Himachal Pharmacy College

Under the Auspices of Gian Chand Dharamvir Charitable Trust

Department

Duration of Course: 4 Years (8 semesters)
Eligibility Criteria 10+2(PCM/PCB), Min Marks for General : 55% (50% for SC/ST/OBC)
Affiliated to.: Himachal PradeshTechnical University, Hamirpur
Syllabus of B.Pharm. : Syllabus Through HPTU, Hamirpur

Salient Features of Bachelor of Pharmacy

  • Semester modular structure.
  • Strong exposure to basic science, humanities, management and engineering related subjects.
  • Exhaustive exposure to various practical aspects of the research methodologies, instrumental techniques, emerging areas and industrial operations.
  • Option for doing projects (Study/ Laboratory/ Computer oriented)from third year onwards along with regular courses, seminars, assignments etc.
  • Electives option to choose a specific career path.

The admission announcement usually comes out in May- July.

Introduction career

Pharmacy is one of the main disciplines under Biomedical Science and the pharmaceutical industry. There are many disciplines within the Biomedical sciences.

Pharmacy is related to health sciences. It is the profession responsible for the preparation, dispensing and appropriate use of medication and which provides services to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes. A Pharmacists job is to prepare, mix, compound or dispense drugs and medicines, ointments, powder, pills, tablets and injections on the prescription of a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinarian. In detail, they are concerned with production of pharmaceutical products, development of the methods or processes of production and quality control. Those in research concern themselves with synthesis of new drugs (what is commonly referred to as molecules), new processes, clinical testing of the effects of such drugs on animals and humans, and obtaining the required License from the drug control authorities. A pharmacist is required to explain the mode and precautions regarding the use of medicines dispensed in a hospital pharmacy, prepare special formulations normally not available in the market, assist the physician in rendering necessary information about various drugs, their contra-indications, incompatibility etc.

There are over 225 programs in Pharmacy conducted by different universities in India. The main courses in Pharmacy are the 2 years Diploma in Pharmacy

(D.Pharm), 4 years Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm), 2 years Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm) and Ph.d programmes.

College Industry Linkage

HPC is a pioneer in the field of Industry linkages and its bold and radical innovations in this regard have no parallel in H.P. The Practice college method of education, a controlled simulation of real-life, adopted at HPC creates circumstances whereby the college is linked with the world of work. Thus the Practice college institutionalizes efforts to build the long needed bridge between the professional world and the educational world. The programme for B.Pharm., has two components, namely of two months’ duration implemented during the summer following the 2nd year and of five and a half months’ duration implemented during either of the semesters of the final year.

The degree students get an opportunity to work through the component in the organizations namely; Concept Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Regional Research Laboratory, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ahmedabad; Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad; Novartis Enterprises Pvt Ltd., Mumbai; Dr. Reddy’s Lab., Hyderabad; Dr. Morepan Labs, Chandigarh; IPCA Labs, Mumbai; Merind, Mumbai; Strides Arcolabs, Bangalore; Hetero Drugs, Hyderabad; CDRI, ITRC, Lucknow; Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases, Chennai; B.V. Patel Pharma. Edu. Res. & Dev. Centre (PERD), Ahmedabad; Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Paonta sahib (H.P.) etc. and many Pharmaceuticals company’s those are situated at Paonta sahib (H.P.)

Future Plan

  • The Primary aim is to convert the Group it into an “Advanced Study Centre for Research and Innovation in Pharmaceutical Sciences”
  • Modern industrial manufacturing equipments as per latest GMP and ICH guidelines for training of students (UG) and fetching Industry sponsored projects in area of production process optimisation
  • Providing extra thrust for research activities.
  • Providing extra thrust for research activities.Development of pilot plant facility for optimisation of commercially viable synthetic process for NCE’s.
  • Development of Biotech. based pharmaceuticals and overcoming their stability problems.
  • Computational facilities for computer aided drug design and related activities.
  • Training of manpower in industry and academia.
  • Pharmacognosy is a specific discipline deals with the rapid developments in the knowledge and utilization of medicinal substances of biological origin (plant, microorganism and animal products) used in human and veterinary purpose. This subject provides information about the principles and procedures used in the identification, authentication, and extraction, isolation of active constituents by chromatography techniques, purification and development of herbal formulations and assay methods for the isolated constituents. Attention is paid to the development of standardization protocols for the herbal formulations.
    The department is involved in the protection of endangered medicinal species and the isolation of new drugs and lead compounds from traditional remedies. This department is also maintaining a medicinal garden, which serves as an educational display of medicinal and aromatic plants.

