National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad

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]

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad
TypePublic
Established2007
DirectorProf. Shailendra Saraf
Location
Ahmedabad
,
Gujarat
,
India

30.6835°N 76.7318°E / 30.6835; 76.7318
CampusUrban
Websitewww.niperahm.ac.in

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 10th in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) pharmacy ranking in 2022. NIPER was ranked on 8th position in 2021.[5]

Notable Personality
  • Rakesh Kumar Tekade, 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 (>8500 citations; H–index of 50) 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. "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.
  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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