About Nitte (Deemed to be University)
Nitte (Deemed to be University) established in 2008, has been placed under Category ‘A’ by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India. It has also been accredited ‘A+’ Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and ranked 65th in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023.
NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NGSMIPS) was established in 1983 with a view to provide job-oriented professional courses in Pharmacy. NGSMIPS is a constituent college of Nitte (Deemed to be University). The Institution is ranked 46th among Pharmacy colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. The UG programme (B.Pharm) is accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and the college is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). The College offers D. Pharm, B. Pharm (NBA Accredited), M. Pharm, Pharm. D and Ph.D programs in Pharmacy.
Department of Pharmaceutics
Currently the department offers PG programmes in Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs and Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance. Department of Pharmaceutics provides cutting-edge research opportunities in an up-close and personal environment. The Department of Pharmaceutics is one of the most vibrant departments of the college as it offers a professional research environment focusing on the novel areas of formulation research like targeted drug delivery, nanotechnology, and vesicular drug delivery systems.
The department offers a healthy research environment led by senior and expert faculty. The department has established an advanced Nano Lab for its P.G students, Ph.D and research scholars which is well equipped with cutting edge laboratory instrumentation. Drug regulatory affairs and Quality assurance department offers an industrial training to the students in top leading Pharmaceutical companies. Apart from the training, students are encouraged to undertake industrial projects with pharmaceutical industries. The department has three well equipped undergraduate laboratories, three postgraduate research laboratories, an advanced research laboratory for Ph.D scholars and a sophisticated instrumentation room with advanced instrumentation like Malvern Zetasizer, Particle Size Analyser with Biovis software, HPLC, FT-IR, three UV-Visible spectrophotometers, Lyophilizer, Brookfield Viscometer, Probe Sonicator, Cold Centrifuge, Design expert software etc.