Mohammed Sathak A.J. College of Pharmacy
Study Material for students
B.Pharma(Bachelor of Pharmacy)
About
India is at the forefront of drug
discovery, invention, and improvement with more than 3,000 pharma companies and
10,500 manufacturing facilities that produce 62% of the world’s vaccines and
20% of its pharmaceuticals.
Mohamed Sathak A.J. College of
Pharmacy is a premier Pharmacy institute in Chennai established under the aegis
of the Mohamed Sathak Trust in 1998.The college is affiliated to the
prestigious ‘The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University’, Chennai and approved
by the ‘Pharmacy Council of India’, New Delhi.
At Mohamed Sathak A.J. College of Pharmacy, we create the
professionals and leaders who will be the future of this industry.
Pharmaceuticals are a critical component of medical care. It plays
a vital role in preventing, treating, and managing diseases, disorders,
and conditions of all kinds, ensuring the health of communities and — by extension — the
growth of the nation.
The field demands a thorough understanding of drugs,
formulations, dosages, and effects. At Mohamed Sathak A.J. College of Pharmacy,
with its well build infrastructural facilities, this is achieved by ensuring an
unshakable foundation in both theoretical and practical concepts. Classroom
learning is complemented with practical sessions in state-of-the-art
laboratories and research center. Students are also trained in the hospitals
and industry where — through observation and practice — they actively
participate in treatment plans, thereby developing a deeper knowledge of
their field. The Faculty’s comprehensive approach to education also includes
a strong focus on research. Students are also made to focus in
curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities which help them grow
strong both mentally and physically with healthy competitive skills.
Steps are taken to ensure that the students are acquainted with
the latest developments in the field, making them market-ready, confident
professionals before they enter the job.
About The Trust
The Mohamed Sathak Trust is a charitable and educational organisation
established in 1973 Registered under Societies Registration Act by the
Philanthropic Mohamed Sathak Family of Kilakarai, Ramnad District,Tamilnadu.
The founder Chairman Late Alhaj S.M. AhamedJalaluddin, was the binding
force behind the establishment of a trust for the charitable and educational
needs of the poor and downtrodden people.
Its aim is promotion of Technical, Scientific, Medical and Management
Education and training of personnel to meet the Technical and Managerial needs
of the country. It endeavours to spread technical and management education at
all levels of society, in particular among the backward communities. First the
trust has started to give scholarship to the poor backward class students from
1973. Afterwards, it has started the Institutions.
The following are the list of
institutions run under the Mohamed Sathak Group of institutions
1. Mohamed Sathak Engineering
College, Kilakarai – 623806, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.
2. Syed Hameedha Arts and Science
College, Kilakarai – 623806, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.
3. Mohamed Sathak A.J. College of
Engineering, 34, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), IT.
4. Mohamed Sathak A.J. Academy of
Architecture, 34, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), IT.
5. Mohamed Sathak College of Arts
and Science, Sholinganallur, Chennai 600 119.
6. Mohamed Sathak Matriculation
and Higher Secondary School, A-2a, MMDA Colony, Arumbakkam, Chennai.
7. Mohamed Sathak A.J. College of
Pharmacy, Medavakkam High Road, Sholinganallur,Chennai – 600 119, Tamil Nadu.
8. Mohamed Sathak A.J. College of
Nursing, 34, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Omr), IT.
9. Mohamed Sathak A.J. College of
Physiotherapy, 144/1, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai – 600 034.
10. Mohamed Sathak Teacher
Training College, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Padur, Chennai.
11. Mohamed Sathak I.T.I,
Kilakarai -623 806, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.
Mohamed Sathak Polytechnic
College, Kilakarai -623 806, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.
12. Syed Hameedha College,
Kilakarai -623 806, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.
13. Mohamed Sathak Dastagir Matric
Hr. Sec. School, Inside Ramnad Collectorate Complex, Pattinamkathan, Ramanathapuram
– 623 503.
14. Mohamed Sathak Dasthagir
Teacher Training College, Inside Ramnad Collectorate Complex, Pattinamkathan,
Ramanathapuram – 623 503.
15. Mohamed Sathak Arts and
Science College for Women, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.
16. Mohamed Sathak Kabeer College
of Education, Kilakarai -623 806, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.
Our Mission
To impart quality
technical education by transforming students into professionally competent
technocrats.
