National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER)

Indian Pharma Industry has been a global leader in Generic drugs. In order to acquire leadership position in drug discovery and development and to continue to excel in the formulations, Government recognized that human resources/talent pool is very critical. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER) at S. AS Nagar (Mohali) was set up as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act 1860. Subsequently the Institute was given statutory recognition by an act of Parliament, NIPER Act, 1998 and was declared as an Institute of National Importance. 2. During 2007-08, six new NIPERs were started at Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Hajipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Raebareli with the help of Mentor Institutes. Subsequently, NIPER at Madurai was approved in the year 2012. During 2015-16, Finance Minister in his Budget Speech announced 3 new NIPERs for the states of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

The present status of NIPERs is as under:

  1. NIPER Mohali (1998):  Institute has its own campus in 129.25 acres of land
  2. NIPER Ahmedabad (2007): The institute is distributed over 60 acres land in Gandhinagar, Gujarat and Hindustan Steelworks Corporation Limited (HSCL) has been selected as Project Management Consultant (PMC).
  3. NIPER Guwahati (2008):  51.42 acres land at Village Sila, Changsari Dist, Kamrup has been allocated and Engineering Projects India Limited (EPIL) has been selected as Project Management Consultant (PMC).
  4. NIPER Hajipur (2007):  12.5 acres of land at EPIP Campus, Industrial Area, Hajipur has been allocated by Govt. of Bihar.
  5. NIPER Hyderabad (2007):  Government of Telangana has allocated 50 acres of land for construction of NIPER-Hyderabad campus. The Department has proposed to allot 50 acres of IDPL land to NIPER-Hyderabad for construction of permanent campus.
  6. NIPER Kolkata (2007):  10 acres of land at Mouza-Gopalpur, P.S. Kalyani, Dist Nadia has been allocated by Govt. of West Bengal. Department has proposed to allot 25 acres of land of BCPL to NIPER-Kolkata for construction of permanent campus.
  7. NIPER Raibareli (2007): 49 acres land at Village Vinayakpur, Pargana Bachrawan, Tehsil Maharajganj, Raebareli has been allocated.

The key objectives of the NIPERs are:

  1. To nurture and promote quality and excellence in pharmaceutical education and research.
  2. To pay due attention to studies on the distribution and usage of drugs by the rural masses, taking into account the socio-economic spectrum in the country.
  3. To concentrate on courses leading to master’s degree, doctoral and post-doctoral courses and research in pharmaceutical education.
  4. To conduct courses for teachers, pharmaceutical technologies, community and hospital pharmacists and other professionals.
  5. To have a centre to experiment and innovate and to train teachers and other workers in the art or science or pharmaceutical teaching.
  6. To collect and maintain world literature on pharmaceutical and related sciences and technology so as to develop an information centre of its own kind for other institutions within the country and in the developing world.
  7. To create a central faculty of pharmaceutical instrumentation and analysis for use by the researches within and outside the Institute.
  8. To develop a multi-disciplinary approach in carrying out research and training of pharmaceutical manpower so that the larger interests of the profession academia and pharmaceutical industry are better served and a pharmaceutical work culture is evolved which is in tune with the changing world trends and patterns of pharmaceutical education and research.
  9. To organize national or international symposia, seminars and conferences in selected areas of pharmaceutical education, from time to time.
  10. To act as nucleus for interaction between academic and industry by encouraging exchange of scientist and other technical staff between the Institute and the industry and by undertaking sponsored and funded research as well as consultancy projects by the Institute.

Admission Procedure in NIPERs

At present these NIPERs impart Ph.D. and PG level education and grant degree under the NIPER Act, 1998. The students are selected through a common entrance examination, NIPER – JEE which is conducted every year in the month of June.  Each Master’s student is given stipend of Rs. 12,400/- and Ph.D. students are given a stipend of Rs. 31,000 – Rs. 33,000/- per month.

Courses offered by NIPERs

  1. M.S. (Pharm.):
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Natural Products
  • Traditional Medicines
  • Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • Pharmacology & Toxicology
  • Regulatory & Toxicology
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmacoinformatics
  1. M.Pharm.
  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Clinical Research
  • Technology (Formulations)
  1. M.Tech (Pharm.)
  • Technology (Process Chemistry)
  • Technology (Biotechnology)
  1. M.B.A. (Pharm.)
  • Pharmaceutical Management
  1. PhD in Chemical Sciences:
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Natural Products
  • Pharmacoinformatics
  • Technology (Process Chemistry)
  1. PhD in Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Pharmacology & Toxicology
  1. PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences

Important Dates for Masters: Due to Coronavirus Pandemic, the dates may change, please check NIPER Ahmedabad Website for regular updates – https://www.niperahm.ac.in/niperjee.htm

  1. Online Registration Starts: 01 April, 2020
  2. Last Date to apply: 15 May
  3. Online Delivery of Admit Cards: 02 June
  4. Online NIPE-JEE Computer Based Test: 14 June
  5. Declaration of Result: 18 June
  6. Online Delivery of Call Letter for Group Discussion & Interview and Admission: 22 June
  7. Group Discussion and & Interview for MBA (Pharm): 13-14 July
  8. MBA Pharma Joint Counseling: 14 July
  9. NIPER Joint Counseling for Admission to Masters: 15-17 July
  10. Orientation and Commencement of Classes: 27 July 2020

Important Dates for PhD: Due to Coronavirus Pandemic, the dates may change, please check NIPER Ahmedabad Website for regular updates – https://www.niperahm.ac.in/niperjee.htm

  1. Online Registration Starts: 01 April, 2020
  2. Last Date to Apply: 15 May
  3. Online Delivery of Admit Cards: 02 June
  4. Online NIPE-JEE Computer-based Test: 14 June
  5. Declaration of Result: 18 June
  6. Online delivery of Call Letter for Group Discussion & Interview and Admission: 22 June
  7. Interview for PhD at NIPER Ahmedabad: 18-19 July
  8. Declaration of Result at NIPER Ahmedabad Website for PhD: 20 July
  9. PhD Joint Counseling: 20 July
  10. Orientation and commencement of classes: 27 July 2020

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