School of Pharmacy

School of Pharmacy,  Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology commemorated “World Pharmacist Day” from 18th of September to 20th September 2024. The event was based on the Theme- “Pharmacists: Meeting global health needs” given by the Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and was celebrated to recognize the important role that pharmacists play in healthcare system and to improve patient care.
Day-1: • Awareness programme – Students of Pharmacy were sent to different departments in our institution to raise awareness on role of pharmacist in healthcare team and the importance of using their services to improve patient care and also on patient safety and safe use of medications.
Day-2: • Health Camp was organized in our department to provide health education and screening programmes were conducted by inviting the healthcare professionals.
Day-3: • Workshop was organized on “Patient safety and safe use of medications” and guests were invited from different sectors :
I. Dr. B. Mothishwaran, Clinical research associate, Director of Research, SRMIST
II. Dr. KarthikRakham, CEO & Co-founder, Avenida Solutions, Medical Advisor,USA
III. Dr. Ronald Darwin, Professor and Head, Department of pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Science,  VELS Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
IV. Dr. Vijaya Kumar, Profess and head, Department of pharmacy practice, SRM college of Pharmacy, Chennai.

School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology organized a Talent Hunt to all the First Year students dated on :06-09-2024 at School of pharmacy. Different activities were conducted to the students like pharma song, meme creation, spell bee,Pharma label design, Craft Design.All the students were actively participated. 

School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology organized a Guest lecture on the topic: “AUTHENTIC YOU: CRAFTING YOUR PERSONAL BRAND FOR CAREER SUCCESS” dated on 28-08-2024 (11:00am to 1:00pm) at Sathyabama Presentation Hall- Central Library ground floor. Mr.N.Venkatesan, Senior Manager, Sanofi India Limited, Chennai acted as a resource person and He delivered a wonderful lecture regarding “Crafting a strong personal brand is essential for career success as it helps you stand out in a competitive job market and effectively communicate your unique value, Branding and Improve Confidence and Self-Esteem”. All the B.Pharm and Pharm.D Students were attended for this program. Dr.P.Shanmugapandiyan, Felicitated the Guest Speaker. The Management conveyed the best regards to the staff and students of School of Pharmacy. The event was organized by the Ms.Preethi.R, Dr.S.Aishwarya, and Dr.B.Abinaya. 

Biohackathon has been organised by the Pharmacy Journal Club on the theme "Digital Health Revolution" for School of Paramedical Sciences, School of Dental Sciences, School of Pharmacy and School of Nursing on 03.09.2024 to which 35 students have registered and 20 presentations have been given in different categories namely e-poster, Oral and group presentations and discussed about various aspects of  Digital Health. 

The School of Pharmacy, SIST in collaboration with the Centre for Ocean Research, organized a two-day workshop on Fermentation Technology for the Production of Biopharmaceuticals on September 30 and October 1, 2024. at the Centre for Ocean Research, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST). The event was led by Dr. M. ArunSundar, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, and Dr. Stanley Abraham, Centre for Ocean Research. A total of 59 students from the second, third, and final year of the B.Pharm program attended and benefitted from the workshop. The sessions included practical training and expert talks on fermenter operation, media preparation and optimization, as well as upstream and downstream techniques for biopharmaceutical production.Notable speakers included Mrs. Priya Sudararajan, Marketing Development Specialist from Beckman Coulter India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, who shared insights on state-of-the-art microbioreactors for high-throughput screening of biopharmaceuticals. Dr. S. Sheshadri, Advisor, Sathyabama TBI, Dr. Stanley Abraham, Dr. R. Thirugnanasambandam from the Centre for Ocean Research, and Dr. P. Prakash from the Department of Biotechnology, SIST, also contributed with expert talks and hands-on sessions.The students found the workshop highly interactive and useful for their academic projects and future career aspirations. 

School of Pharmacy organized an event “Higher Studies and placement opportunities in India & Abroad dated on 19-7-2024.Final year B.Pharm students attended for this event. 

