Pharmaceutics

PHARMACEUTICS is a branch of the pharmacy field that carries the impression of pharmacy profession:

In general, it encompasses the areas that involve designing, formulating and presenting a therapeutically useful chemical entity in a most appropriate drug delivery system such as tablets, capsules, syrups, etc. Pharmaceutics endeavors to make administration of medicine compliant and effective for the patient. The comprehensive study of this subject necessitates the integration of physical, chemical and biological principles, as applicable to all the components of drug delivery systems. In the present scenario, the discovery of new drug entities has enabled the development of new drug delivery systems, advanced production processes and the latest machinery for the manufacture of superior quality products providing wide scope to the research and development in this field. This subject along with its related subjects is well distributed in the B.Pharm. curriculum. Pharmaceutics deals with the study of various dosage forms, cosmetics, etc and related manufacturing processes. Modern Dispensing Practices deals with contemporary principles and practices in the dispensing of medication.  Physical Pharmacy deals with the application of Physico-chemical principles in designing of dosage form and drug action. Pharmaceutical Microbiology gives an idea of the various aspects of microorganisms, their role in the pathogenesis of the disease, the effect on formulation and industrial applications. Biopharmaceutics involves the study of different factors such as biological, physicochemical and formulation aspects that influence the therapeutic efficiency of a drug.

Departmental Staff :

1. Ashwini .R. Madgulkar (Professor and Principal)
2. Mangesh R. Bhalekar (Professor)
3. Monica R.P. Rao (Associate Professor)
4. Shivani. H. Rao (Assistant Professor)
5. Reshma N Mirajkar (Assistant Professor)
6. Mithun M. Bandiwadekar (Assistant Professor)
7. Rahul Padalkar (Assistant Professor)
8. Jitendra Gajbe (Assistant Professor)
9. Ms Prinkle Kudale
10. Tejaswini Jagtap
11. Ms Deepika Jagdale
12. Mitali Gandhi
13. Mr.Tushar Morankar

Supporting Staff :

1. Vijay Kolambe (Lab Assistant)
2. S.R. Patil (Lab Assistant)
3. Sachin Kasbe(Lab Assistant)
4. Kiran Satpute (Peon)

Resources

Undergraduate Pharmaceutics Department The undergraduate pharmaceutics department has four laboratories namely

• Pharmaceutics I, Pharmaceutics II and Pharmaceutics III.
• Physical Pharmacy.
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology.
• Parenteral Section.

All the laboratories measure about 111.52 sq meter having good ventilation and lighting facilities along with continuous water supply. The laboratories are designed efficiently for proper storage of chemicals and glassware. These laboratories are well equipped with the latest instruments, which are listed below.

Equipments Pharmaceutics lab – I, Pharmaceutics II and Pharmaceutics III. Laboratory:

Zetasizer Nano ZS90 (Make- Malvern)	Texture Analyser (Brookfield)	Tablet Compression Machine

Spray Dryer	R & D Coater	High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Freeze Dryer (Labconco)	High Pressure Homogenizer (Panda Plus, GEA)	Differential Scanning Calorimeter (Hitachi

Planetary Mixer	Colloid mill	3 D Printer

Postgraduate Pharmaceutics Department:

This department has a well-equipped pilot plant for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students. The various equipments are: