K.M.C.H. College of Pharmacy

The KMCH College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore was established in the year 1995 by the Kovai Medical Center Research and Educational Trust. It has been recognized by the Government of Tamil Nadu, Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi and Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai.

The KMCH College of Pharmacy is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi and ranked top 5 among the affiliated Pharmacy Colleges in the State of National Institutional Ranking Frame Work (NIRF) ranking. The College is attached with the one of the best tertiary care hospital in the state, the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, a 1000 bed Multi-disciplinary super specialty hospital. The hospital facilitates the World class clinical training and exposure for the students of B. Pharmacy, M.Pharm (Pharmacy Practice), Pharm D. (Doctor of Pharmacy) programs.

Committed management, highly qualified and experienced faculty members in various specialties and well organized infrastructural facilities strengthened the institute in developing world class Pharma professionals by imparting benchmarked knowledge and skill sets to a diverse community of students. The graduates of the Institute are highly recognized and well placed in top Multinational Pharma Industries across India and abroad.

About the Institute

The KMCHCOP is one among the few Colleges of Pharmacy accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in the Country. It has also been ranked one of top 10 Pharmacy Colleges in the State in the latest National Institutional Ranking Frame Work (NIRF) ranking. The Colleges is attached with the one of the Best tertiary care hospital in the state, the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore – a 1300 bed Multi-disciplinary super specialty hospital. The hospital facilitates the world class clinical training and exposure for the students of B. Pharmacy, M.Pharm (Pharmacy Practice) and Pharm D (Doctor of Pharmacy) programmes. It is a greater advantage for the students of KMCHCOP to develop themselves as competent professionals.

Approvals & Recognitions 

The college has been approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu and affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai.

• NBA Accreditation

• Goverment Approval

• PCI Approval - All Pharmacy Programmes

• The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University Approval - B.Pharm.

• The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University Approval - M.Pharm.

• The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University Approval - Pharm.D.

• The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University Approval - Pharm.D. (PB)

• The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University Approval - Ph.D

Trust

The Kovai Medical Center Research and Educational Trust was established in the year 1990 with the goal of rendering quality education and training to the people of India and the world. The Trust was envisioned by our trustees with the single-minded objective of imparting education that is truly a class apart. Today, that vision has culminated into a world class organization of repute, rendering education to students from diverse cross-cultural backgrounds.

Having grown from strength to strength, presently the Trust is running 10 Educational Institutions in the field of Health Sciences, Arts & Science, Engineering & Technology, Teacher Education and a CBSE affiliated school.

Chairman & Managing Trustee

The Founder of the Trust Dr. Nalla G. Palaniswami, M.D. a Physician specialized in Endocrinology and the Managing Trustee Dr. Thavamani D. Palaniswami, a Pediatrician and Adolescent Care specialist. Their vast exposure and rich experience in the field of Health care in India and Abroad conceived the idea of establishing educational institutions on par with the developed countries. The world class infrastructural, instructional facilities, meticulous planning, continuous guidance and constant encouragement of our Chairpersons have evolved the Trust and its associated institutions as one of the reputed group in the state.

Dr. Nalla G. Palaniswami

Chairperson

Chairman - Kovai Medical Center & Hospital

Coimbatore

Dr.Thavamani D.Palaniswami

Management Representative

Managing Trustee - Kovai Medical Center Research & Educational Trust
Coimbatore

Vision & Mission

Vision

To nurture world class pharmaceutical professionals and researchers.

Mission

To provide and continuously upgrade the infrastructure, state-of-the–art technology and training for the students and faculty.

To encourage high quality research in drug discovery in collaboration with industries.

To implement modern pedagogical methods in class room and laboratories for improving teaching and learning process.

To inculcate and maintain national and international level of excellence in under graduate, post graduate and research programs.

Principal's Message

Dr. A. Rajasekaran M. Pharm., Ph.D.

 

I am delighted to welcome you all to one of the premier pharmacy institution, accredited by National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi.

Quality education is being provided by us where our students geared up with skills, confidence and a positive approach with all round development.

The college has highly qualified, committed and experienced teaching faculty members who facilitate the students to keep abreast with academic challenges and developments. Our teaching-learning methods encourage inter-disciplinary approaches through innovation projects, conferences, seminars and workshops.

Undergraduate and post graduate Students of our institution are achieving honours and accolades in the Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University examinations.

I assure you a nurturing and caring environment that will see all of you blossom into empowered and sensitive human beings.

I wish you all an exciting and successful career.

D Pharmacy

Overview

D. Pharmacy is a two year regular full-time diploma Program designed to prepare candidates to work under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist in hospitals, community pharmacies and other pharmaceutical related fields.

The course of academic training is of 2 years duration with minimum of 180 working days per year followed by a practical training not less than 500 hours covered in around 3 months in Government Hospital / Dispensary / pharmacy recognized by PCI-New Delhi

Duration : 2 years + 3 months training

Commencement : July

Intake : 60 Seats

Eligibility : Physics/Chemistry/Biology (or) Mathemetics (or) Botany/Zoology

Eligibilty for Admission

A Pass in HSc or equivalent with the following group of subjects

Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Mathematics

Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology

Age: 17 years and above

Career Prospects

• Apart from choosing higher education Programs like B.Pharm, qualified students may start practicing as pharmacists in India.

• As pharmacist in Government hospitals/Private hospitals/Community health centers

• Other than working for hospitals or private drug stores, such professionals may even start their own private drug stores, with access to decent financial resources and entrepreneurship skills.

• Occupation in pharmaceutical companies at various divisions like process control, manufacturing, quality control, and marketing. While in the marketing sector, they may work for firms involved in pharmaceutical products marketing. They may also work as:

• Medical representatives, medical transcriptionists, technical supervisors.

• Production executives, scientific officers in private firms.

B. Pharm

Overview

B. Pharmacy is one of the popular job oriented undergraduate degree Program among the science students after HSc. It is a four year program to be completed in eight semesters (each semester is of 6 months).

This program is about the manufacture, quality control, research and development of drugs. The program is highly career oriented and opens up excellent opportunities in Pharma industry.

Duration : 4 years 

Department of Pharmaceutics

About Department

The department of pharmaceutics was established in the year 2005. The two year degree program of Master of Pharmacy in pharmaceutics, is structured in the way to provide basic to sophisticated technical knowledge to take over the research career in academic and in Pharma industry.

The department of pharmaceutics provides an opportunity in imparting knowledge in the fields of Novel Drug Delivery Systems – NDDS and herbal technology.

A Master degree in pharmaceutics unlocks the plethora of opportunities available in the health care industry, where they can involve in the sequence of process from drug discovery, analytical characterization of the therapeutic moiety, designing of dosage forms for the lead molecule using software’s, involves in preclinical drug testing and practicing of pharmacists in patient care.

Salient Features of Department

Department is well equipped with equipments and machineries such as mixer, granulator, tray dryer, Rimek12-station multi tooling compression machine, high speed homogenizer, probsonicator, freeze dryer, dissolution apparatus, disintegration apparatus, coating pan, size reduction mills, brook field viscometer, design expert software and stability chamber.

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

About Department

Pharmaceutical chemistry department is a dynamic academic wing of pharmacy education that imparts knowledge to students about the chemistry of pharmaceutical substances and their applications in the field of pharmacy. The study of pharmaceutical chemistry encompasses the fundamental life-related pharmaceutical substances and their chemical interactions with life, using organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry and biochemistry as a base, upon which is built a wide range of research fields.

The pharmaceutical chemistry department efficiently moulds the students to integrate all aspects of chemistry into diverse pharmaceutical & medical sciences research. Each laboratory of the pharmaceutical chemistry department is involved in the research related to drug discovery and development.

