Achievements:

• Dr. Sapna Gajbhiye : ‘Young Scientist’ award for the year 2015 in the 30th  M.P. Young Scientist Congress, Bhopal for paper : An Observational study:-Role of L-methylfolate with escitalopram from initiation of treatment of depression along with preclinical Evidences.

• Dr. Shubham Atal: Special appreciation award on 15th Aug 2014 for raising drug awareness among youth by Narcotics Control Bureau, Govt. of India, Indore division.

• Dr. Pooja Solanki Mishra :  ‘Young Scientist’ award for the year 2014 in the 29th M.P. Young Scientist Congress, Bhopal for paper: role of haematinics and albendazole on hemoglobin status of adolescent girls of Indore district.

Conference / Workshops:

• Dr. Pooja Solanki Mishra, Dr. Shubham Atal and Dr. Vikalp Tiwari: Facilitators in basic workshop on Medical Education Technologies, MEU, MGMMC, Indore, August 2014

• Dr. Pooja Solanki Mishra, Dr. Sapna Gajbhiye, Dr. Ritesh Churihar : Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology at PGI, Chandigarh, March 2014

• Dr. Shubham Atal: Facilitator in workshop on Research Methodologies, MEU, MGMMC, Indore, February 2014

• Dr. Vikalp Tiwari:-1)Joint International Conference On Cardiology Ahmadabad.

2)12th National Conference on Cardiology,Electrocardiology,Echocardiography &Critical Care.

COURSES CONDUCTED :
M.B.B.S & M.D. (Pharmacology)

FACILITIES OFFERED :

1. Drug Museum
2. Central Chemical Laboratory – with all latest equipments.
3. Postgraduate experimental lab for any experiments
4. Pharmacy
5. Central Animal House
6. New Research Laboratory

RESEARCH PROJECTS :

• Trigonella foenum graeicum plant and pharmacology activity.
• Immunomobility activity of some medical plants. .

OTHER INFORMATION :

The department consists of :-

1. A well planned and informative drug museum equipped with attractive wooden furniture, indigenous & synthetic drugs, pictorial charts showing history of pharmacology with photographs of pioneer pharmacologists, classification, structure, mode of action, specimen of various drugs in different dosage forms. Every week, students are acquainted with current therapeutics in the museum.
2. A well equipped chemical laboratory containing all the equipment required for fundamental and applied research technique like paper chromatography, electrophoresis, spectrophotometry, tissue respiration with Warburg apparatus, refrigerated ultra centrifuge for separation of mitochondria, biogenesis of plant alkaloids & many others.
3. Post graduate experimental laboratory in which animal experiments are carried out for evaluating the pharmacological profile of indigenous drugs for studying drug interaction of synthetic drugs & for demonstration of drug effects to undergraduates.
4. A pharmacy laboratory for carrying out pharmacy practical by undergraduate students.
5. An animal house (central) for keeping and breeding of experimental animals like guinea pig, mice, rats, rabbits & pigeons.
6. Recently a new research laboratory has been developed & equipped with latest equipments to carry out research work. About 150 research papers have been published in the National, International Journals so far from this department. Presently, a research project on pharmacological investigation of Trigonella foenum graeicum seed extract has been submitted to ICMR and immunomodulatory activity of Jome medical plant to UCG, New Delhi for financial assistance. Now-a-days, more attention is paid on the teaching pattern in order to make students acquainted with latest therapeutic approach and latest clinical pharmacology. All efforts are being done by all faculty members of the department to make subjects more interesting & fruitful to the students.