Name of the Programmes accredited by the AICTE : University accredited by NAAC

No one is left during the Year of 2006-07.

No. of Fee waivers granted with amount and name of students: As per the University Norms

Number of scholarship offered by the institute, duration and amount: - Rs. 65000/- per year to each GATE passed students.

Estimated cost of Boarding and Lodging in Hostels: approximately 1000/- per month

Number of seats sanctioned with the year of approval : Year 2006- 07 – 12 Seats

Number of students admitted under various categories each year in the last three years.

Number of applications received during last two years for admission under Management Quota and number admitted : No Management quota

Admission Rules & regulations Saurashtra University

Rules of admission & admission-procedure for Post graduate Pharmacy Course (M. Pharm) at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Saurashtra University, Rajkot , effective From August 2006.

Every candidate for the postgraduate degree (M.Pharm) shall apply for admission at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Saurashtra University campus, Rajkot for the subject on or before the date fixed by Saurashtra University.

Tuition fees of Rs. 75000/- per term + Nominal fees (library fees etc.asper University Norms) will be payable by all candidates admitted to the P.G.course.

Those who have passed B. Pharm examination with minimum 55% in an Indian University will be eligible for the Admission to Post graduate degree course under the rules as framed by Saurashtra University time to time.

I. 90% seats in each specialization will be allotted to candidates who have passed B.Pharm examination held by the Saurashtra University , who have also passed valid GATE examination.

II. 10% of the seats may be reserved for the candidates who have passed B.Pharm examination from the other than Saurashtra University , who have also passed valid GATE examination.

NOTE : If no candidates are available under one of the mentioned groups; the vacant seats will be filled up from the candidates of the other group mentioned above. In case the GATE passed candidates are not sufficient to fill up the seats the left over seats will be allotted to non- GATE B. Pharm candidate Saurashtra University & there after to the non- GATE B. Pharm candidate of other University.

III. There will be provision of 1 extra seat in each specialization under ‘Quality Improvement Programme' for pharmacy teachers ; having B. Pharm qualification & serving in an AICTE approved Pharmacy College . Only pharmacy teachers will be admitted on this seat. (Subjected to the approval from AICTE)

(a) Eligibility qualification of the teacher will be B. Pharm from an AICTE approved Pharmacy College .
(b) No GATE score will necessary for teachers.
(c) A ‘No objection certificate' & recommendation letter issued by the employer will be required from the teacher candidate.
(d) 50% Tuition fees (over & above nominal fees, as applicable to other candidates) will be payable by teacher candidates.
(e) Merit list of the teacher candidates will be based on their total length of academic services in AICTE approved Pharmacy College.
(f) If no teacher candidates are available the extra seat will remain vacant .

Minimum of ten days should be allowed from submitting application after the date of advisement or notice, after the expiry of the of the last date of submitting for admission as soon as possible. The admission committee consisting of the following members shall prepare a tentative selection merit list of the eligible candidates on the basis of total marks obtained at the GATE examination B.Pharm examination.

(a) Members of the admission committee

      I. Head of the department
      II. All full time professors working in the department.
      III. Dean of medical/pharmacy faculty

(b) Marking Scheme for merit list

Merit list will be prepared with 70% weightage given for the GATE percentage score obtained by the candidate & the remaining 30% weight age to be given to the marks obtained by the candidates in his/her qualifying examination, i.e :

Marking Scheme rules for 30% weightage (B. Pharm marks)

(a) Passed their final B. Pharm examination at the first attempt : No modification to be made in the marks.

(b) Passed the final examination at the second or third attempt : Average marks obtained of the subjects will be considered as subject marks. Original marks sheet will be considered if he/she passed the subjects at the first attempt.

(c) If a candidate has not appeared at a full examination of any subject he/she will be considered as deemed to have obtained 50% of Maximum marks in that subject irrespective of actual marks obtained by him/her in the subject at any on the latter attempt.

(d) After Modifying the marks as mentioned above, in case of these candidates having equal marks, the rank in the merit list will be decided on the following basis.

I. In the event of a tie in the total marks, the rank in the merit list will be decided on the basis of total external marks obtained at the first & the second B.Pharm examination taken together.

