient health through erudite and collaborative pharmacy practice and research. The combination of innovative teaching and hands-on interactive learning in our world premier school of Pharmacy, the outcome is always predictable: the students emerge as differentiated graduates who are prepared to meet the challenges of an ever-evolving health care industry. Students will also benefit from training placements and community health services within the industry to provide valuable insights and gain professional experience. 

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Number of Publications
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Research

  • Publications
PUBLICATIONS

Scientific papers are published and some are under publication process in various international peer-reviewed open access journals from the different departments of pharmacy like Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacy Practice.

Vision
  • The school aspires to attain academic and research excellence and to maintain a world-class standard
Mission
  • It aims to graduate fine pioneer pharmacists capable of competing at national and international levels who can bring forth positive health outcomes through the pharmacy profession and community service.
  • The school prepares graduates for a successful career in a healthcare setting by emphasizing problem-solving, decision making, critical and creative thinking built upon a strong foundation of basic knowledge and skills.
Program Education Objectives (PEO's)
  • PEO 1: To educate pharmacy graduates with strong fundamental concepts and high technical competence in pharmaceutical sciences and technology, to meet the competence of the pharmaceutical industry.  
  • PEO 2: To train the students to contribute towards the better health outcomes on the prevention and management of diseases. 
  • PEO 3: To encourage the students to participate in continuing pharmacy education for a highly productive career in relation to the concepts of Pharmaceutical Sciences towards serving the cause of society.
Program Outcome (PO's)
  • PO 1: To provide sound knowledge on the principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences and their applications. 
  • PO 2:To develop the ability for in-depth analytical and critical thinking to overcome the issues related to Pharmaceutical Industry, Regulatory Agencies, Hospital Pharmacy & Community Pharmacy
  • PO 3:To promote skills to solve, analyse and interpret data generated from Formulation Development, Quality Control & Quality Assurance. 
  • PO 4:To demonstrate knowledge of Research & Development in different disciplines of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology that benefit society. 
Program Specific Outcomes (PSO's)
  • PSO 1:To prepare the graduate to success in technical or professional careers in the various pharmaceutical industry or Health care facilities through education and training. 
  • PSO 2:To prepare a graduate of the program to learn and adapt to the constantly evolving trends in the industry. 
  • PSO 3:To strengthen the student pharmacist with an ethical attitude, effective communication skills, teamwork skills, multidisciplinary approach to relate to social necessities.
  • PSO 4:To pursue a lifelong career of personal and practising professional growth with ethical codes and self-esteem.  
Department Highlights
  • 10 plus students from first year have bagged prizes and awards in competitions conducted in national and international conferences in Tamilnadu and Andhra states.
  • More than 30 students have participated in E-Poster, Poster, Oral, Drawing, Awareness Brochure Framing at National and International Conferences conducted by pharmacy colleges all over India.
  • 3 patents were filed in the fields of Pharmacology and Drug Discovery by the inventors from the School of Pharmacy in 2020.
  • 2 project proposals were submitted to the government funding agencies by the faculties of our school.
  • Many research activities have been published in the indexed National and International Journals.  
  • The department has organised many Seminars, Webinars, Faculty Development Programmes, Pharmacist Day Celebrations and more education-related activities for the benefit of students’ knowledge enhancement.
  • Health Awareness Programmes are periodically conducted by the students along with the health care professionals like Physicians, Dentists, Nurses and Clinical Pharmacists.
  • Faculties of School of Pharmacy were the recipients of Outstanding Researcher Award, Distinguished Scientist Award, Best Poster and Best Oral Presentation Awards in 2020.
  • School of Pharmacy is specialized in providing the evidence-based education to the budding pharmacist.
  • The abroad trained well-experienced staff members are skilled to train the students to the excellence in the respective departments. 
  • Raman Spectroscopy: Pharmacy researches that involve non-destructive chemical analysis technique to provide detailed information about chemical structure phase and polymorphy, crystallinity and molecular interactions utilize the Raman spectroscopy. 
  • X-Ray Diffractometer: We have high-performance X-ray diffractometers that are designed for elucidating the ultimate quality diffraction data, with easy use and flexibility to change to different applications.
  • Scanning Electron Microscope: The SEM is utilized for the research studies on studying the surfaces of the solid objects by using a beam of focused electrons with low energy. 
Students

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology places emphasize on co-curricular and extracurricular activities These activities are student centered and primarily aims to supplement regular curricular activities.Its goal is to represent the student body in making the study experience as rewarding and enjoyable as possible.