Salient Features of Department

The role of Pharmaceutical Chemistry continues to be one of the main drives in the field of Pharmacy services and drug discovery research, the department comprises many advanced research instruments such as Insliico drug discovery lab, Rotary evaporator, fully automatic scientific Microwave oven, semi automatic scientific Microwave oven, UV spectrophotometer, FT-IR, SHIMADZU HPLC gradient systems.

Activities

Pharmaceutical Chemistry department contribute towards research in Drug discovery & synthesis, Impurity Profiling, Phytochemical / semi-synthetic research, In-silico drug design and discovery, Green chemistry, QSAR/Pharmacophore model studies. The department actively involves in fetching various research projects grants from funding agencies and received many research grants. The department has excellent records of research publications in reputed journals with good impact factor, also delivers the original research works carried out, conducts and participates in many national and international research forums.

Department of Pharmacology

About Department

Department of Pharmacology provides advanced training in various aspects of pharmacology, molecular biology, pre-clinical & clinical drug development and Pharmacotherapeutics.

Department comprises of a diverse group of faculties who are highly qualified and experienced and work to advance the forefronts of new knowledge to develop novel therapeutic approaches for treatment of diseases. The scope of the department is to provide cellular and molecular pathways in living systems as the first step towards a greater understanding of disease and effective treatment. The development of new and successful effective drugs requires advancement and insights generated by scientific research for the students of D.Pharm, B.Pharm, M.Pharm and Pharm.D. This perspective makes our students are adhere in a wide range of careers and our program is committed to developing leaders in academia, industry, clinical and regulatory affairs.

Salient Features of Department:

The department has centralized animal house approved by CPCSEA for conducting experiments on Mice, Rats, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits.

The following major instruments are available in the department of Pharmacology

Actophotometer, Audiogenic Test Chamber, Brightness Apparatus, Continuous Avoidance Apparatus, Cooks Pole climbing apparatus, Digital Physiograph, Pole climbing apparatus, Digital Plethythismograph, Rectangular Maze etc.

Activities

The Department of Pharmacology is actively involved in executing projects related to arthritis, cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyper-lipidemia, cardiovascular, psychopharmacology, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer, Parkinson’s diseases, respiratory disorders, drug delivery systems, drug interaction studies, toxicological evaluation and in-vitro assay development.

Department of Pharmacognosy

About Department

Pharmacognosy is an applied science that involves the study of physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of natural drugs including the search for new drugs and its standardization. It is a vital link between Ayurvedic and Allopathic system of medicine and one of the core subjects in the entire pharmacy curriculum like, D.Pharm, B.Pharm and Pharm D program.

The Department of Pharmacognosy is actively imparting the profound knowledge of Pharmacognosy and herbal drug technologies to the students of KMCH College of Pharmacy.

A separate museum with more than 200 specimens of crude drugs, herbal charts, herbarium collections and marketed herbal formulations including Siddha and Ayurvedic formulations are maintained to impart traditional knowledge to the students. Further to make aware of the students to common traditional herbs, a separate medicinal plant garden is maintained with around 200 medicinal plants with name board displaying botanical name, active constituents and uses. Students are involved and encouraged to maintain the garden to make them familiar with the medicinal herbs.

Salient Features of Department

The major instruments and facilities available in the department of Pharmacognosy are

1) HPTLC, GC and HPLC for Phytochemical analysis

2) Soxhlet Apparatus for herbal extract preparation

3) Muffle furnace for ash value determination

4) Clevenger apparatus for volatile oil distillation

5) Column chromatography for Phytochemical separation

6) Polarized microscope for histochemical studies of crude drugs

7) Motorized pulverizer for crude drug size reduction

8) RO unit for regular supply of deionized water for lab use

9) Trinocular light microscope for microscopical study of crude drugs

Activities

• Phytochemical analysis of natural products/product formulations

• Isolation and identification of active constituents of natural sources

• Separation of Volatile constituents

• In-vitro animal cell culture laboratory for in vitro toxicology and pharmacological studies for both natural and synthetic molecules.

Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis

About Department

Department of pharmaceutical analysis was established in the year 2004.

State-of-the-art infrastructure facilities are available in the department to provide knowledge and skills in handling the sophisticated instruments.

Students will be learning about the qualitative and quantitative determination of APIs and pharmaceutical formulations using various analytical techniques like titrimetric, electrochemical spectroscopic and chromatographic methods.

Salient Features of Department

Department of pharmaceutical analysis provides technical skills and hands on experience for handling the following sophisticated instruments

1) UV-Visible Spectrophotometer - Shimadzu 1700

2) UV-Visible Spectrophotometer - Shimadzu 1800

3) HPTLC - Camag Linomat 5

4) HPLC - Shimadzu LC 20 AD

5) HPLC - Shimadzu LC 20 AT

6) HPLC - Shimadzu LC 20 AP

7) FTIR - JASCO 4600

8) Spectrofluorometer - JASCO FP6200

9) Gas Chromatograph - Perkin Elmer Clarus 590

10) Flame Photometer - Elico PL22D

Activities

In addition to teaching of the theoretical and practical aspects of different analytical methods, the following activities are also been carried out in the department of pharmaceutical analysis.

Quality control tests for APIs and finished pharmaceutical formulations

Hands on training for sophisticated instruments

Facilitate the students in Interpreting the data obtained from IR, NMR and Mass spectra of various organic compounds.

Department of Pharmacy Practice

About Department

The department of pharmacy practice was established in the year 2003 to provide better patient health care and to bestow community pharmacy services. Pharmacy practice is a patient oriented specialization that includes hospital, clinical pharmacy services. The curriculum of pharmacy practice blends theory and practice of medical and biological sciences thus leading to a rewarding career in today’s expanding health care system.

The department of pharmacy practice is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Through innovative teaching methods, the department provides the skills necessary to foster critical thinking and the optimal use of medications, while promoting professionalism.

The department is attached to the 1000 bedded Kovai Medical Center and Hospital. The academic activities of the department includes providing training to students in the department of intensive care unit, general medicine, gastroenterology, neurology, nephrology, oncology, pulmonology, cardiology, pediatrics, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, psychiatry and surgery.

The department caters to the needs of the clinicians and patients by practicing clinical pharmacy services such as ward round participation, medication therapy management, patient counseling, antibiotic surveillance, medication errors, medication reconciliation, adverse drug reaction monitoring and reporting, drug information services, awareness programs, community outreach program, continuing pharmacy education program and clinical research. The department periodically organizes workshops, seminars, symposiums and conferences at the national and international levels.

Salient Features of Department

Drug and Poison information center:

The Drug and Poison information Center is a division of the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Attached to KMCH College of Pharmacy) and is housed at Kovai Medical Center Hospital, Coimbatore. The DIC has the facilities like Consultation and Counseling room, Officer room and Voluminous library and separate telephone lines to receive poison information calls. LEXICOMP clinical drug information database access is provided for effective counseling and other clinical pharmacy activities. A number of CD ROM databases such as DRUGDEX & MARTINDALE systems and POISINDEX Systems are also available.

Activities

* Pharmacy Practice Services

* Medication Therapy Management

* Patient Counseling

* Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (MTAC)

* Antibiotic use surveillance

* Drug Information Services

* Clinical Toxicology Services

* Medication reconciliation

* Medication error reporting

* Pharmacovigilance (Adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring and reporting)

* Health Screening Program

* Community Outreach Program

*Continuing Pharmacy Education Program

* Clinical Research Support

* Clinical Pharmacy training for national and international students.

Laboratories

Laboratories with state-of-the art facilities are available to provide an opportunity for students to apply knowledge and to acquire skills that make them for ready employability in pharma Industries. Industrial oriented practical training is also provided to students through proper designed practical concepts.

The list of laboratories available in the institution is given below.

