The Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department is involved in teaching and research activities for undergraduate (B. Pharm) and post-graduate programs (Masters in Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance) and also offers Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. The department has excellent state-of-the-art instrumental facilities and expert faculty in various domain areas of pharmaceutical sciences including analytical research, bioanalytical and PK studies, phytopharmaceutical and Computer-aided drug design studies.
Strengths of Department
- Centralized instrumentation facility with advanced analytical instruments
- Collaborations with industries for research in the area of analytical method development, bioanalysis and herbal product development
- Received grants from government agencies like SSIP, DST and GUJCOST.
- Provides advanced instrumentation training to faculty and students for up-gradation of their skill-sets and knowledge
- Conducts various FDP, webinars, seminars, hands-on training, alumni interaction series and guest sessions
- Highly qualified and experienced faculty
- Use of innovative teaching methods and ICT tools in teaching and research
Major Research areas
- Analytical method development and validation for API / Dosage form
- Bioanalytical method development
- Drug design, Molecular modelling and QSAR studies of API (ligands) for the various activities
- Development of Biodegradable polymeric formulations
- Synthesis, characterization of new chemical entities and their biological evaluation
- Phytochemical, chromatographic and biological evaluation of medicinal plants
- Herb-drug interaction studies
- Phytopharmaceutical product development
Major Equipment in Department
- HPLC – Shimadzu
- Microplate reader, Epoch
- UV- Visible spectrometer, Shimadzu
- Colorimeter
- Flame Photometer
- Ph Meter
- Potentiometer