

| Subjects | Category | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| MS, M. Pharma, M. Tech | General/OBC | 3000 |
| SC/ST | 1500 | |
| MBA Pharma | General/OBC | 3000 |
| SC/ST | 1500 | |
| M.S. (Pharm.)/ M.Pharm./ M.Tech. (Pharm.) & M.B.A. (Pharm.) | General/OBC | 4000 |
| SC/ST | 2000 | |
| Ph.D Course | General/OBC | 3000 |
| SC/ST | 1500 |
| Subject | Topics |
|---|---|
| Natural Products | Secondary metabolites |
| Phytochemistry | |
| Methods of extraction, isolation and characterization of natural products | |
| Biosynthetic pathways | |
| Important therapeutic classes | |
| Primary metabolites | |
| Marine natural products | |
| Plant growth regulators | |
| Spectroscopy | |
| Dietary antioxidants | |
| Stereochemistry | Pharmacology and toxicology |
| Evaluation of formulation, principles and methods of release control in oral formulations | |
| Bioavailability, bioequivalence studies | |
| Compartmental modeling | |
| Packaging | |
| Dosage forms | |
| Additives of formulation, types, examples, advantages, disadvantages, drug excipient interaction, incompatibility, various types of incompatibilities | |
| (TDDS) | |
| Fischer, sawhorse and newmon projection formulas | |
| Standardization of natural products | |
| Various adrenergic, cholinergic and other receptors | |
| Pharmaceutics and formulation (Pharmaceutical Technology) | |
| Pharmacokinetics | |
| Pharmacodynamics | |
| Pharmacological effect, desired, undesired, toxic, adverse effects | |
| Bioavailability, bioequivalence, various factors of ADME | |
| Drug metabolism | |
| Drug interactions, agonist, antagonist, protein binding, drug distribution, distribution volume, excretion pathways | |
| Pharmacological screening | |
| Mechanism of drug action | |
| Drug-receptor interaction | |
| Detailed study of CNS pharmacology Transdermal drug delivery systems | |
| Diseases | |
| Chemotherapy and pathophysiology | |
| Bioassay methods | |
| Drug delivery systems (DDS) | |
| Carriers in DDS | |
| Biological sources of important classes of natural products | |
| Parenteral | |
| Drug targeting | |
| Complexation | |
| Solubilization | |
| Dosage form development- stages, implications of dosage form | |
| Viscosity measurements | |
| Pharmaceutical analysis | Stability testing of pharmaceuticals, various stability tests, kinetic studies, shelf life determination, thermal stability, formulation stability |
| Various analytical techniques | |
| Tests: physical and chemical tests, limit tests, microbiological tests, biological tests, disintegration and dissolution tests. | |
| Solubility | |
| Transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS): principles, absorption enhancers, evaluation of TDDS. | |
| Carriers in DDS: polymers and their classification, types, carbohydrates, surfactants, proteins, lipids, prodrugs etc. | |
| Drug delivery systems (DDS): NDDS models, osmotic pumps, various release patterns | |
| Osmolality, osmolality, osmotic pressure, conductivity, Preservatives, Media for bioassay. | |
| Spectroscopic methods | |
| Electrophoresis | |
| UV-Visible | |
| NMR | |
| XRD | |
| IR | |
| Fluorimetry | |
| HPLC | |
| IR | |
| GC | |
| LCMS | |
| Mass | |
| NMR Peaks | |
| Particle sizing | |
| Chromatography- detailed QA and QC: GLP, TQM, ISO system | |
| Preformulation, cyclodextrin inclusion compounds | |
| Crystallinity, polymorphism, solvates and hydrates, crystal habits, porosity, surface area flow properties. | |
| Dosage forms, Stages of dosage form development | |
| Biotechnology and biochemistry | Pharmaceutical technology |
| Classification of enzymes and their functions mechanism of action of | |
| Genetic Engineering | |
| Blotting techniques(Western, southern) | |
| Gel electrophoresis | |
| Gene cloning | |
| Immunoassays, protein | |
| RNA synthesis | |
| DNA synthesis | |
| rDNA technology | |
| Gene expression | Mutation |
| Replication | |
| Transcription, translation | |
| Recombination, bacteriophages | |
| Cloning | Fermentation |
| Methods, isolation of nucleic acids, enzymes in cloning | |
| Chemistry | Basic organic chemistry and biochemistry Stereochemistry |
| Osazone test | |
| Mutarotation | |
| Medicinal chemistry and Bulk Drugs | |
| Keto-enol tautomerism | |
| IUPAC nomenclature | |
| Introduction to thermal methods of analysis | |
| Introduction to Redox reactions | |
| Imine-enamine | |
| Hybridization | |
| Amino acids proteins | |
| type of stereoisomer | |
| Basic methods of synthesis of various organic compounds | |
| Named reactions | |
| Various Heterocycles, Heterocycle synthesis, reactions | |
| Tautomerism | |
| Spectroscopy | |
| Resolution methods | |
| Reaction kinetics, first second third and pseudo first order reactions, radio labeling for determination of mechanism. | |
| Racemic mixture | |
| R and S nomenclature | |
| Reactions like Cannizarro’s reaction | |
| Pericyclic reactions | |
| Ester hydrolysis | |
| Huckel’s rule reaction mechanisms- | |
| E and Z isomerism | |