1) Pharmaceutics laboratories

2) Pharmaceutical chemistry laboratories

3) Pharmacology laboratories

4) Pharmacognosy & phytochemistry laboratories

5) Pharmaceutical analysis laboratories

6) Pharmaceutical microbiology and biotechnology laboratory

7) Anatomy and physiology laboratory

8) Sophisticated instrumentation laboratory

9) Computer laboratory

10) Machine room

11) Animal house approved by CPCSEA

Pharmaceutics analysis Laboratory

Facilities are available in the pharmaceutics laboratories for the development of various conventional solid, liquid and semisolid dosage forms; including tablets, capsules, syrups, suspensions, emulsions, ointments, creams and gels.

Students studying pharmaceutics will be thoroughly exposed to the undamentals of Industrial Pharmacy, Cosmetics and cosmeceuticals and trained in several specialized areas, including

• Formulation and development of Topical Dosage forms.

• Novel drug delivery systems

• Nanotechnology

Pharmaceutical Chemical Laboratory

The laboratories are well equipped to train students in practical concepts and in research in the area of Inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Biochemistry and phyto chemistry.

Facilities are available for pursuing research in the area of

• molecular modeling

• synthesis of novel lead molecules

• microwave synthesis

• isolation of phytochemicals from plants

Pharmacology Laboratories

Effects of various drugs on animal models will be demonstrated in pharmacology laboratories using mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits.

Handling of animals and experiments on preclinical studies will be carried out majorly in Pharmacology laboratories.

Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry Laboratories

Facilities in Pharmacognosy laboratories are provide for the students to acquire skills in learning morphological and microscopical characters of natural drugs using, compound microscope, dissection microscope & projection microscope. Students are trained in different types of extraction, separation, purification and identification of individual components present in plants.

• Sophisticated Chromatographic and Spectroscopic techniques are available in the department to pursue research traditional system of medicine.

• Standardization of herbal drugs is also being carried out by the students in this department.

Pharmaceutical Analysis Laboratory

Pharmaceutical analysis provides a variety of functions, often practically to identify and quantify the chemical composition of components present in reactive intermediate, drug formulations and natural drug formulations. The department has state-of-art infrastructural facilities with sophisticated analytical instruments like UV- Visible spectrophotometer, FT-IR, Gas chromatography, HPLC and HPTLC.

Pharmaceutical  microbiology  and Biotechnology  Laboratory

The students will have extensive practical hands-on training in basic molecular biology techniques including maintenance of aseptic condition, preparation of media, sterilization, inoculation techniques, incubation process, isolation and cultivation of microbial culture, staining techniques, biochemical tests used to identify microbes, fermentation techniques, estimation of proteins, isolation of nucleic acids, electrophoresis, PCR, ELISA and anti-microbial activity studies etc.

Anatomy and physiology Laboratory

The Human anatomy and physiology laboratory has the provision for the students to learn about the structure and functions of human body. This laboratory and adjunct museum facilitates study of anatomy in the bodily systems using various models, charts, the dissection of specimens. Additionally, the lab also has the capacity for investigation of physiological functionality through experimentation using haemometer, haemocytometer, sphygmomanometer and spirometer, which can measure cardiovascular and pulmonary responses. This laboratory helps to acquire knowledge of the human body’s systems, the interdependence of these systems, and how these systems respond to exercise, diet, physical inactivity, disease, and aging.

Sophisticated Instrument Laboratory Facility

The Modern Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility, at our institution has been created with an objective of providing all analytical facility under one roof in order to enable for the scientific community to work in various areas of science and technology. Modern Analytical Instrumentation Facility hosts various sophisticated instruments which provide the need of cutting-edge research in many areas of modern science and technology. It also provides its users, an extensive range of analytical methods/techniques for pharmaceutical, chemical analysis, pharmacological screening and natural product characterization facility.