Our Vision
To be an eminent institute for higher education and research
through innovative teaching-learning and sustainable practices to meet the
industrial and societal needs”.
Courses offered
B. Pharm
Candidates
belonging to all categories except Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes for
admission to the B.Pharmacy course must have obtained individual pass marks in
Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Botany & Zoology or Mathematics both in
theory and practical with a minimum of 35% marks. Not less than 40% aggregate
marks in the above subjects is mandatory at the qualifying examination
(Academic Stream) after a period of 12 years of study i.e.10+2 pattern of
education.
Candidates
belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes should possess not less than 35%
aggregate marks.
B. Pharm lateral entry
Candidates
qualified in the Diploma in Pharmacy examination conducted by the Board of
Examinations of the Government of Tamil Nadu or any other Board of any other
state recognized as equivalent thereto by the authority of The Tamil Nadu
Dr.M.G.R.Medical University, Chennai.
Should have passed B.Pharm from
any college recognized by Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi.
Scope of the Program
Pharmacy graduates will study the subjects on the production of
Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Medicinal Chemistry and Community
pharmacy to serve as a health professional. This background will enable them to
get employment opportunity in pharmaceutical industry, community & hospital
pharmacy, drug development research, quality control management and to become
an entrepreneur.
Departments
About The Department
• The
Department of Pharmaceutics is focused on making the students knowledgeable in
the formulation of pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutics involves the design,
development and evaluation of drugs in combination with an appropriate dosage
form. Pre-formulation studies, drug-excipient compatibility studies and
stability studies are carried out in the department with the focus on
developing newer dosage forms.
• The
department also has a biotechnology laboratory for carrying out microbiological
and biotechnology related activities.
• The machine
room provides an industrial set-up facility that acts as 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. Equipment are available for evaluation of
various pharmaceutical dosage forms.
Activities
The main focus of the research activities in
the department is on the development of Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and
Cosmeceuticals and the students are trained in several specialized areas,
including:
1.
Formulation and development of conventional solid, liquid and semisolid dosage
forms.
2.
Novel drug delivery systems like microspheres, mucoadhesives, transdermal
patches, nanoparticles, liposomes, niosomes, gastroretentive dosage formsand
colon targeted drug delivery system.
3. Study of enzyme technology, fermentation, bioassay and micro biological assays.
Facilities
The Following Instruments Are
Available For Manufacture Of Various Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Like Tablets,
Capsules, Liquid Orals, Ointments, Creams, Gels, Pastes And Novel Delivery
Systems Like Microspheres, Vesicular Drug Delivery Systems, Mucoadhesive Drug
Delivery System, Transdermal Drug Delivery System, Gastro Retentive Dosage
Forms, Targeted Drug Delivery Systems, Etc.
Department of Pharmacognosy
About The Department
Pharmacognosy is the branch of science that
deals with the study of crude drugs obtained from natural sources like plants,
animals and mineral origin. It is also used to study the physical, chemical,
biochemical and biological properties of different crude drugs as well as the
phytochemicals derived from natural sources. It also includes the research for
new drugs from natural sources.
Pharmacognosy covers the following areas:
1. Medical
ethno botany – It is the study of traditional use of plants for medicinal
purposes.
2. Study
of Phytotherapy – It is about the medicinal uses of plant extracts.
3. Ethno
pharmacology – The study of pharmacological properties of traditional medicinal
substances.
4. Phytochemistry
– The study of chemicals derived from plants which includes the identification
of new compounds derived from plant sources.
5. Marine
Pharmacognosy- Study of different marine sources and the chemicals derived from
marine organisms with high medicinal value.
Activities
* The department is involved in the curriculum
which helps the students to attain an in-depth knowledge about plant taxonomy,
identification by its morphological characters and understanding the chemical
constituents and therapeutic uses of traditional crude drugs as well as crude
drugs belonging to different group of chemical constituents like Alkaloids,
Glycosides, Flavonoids, Saponins, Terpenoids, Resins etc.
* As practical knowledge is very important in
Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, pharmacognostical evaluation of crude drugs
includes Physical and chemical evaluation of crude drugs are necessary to
identify the authentic drugs and their adulterants.
* The department is also effectively involved
in researches in laboratory techniques like extraction of crude drugs and
volatile oil, isolation of Phyto compounds, Phytochemical screening of herbal
drugs and chromatographic analysis of Herbal Extracts.
