PHARMACY DEPARTMENT

Pharmacy is the para-medical branch that fulfils one of the most basic needs of mankind, that is, alleviating suffering due to ill health by supplying safe, effective and authentic medicines and guiding the people to adopt healthy life style, in order to maintain good health. A Pharmacist is responsible for dispensing, storage and manufacturing of drugs.

Apart from this, it also offers clinical services like counselling the patients about the correct use, dosages, side effects and adverse reaction of the drugs and assist them in the treatment of poisoning. He also makes them aware about deadly diseases like AIDS, Cancer, Hepatitis and helps in their prevention and early detection. It is the pharmacist, who first of all becomes aware of an epidemic of infectious disease in a community. Thus, pharmacy is a centre of community health and contributes a great deal to preventive and social medicine. It acts as a drug information centre providing a link between the physician and patient. The importance of Pharmacy is evident from the fact that even a skilled physician is dependent on pharmacist for the supply of pure and effective medicines to cure the patient.<br/<>
Pharmacy Deptt. in Mehr Chand Polytechnic College was founded in 1987 and is housed in a separate three storied building. With the support of dedicated, qualified, experienced and committed staff, it is doing sincere efforts towards building the healthy career of diploma holders in the field of pharmacy. The Deptt. is well equipped with various laboratories. Presently, the intake is 60 students and duration of course is two years. Examinations are conducted by the PSBTE, Chandigarh. This course is approved by AICTE & PCI.

Affiliation Board and Registrar

Board – The Punjab State Board of Technical Education and industrial Training
Address- Plot No. 1-A, Sector 36-A, Chandigarh
Registrar- Sh. Jagpreet Singh, IAS

Some important links 

1. FIRST APPROVAL LETTER (Click to View)
2. PCI Approval upto 2023-24 (Click to View)
3. Anti-Ragging Committee (Click to View)
4. PCI Approval Letters (Click to View)
5. Final PCI SIF Report 2024-25 (Click to View)
6. List of students admitted category wise (Click to View)
7. Grievance Redressal Committee( Click to View)
8. Information of Faculty of  Pharmacy Department
9. Placement Data
10. List of D.Pharmacy 1st year students
11. List of students in Pharmacy 2nd year(2022-23)
12. SAR- SELF ASSESSMENT REPORT -2023
13. Google Drive Link

VISION

To create best Pharmacy professionals for imparting high quality patient care, improving the health and well-being of the community locally, nationally and globally.

MISSION

To provide best Pharmacy education and training to the students for a better career and to be good citizens of a national and international society.

LABORATORIES 

The pharmacy department has four fully equipped and spacious laboratories, one machine room and one museum as per norms of PCI.
The laboratories have all equipments and facilities for conducting various experiments as given in E.R. 2020 of PCI for diploma educational programme.
It also has a botanical garden, in which a large number of medicinal plants have been grown.

STAFF

HOD 01
Sr. Lecturer 01
Lecturer 05
Lab Assistant 02
Peon 02

FACILITIES

The deptt. has fully equipped and spacious laboratories, one machine room and one museum as per norms of PCI.

The Laboratories have equipments and facilities for conducting the various experiments as given in E.R.2020 of PCI for diploma Educational programme.

It also has a botanical garden in which a large number of medicinal plants have been grown.

CARRER AND JOB OPPURTUNITIES

Job Opportunities
The students passing Diploma in Pharmacy have the following job opportunities.
– As dispensing pharmacist in hospitals / dispensaries of various govt. deptts. Including defence.
– As dispensing pharmacist in various autonomous bodies.
– As professional sales representative in various pharmaceutical firms/companies.
– Self employment i.e. as Chemists and druggists or re-packing of the drugs.

Career Advancements
The students passing the diploma in Pharmacy can further improve their qualification as shown below:
– Direct Admission to 2nd year B.Pharm. and then M.Pharm and Ph.D.

Pharmacy Department Result

2019-202010096.2