National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad

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National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ahmedabad Logo.png
TypePublic
Established2007
DirectorKiran Kalia
Location
Ahmedabad
,
Gujarat
,
India

30°41′01″N 76°43′54″E / 30.6835°N 76.7318°E / 30.6835; 76.7318Coordinates: 30°41′01″N 76°43′54″E / 30.6835°N 76.7318°E / 30.6835; 76.7318
CampusUrban
Websitewww.niperahm.ac.in

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad (NIPER Ahmedabad) is an Indian public Pharmacy research university, and a part of the seven schools, under India's Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. The institute offers Masters and Doctoral degrees in pharmaceutical sciences. As an Institute of National Importance it plays an important role in the Human Resource Development for the ever growing Indian Pharmaceutical industry, which has been in the forefront of India’s science-based industries with wide ranging capabilities in this important field of drug manufacture.[1][2]

Academics[]

The institute offers a 2 year PG degree course; MS (Pharm.) in 7 disciplines ( Biotechnology, Medicinal Chemistry, Medical Devices, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Natural Products, Pharmaceutical Analysis & Pharmaceutics).[3]

Ranking[]

University rankings
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2020)[4]8

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad was ranked 8 in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) pharmacy ranking in 2020[4] which is improvement from its previous ranking, NIPER was ranked on 9th position in 2019.[5]

Notable Personality[]

  • , Associate Professor, has been recently listed among Top 2% Scientists in the field of Pharmacy and Pharmacology in the world list published by Stanford University, USA. Notably, he was the youngest Indian in the list. Prof. Tekade is an academic-researcher with more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. His research group investigates the design, development, and characterization of targeted nanotechnology-based products for the site-specific delivery of therapeutic drugs, siRNA, miRNA, etc., for cancer treatment, diabetes, arthritis, and neurological disorders. He coauthored > 300 peer-reviewed publications (>7000 citations; H–index of 47) and several patent applications to his credit. Dr. Tekade is an Editor in Chief of a famous Book Series entitled "Advances in Pharmaceutical Product Development and Research Series”. https://www.elsevier.com/catalog/pharma/pharmaceutical-science/drug-delivery/advances-in-pharmaceutical-product-development-and-research.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ The Hindu : Education Plus Bangalore : NIPER sets the benchmark
  2. ^ All-India level rank in NIPER for SC boy - The Hindu
  3. ^ NIPER conducts convocation - The Hindu
  4. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Pharmacy)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  5. ^ Paliwal, Priyansha (18 May 2020). "NIPER Ahmedabad: Where Education meets Passion". Ashaval.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. ^ Search Results for author Tekade RK on PubMed.
  7. ^ Rakesh Kumar National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad publications indexed by Google Scholar
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