International Relations

Centre for Academic Partnership & International Relations is an initiative of Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology devoted to promote academic alliances with Universities and Institutes at National and International level. The Centre establishes a link through Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate Research Collaboration, Student Exchange Programmes and Faculty Exchange Programmes.

Student Achievements
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 School of Pharmacy Students attended and presented scientific presentations in a Research summit on Clinical Pharmacognosy at the Saveetha College of Pharmacy, SIMTS dated on 17th -Feb-2023.

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Ms. Gayathri. J of II B.Pharmacy Student received II prize in Poster presentations during APP 23rd Indo US International Conference organized by APP Tamil Nadu State Branch and APP American International branch at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, VISTAS Pallavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 3rd April-2023

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Mr. N. BALAJI, Final Year B. Pharm student of School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology received “Best student of the year” award on August 14, 2022 by The Tamil Nadu All Registered Pharmacist Welfare Association (TNARPWA) on the occasion of PHARMA AWARDS 2021-22 event in order to appreciate his effort of having maximum CGPA score in the exams conducted during the academic year.

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Ms. S. RUPANNA, Final Year B. Pharm student of School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology received “Best student of the year” award (In Absentia) on August 14, 2022 by The Tamil Nadu All Registered Pharmacist Welfare Association (TNARPWA) on the occasion of PHARMA AWARDS 2021-22 event in order to appreciate her effort of having maximum CGPA score in the exams conducted during the academic year.

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DIVYA VARSHINI.N-III B. Pharmacy student has secured the Best poster award under the guidance of Dr. R. Thirumalaikumaran for the paper entitled “immune boosters” (Post COVID) in One day National Conference on Innovations and incubation in next generation P5 medicine using evidence based ayurveda, organized by the Interdisciplinary institute of Indian system of medicine (IIISM) Directorate of research SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu on 5th August-2022.

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Ms. R. Kaviya anjali of IV B. Pharmacy Student has presented a poster entitled “A Review study on the application of Artificial Intelligence in Screening and Disease diagnosis”and secured BEST POSTER Award in the Indo-Singapore International conclave on Translational Research in Healthcare “Harnessing Next Gen AI enabled Biotech Innovations for sustainable Healthcare” on 12th& 13th September-2022 organized by Centre for Drug discovery and development.

Faculty Achievements
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Dr. N. DELHIRAJ, Associate professor, School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology received “Eminent researcher” award on August 14, 2022 by The Tamil Nadu All Registered Pharmacist Welfare Association (TNARPWA) on the occasion of PHARMA AWARDS 2021-22 events in order to appreciate his contribution in the field of pharmaceutical research.

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Dr. A. PORSELVI, Associate professor, School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology received “Best Clinical Pharmacist” award on August 14, 2022 by The Tamil Nadu All Registered Pharmacist Welfare Association (TNARPWA) on the occasion of PHARMA AWARDS 2021-22 events in order to appreciate his contribution in the field of pharmaceutical research.

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Received by Dr. R. Thirumalaikumaran, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy.

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Dr. M. Arun Sundar, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of science and Technology Received an award in recognition of his research publications in ‘HIGH IMPACT JOURNALS” for the period of July 2021 to June 2022 from Honorable Dr. Mariazeena Johnson, Chancellor and Dr.Marie Johnson, president of, Sathyabama Institute of science and Technology on eve of Teachers Day celebrations 5th September-2022.

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Dr. S. Arun Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of science and Technology Received an award in recognition of his research publications in ‘HIGH IMPACT JOURNALS” for the period of July 2021 to June 2022 from Honorable Dr. Mariazeena Johnson, Chancellor and Dr. Marie Johnson, president of, Sathyabama Institute of science and Technology on eve of Teachers Day celebrations 5th September-2022.

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Mrs. G. ShanthiniNachiar, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of science and Technology Received an award for best oral presentation at 25th Annual National Convention of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India -APTICON-2022, held on 2,3 &4th September-2022 organized by JSS college of Pharmacy, Mysuru.

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Received the certificate of appreciation for the “Best Presentation Award” by Miss. Monisha, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy during “One day National level Seminar on future of drug dosage forms in disease management (FD3M)” organized by the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chettinad Academy of research and education, Chennai on 05-11-2022.

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Staff attended for 61st National Pharmacy Week Celebrations Valedictory function held at IIT Madras Research Park dated on 20th December, 2022.