List of Equipments in Department of Pharmacognosy

 

S. No.

Equipment /apparatus

Nos.

1

Muffle Furnace

1

2

Magnetic Stirrer

3

Colony Counter

1

4

pH Meter

2

Heating Mantle

10

6

Distillation unit

1

7

Soxhlet apparatus

6

8

Clevenger apparatus

6

9

Copper Water Bath

16

10

Microscope

15

11

Stage micrometer

18

12

Ocular micrometer

18

13

Moisture balance

1

14

Electronic balance

2

15

Refrigerator

1

16

Projection microscope

1

17

Hot air oven

1

18

Hot plate

1

19

Biological incubator

1

20

Water bath

2

21

Camera lucida

15

22

Spirit lamp

12

23

Vacuum pump

02

24

Desiccator

01

  • Pharmaceutics is concerned with the strategies by which biologically active compounds are presented to the body so as to elicit an optimal response. Included are the design, preparation and testing of drug-delivery systems. The major area of emphasis found in the current research in the Department of Pharmaceutics Novel Drug Delivery (Nanotechnology based SR & CR).
  • In course work, emphasis is placed on fundamentals underlying these subject areas. The Undergraduate programme (B.Pharm) trains the students in Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical dosage forms, and advances in Drug delivery system.
  • Quality Teaching, high standard of Research and Collaborative projects are the main areas of this department.
  • Facilities Available
  • Pharmaceutics Lab. 01
  • Pharmaceutics Lab. 02
  • Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Machine Room / Industrial Lab.

List of Equipments in Department of Pharmaceutics  

 

S. No.

Equipment /apparatus

Nos.

1

Monsanto hardness tester

01

Magnetic stirrer

04

Mechanical stirrer

10

Pfizer type hardness tester

06

Vacuum pump

02

Melting point apparatus

01

Hot air oven

02

Homogenizers

15

Hot plate

05

10 

B.O.D Incubator

02

11 

Suppository moulds (12 hole)

02

12 

Suppository moulds (6 hole)

04

13 

Specific gravity bottles

20

14 

Sodium vapour lamp

01

15 

Abbes refractometer

01

16 

Staglomonometer

10

17 

Spirit lamp

12

18 

Ostwald viscometer

14

19 

Lipstic moulds (4 hole )

10

20 

Dispensing pan

10

21 

Centrifuge

01

22 

Autoclave

02

23 

Laminar air flow

02

24 

Dispensing pan

07

25 

Demineralized water assembly

02


Machine Room

S. No.

Equipment /apparatus

Nos.

1

Ball mil

01

Bottle washing machine

01

Bulk density apparatus

01

Collapsible tube machine

01

Collapsible tube filling machine

01

Double cone blender

01

Liquid filling machine

01

Sieve shaker

01

Sieve set of different size

23 sets

10 

Digital friability test apparatus

01

11 

Polarimeter

01

12 

Homogenizers

04

13 

Tablet punching machine

01


Central Instrumentation Room

S. No.

Equipment /apparatus

Nos.

1

UV spectrophotometer

01

Refrigerated centrifuge

01

Digital conductivity meter

01

Digital turbidity meter

01

Digital micro pH meter

01

Centrifuge

01

Digital tablet disintegration test apparatus

01

Digital potentiometer

01

Pharmacology and Toxicology are interdisciplinary areas of biomedical research with applications of physiology, biochemistry, molecular pharmacology, genetics and neuroscience. The primary objective of Pharmacology is to investigate the fundamental aspects of molecular bio-regulatory mechanism of the cell, for understanding how drugs act and in order to develop new drugs for future prophylaxis or therapeutics. Toxicology examines toxicity and adverse effects of new chemical entities on various organs and systems of the body, developed drugs exploration and confirmation of mechanisms of adverse reactions associated with already marketed drugs for mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and neurobehavioral disorders. The department offers hands on training inscreening of new chemical entities and plant derived molecules for anti-anxiety, anti-psychotic, nootropic, anti-convulsant, anti-oxidant, anti-hepatotoxic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic activities; acute, sub-acute and chronic toxicity studies on rodents using plant-derived molecules.