School of Pharmacy organized an event “Journal Club activity: A Peer to Peer Learning Session” dated on 19-7-2024.Final year II & III B.Pharm students and II D.Pharm students attended for this event 

School of Pharmacy Students attended National Conference on “Integrating AI and DOE for Advanced Pharmaceutical Research and Development” and Hands on Training on Response surface Methodology: A Deep Dive into DOE for Product Optimization from 12th to 13th July-2024 conducted by KK College of Pharmacy, in association with The Tamilnadu Dr M.G.R Medical University, Chennai.  

School of Pharmacy Students (II year M.Pharm & IV year B.Pharm) were attended for the 73rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (73rd IPC) with the theme “The Role of Indian Pharma for Global Wellbeing”. This program was recently organised at Hitex Exhibition centre, Hyderabad, Telangana dated on 04th July to 07th July-2024. The conference saw participation from pharmaceutical experts, regulators, academicians and pharmacy students from across the country. Industry stakeholders were also able to showcase their innovations at the exhibition that was organised alongside the conference. 

School of Pharmacy organized a Pharma Industrial visit for the II M.Pharmacy specialization with Pharmaceutics (Batch: 2023-2025) students to Qualychrome Research Labs, Hyderabad, Telangana dated on 03rd July-2024. The visit is aimed to expose our students to upgrade their practical knowledge required for the manufacturing and analyzing of various dosage forms. Total 10 students attended for this visit. Students were guided by Dr Shaik Madeesh, Director, Qualychrome Research Labs

SIST, School of Pharmacy students attended for the One day National Work shop on Pharmacovigilance held on 22-Sep-2023 at Crescent School of Pharmacy, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. I Year B.Pharm and I Year M.Pharm Students attended for this workshop.

School of Pharmacy organized an Educational Visit for the I Year D. Pharmacy (Batch: 2023-2025) students to National Institute of Siddha, Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Dated from 06-October-2023. National Institute of Siddha is an institute for study and research of Siddha medicine. Faculties of NIS explained about AYUSH System of Medicines, Basic principles and Current trends of Siddha system of Medicines. All the Students visited our Out Patient and In Patient facilities and External therapy sessions, Pharmacy, Museum, Animal House and Herbal Garden etc.

School of Pharmacy, organized one day Hospital Visit to I and II year D. Pharmacy students dated on 09-Sep-2023. The Visit was aimed to understand different departments. Our students have gained valuable knowledge about Hospital management for public health services. They were committed to acquiring a better understanding of various departments of hospital management, such as the Emergency ward, Minor surgery ward, Pharmacy, ICU, operation theater, NICU, and Pathology lab. Students became aware of various topics and developed a firm grasp of the core concepts of medical health care. The whole visit was mostly based on seeing the doctors in action and the doctors giving talks about careers and prospects. 

School of Pharmacy organized an industrial visit for the I Year M. Pharmacy (Batch: 2023-2025) students to Horizon Biolabs Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad, Telangana, Dated from 06-October-2023 to 07-October-2023.During their visit, all the students learnt practical Knowledge about the sophisticated instruments like FTIR, HPLC, DSC and XRD.  

School of Pharmacy, SIST organized a Guest Lecture on "Intersecting Horizons Explore the Nexus of Dental & Pharmacy Practice"  dated on 26-March-2024 at Dental Auditorium, Sathyabama Dental College. Dr. Gayathri. S, Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics,Sathyabama Dental College and Hospital, Chennai attended as a Resource person. The  guest lecture was aimed at educating the students about common dental ailments, especially stressing on tooth decay and gum diseases and measures to prevent them.  The students got ample opportunities to interact with the speaker to enquire and gain knowledge concerning oral diseases. It was attended by all the UG & PG students of Pharmacy and Teaching staff. 

School of Pharmacy, SIST organized “Hands on Training and Workshop” on Design of Experiments Theme: Learn How to Optimize Your Product or Process with DOE dated on 07-March-2024. Dr. U. Ubaidulla Associate Professor, Crescent School of Pharmacy, BSACIST, Chennai, Tamil Nadu attended as a Resource person. The workshop mainly targeted the PG students of  Pharmaceutics, PhD scholars and the Teaching Faculty. The Resource Person explained about the “Principles of QbD and its Components, Basics of Design of Experiments and Screening Designs with Hands on Training of Factorial Design”. The afternoon session focused on detailed training on Design Expert Software. The training mainly covered Fractional Factorial, Full Factorial, Central Composite Design (CCD) and Box Behnken Design (BBD). 30 participants were attended from the different colleges across the chennai. 