Computer Laboratory

A high-tech computer laboratory is available with more than 50 advanced computers with LAN and internet services through wireless connectivity, and LCD projection systems, hardware and software, printers, scanners etc. The internet connection of 45 Mbps 1:1 leased line internet bandwidth connectivity from class-B Internet Service Providers for education and research is available for users on all days at all time except on holidays.

Machine Room

* This machine room facility provides a platform for young and aspiring pharmacist, Post graduate students and research scholars to gain the hands on experience on unit operations used in the pharmaceutical industry and for the development of novel drug delivery systems in real time.

* Machine room is designed to acquire skills in learning the manufacture of various solid, liquid and semi solid formulations. Machines are also available for evaluation of various pharmaceutical dosage forms.

* The following instruments are available for manufacture of various pharmaceutical dosage forms like tablets, capsules, liquid orals, ointment and novel delivery systems like liposomes, nanoparticles, nanocrystals etc.

* Animal House approved by CPCSEA

* A separate spacious two storied building is created for housing small animals for experimental study and research. This animal house facility is approved by CPCSEA for performing animal experiments for regular practical experiments and for performing research and consultancy activities.

 Library

The every-growing library is a immeasurable sea of information for young minds. Innumerable text books, reference, journals and periodicals make for interesting reading. To add with it, there's Internet facility for online search that brings the world of information to the students. The library regularly subscribes periodicals related to pharmaceutical sciences.

Salient Features

The library is kept open from 8.30 am to 6.00 pm on all working days

Our library is completely computerized and automation of all its operations

"Books are for use and not Preservation" With this dictum our Library functions. Hence the Open Access followed

Loan of books to members is through Identify Cards with Bar-Coding.

Photocopying facility is available on the library. It provides an invaluable service to the student.

A convenient spacious reading area with 100 seating capacity is available within the library

Separate sections for text books, reference books, Journals, Periodicals, Back volumes, Project reports with Internet access available

Rules and Regulations

• Students should strictly adhere following rules while they are in the library.

• Students should enter their name with sign the entry register kept at the entrance before entering the library.

• Student should conform the entry /out to the library through barcode reader by using ID card.

• Students should maintain silence and decorum in the library.

• Personal books or notebooks are not allowed in the library. A single sheet of paper, however, can be used for taking notes.

• Bags, handbags, parcels, aprons or other receptacles are not allowed inside the library.

• Four books can be borrowed at a time for a period of 5 days. Borrowed books should be returned on or before the due date.

• The student will be held responsible for any damage to the borrowed books.

• If an issued book is lost by the student, then the same should be replaced with the latest edition.

• The "No dues certificate" will be issued only after returning all the borrowed books.

IT Facilities

The institution provides the below cutting-edge IT support facilities to its staff, student and research community.

Key-facilities

• A Computer Laboratory with the capacity of 50 Desktops from leading brands like Acer, HCL & HP.

• Adequate Printers, Copiers and Scanners for document imaging.

• Healthy connected 'CAMPUS-LAN' via structured Optic-Fibre and CAT6 cabling for the entire campus to anywhere data access.

• 100Mbps dedicated 1:1 Leased Line Internet Bandwidth Connectivity from class-A (Jio) Internet Service Provider for education and research needs.

• Protective MAC-binded, 'Wi-fi' provision at selective in-campus Blocks and Hostels.

• Piracy-free IT environment through proper licensing of software. Tailored 'Microsoft Open Value Education Subscription' campus agreement to utilize the Microsoft products.

• Specialized software for each department to meet the industry-need teaching and Communication Teaching-Learning Tools from 'EWL (English Edu.-Will Wordsworth)' & 'Clarity Learning' to enhance language skills.

• Secured IT Infrastructure by the leading security product manufacturers 'Sophos Firewall' on their hardware kit and 'K7 Enterprise Endpoint Security' on software suite.

• LCD projectors at each class room & a dedicated Smart Board Class room to establish the ICT enabled teaching method.

• IP based CCTV Surveillance with footage recording at key areas & exam halls to ensure safety.

• Un-interrupted power supply through online UPSs and Generator with the capacity of 38KVA and 250KVA respectively.