II. In the event of a tie after applying d (I) the total external marks obtained at the third year B.Pharm will be taken in to the account for deciding the rank in the merit list.

5. Postgraduate's admission will be offered according to the final choice given in order of preferences by the candidates at the time of personal interview. It is compulsory for all the candidates to remain present personally before the college committee for the interview. After this no further additional admission will be offered till the end of the academic term concerned.

I. In case of candidates failing to join with in 10 days of the notification of admission on the notice board of department the selection of the candidate for admission will be treated as cancelled.

II. Vacancies arising out of dropouts referred to in (i) or any other vacancies, after regular selection, will be treated as cancelled.

III. Before making fresh selection from the merit list selected candidates will be shifted to the subject of their highest available choice. These non-selected candidates from the merit list who did not get the subject of their choice will be again called for interview & offered the subject of their highest available choice. Both these categories will be considered according to their position in original merit list & as per final choice given by them at the time of previous interview.

IV. Every student declared to have been entitled admission in the PG degree shall pay his fees & all other micessaneous fees on same day within 10 days from the date of notification of his admission in the center & upon the payment at such fees he shall be considered to have been admitted to the PG center failing which the admission of the student concerned shall be deemed to have been cancelled.

V. The head of the department shall send the list of the student finally admitted & registration fees collected from them within 10 days from the last date of receiving fees from the admitted student.

As per the Admission Rules & regulations of Saurashtra University – mentioned in above column

1. Downloadable application form, with online submission possibilities.
2. Downloadable application forms to be given in PDF format. With the instruction i.e. how to fill the forms and, fees for the forms, certificate required to be attested etc.

The whole procedure for admission was carried out by admission committee – formulated by Saurastra University, Rajkot

List of applicants with its category and GATE score :

Not Applicable & Students are admitted as per the rules of AICTE & Saurastra University of Rajkot . All the admissions are merit based.

LIBRARY :

At Central Library of Saurastra University :

Area : 1690 sq. mtr.

At Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Laboratory

For each Laboratory

•  List of Major Equipment/Facilities
    All laboratories are provided with electricity, gas, water etc. All equipments are     available as pwer the Syllabus of Saurashtra University

•  List of Experimental Setup
    As per the syllabus of Saurashtra University

Details of Laboratory & Workshop for the existing programme(s) :

Computer Facilities for the existing programme(s) :

WORKSHOP

List of facilities available

• Canteen
• Bank
• Post-office
• IGNOU center
• Center of Ambedkar Open University
• University Health Center
• Officer's residential Quarter
• University Guest House
• Parking
• Party plot

Games and Sports Facilities

• Gymkhana available at University Campus
• Gymnasium

Extra Curriculum Activities

• Students are participating in university sports program
• Students are also participating in NSS-NCC activities
• Youth festival
• Cultural activity

Soft Skill Development Facilities

• Personality Development Lecturers were arranged time to time
• Carrier Counseling & Development Center

Number of Classrooms and size of each

• Two Class Rooms are available with area of 63.3 Sq. Mtr. of each.

Number of Tutorial rooms and size of each

• One tutorial room is available with area of 40 Sq. Mtr.

Number of laboratories and size of each

• Pharmacognosy - 107.8 Sq. Mtr.
• Pharmaceutics - 131.9 Sq. Mtr.
• Pharmacology - 84.9 Sq. Mtr.
• Pharma. Analysis - 80.3 Sq. Mtr.

Number of drawing halls and size of each

• One Central A/C Seminar Hall is available with 200 seating capacity & facilitated with Audio-Visual Aids the area of seminar Hall is 400 Sq. Mtr.

Number of Computer Centers with capacity of each

• One Central E – corner Computer center available – with the seating capacity of 24 students and free internet accessibility.
• Department also having a 6 computer with the internet access facility free to the students.

Central Examination Facility, Number of rooms and capacity of each

• Central examination hall are available at various department

Teaching Learning process

•  Every students of the department engaging 12 hours per week classroom teaching and 16 hours per week laboratory working.

•  Every subjects every students is delivering seminar in each term during the academic year

•  Students are encouraging to take part in National and International conference by the faculty member

•  Audio visual aids are used in classroom teaching

•  Eminent personality from the field of Pharmacy are invited for guest lecture

Total Built up Area for the existing programme(s)