The Department of Pharmacy at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus hails its core strength from well-qualified faculty, some of the brightest minds of the country and good laboratory facilities. Students are trained in all diverse fields of pharmacy orienting their applicability to industrial and research needs. We aim to become the top pharmacy school in the country with a vision to train and nurture manpower towards fundamental research in pharmacy leading to technology innovation and entrepreneurship. Along with ongoing collaborations with renowned international and national universities, the department aims at carrying out collaborative research in thrust areas as well as promotes exchange of faculty and students for mutual benefit.
Our faculty have extensive experience in industry, research as well as teaching. Our strength is a reflection of their skills, innovation and drive.
Senior ProfessorDepartment of Pharmacy
Other antimicrobial drug discovery, Tuberculosis drug discovery
Senior Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Dean, Administration Shri B.K. Birla and Smt. Sarala Birla Chair Professor Chairperson, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee
Cancer, Dengue virus, Hepatitis C virus, Tuberculosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, Epilepsy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Fetal Alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), Fragile X syndrome, Neuropathic pain including Diabetic neuropathy, Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Anticonvulsant screening, Biophysical characterization, Molecular pharmacology, Neurotoxicity screening, Anti-inflammatory screening, Anti-Cancer screening, Nerve conduction velocity, Neurochemical estimations in different regions of brain, CNS Behavioral and cognition screening, Neuropathicpain
Sr. Professor EmeritusDepartment of Pharmacy
and their targeted delivery as prodrugs, Design and synthesis of gene-targeting compounds as new and novel anticancer agents, combinatorial and green chemistry including chemical biology and biocatalysis, medicinal, Multi-disciplinary research programmes including organic synthesis
ProfessorDepartment of Pharmacy
metabolic disorders and cancer using various in vitro and in vivo molecular and pharmacological techniques, The focus of my research is finding novel therapeutic targets for cardiovascular
ProfessorDepartment of Pharmacy
Pharmacological evaluation of novel chemical entities and novel biological therapies, Tissue regeneration (role of immune cells and immune cells derived mediators), Psoriasis and Arthritis), Autoimmune diseases (Diabetes, SLE, Chronic and Acute Renal Inflammation
The Department of Pharmacy at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus has been excelling with regard to the research and consultancy since the inception of this campus (2008). To its credit the department has been publishing research papers in well-renowned international and national journals and has been successful in attracting voluminous funding from various government agencies like UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, OSDD, etc. The faculty in this department has collaborations with various Indian and Foreign Universities like, IISc, Bangalore; NIMHANS, Bangalore; NII, New Delhi; ISER, Pune; IICT, Hyderabad; IIT, Kanpur; NIH, USA; NCI, USA; Karolinska Institute, Sweden etc.
Projects and electives offered by the department include study oriented, lab-oriented and computer projects spanning across the sixth to eighth semesters which play a pivotal role in refining the strong theoretical background earned during earlier semesters. On an average 3 out of 5 contact hours are devoted to laboratory courses. The rigors of labs and projects develop a student to deliver quality work within strict time constraint. The department firmly believes in maintaining a healthy balance between curricular and extra co-curricular activities. Thus the department not only encourages our students to strive excellence in Pharmacy but also support and motivate them for their overall development and a well-rounded personality.
Head Of Department of Pharmacy BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar Shameerpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy Dist Secunderabad, Telangana - 500078