Lecture Hall

KMCH College of Pharmacy campus has spacious, well equipped lecture halls that provide the most favorable atmosphere for vibrant and focused learning. The lecture halls are furnished with contemporary audiovisual possessions. The audiovisual amenities vary according to the program of study. Lecture hall PCs are also prepared with identical software. The Lecture halls are properly ventilated and ergonomically designed to make sure that each student has adequate space, and each faculty member has the conveniences required to deliver to students/ learners a focused arena to develop their personalities.

In addition to lecture hall teaching, students can interact with faculties in discussion room located in each faculty room. These facilities therefore, make classroom teaching and learning an pleasant and productive experience for the students as well as faculty members. Display boards have been put up in the lecture halls, which serve as platforms for cheering ingenuity and mounting awareness among the students.

Audio Visual Hall

AV Hall is designed to meet the challenging expectations of modern-day students. The Hall is equipped with audiovisual equipment like Video projectors with auto recording facility, Cameras, comfortable seating, carpeting, wall paneling for acoustic effects, air-condition facility and a podium. The AV Hall is virtually connected with modern designed board meeting room.

Multipurpose Hall

The multipurpose halls are mainly utilized for conducting seminar, conferences and examinations. They are well aided with comfortable seating and latest teaching audio-visual equipment like LCD Projectors, speakers, cordless mike, pointer torch and air conditioned to facilitate smooth kinetics of knowledge. Examination halls were monitored by digital camera with recorder and provided with metal detector for detecting electronic and other metal devices.

Animal House

The centralized animal house of KMCH College of Pharmacy built in 170 sq/mt area in the college campus. The Animal house have different sections as per the CPCSEA guidelines viz. instruction room, quarantine section, store room, surgical room, Animal stock room, experimental room and Cleaning area. The animal house facilities are considered necessary for testing any chemical substances and pharmaceuticals prior to human trials. So very research institutions necessary to have animal house facilities to boost the research, teaching, hands on training to students which help to meet the growing demand in emergent field of Experimental Pharmacology. Our institution maintains a well established Animal House, set up and maintained as per the guidelines of CPCSEA (Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision on Experiments on Animals -Approval no: 685/PO/Re/S/2002/CPCSEA). This Central Animal House facility is a resource center for UG / PG students and faculty of various disciplines in KMCH College of pharmacy.

Activities

* Periodical Institutional Animal Ethical committee meetings

* Basic and educational animal research studies

* Invivo studies for PG, Ph.D level and collaborative projects

* Providing animal handling Training program periodically for faculty and students

Drug and Poison Information Center

The Drug and Poison information Center is a division of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and is housed at Kovai Medical Center Hospital, Coimbatore. Facilities like Consultation room, Counseling room, library and information service, separate telephone lines to receive and provide drug and poison information calls. Lexicomp clinical drug information database access is available in the department for effective counseling and other clinical pharmacy activities. CD ROM databases such as DRUGDEX, MARTINDALE systems and POISON INDEX Systems are also available.

Drugs and poison information center was established to provide information about poison and treatment protocols afford inclusive, accurate and timely information to patients.

Boost the medical care of patients

Medicinal Garden

Medicinal plants have a great role in human life and India has rich diversity of medicinal plants. About 90% of herbs are used in manufacturing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy medicines.

In our KMCH College of Pharmacy we have established an arboretum of medicinal plants in an area of about 500 Sq.M. The objective of establishing this garden is to maintain a conservatory of the most common and important species of medicinal and aromatic plants which are being used in day-to-day primary health care.

All the plant species were authentically identified by expert taxonomists, labelled and in many cases their therapeutic values in curing different diseases are also highlighted.