Facilities
The Laboratory is well equipped with
Trinocular, Compound and electron microscopes for studying the Microscopical
characters and Simple microscopes to study the morphological characters of
crude drugs. Extraction units like Soxhlet apparatus for the preparation of
herbal extracts, Clavenger apparatus for hydro distillation of Volatile oil,
TLC plates, TLC spreader and TLC chamber, Camera Lucida mirror type, stage
micrometers, eyepiece micrometers for Quantitative microscopy, Hot air oven,
Muffle furnace for determination of Ash values. Heating mandles, water bath,
Electronic balance, Dispensing balance, mechanical stirrers etc.
A well established Medicinal Herbal Garden
with number of Medicinal plants each with naming board containing its botanical
name, family, chemical constituents and uses is an added advantage for our
students to acquire knowledge about the growth and maintenance of the medicinal
Plants and its preservation.
Department
of Pharmacology
About The Department
Department of Pharmacology provides advanced
training in various aspects of pharmacology, molecular biology, pre-clinical
& clinical drug development and Pharmacotherapeutics.
Pharmacology department consist of a diverse
group of faculties who are highly qualified and experienced, who works for very
advanced innovative research, health care practice for students.
The department promots lateral and critical
thinking. The scope of the department is to provide cellular and molecular
pathways in living systems as the first priority of the disease and cure. The
department has centralized and approved CPCSEA animal house for conducting experiments
on Mice, Rats, Guinea Pigs, Rabbits and Zebra fish. The Department
develops scientific research for the students of B.Pharm, and M.Pharm. This
perspective makes leaders in academia, industry, clinical and regulatory
affairs.
Activities
The
Department of Pharmacology is an energetic department and is involved in
experting projects related to Myesthenia gravis, arthritis, cancer, diabetes
mellitus, herbal screening, hypertension, hyper-lipidemia, cardiovascular,
psychopharmacology, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer, Parkinson’s
diseases, respiratory disorders, translational research drug delivery systems,
drug interaction studies, toxicological evaluation and In-vitro/In-vivo
bioassay development.
Facilities Available
The Department Has The Following
Facilities To Enable The Students To Carry Out Their Pharmacological Studies.
Actophotometer,
Centrifuge, Audiogenic Test Chamber, Brightness Apparatus, Pole
climbing apparatus, Homogenizer, Incubator Laminar Air Flow Bench, Possive
avoidance instrument, Perfused Heart Chamber, Perfusion of Mammalian Heart
Chamber, Deep freezer, Digital Plethythismograph, Dissection Table, Eddy’s Hot
Plate, Elevated Plus Maze, Electroconvulsiometer, Photometer, Pole climbing
apparatus, Thermohygrometer, Vertical autoclave, Y Maze
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
About The Department
Pharmaceutical Chemistry is an amalgamation
of Chemistry, Physical Sciences, and Biological Sciences necessary for
providing a comprehensive outlook in drug design, and discovery of novel lead
molecules and pharmaceutical aids. It also includes the structure-activity
relationships of drugs and pharmaceutical substances.
In the post-GATT era, there is a need
for vast and speedy research to obtain new drug molecules for clinical use.
Various factors including lifestyle changes and indiscriminate use of medicines
have led to the development of resistance to many existing therapeutic agents.
This situation has created a dire need for professionals trained in
rational drug design to discover novel drugs. Our program gives students the
prerequisite knowledge and skills towards this direction. We train future
pharmacists who are empowered to meet the challenges associated with the
dynamic drug discovery process
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.
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.
Facilities Available
1. UV-
SPECTROSCOPY
2. HIGH
PRESSURE GRADIENT HPLC
3. FLAME
PHOTOMETER
4. FLUORIMETER
5. ABBE’S
REFRACTOMETER
Infrastructure
Gents Hostel
Separate hostel facilities are provided by
the management for both boys and girls. Boys hostel is located within the
campus itself. The capacity of the hostel is 450. Its functions including the
discipline of the inmates are managed by a team of staff members along with
higher officials. Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian food will be served. Shuttle
badminton courts are located inside the hostel. A separate gym is provided for
the benefit of the students.
