ITM School of Pharmacy

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The School of Pharmacy, a premier School of ITM University Gwalior (MP), was established in 2012 offering the best quality education and research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. School of Pharmacy is committed to providing accredited pharmacy degrees starting from Diploma, Undergraduate, Postgraduate to Doctoral level that incorporate the best professional experience and learning environment with the highest standards of academic excellence, promoting high levels of achievement. The pharmacy curriculum is inculcated the outcomes-based academic learning programs, state-of-art-infrastructure, good academic resources, a continuous evaluation system, the credit-based system, and a global outlook. The syllabus of all the pharmacy courses remains in total sync with the regulations of the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi. All the Pharmacy courses offered in the School of Pharmacy-ITM University are approved by PCI.

Brochure of school

Uniqueness

  • Carefully designed, regularly updated curriculum
  • Well qualified faculty with strong motivation
  • Central library with more 13000 books (National and International), e-library, journals and e-journals.
  • Well Equipped laboratories with proper infrastructure.
  • Central instrumentation facility with sophisticated instruments like FTIR, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Fluorescent spectrophotometer.
  • Medicinal Plant Garden with more than 100 medicinal plants.

Trainings Offered

  • Technical: As per PCI norms.
  • Soft Skills: School of pharmacy provides overall personality / skill development programmes for student.

Resources

  • Well equipped laboratories and Computer Lab.
  • Central library with more 13000 books, journals and e-journals.
  • Central instrumentation facility with sophisticated instruments like FTIR, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Fluorescent Spectrophotometer. HPLC (Waters), Gas Chromatography (Amil).
  • Machine Room
  • Soft Skills: School of pharmacy provides overall personality / skill development programmes for student.

Major Recruiters • Cipla Pharmaceuticals • Cadila • Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories •Ranbaxy • Aventis Pharma • Glenmark • Novartis • Pfizer •Glaxo SmithKline • Johnson & Johnson • Lupin • Teva API

Pharm, B Pharm, M. Pharm, and PhD in Pharmacy are the range of courses offered by the School of Pharmacy (SOP) at ITM University impart the students with unique opportunities to prepare them for a lifetime of professional fulfillment, growth, and development in the field of pharmacy to become academicians, industrialists, pharmaceutical scientists, entrepreneurs, and government professionals.

Dr Balakumar Chandrasekaran

Dean-School of Pharmacy

Vision

To impart quality education, research and training in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences to build up a better health care system for society and the country. 

Mission 

  • Developing exceptional, innovative, and diverse pharmacy professionals and scientists.
  • Encouraging to pursue utility-based research in emerging areas of Pharmaceutical Sciences and assisting in better human healthcare.
  • Collaborating with pharmaceutical industries and organizations for R & D activities to advance the science, development, implementation, and outcomes of safe and appropriate treatments.
  • Promoting the health and well-being of the public, locally and globally.
  • Diploma Program (Diploma in Pharmacy)

The school offers a Diploma program in Pharmacy, two years program approved by PCI with an annual intake of 60 students. We have a dedicated well-equipped laboratory for the Diploma students; besides these labs, we also offer the Central Instrumentation Facility of the University, which is further equipped with the latest analytical equipment. Diploma in Pharmacy course is a career-oriented program in Pharmacy that is designed to familiarize candidates with the basic concepts of pharmaceutical science to prepare students with the required skills and academic knowledge for entry-level positions in retail/whole-sale pharmacies as well as pharmaceutical companies and also become entrepreneurs in    setting up their Pharmacy store

  • Under Graduate Program (Bachelor of Pharmacy) 

The School offers an Undergraduate program in Pharmacy. This is a 4-year PCI-approved  course with an annual intake of 100 students. Like the variety of flowers in a garden, we have students from the North, North East, South and West of India, and from various countries from the African Continent. We have fully dedicated well-equipped laboratories for the Undergraduate students, Besides, these labs, we also offer the Central Instrumentation Facility of the University, which is further equipped with the latest analytical equipment.

Pharmacists have a big role in researching and testing drugs before it is available for the treatment.  They are involved in diagnosing the cause of disease and treating patients or preventing it from contaminating the environment; Pharmacists have become an integral part of the healthcare industry besides, the manufacturing and marketing domain.

As a Pharmacist, he/she understands medicines and majorly works in the research and development of drugs, and work on medical complications by altering the drugs. They also perform quality checks and control as per the regulations of the Pharmacy Council of India.  A Bachelor of Pharmacy degree is the gateway to entering the Pharmacy sector in the Medical and Health Care Industries. The core subjects include Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, which makes a student competent to take up a responsible role in the Medical/Pharmaceutical Sector.

  • Post Graduate Program (Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics)

The School offers a Postgraduate program in Pharmaceutics. We have a dedicated research lab for the postgraduate students, which is equipped with all sophisticated instrumentations required for advanced research in this field. Besides, we also offer the Central Instrumentation Facility of the University, which is further equipped with the latest analytical equipment. This is PCI approved 2-years course, the annual intake in this branch is 16, on completion and submission of a research-based thesis, the student will be awarded the Degree of Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics.

M Pharmacy, or Master of Pharmacy, is a postgraduate degree in the field of pharmaceutical science and its related subject. The duration of M. Pharm course is 2 years, spread over 4 semesters containing major subjects such as Drug Delivery System, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacognosy, Regulatory Affairs, etc.

This is a highly pursued professional course whose minimum eligibility is that the interested students must have completed B Pharmacy course from a college recognized by the PCI. Admissions to this course are by entrance exam of the University. Due recognition is given to a valid GPAT score.