World Pharmacist Day was celebrated on 25 September 2019 to promote and advocate the role of the pharmacist in improving health all over the world. It also was useful in spreading awareness about the importance and role of the pharmacist to every budding student pharmacist.

A national symposium was conducted on 18 - 19^th November 2019 on the topic "Changing Paradigms in Clinical Research and Clinical Trials on Drug Validation".  Various disciplines involved in the pre-clinical research, conduct of clinical trials were discussed. The symposium was very useful in educating the health care researchers on designing, operation, organizing, research computing, regulatory aspects and reporting of clinical trials. It promoted a better understanding among the participants about the importance of clinical trials in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of various diseases.

​"Best Outstanding Scientist Award" by Arunai International Research Foundation was earned by Dr. A. Porselvi, Assistant Professor from the hands of Honorable Thiru. Justice RMT. Teekaa Raman at the International Researchers Connect and Awards 2019, Chennai 12^th October 2019.​

Mr. S. Shyam Sudarsan I B. Pharm student has won II prize in E. Poster Presentation on the topic entitled “A Review on Herbal Drug Discovery in the Recent Decade” at Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute that held on 12th and 13th November under the guidance of Dr. A. Porselvi, Assistant Professor. 

Dr. A. Porselvi, Assistant Professor, has won first prize in Oral Presentation on a topic entitled “A prospective study on the healing outcomes of diabetic foot ulcer after the implementation of clinical pharmacist intervention guidelines”,  held at International Conference organized by Nirmala College of Pharmacy in collaboration with Findlay University, USA held on 17 and 18th of December, 2019.

Mr. M. Deepan Balaji, I B.Pharm student has won first prize in Clinical Intervention Competition at International Conference organized by Nirmala College of Pharmacy in collaboration with Findlay University, USA held on 17 and 18th of December, 2019, under the guidance of Dr. A. Porselvi, Assistant Professor.​

School of Pharmacy organized a seminar on Intellectual Property Rights on 20-07-2022 at 10.00 am to 11.00 am. It was organized by Dr. R. Thirumalaikumaran and Dr. S. Arun Kumar. The seminar was presented by Dr. Sharana Gouda, Assistant Controller of Patents and designs & Head, Biotechnology Group, Patent Office Guindy, Chennai. He had given extensive information on how to file a patent, what are the products can be patented as well as the commercialization of the patented products. He briefly explained about the types patenting like copyrights, trademarks and careers in the patent office for our Pharmacy also. Finally, he organized with quiz and jumbled sentences between students.

School of Pharmacy organized a One-day Webinar on “Recent advances in nano medicine on 26-08-2022 at 06.00 pm to 07.30 pm. It was organized by Dr. Amudhavalli and Dr. Aishwarya. S, Ms. Nandhini.M & Mrs. Shanthini Nachiar. G. The seminar was presented by Dr. Archana R Deokar, Assistant Professor, Modern college of arts, science and commerce, Pune, Maharashrtra. She had given extensive information on how to formulate the nanoparticles and how to characterize the nanoparticles. She briefly explained about the pharmaceutical applications of nanoparticles. Students are highly benefited by the session.

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology “Pharmacy Journal club” inauguration took place on 29^th June, 2022 in Open Air Theatre at 4.00 P.M.   Dr. K. Parthasarathi, Scientist shared about the insights and prospectus of journal club to students participates from school of Pharmacy.

The Pharmacy Journal Club faculty co- ordinator Dr. A. Porselvi organised the first quiz event on 16.07.2022, preceded by the wonderful presentation of Mr. Voleti Vijaya Kumar on GPAT exam preparation to the final and pre final year students of pharmacy school.

