Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University

The Pharmaceutical University which has been a long pending plan of the Delhi government is going to be functional from this academic session.

The Act of Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University (DPSRU) was passed by the Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi in September, 2008 but it could not be made functional, so far.

“With the vision to promote excellence, research and development in pharmaceutical field the new Government of Delhi took initiative by making the University functional,” an official from the Delhi government said.

The Board of Governors (BoG) of the University has been notified to take forward the academic functioning of the University from the Current Academic Session 2015-16.

The University will run from the DIPSAR Campus at Pushp Vihar in Saket. Presently, the existing institute DIPSAR is running Diploma, Bachelor Degree and Master Degree in Pharmacy.

The University will introduce more courses in pharmaceutical field and in allied sciences, like medical lab technology and physiotherapy. This will increase the present student strength of around 600 to 1,500 over a period of three years. More specialised Post Graduate Programmes will also be added along with creation of Centres of Excellence in the specialised area of pharmacy like medicinal chemistry, toxicology, drug regulatory affairs.

The University will also focus on the thrust area of research like diabetes mellitus, biological research, drug discovery and development and herbal drug technology etc.

The creation of University will boost the pharmaceutical and health care industries that the University will collaborate and share the research and development as per requirements of the industry.

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