Sahar and If tar arrangements are also made
for the inmates during the month of Ramzan to observe fasting. Medical care
during emergencies is also provided to the students. Generator facility is also
available to meet the power cuts and shutdown
Ladies Hostel
The ladies hostel for girls is located
outside the college in Sholinganallur separately with all facilities. Free
Transport arrangement is provided for pick up and drop from the hostel to
college. Library with religious and other important books is available for the
benefit of the inmates. Medical care during emergencies is also provided for
all the inmates. Generator facility is also available to meet the power cuts
and shutdown.
Mosque
A beautiful mosque is located at the college
premises for making prayer. Five times prayer is conducted along with Jumma
prayer on Friday in the mosque. If tar arrangements are also provided in the
mosque to break the fasting during Ramzan month.
For girl students and lady staff separate
prayer hall facility is provided in the college itself for daily prayers.
Bank
Indian Overseas Bank and its ATM is located
in the college premises for the benefit of students and staff. The students can
remit their college and other fees in the bank easily and use the ATM facility
to draw the money easily without wasting their valuable time unnecessarily in
standing long queues.
Auditorium
An auditorium with a capacity of 600 persons
is located within the college premises. The facilities such as LCD Projector
for presentations, elaborate Audio arrangements are provided for the conduct of
functions such as Seminar & Symposia efficiently.
Transport
College buses are plying from the various
parts of city to come to the college. Students and staff can avail this
facility by registering themselves in the office.
MTC bus passes, Railway concessions, Air
Concessions are also provided to all the students to come and return to their
home conveniently. For further details the students may contact the office.
Islamic Studies
With a view to inculcate high values of
morality, humanism, harmony and amity in the students, the college offers
Deeniyath and Moral instructions. Sense of morality and ethics makes one,
healthy in mind and body. It also helps him to analyze good and bad in right
earnest and steers him towards righteousness and honesty. The classes are
conducted and all the students are expected to benefit from them.
General lectures on selected topics shall be
arranged once in a month. Popular speakers shall address the students in the
meetings and shall clarify doubts in Question-Answer session after the lecture.
At the end of the academic year, examination
shall be held. Prizes shall be distributed to the toppers in the examination.
Canteen
Canteen is located adjacent to the main
building of the college. A variety of South Indian food and snack items are
provided to the students and staff of the college with highest quality. Canteen
staff take extra care to provide the students and staff with nutritious and
hygienic food in the canteen.
Placement details
The placement cell at Mohamed Sathak A.J.
College of Pharmacy is well crafted to its excellence in producing well
equipped students academically as well as professionally sound to serve the
future healthcare society. We encourage our students and ignite their hidden
talents to set a milestone in their career path. We offer career guidance
programs for our students through out the course of their study at both
undergraduate and post graduate level. We also offer training programs for our
students during the course of study which enables them to get enlightened about
their future scenario.
Many of our students are excelling
professionally in India and abroad. Our students are of first choice for many
of well reputed recruiters from pharmaceutical industries, hospitals and large
chain retail pharmacies around the globe.
Our students have set a footpath at all levels
in many well renowned pharmaceutical industries like Torrent Pharmaceuticals,
Alembic Pharma, Glaxo Smith Kline Pharmaceuticals, Par formulations, Troikaa
Pharmaceuticals, Synerheal Pharma, Swiss Garnier Pharmaceuticals, Xeno Pharma,
Zydus Health care, Himalaya Healthcare, etc. Our students are also excelling in
providing community healthcare services at many of the leading hospitals,
clinics and large chain retail pharmacies like Gleneagles Gobal hospital,
Chettinad hospital, Deepam hospital, Metha hospital, New Life Hospital, Sankara
Nethralaya, Appollo hospitals and pharmacies, Newgen Life Pharma, Life
Pharmacy, Med Plus, etc. We also have students to our credit who serve in
software health services through medical coding, medical billing and medical
transcription at Episource, Domex, MIIT Global Services, Visionary RCM, etc.
Pharmacovigilance related job recruiters like Accenture have also enrolled many
of our students. Many of our students are serving as pharmacist in government
hospitals.
We also ensure that are students are well
placed in their field of interest in well reputed organizations with an inflow
of wide range of job opportunities to exhibit their talents.
Contact us
Our
Location
MOHAMED SATHAK A.J. COLLEGE OF
PHARMACY
Medavakkam High
Road, Sholinganallur,
Chennai – 600 119.
Tamil Nadu.
Phone Number
+91-4424502572
+91-4424502573
Email Us
msajcpharm@gmail.com