| Common condensation reactions like Aldol, Claisen Perkin, Dickmann, Darzen | |
| Chromatography | |
| Carbohydrates classification | |
| Aromaticity | |
| Aptitude | Simple Mathematics |
| logical reasoning and data analysis, | |
| questions based on English language | |
| Pharmacology | Bioavailability, bioequivalence, various factors of ADME |
| Bioassay methods, various requirements. Brief knowledge of the statistical tests. | |
| Chemotherapy and pathophysiology- knowledge of antibiotics, their mode of action and the microorganisms responsible for various common diseases. | |
| Diseases: study of the pharmacology of the diseases and drugs used with mode of action especially of diabetes, malaria, leishmaniasis, TB, hypertension, myocardial ischemia, inflammation, and immunomodualtion. | |
| Study of basis of threshold areas of work in NIPER in pharmacology dept. Mentioned in brochure. | |
| Detailed study of CNS pharmacology specially opiod receptors | |
| Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacological effect, desired, undesired, toxic, adverse effects. | |
| Drug metabolism: various pathways and other details. | |
| Drug interactions, agonist, antagonist, Mechanism of drug action, drug-receptor interaction. | |
| Various adrenergic, cholinergic and other receptors | |
| partial agonist, protein binding, drug distribution, distribution volume, excretion pathways etc. | |
| Phytochemistry | Methods of extraction, isolation and characterization of natural products. |
| Various separation techniques used for isolation of natural products. | |
| Biosynthetic pathways. | |
| Primary metabolites, their examples | |
| Secondary metabolites, various classes of secondary metabolites (eg. Alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, lignans, saponins, lipids, flavonoids, coumarins, etc.). | |
| Important therapeutic classes: antidiabetics, hepatoprotectives, immmunomodulators, neutraceuticals, natural products for gynaecological disorders, anti-cancer, anti-viral (mainly anti-HIV), adaptogens etc. | |
| Dietary antioxidants, Marine natural products, Plant growth regulators. | |
| Fischer projection formulas. | |
| Biological sources of important classes of natural products. (Selected ones only) | |
| Standardization of natural products, analytical pharmacognosy. | |
| What is difference between natural products and pharmacognosy ? | |
| Some knowledge about types and preparation of ayurvedic formulatios like asava, arista etc. |
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Date of Examination | June 12, 2023 |
| Declaration of Results | June 21, 2023 |
| Counselling Phase 1 registration and Web options selection | July 11 – July 13, 2023 |
| Seat Allotment Process | July 14 – July 18, 2023 |
| Admission Fee Payment & Downloading of Provisional Seat Allotment letter | July 21 – July 25, 2023 |
| Subject | Topics |
|---|---|
| Natural Products | Secondary metabolites |
| Phytochemistry | |
| Methods of extraction, isolation and characterization of natural products | |
| Biosynthetic pathways | |
| Important therapeutic classes | |
| Primary metabolites | |
| Marine natural products | |
| Plant growth regulators | |
| Spectroscopy | |
| Dietary antioxidants | |
| Stereochemistry | Pharmacology and toxicology |
| Evaluation of formulation, principles and methods of release control in oral formulations | |
| Bioavailability, bioequivalence studies | |
| Compartmental modeling | |
| Packaging | |
| Dosage forms | |
| Additives of formulation, types, examples, advantages, disadvantages, drug excipient interaction, incompatibility, various types of incompatibilities | |
| (TDDS) | |
| Fischer, sawhorse and newmon projection formulas | |
| Standardization of natural products | |
| Various adrenergic, cholinergic and other receptors | |
| Pharmaceutics and formulation (Pharmaceutical Technology) | |
| Pharmacokinetics | |
| Pharmacodynamics | |
| Pharmacological effect, desired, undesired, toxic, adverse effects | |
| Bioavailability, bioequivalence, various factors of ADME | |
| Drug metabolism | |
| Drug interactions, agonist, antagonist, protein binding, drug distribution, distribution volume, excretion pathways | |
| Pharmacological screening | |
| Mechanism of drug action | |
| Drug-receptor interaction | |
| Detailed study of CNS pharmacology Transdermal drug delivery systems | |
| Diseases | |
| Chemotherapy and pathophysiology | |
| Bioassay methods | |
| Drug delivery systems (DDS) | |
| Carriers in DDS | |
| Biological sources of important classes of natural products | |
| Parenteral | |
| Drug targeting | |
| Complexation | |
| Solubilization | |
| Dosage form development- stages, implications of dosage form | |
| Viscosity measurements | |
| Pharmaceutical analysis | Stability testing of pharmaceuticals, various stability tests, kinetic studies, shelf life determination, thermal stability, formulation stability |
| Various analytical techniques | |
