Pharmaceutical analysis deals with quality and quantity of drugs in pharmaceutical formulations. The department is involved in teaching pharmaceutical analysis to the undergraduates and Post graduates. The curriculum includes extensive lectures and laboratory sessions to ensure that students can connect theory to practice and apply their theoretical knowledge gained. The field of pharmaceutical analysis is very dynamic and the curriculum ensures that the students are kept abreast with the latest development in this field. They are taught classical and modern analytical techniques including the application of sophisticated instruments like GC, HPLC, NMR, GC-MS, LC-MS etc. for drugs, pharmaceuticals and others.
The department has a postgraduate course, M. Pharm in Quality Assurance. The students are actively engaged in research activities under faculty guidance in varied research projects like-
- Analytical method development and validation of APIs and formulations.
- Standardization of herbal products using modern analytical techniques.
- Solubility enhancement of APIs using multiple methods.