Department of Pharmaceutics

Department of Pharmaceutics

The Department of Pharmaceutics is part of SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, and collectively has 10 competent faculty members, where the quality and achievement of our faculty shows a commitment to excellence, research and growth. Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design that deals with all facets of the process of turning a new chemical entity into a medication able to be safely and effectively used by patients in the community.

The Department has state-of- the art labs, modern facilities and well experienced staffs that are considered the most advanced infrastructure in the country. It offers the students and research scholars to enrich their skill and knowledge in all disciplines from Preformulation studies, development of various dosage forms like Tablets, Capsules, Ointments, Creams, Syrups, nanoformulations and studying the biopharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic aspects of the developed dosage forms in achieving safe and efficient drug therapy. The department also gives a training environment that includes cutting edge in laboratory instrumentation and technologies for students and Ph.D research scholars.

The Department has remarkable research activities and excel in publishing wide range of research articles  every year in well reputed peer reviewed indexed journals. Also, it has an excellent placement track record.

Dr. N. Damodharan

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The Department of Pharmaceutics has 10 competent faculty committed towards excellence in academics and research. Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design that deals with all facets of the process of turning a new chemical entity into a medication to be safely and effectively used by patients in the community. The department has state-of- the-art labs, modern facilities that offer the students and Ph.D. scholars to enrich their skill and knowledge in pharmaceutical development. The department is actively engaged with development of prototype formulations, and Nanoparticulate systems.

Thrust areas

  • Development of various nanocarriers like Solid Lipid Nanoparticles, Nanodispersions, Nanoemulsions, Liposomes and Niosomes etc for the Targeted Delivery of Drugs to various Cancers.
  • Enhancement of solubility and bioavailability of BCS Class –II drugs.
  • Formulation of Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems
  • Nano-Formulation development for wound infection treatment and prevention.
  • Development of Nano-suspensions
  • Mucoadhesive formulation development
  • Formulation and Evaluations of various Conventional Formulations
  • Formulation and evaluations of Floating Tablets, Oro dispersible Tablets.
  • Formulation and Evaluation of In situ gel.
  • Formulation of Herbal Drugs and determining its pharmacokinetic parameters.

Faculty

Teaching environment and quality are central to SRMIST’s capabilities profile. Our Professors are the reason for our continued ability to foster vibrant and value adding learning experiences for our students. The success of our students’ in terms of their learning and overall development enabled by our faculty members is an area of focus of Leadership at SRMIST. Many opportunities are provided to our faculty members to conduct research and engage with the industry in consultancy and other projects. This platform brings to our faculty members an opportunity to expand their knowledge contribution as well as bring those rich experiential inputs to the classrooms and labs therefore benefiting our students.

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Infrastructure

  • Lyophilizer
  • Rotary Tablet Machine 16 Station
  • USP Dissolution test apparatus
  • UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
  • Roche Friabilator
  • Disintegration apparatus
  • Tap Density Apparatus
  • Coating Machine
  • Sonicator
  • Centrifuge
  • Brookfield Viscometer
  • Stability chamber
  • Cooling Centrifuge
  • Deep Freezer
  • Shaker Incubator
  • Probe Sonicator
  • PCR Machine
  • Electrophoresis system
  • Inverted Tissue Culture Microscope
  • Phase Contrast Microscope
  • Bio safety Cabinet
  • Thermo CO2 Incubator
  • BOD Incubator
  • Tablet counter

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