Industrial Training

• Final and prefinal B.Pharm Students underwent Industrial Training at

• Bafna Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, Chennai

• Bestcare Formulations Pvt Ltd, Pondicherry

• Vishupon Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, Erode

• Lifecare Pharmaceuticals, Pondicherry

• Medinok Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Pondicherry

• Pharma Fabrikon Pvt Ltd, Madurai, Tamilnadu

• Reltsen Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Pondicherry

Hospital Training

Final B.Pharm and VI year Pharm D students underwent Hospital Training at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore

Extension Activities

Swachh Bharat Summer Internship Program

It is the campaign launched by The Prime minister Shri.Narendra Modi as a nationwide cleanliness campaign. It was implemented to fulfill vision and mission of clean India a day. It was launched especially on the birth anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi as he was dreamed and very keen to make this country clean. He had tried for Clean India in this time by motivating people through his campaign and slogan however could not be true because of the partial involvement of the people of India. It was started in 2014 on the 2nd of October on the 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The major Goal of Swachh Bharat is to eradicate open defecation by end of October 2nd 2019.

NSS (SFU)

The National Service Scheme (NSS) is an Indian government-sponsored public service program conducted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India. The scheme was launched in Gandhiji's Centenary year, 1969. Aimed at developing student's personality through community service, NSS is a voluntary association of young people in Colleges, Universities and at +2 level working for a campus--community linkage.

Youth Red Cross

The youth red cross society of KMCH College of Pharmacy was established in the year of 2008.The members were involved in various activities like promotion of health and hygiene, service to others, Eradication of social evils such as Drug De-addiction, HIV/AIDS awareness, Promotion of Voluntary Blood Donation etc. in the past years.

Red Ribbon Club

Red Ribbon Club is a movement started by the Government of India in schools and colleges through which, students will spread awareness on HIV / AIDS, aimed to heightening the risk perception and preventing HIV among youth. It visualize to implant charity mind among all the students to expand their capable help towards mounting healthy life styles, donating blood to all in need by promotion of Regular voluntary blood donation. It empowers students in the age group of 17-25, by giving them information and life-skills to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS and changing the most active among them into peer educators.

Yoga

Extensive research has found that yoga reduces stress, anxiety results in more inner piece, creativity, health success and happiness.

This one simple technique allow us to go beyond thinking and contact the deep transitional source of all our energy, creativity and intelligence, dissolving stress, enriching mind, body, emotions and relationship.

Yoga produces coherent state of restful alertness, state of true inner piece for our mind and also our body. Deep within our mind is a peaceful field of pure consciousness, our own awareness, aware to its own most settled state.

Yoga allows us to experience these effortlessly. Yoga eliminates the effect of stress internally and physiologically. When practiced regularly this give results in a more balance outlook, more energy and motivation and deeper appreciation of one's surrounding.

The experience of restful alertness during yoga creates the optimum condition to unfold our full potential for maximum intelligence and creativity.

Health and science club

Health and science club was formed by the KMCH College of Pharmacy with an objective of providing knowledge and information to the students and the society on various health needs. The club was formed with innovative ideas and plans to utilize and express the students’ knowledge into practice and thereby enhancing positive attitude to society’s health care needs.

The club was inaugurated on 28th February 2020, by Dr. A Rajasekaran. The club is managed by the committee of students from D.Pharm, B.Pharm and Pharm.D programs.

Women Development Cell (WDC)

A Women Development Cell (WDC) provides a platform where the students can comfortably participate and share their views with the active participation in promoting the gender equality. It symbolizes a safety hub for the students with the sign of progression and open thinking.

WDC will look after the welfare of the women faculty and students. It functions through pertaining women sexual harassment by safeguarding the rights of female students, faculty and staff members and also ensures the personality along with the academic developments of students.

WDC aims at intellectual and social upliftment of the female students by facilitating women's empowerment through guest lectures, seminars, awareness programmes and other welfare activities.

KMCH College of Pharmacy,

S.F.No: 940/1A & 1B,

Kovai Estate, Kalapatti Road,

Coimbatore – 641 048. 

Tamil Nadu.

Phone : +91 422 2369302

Email : pharmacy@kmch.ac.in