Insights

  • Collaboration and MOU's
  • Facilities
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The collaboration and MOU's are underway with many other pharmaceutical companies for training and placements. 

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School of Pharmacy made one MoU with ICON LIFE SCIENCES, Sidco Industrial estate, Alathur, Chennai-603110, Tamilnadu, India, to facilitate the various activities like Practical training, Entrepreneurship and Self Employment Opportunities to the students on 1st November-2021. 

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library

The Central Library: It has a vast collection of books for reference for D. Pharm, B. Pharm students. The books are collected with utmost care as recommended by the Pharmacy Council of India for both practical and theory. There are numerous e-books available for online access to both the faculties and students. 

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The Dental Hospital: A fully functional dental hospital runs inside the campus for the benefits of the public and students. Students can visit the hospital in case of dental ailments that is situated within the premises. 

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The General Hospital: The general hospital with multi specialities and versatile consultants are working round the clock for the better health of the public and students. Our Pharmacy students are planned to get training and practice in our hospital pharmacy in the areas of dispensing, drug information and drug storage.

Events
Pharmacy Day

World Pharmacist Day was celebrated on 25 September 2019 to promote and advocate the role of the pharmacist in improving health all over the world. It also was useful in spreading awareness about the importance and role of the pharmacist to every budding student pharmacist.

Symposium

A national symposium was conducted on 18 - 19th November 2019 on the topic "Changing Paradigms in Clinical Research and Clinical Trials on Drug Validation".  Various disciplines involved in the pre-clinical research, conduct of clinical trials were discussed. The symposium was very useful in educating the health care researchers on designing, operation, organizing, research computing, regulatory aspects and reporting of clinical trials. It promoted a better understanding among the participants about the importance of clinical trials in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of various diseases.

Dr. Porselvi

"Best Outstanding Scientist Award" by Arunai International Research Foundation was earned by Dr. A. Porselvi, Assistant Professor from the hands of Honorable Thiru. Justice RMT. Teekaa Raman at the International Researchers Connect and Awards 2019, Chennai 12th October 2019.​

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Mr. S. Shyam Sudarsan I B. Pharm student has won II prize in E. Poster Presentation on the topic entitled “A Review on Herbal Drug Discovery in the Recent Decade” at Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute that held on 12th and 13th November under the guidance of Dr. A. Porselvi, Assistant Professor. 

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Dr. A. Porselvi, Assistant Professor, has won first prize in Oral Presentation on a topic entitled “A prospective study on the healing outcomes of diabetic foot ulcer after the implementation of clinical pharmacist intervention guidelines”,  held at International Conference organized by Nirmala College of Pharmacy in collaboration with Findlay University, USA held on 17 and 18th of December, 2019.

Deepan Award

Mr. M. Deepan Balaji, I B.Pharm student has won first prize in Clinical Intervention Competition at International Conference organized by Nirmala College of Pharmacy in collaboration with Findlay University, USA held on 17 and 18th of December, 2019, under the guidance of Dr. A. Porselvi, Assistant Professor.​

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School of Pharmacy organized a seminar on Intellectual Property Rights on 20-07-2022 at 10.00 am to 11.00 am. It was organized by Dr. R. Thirumalaikumaran and Dr. S. Arun Kumar. The seminar was presented by Dr. Sharana Gouda, Assistant Controller of Patents and designs & Head, Biotechnology Group, Patent Office Guindy, Chennai. He had given extensive information on how to file a patent, what are the products can be patented as well as the commercialization of the patented products. He briefly explained about the types patenting like copyrights, trademarks and careers in the patent office for our Pharmacy also. Finally, he organized with quiz and jumbled sentences between students.

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School of Pharmacy organized a One-day Webinar on “Recent advances in nano medicine on 26-08-2022 at 06.00 pm to 07.30 pm. It was organized by Dr. Amudhavalli and Dr. Aishwarya. S, Ms. Nandhini.M & Mrs. Shanthini Nachiar. G. The seminar was presented by Dr. Archana R Deokar, Assistant Professor, Modern college of arts, science and commerce, Pune, Maharashrtra. She had given extensive information on how to formulate the nanoparticles and how to characterize the nanoparticles. She briefly explained about the pharmaceutical applications of nanoparticles. Students are highly benefited by the session.

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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology “Pharmacy Journal club” inauguration took place on 29th June, 2022 in Open Air Theatre at 4.00 P.M.   Dr. K. Parthasarathi, Scientist shared about the insights and prospectus of journal club to students participates from school of Pharmacy.