| Tests: physical and chemical tests, limit tests, microbiological tests, biological tests, disintegration and dissolution tests. | |
| Solubility | |
| Transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS): principles, absorption enhancers, evaluation of TDDS. | |
| Carriers in DDS: polymers and their classification, types, carbohydrates, surfactants, proteins, lipids, prodrugs etc. | |
| Drug delivery systems (DDS): NDDS models, osmotic pumps, various release patterns | |
| Osmolality, osmolality, osmotic pressure, conductivity, Preservatives, Media for bioassay. | |
| Spectroscopic methods | |
| Electrophoresis | |
| UV-Visible | |
| NMR | |
| XRD | |
| IR | |
| Fluorimetry | |
| HPLC | |
| IR | |
| GC | |
| LCMS | |
| Mass | |
| NMR Peaks | |
| Particle sizing | |
| Chromatography- detailed QA and QC: GLP, TQM, ISO system | |
| Preformulation, cyclodextrin inclusion compounds | |
| Crystallinity, polymorphism, solvates and hydrates, crystal habits, porosity, surface area flow properties. | |
| Dosage forms, Stages of dosage form development | |
| Biotechnology and biochemistry | Pharmaceutical technology |
| Classification of enzymes and their functions mechanism of action of | |
| Genetic Engineering | |
| Blotting techniques(Western, southern) | |
| Gel electrophoresis | |
| Gene cloning | |
| Immunoassays, protein | |
| RNA synthesis | |
| DNA synthesis | |
| rDNA technology | |
| Gene expression | Mutation |
| Replication | |
| Transcription, translation | |
| Recombination, bacteriophages | |
| Cloning | Fermentation |
| Methods, isolation of nucleic acids, enzymes in cloning | |
| Chemistry | Basic organic chemistry and biochemistry Stereochemistry |
| Osazone test | |
| Mutarotation | |
| Medicinal chemistry and Bulk Drugs | |
| Keto-enol tautomerism | |
| IUPAC nomenclature | |
| Introduction to thermal methods of analysis | |
| Introduction to Redox reactions | |
| Imine-enamine | |
| Hybridization | |
| Amino acids proteins | |
| type of stereoisomer | |
| Basic methods of synthesis of various organic compounds | |
| Named reactions | |
| Various Heterocycles, Heterocycle synthesis, reactions | |
| Tautomerism | |
| Spectroscopy | |
| Resolution methods | |
| Reaction kinetics, first second third and pseudo first order reactions, radio labeling for determination of mechanism. | |
| Racemic mixture | |
| R and S nomenclature | |
| Reactions like Cannizarro’s reaction | |
| Pericyclic reactions | |
| Ester hydrolysis | |
| Huckel’s rule reaction mechanisms- | |
| E and Z isomerism | |
| Common condensation reactions like Aldol, Claisen Perkin, Dickmann, Darzen | |
| Chromatography | |
| Carbohydrates classification | |
| Aromaticity | |
| Aptitude | Simple Mathematics |
| logical reasoning and data analysis, | |
| questions based on English language | |
| Pharmacology | Bioavailability, bioequivalence, various factors of ADME |
| Bioassay methods, various requirements. Brief knowledge of the statistical tests. | |
| Chemotherapy and pathophysiology- knowledge of antibiotics, their mode of action and the microorganisms responsible for various common diseases. | |
| Diseases: study of the pharmacology of the diseases and drugs used with mode of action especially of diabetes, malaria, leishmaniasis, TB, hypertension, myocardial ischemia, inflammation, and immunomodualtion. | |
| Study of basis of threshold areas of work in NIPER in pharmacology dept. Mentioned in brochure. | |
| Detailed study of CNS pharmacology specially opiod receptors | |
| Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacological effect, desired, undesired, toxic, adverse effects. | |
| Drug metabolism: various pathways and other details. | |
| Drug interactions, agonist, antagonist, Mechanism of drug action, drug-receptor interaction. | |
| Various adrenergic, cholinergic and other receptors | |
| partial agonist, protein binding, drug distribution, distribution volume, excretion pathways etc. | |
| Phytochemistry | Methods of extraction, isolation and characterization of natural products. |
| Various separation techniques used for isolation of natural products. | |
| Biosynthetic pathways. | |
| Primary metabolites, their examples | |
| Secondary metabolites, various classes of secondary metabolites (eg. Alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, lignans, saponins, lipids, flavonoids, coumarins, etc.). | |
| Important therapeutic classes: antidiabetics, hepatoprotectives, immmunomodulators, neutraceuticals, natural products for gynaecological disorders, anti-cancer, anti-viral (mainly anti-HIV), adaptogens etc. | |
| Dietary antioxidants, Marine natural products, Plant growth regulators. | |
| Fischer projection formulas. | |
| Biological sources of important classes of natural products. (Selected ones only) | |
| Standardization of natural products, analytical pharmacognosy. | |
| What is difference between natural products and pharmacognosy ? | |
| Some knowledge about types and preparation of ayurvedic formulatios like asava, arista etc. |