A four-year program focusing on pharmaceutical education and practical training.
GITAM School of Pharmacy, Visakhapatnam
Established in 2006, the GITAM Institute of Pharmacy is an elite institution offering state-of-the-art infrastructural facilities and student support services coupled with dedicated and experienced faculty and high-quality education.
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Department Vision and Mission
Vision
To become a nationally and internationally renowned institute for pharmacy education, research, and entrepreneurship by creating/cultivating diverse and inclusive professionals dedicated to lifelong learning, collaboration, and social responsibility.
Mission
- To impart pharmaceutical education with quality teaching to generate competent and committed pharmacy professionals.
- To nurture creative minds with innovative and cutting-edge research to address critical pharmaceutical and healthcare issues.
- To cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among faculty and students, promoting novelty, creativity, and impactful solutions through a collaborative ecosystem.
- To embrace principles of sustainable development with ethical values in order to make a difference in society.
Programme Outcomes (POs)
- Pharmacy Knowledge: Possess knowledge and comprehension of the core and basic knowledge associated with the profession of pharmacy, including biomedical sciences; pharmaceutical sciences; behavioral, social, and administrative pharmacy sciences; and manufacturing practices.
- Planning Abilities: Demonstrate effective planning abilities including time management, resource management, delegation skills and organizational skills. Develop and implement plans and organize work to meet deadlines.
- Problem analysis: Utilize the principles of scientific enquiry, thinking analytically, clearly and critically, while solving problems and making decisions during daily practice. Find, analyze, evaluate and apply information systematically and shall make defensible decisions.
- Modern tool usage: Learn, select, and apply appropriate methods and procedures, resources, and modern pharmacy-related computing tools with an understanding of the limitations.
- Leadership skills: Understand and consider the human reaction to change, motivation issues, leadership and team-building when planning changes required for fulfillment of practice, professional and societal responsibilities. Assume participatory roles as responsible citizens or leadership roles when appropriate to facilitate improvement in health and well-being.
- Professional Identity: Understand, analyze, and communicate the value of their professional roles in society (e.g., health care professionals, promoters of health, educators, managers, employers, employees).
- Pharmaceutical Ethics: Honour personal values and apply ethical principles in professional and social contexts. Demonstrate behavior that recognizes cultural and personal variability in values, communication, and lifestyles. Use ethical frameworks; apply ethical principles while making decisions and take responsibility for the outcomes associated with the decisions.
- Communication: Communicate effectively with the pharmacy community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports, make effective presentations and documentation, and give and receive clear instructions.
- The Pharmacist and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety and legal issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional pharmacy practice.
- Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional pharmacy solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
- Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change. Self-assess and use feedback effectively from others to identify learning needs and to satisfy these needs on an ongoing basis.
Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)
- PEO1: To deliver quality Pharmacy education and training, fostering the development of skilled graduates capable of effectively addressing challenges within the Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare sector.
- PEO2: To cultivate leadership and entrepreneurial attributes among Pharmacy graduates, empowering them to innovate and lead within their field.
- PEO3: To train the students to have a strong ethical foundation, effective communication abilities, collaborative skills, a multidisciplinary mindset, and the capability to understand how pharmaceutical issues connect to wider societal concerns.
NIRF Ranking
GITAM School of Pharmacy secured 48th rank in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NRIF) in Pharmacy all over India.
48th
Pharmacy
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Notable Alumni
Dr. K. R. Koteswararao
Drugs inspector
Manasa Peddineni
Scientist III
Harika Kotu
Sr. Manager
Chaitanya Swaroop Mata
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Marri Sai Sudheer
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Shanthi Rekha
Sr Manager
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Upcoming Events
30th Jan
Ramnath School Campus
Let us Do Science Exhibition at Ramnath Secondary School
As a part of DST-NCSTC funded project "Let us Do Science (LuDoS)" unde…
Visakhapatnam
30th Jan
Shivaji Auditorium
GEM 2025 Cultural Competition
cultural competition for GEM 2025
Visakhapatnam
1st Feb
VDC Theatre Hall (…
Dreams to Doers
“D2D" is a two-day workshop aimed at inspiring participants to think b…
Visakhapatnam
