Pharmaceutical Technology

Vision

To be a leading department in pharmaceutical technology education, producing innovative professionals who can drive advancements in drug development, manufacturing, and healthcare delivery through engineering excellence and research.

Mission

• Provide quality education in pharmaceutical technology with state-of-the-art laboratories, pilot plant facilities, and modern teaching-learning systems.
• Produce skilled pharmaceutical engineers with technical expertise, leadership qualities, communication skills, social responsibilities, and ethical values.
• Inculcate professional skills to function as proficient pharmaceutical engineers capable of developing safe, effective, and quality pharmaceutical products and processes.
• Promote research and development activities in pharmaceutical technology, drug delivery systems, and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.

Basic Skills

PEO 1: To apply fundamental knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences, engineering principles, and technology to analyze, design, and develop pharmaceutical products and processes.

Technical Skills

PEO 2: To enable graduates to pursue higher education and research, or have a successful career in pharmaceutical industries, biotech companies, research organizations, or as entrepreneurs.

Managerial Skills

PEO 3: To ensure that graduates will have the ability and attitude to adapt to emerging technological changes in pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug delivery systems, and regulatory requirements.

Engineering knowledge

PO 1: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

Problem analysis

PO 2: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

Design/development of solutions

PO 3: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet specified needs with consideration for public health, safety, and cultural, societal, and environmental factors.

Conduct investigations of complex problems

PO 4: Use research-based knowledge and methods including experiments, analysis, interpretation of data, and synthesis of information to provide valid conclusions.

Modern tool usage

PO 5: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.

The engineer and society

PO 6: Apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal, and cultural issues relevant to professional engineering practice.

Environment and sustainability

PO 7: Understand the impact of professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate knowledge of sustainable development.

Ethics

PO 8: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of engineering practice.

Individual and team work

PO 9: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

Communication

PO 10: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and society, such as writing reports, designing documentation, making presentations, and giving and receiving clear instructions.

Project management and finance

PO 11: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of engineering and management principles and apply them to one's own work, as a team member or leader, to manage projects in multidisciplinary environments.

Life-long learning

PO 12: Recognize the need for and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broad context of technological change.

Pharmaceutical Product Development

PSO 1: Excel in analyzing, designing, and developing pharmaceutical products and processes by applying foundational concepts of pharmaceutical technology and engineering principles.

Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs

PSO 2: Apply quality assurance principles, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and regulatory compliance standards for developing safe, effective, and quality pharmaceutical products.

Emerging Pharmaceutical Technologies

PSO 3: Exhibit emerging technologies in pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug delivery systems, and biopharmaceutics to innovate ideas and solutions to existing or novel challenges in the pharmaceutical industry.