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The Pharmacy Journal Club faculty co- ordinator Dr. A. Porselvi organised the first quiz event on 16.07.2022, preceded by the wonderful presentation of Mr. Voleti Vijaya Kumar on GPAT exam preparation to the final and pre final year students of pharmacy school.

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Biohackthon - one of the grand event organised and conducted by the Pharmacy Journal Club with Student Development Cell on 5th of August, in Technosummit 2022.  Oral presentations were presented by students of various health sciences colleges across nation and prizes were distributed to the best performers.

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School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and technology (Deemed to be a university) celebrated “World Pharmacist Day”, on 23rd of September, 2022 at Dental Auditorium, School of Dental Sciences. The day is celebrated annually worldwide to promote and advocate the role of the Pharmacists in improving health in every corner of the world. The theme of World Pharmacist Day-2022 is “Pharmacy united in action for a healthier world.

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School of Pharmacy has organized 6 days online e-Faculty Development Program with the theme of The Art and Science of writing a Research Paper from 17th October 2022 to 22nd October 2022 (6 days). Six Resource persons attended from different places and delivered excellent talks based on theme. A Total of 983 delegates were registered and attended for the program from different states across India. The event was organized by the Mr. Voleti Vijaya Kumar (Organizing Secretary), Dr. N. Delhiraj (Co Organizer) and Dr. L. Kaviarasan (Coordinator).

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One Day Webinar (Student Development Program) with theme “Healthcare IT Careers & Overview of conducted through online mode at School of Pharmacy, SIST on by Mr. Ch. Kiran Kumar, Founder & CEO of Rise Trainings, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on 24-Nov-2022. All the B. Pharmacy and D. Pharmacy students are benefited from the program. Mr. V. Vijaya Kumar and Dr. L. Kaviarasan are the organizers of this webinar.

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Staff and Students of School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai  have participated in Pharma Rally Program in association with the IPA (Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Tamilnadu) date: 26-11-2022 (Saturday) at Elliot’s beach , Besant Nagar, Chennai  on eve of National Pharmacy Week Celebrations-Theme: India--Pharmacy of the World during 22nd -26th November-2022.

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One day National (Virtual) Conference was held with the theme of “Pharmaceutical Start-ups: Fostering Entrepreneurship Skills and Data Science Literacy” dated on 02-Dec-2022 Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Dr. Neeraj Kumar Sethiya, Associate Professor, School of Pharmaceutical and Populations Health Informatics, DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand and Dr. Prakash Muthudoss, Founder & Director, A2Z4.0 Research & Analytics Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India attended as a resource persons and delivered wonderful lectures to the participants. The students were benefited from the conference.

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School of pharmacy organized an industrial visit for the IV B.Pharmacy (Batch: 2019-2023) students to Medo Pharm Private Limited (Unit-II), A general formulation unit at Kayarembedu village, Guduvanchery, Tamilnadu,  in order to get practical knowledge used in manufacturing of various dosage forms. The visit was organized by Dr Joan Vijetha, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy. The visit was held in two groups (Day-1: 03-02-2023 1st Group &Day-2: 04-02-2023 2nd Group).Total 54 students attended for this visit.

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School of Pharmacy, II-year D.Pharm students attended for the one-week training program at our Sathyabama hospital. The students were given training in various first aid activities.

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School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Organized a guest lecture (Date: 06-03-2023) at School of Pharmacy Seminar Hall on the occasion of National Pharmacy Education Day (Birth Anniversary of Prof. M. L Schroff-Father of Pharmacy Education in India). Dr. Y. Ismail, Associate Professor, Crescent School of Pharmacy, BSACIST, Chennai, Tamil Nadu has been a Resource person and delivered a wonderful talk on “Importance of Pharmacy Education in India”. The speaker delivered the scope and importance of pharmacy education and role of pharmacist in the development of health sector across the globe. All the II and III B.Pharmacy students and staff attended for the guest lecture. Dr.P.Shanmugapandiyan and Dr.S.Arun Kumar are the Organizers of the event.

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School of Pharmacy, SIST, Chennai celebrated International women's day at Dental auditorium on 09th March-2023. The guest lecture was delivered by Prof. Bhuvaneswari S, HOD of Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing. Various programs such as, Mime-on women safety and how various technology available to protect the woman's, dancing, singing, drama- on how important is women’s education and how few woman's broke the barriers to achieve their goals and quiz- on women leaders.