Biohackthon - one of the grand event organised and conducted by the Pharmacy Journal Club with Student Development Cell on 5th of August, in Technosummit 2022.  Oral presentations were presented by students of various health sciences colleges across nation and prizes were distributed to the best performers.

School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and technology (Deemed to be a university) celebrated “World Pharmacist Day”, on 23^rd of September, 2022 at Dental Auditorium, School of Dental Sciences. The day is celebrated annually worldwide to promote and advocate the role of the Pharmacists in improving health in every corner of the world. The theme of World Pharmacist Day-2022 is “Pharmacy united in action for a healthier world”.

School of Pharmacy has organized 6 days online e-Faculty Development Program with the theme of The Art and Science of writing a Research Paper from 17^th October 2022 to 22^nd October 2022 (6 days). Six Resource persons attended from different places and delivered excellent talks based on theme. A Total of 983 delegates were registered and attended for the program from different states across India. The event was organized by the Mr. Voleti Vijaya Kumar (Organizing Secretary), Dr. N. Delhiraj (Co Organizer) and Dr. L. Kaviarasan (Coordinator).

One Day Webinar (Student Development Program) with theme “Healthcare IT Careers & Overview” of conducted through online mode at School of Pharmacy, SIST on by Mr. Ch. Kiran Kumar, Founder & CEO of Rise Trainings, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on 24-Nov-2022. All the B. Pharmacy and D. Pharmacy students are benefited from the program. Mr. V. Vijaya Kumar and Dr. L. Kaviarasan are the organizers of this webinar.

Staff and Students of School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai  have participated in Pharma Rally Program in association with the IPA (Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Tamilnadu) date: 26-11-2022 (Saturday) at Elliot’s beach , Besant Nagar, Chennai  on eve of National Pharmacy Week Celebrations-Theme: India--Pharmacy of the World during 22^nd -26^th November-2022.

One day National (Virtual) Conference was held with the theme of “Pharmaceutical Start-ups: Fostering Entrepreneurship Skills and Data Science Literacy” dated on 02-Dec-2022 Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Dr. Neeraj Kumar Sethiya, Associate Professor, School of Pharmaceutical and Populations Health Informatics, DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand and Dr. Prakash Muthudoss, Founder & Director, A2Z4.0 Research & Analytics Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India attended as a resource persons and delivered wonderful lectures to the participants. The students were benefited from the conference.

School of pharmacy organized an industrial visit for the IV B.Pharmacy (Batch: 2019-2023) students to Medo Pharm Private Limited (Unit-II), A general formulation unit at Kayarembedu village, Guduvanchery, Tamilnadu,  in order to get practical knowledge used in manufacturing of various dosage forms. The visit was organized by Dr Joan Vijetha, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy. The visit was held in two groups (Day-1: 03-02-2023 1st Group &Day-2: 04-02-2023 2nd Group).Total 54 students attended for this visit.

School of Pharmacy, II-year D.Pharm students attended for the one-week training program at our Sathyabama hospital. The students were given training in various first aid activities.

School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Organized a guest lecture (Date: 06-03-2023) at School of Pharmacy Seminar Hall on the occasion of National Pharmacy Education Day (Birth Anniversary of Prof. M. L Schroff-Father of Pharmacy Education in India). Dr. Y. Ismail, Associate Professor, Crescent School of Pharmacy, BSACIST, Chennai, Tamil Nadu has been a Resource person and delivered a wonderful talk on “Importance of Pharmacy Education in India”. The speaker delivered the scope and importance of pharmacy education and role of pharmacist in the development of health sector across the globe. All the II and III B.Pharmacy students and staff attended for the guest lecture. Dr.P.Shanmugapandiyan and Dr.S.Arun Kumar are the Organizers of the event.

School of Pharmacy, SIST, Chennai celebrated International women's day at Dental auditorium on 09th March-2023. The guest lecture was delivered by Prof. Bhuvaneswari S, HOD of Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing. Various programs such as, Mime-on women safety and how various technology available to protect the woman's, dancing, singing, drama- on how important is women’s education and how few woman's broke the barriers to achieve their goals and quiz- on women leaders.