List of Equipments in Department of Pharmacology

 

S. No.

Equipment /apparatus

Nos.

1

Microscopes

10

Haemocytometer with Micropipettes

20

Sahli’shaemocytometer

20

Hutchinson’s spirometer

01

Spygmomanometer

05

Stethoscope

05

Skeleton and bones

01

Stimulator

02

Digital Balance

01

10 

Actophotometer

01

11 

Rotarod

01

12 

Analgesiometer (Eddy’s hot plate and radiant heat methods)

01

13 

Convulsiometer

01

14 

Digital pH meter

01

15 

Energy meter

01

16 

Models for various organs

i.  

Human torso

01

ii. 

Human Body torso (combined)

01

iii. 

Human Blood circulation

01

iv. 

Human Digestive system

01

v. 

Human Respiratory system

01

vi. 

Human nervous system

01

vii. 

Muscular system

01

viii. 

Human Liver

01

ix. 

Human Brain 2 parts

01

x. 

Human Brain 4 parts

01

xi. 

Human Hearts 2 parts

01

xii 

Human Hearts 4 parts

01

xiii. 

Human Ear 7 parts

01

xiv.

Human Ear

01

xv. 

Human Reproductive system (male)

01

xvi. 

Human Reproductive system (female)

01

xvii. 

Human urinary system

01

xviii. 

Human Endocrine system(male)

01

xix. 

Human Endocrine system (female)

01

  • Department is having sophisticated instrument like UV- Spectroscopy, karlfisher apparatus and planning to purchase HPLC in near future
  • Drug control is a pharmaceutical discipline of principal importance. Both theoretical and practical education aims to instruct how to assure the quality, safety and efficacy of drugs, which fulfils one of the basic tasks of pharmaceutical studies. The structure of a chemical drug is the starting point for the determination of a suitable procedure for identification and quantitative analysis. Emphasis is also laid on control analytical methods from the standpoint of detection of accompanying impurities and stability of drugs. Education incorporates requirements for drug quality in connection with the guidelines of Good Laboratory Practice and Good Manufacturing Practice.
  • To impart practical skills of inorganic chemistry, and pharmaceutical analysis, 2 well developed laboratories with the necessary equipments are established. A sophisticated central instrument lab is also under development to cater to the needs of analytical assistance to students and faculty. Adequate safety measures are also maintained in the lab to prevent accidents. There is a dearth of information and lot more need to be done in validation, process control, and preparation of standard operating procedures. The department has taken up challenge and is working in the following fields.

List of Equipments in Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

 

S. No.

Equipment /apparatus

Nos.

1

Vacuum pump

03

Fume hood

01

Digital balance

07

Analytical balance

01

Hot plate

05

Homogenizer

10

Atomic models

10

Magnetic stirrer

06

Copper water bath

10

10 

Hot air oven

04

11 

Water bath

03

12 

Physical balance

05

13 

Digital bacteriological incubator

02

14 

Demineralized water assembly

01

15 

UV chamber

01

List of Equipments in MDR Testing Laboratory

 

S. No.

Equipment /apparatus

Nos.

1

Gel Electrophoresis (Vertical)

01

Gel Electrophoresis (Horizontal)

01

Autoclave

01

Binocular microscope

02

Digital autoclave 22 ltrs

01

BOD incubator

01

Digital orbital incubator shaker

01

Colony counter microprocessor

01

Digital bacteriological incubator

02

10 

Digital hot air oven

01

11 

Weighing machine

01

12 

Laminar air flow

02

13 

Monocular microscope

05

14 

Magnetic stirrer with hot plate

01

15 

Metaloop

03

16 

Digital pH meter

01

17 

Phage electrophoresis

01

18 

Student electrophoresis

01

19 

Water bath incubator shaker

01

20 

Hot plate

01

21 

Vortex shaker with deluxe model

01

22 

Vortex shaker

01

23 

Micropipettes 10-100 μL

02

24 

Micropipettes 10-1000 μL

02

25 

Micropipettes 1ml

02

26 

Refrigerator

01

27 

Demineralized water assembly

01