Departments

The Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis was created in 1994 to provide a focus for pharmaceutical analysis at the school of Pharmacy. Although it has its own laboratory space, it is an integral part of all the post graduate departments. The principal remit of the department is the discovery, development and application of analytical methods and techniques relevant to pharmaceutical and toxicological sciences. The department specializes in training pharmacists and chemists in developing their knowledge and problem solving skills in pharmaceutical analysis
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The Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology is located in the Second floor of the academic building of the college. The department provides a multidisciplinary and international environment that promotes enriching interactions among faculty, postdoctoral fellows, staff and graduate students.. Read more

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. There are two major areas of emphasis found in the current research in the Department of Pharmaceutics at JSS College of Pharmacy  Novel Drug Delivery (Nanotechnology based SR, CR & Targeted delivery and Biopharmaceutics (drug formulation, physical/industrial pharmacy, mechanisms and modeling of drug transport, molecular and cellular pharmaceutics) & Pharmacokinetics(Rate process, ADME Kinetics).. Read more

The universal role of drugs of biological origin in the treatment of disease is exemplified by their employment in all the major systems of medicine. 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 vertenary purpose. This subject provides information about the principles and procedures used in the identification, authentication, extraction, isolation of active consituents by chromatography techniques, purification and development of herbal formulations and assay methods for the isolated constituents... Read more

Pharmacology is the scientific discipline that, in the attempt to improve health and alleviate disease, studies the mechanisms by which drugs alter biological systems.  Toxicology is the study of mechanisms by which drugs and chemicals in the environment produce unwanted effects. Together these disciplines encompass the molecular basis of drug action, the actions of drugs on cells, organs and organisms, genetic variations in drug action and drug discovery.. Read more

The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry is one of the eight academic units in the College of Pharmacy. Its teaching missions include instruction in Pharmaceutical Chemistry to the students of post graduate (M.Pharm) programs and undergraduate (B.Pharm), besides supporting research scholars to the award of their Ph.D. degree. The Department’s research enterprise is diverse, with both basic science and clinical interests in medicinal chemistry, natural products, drug discovery, structural biology, molecular biology, analytical chemistry, computational chemistry, LC-MS analysis and target bioassays, chemical toxicology, and others.. Read more

The Department of Phytopharmacy and Phytomedicine was started under TIFAC CORE, in the year 2001, to meet the specialized demands of human resource requirements of pharmaceutical industry and organizations engaged in the development of herbal drugs.  The curriculum, designed in consultation with the herbal industry experts, includes advanced Pharmacognosy, Herbal drug development and standardization, Indian systems of medicine... Read more

The Department of Pharmacy Practice, a department within the JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty provides education to undergraduate (B.Pharm) and postgraduate (M.Pharm) students on the rational use of drugs, enables and advocates advanced clinical pharmacy practice, and creates and disseminates new knowledge about the effective, safe, and economical use of medications in people... Read more