School of Pharmacy, Sathyabama Institute of Science and technology organized a Guest lecture on the topic: “Pharmacovigilance on current trends and future perspectives” dated on 13-07-2023 at Sathyabama Dental college auditorium. The program was organized by Dr.S.Arun Kumar and Mr.V.Vijaya Kumar. Dr. C. Stalin, Regional Medical advisor, Wockhardt, Chennai was the resource person and delivered a wonderful lecture regarding the importance of pharmacist in filing of Adverse Drug reactions in Pharmacovigilance Program of India, National Coordination Centre. He also explained about the Online ADR Report system. Students from School of Pharmacy attended the program. Dr.P.Shanmugapandiyan, Dean School of Pharmacy addressed the gathering. The management conveyed the best regards to the students.

School of Pharmacy, SIST students attended for the awareness on Basic Life Support-CPR Training in association with the Sathyabama College of Nursing. All the years of B.Pharmacy students were attended for this program. Dates: 23-06-2023 09:30 am to 02:00 pm

School of Pharmacy in association with Department of Chemistry organized seminar on Drug Abuse/Addictions-Biochemistry Perspectives at Sathyabama International research Centre (IRC) dated on 25-07-2023. Dr. Monishraj, Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy delivered a lecture on Biochemistry of addiction and drug abuse. School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry students were attended for this event.

The school of Pharmacy, SIST, conducted the Guest lecture on the event of World Hepatitis day, on 28.7.23, at Sathyabama Dental Auditorium. Dr.S.Amudhalaxshmi, Associate Professor, CL Baid Metha College of Pharmacy was invited as a Resource person.The  lecture was relatively constructive and informative session, with more applicability of drug developments was discussed.  The speaker narrated the importance of prevention, cure and more details on the current situation of Hepatitis around the world. The session on the whole educated about the theme, One life, One liver World Hepatitis Day, to raise awareness on viral hepatitis, as this year’s theme is ‘one life, one liver’. The Event was coordinated by Dr.V.Amudavalli.  Dr. Shanmugapandiyan, Dean, School of Pharmacy extended his support and encouragements to the all the participants in order to passively benefit from the event

Pharmaceutics Laboratory: The Laboratory intended to provide knowledge on different dosage forms, formulation and its future developmental evolution. It also provides practical knowledge on cosmetics formulation and dosage forms future evolution.

Pharmacognosy Laboratory: The Laboratory concentrates on the collection and identification of drug content and therapeutic use of natural drugs. The foremost concern of this department is to enrich the knowledge of students about phytochemistry and isolation of drugs from plant sources.

Museum: The museum is situated inside the Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutics and Human Anatomy Physiology lab, showcases many informative charts, organ models, organ system and function scientific pictorial representations, specimens and Photographs. Different dosage forms are displayed in the Pharmaceutics museum. 

Machine Room: The machine room has sophisticated machinery necessary for the practical learning on formulations and development of tablets, capsules and other dosage forms, such as Ball mill, Cutter mill, Tableting machine, Coating pan, Spray coater, BOD Incubator, Tapping device, Mixer and shakers, Tray dryer, Ampoule filling and sealing machine, Ampoule washing machine, Ampoule clarity test apparatus, Disintegration test apparatus, Mechanical sieve shaker, Capsule filling machine, Friability test apparatus, Dissolution test apparatus, Hot air oven, Vacuum pump, Autoclave.

• The curriculum and syllabus are framed by the Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi for the Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) and D. Pharmacy (D. Pharm) courses under Regulation 6, 7 & 8. These regulations shall be called as “The Revised Regulations for the B. Pharm. Degree Program (CBCS) of the Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi”. The regulations framed are subject to modifications from time to time by the Pharmacy Council of India. The course of study for B. Pharm shall extend over a period of eight semesters (four academic years) and six semesters (three academic years) for lateral entry students. Each semester shall consist of not less than 100 working days. The odd semesters shall be conducted from the month of June/July to November/December and the even semesters shall be conducted from December/January to May/June in every calendar year. A candidate is required to put in at least 80% attendance in individual courses considering theory and practical separately. The candidate shall complete the prescribed course satisfactorily to be eligible to appear for the respective examinations.
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