Master of Pharmacy mainly deals with the proper use of pharmaceutical products and the underlying chemistry related to it. It opens up a plethora of opportunities in the healthcare industry in sectors such as Formulation, Quality Control, Drug Designing, Packaging, etc with an average salary of around INR 3-6 LPA. Students are absorbed as Quality Control Chemist, Pharmacist, Pharmacotherapist, Drug Regulator, Research Associate, among others. After years of experience, and qualifying relevant exams, the professionals can also be hired as Drug Inspectors.

  1. Pharmacy is not a terminal degree; hence, students can opt for a Ph.D. degree in a subject-specific domain to gain a certain level of expertise and to become eligible to teach in colleges, or may pursue MBA to enter the challenging field of management and business in the Pharmacy or Hospital Management domain. 
  • Doctoral Program (PhD in Pharmacy)

The School offers a PhD program in Pharmacy in all specializations of Pharmacy with a duration spanning three years including the course work period of 1 year. Upon successful completion of the course work, the scholars can initiate their field of research as per the direction of an approved research supervisor of the School of Pharmacy-ITM University. The school has instrumentation and research laboratories for advanced scientific research. Currently, the School of Pharmacy has a total of 50 registered PhD research scholars. 

Diploma Program (Diploma in Pharmacy)

Program Highlight

  • PCI approved Diploma program in Pharmacy from ITM University
  • Strong teaching and hospital training support
  • 12:00+ hours of live interaction with faculty
  • 03-months hospital training at ITM Hospital 
  • 360-degree career support
  • One-on-one interaction with experts
  • 24/7 Student Support
  • Continuous personality development training
  • Alumni status by School of Pharmacy, ITM University

Career Prospects:

Pharmacists in government or private sectors and entrepreneurs in setting up Pharmacy stores, aspirants to higher education.

Under Graduate Program (Bachelor of Pharmacy)

Program Highlights: 

  • PCI-approved Bachelor’s program in Pharmacy from ITM University
  • Strong teaching, research, and hospital/industrial training support
  • 12:00+ hours of live interaction with faculty
  • 01-month hospital training at ITM Hospital 
  • 360-degree career support
  • One-on-one interaction with experts
  • Central library with more than 13,000 books, journals, and e-journals.
  • 24/7 Student Support
  • Continuous personality development training
  • Training for placements and higher education
  • Coaching to NIPER, GPAT national level competitive examinations
  • Alumni status by School of Pharmacy, ITM University

Career Prospects:

Pharmacists in government or private sectors and entrepreneurs in setting up Pharmacy stores, aspirants to higher education.

Post Graduate Program (Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics)

Program Highlights: 

  • PCI-approved Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics from ITM University
  • Strong teaching, research, and industrial training support
  • 12:00+ hours of live interaction with faculty
  • Research projects in the second year of the study.
  • 360-degree career support
  • One-on-one interaction with experts
  • 24/7 Student Support
  • Continuous personality development training
  • Training for placements and higher education
  • Alumni status by School of Pharmacy, ITM University

Career Prospects:

Pharmaceutical scientist in government or private pharma companies, entrepreneurs in setting up of Pharmacy store and Pharma/Biotech companies, Academician, Research, Clinical studies.

Doctoral Program (PhD in Pharmacy)

Program Highlights: 

  • UGC approved PhD in Pharmacy from ITM University
  • Strong teaching, research, and industrial training support
  • 12:00+ hours of live interaction with faculty
  • Research projects in the second and third years of the study.
  • 360-degree career support
  • One-on-one interaction with experts
  • Continuous personality development training
  • Alumni status by School of Pharmacy, ITM University

Career Prospects:

Pharmaceutical scientist in government or private pharma companies, entrepreneurs in setting up of Pharmacy store and Pharma/Biotech companies, Academician, Research, and Clinical studies.

 

Diploma Program (Diploma in Pharmacy)

Eligibility:

A pass in 10+2 examination (science academic stream) with Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Mathematics. or Any other qualification approved by the Pharmacy Council of India as equivalent to the above examinations, provided that there shall be reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes candidates in accordance with the instructions issued by the Central Government /State Governments /Union territory administrations as the case may be from time to time.

Under Graduate Program (Bachelor of Pharmacy)

Eligibility:

  1. First year B. Pharm course:

Candidate shall have passed 10+2 examination conducted by the respective state/central government authorities recognized as equivalent to 10+2 examination by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (P.C.M) and or Biology (P.C.B / P.C.M.B.) as optional subjects individually. Any other qualification approved by the Pharmacy Council of India as equivalent to any of the above examinations.

  1. B. Pharm lateral entry (to third semester):

A pass in D. Pharm. course from an institution approved by the Pharmacy Council of India under section 12 of the Pharmacy Act shall get admission directly to B. Pharm. Third Semester.

Post Graduate Program (Master of Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics)

Eligibility:

A pass in B. Pharm Degree examination of any Indian university established by law in India or from an institution approved by the Pharmacy Council of India and has scored not less than 55 % of the maximum marks (aggregate of 4 years of B. Pharm.). Every student for admission to post- graduate pharmacy program should have obtained registration with the State Pharmacy Council or should obtain the same within one month from the date of his/her admission, failing which the admission of the candidate shall be cancelled. It is mandatory to submit a migration certificate obtained from the respective university where the candidate had passed his/her qualifying degree (B. Pharm.).

Doctoral Program (PhD in Pharmacy)

Eligibility:

M Pharm qualified with first class are eligible to register for a PhD Program in Pharmacy.