Bay News Network, Visakhapatnam: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is revamping the Pharmaceutical Education in Indian Universities to help in producing the technical manpower to face the global challenges, said by Prof.S.Y.Gabhe, Chairman of Board of Pharmaceutical Education, AICTE here on Friday. He participated in a meeting organized by GITAM Institute of Pharmacy in GITAM University.
While addressing the faculty and students he briefed that after taking suggestions inputs from various eminent academicians and industry with a view to cater the existing, as well as, growing needs of the industry profession AICTE has prepared a model course curriculum/syllabus for B.Pharmacy and M.Pharmacy programs. He informed that the Syllabus will cover new areas like Bio statistics, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Basic Electronics and Computer Applications. We strengthen the Organic Chemistry part in new syllabus to improve the employment opportunities to the students. The new syllabus may come into force from this academic year. He said that the Board of Pharmaceutical Education is also planning to organize workshops, orientation programs to faculty members on new syllabus. He has categorically emphasized that the text books and reference books of international standard need to be followed instead of small hand books of lecture notes or user friendly books of general authors. He observed that the ICT enabled learning with innovative teaching methods are very essential to meet the modern teaching needs. He observed that compare with state Universities the Deemed Universities are active while implementing the new courses and curriculum. He emphasized the need of academic research in Pharmaceutical Education in Universities. He said that the University relations with industry will improve the teaching and research.
The Institute of Pharmacy Principal Prof.P.Suresh briefed about the Institute and said that the University is planning to start a drug manufacturing unit in the campus to train the students.
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