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School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and technology organized a Guest lecture on the topic: “Pharmacovigilance on current trends and future perspectives” dated on 13-07-2023 at Sathyabama Dental college auditorium. The program was organized by Dr.S.Arun Kumar and Mr.V.Vijaya Kumar. Dr. C. Stalin, Regional Medical advisor, Wockhardt, Chennai was the resource person and delivered a wonderful lecture regarding the importance of pharmacist in filing of Adverse Drug reactions in Pharmacovigilance Program of India, National Coordination Centre. He also explained about the Online ADR Report system. Students from School of Pharmacy attended the program. Dr.P.Shanmugapandiyan, Dean School of Pharmacy addressed the gathering. The management conveyed the best regards to the students.

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School of Pharmacy, SIST students attended for the awareness on Basic Life Support-CPR Training in association with the Sathyabama College of Nursing. All the years of B.Pharmacy students were attended for this program. Dates: 23-06-2023 09:30 am to 02:00 pm

nursingSchool of Pharmacy in association with Department of Chemistry organized seminar on Drug Abuse/Addictions-Biochemistry Perspectives at Sathyabama International research Centre (IRC) dated on 25-07-2023. Dr. Monishraj, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy delivered a lecture on Biochemistry of addiction and drug abuse. School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry students were attended for this event.

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The school of Pharmacy, SIST, conducted the Guest lecture on the event of World Hepatitis day, on 28.7.23, at Sathyabama Dental Auditorium. Dr.S.Amudhalaxshmi, Associate Professor, CL Baid Metha College of Pharmacy was invited as a Resource person.The  lecture was relatively constructive and informative session, with more applicability of drug developments was discussed.  The speaker narrated the importance of prevention, cure and more details on the current situation of Hepatitis around the world. The session on the whole educated about the theme, One life, One liver World Hepatitis Day, to raise awareness on viral hepatitis, as this year’s theme is ‘one life, one liver’. The Event was coordinated by Dr.V.Amudavalli.  Dr. Shanmugapandiyan, Dean, School of Pharmacy extended his support and encouragements to the all the participants in order to passively benefit from the event

Laboratories
Pharmaceutics Laboratory

Pharmaceutics Laboratory: The Laboratory intended to provide knowledge on different dosage forms, formulation and its future developmental evolution. It also provides practical knowledge on cosmetics formulation and dosage forms future evolution.

Pharmacognosy Laboratory

Pharmacognosy Laboratory: The Laboratory concentrates on the collection and identification of drug content and therapeutic use of natural drugs. The foremost concern of this department is to enrich the knowledge of students about phytochemistry and isolation of drugs from plant sources.

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Museum: The museum is situated inside the Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutics and Human Anatomy Physiology lab, showcases many informative charts, organ models, organ system and function scientific pictorial representations, specimens and Photographs. Different dosage forms are displayed in the Pharmaceutics museum. 

Machine room

Machine Room: The machine room has sophisticated machinery necessary for the practical learning on formulations and development of tablets, capsules and other dosage forms, such as Ball mill, Cutter mill, Tableting machine, Coating pan, Spray coater, BOD Incubator, Tapping device, Mixer and shakers, Tray dryer, Ampoule filling and sealing machine, Ampoule washing machine, Ampoule clarity test apparatus, Disintegration test apparatus, Mechanical sieve shaker, Capsule filling machine, Friability test apparatus, Dissolution test apparatus, Hot air oven, Vacuum pump, Autoclave.

Curriculum
  • The curriculum and syllabus are framed by the Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi for the Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) and D. Pharmacy (D. Pharm) courses under Regulation 6, 7 & 8. These regulations shall be called as “The Revised Regulations for the B. Pharm. Degree Program (CBCS) of the Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi”. The regulations framed are subject to modifications from time to time by the Pharmacy Council of India. The course of study for B. Pharm shall extend over a period of eight semesters (four academic years) and six semesters (three academic years) for lateral entry students. Each semester shall consist of not less than 100 working days. The odd semesters shall be conducted from the month of June/July to November/December and the even semesters shall be conducted from December/January to May/June in every calendar year. A candidate is required to put in at least 80% attendance in individual courses considering theory and practical separately. The candidate shall complete the prescribed course satisfactorily to be eligible to appear for the respective examinations.
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Dr. P. Shanmugapandiyan,
Dean , School of Pharmacy
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