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ACADEMIC FACILITIES AT NHSC…
At Nandhanam Health Sciences College (NHSC) a wide range of academic facilities are
provided to the students to assist them at every stage of their course. These include high-tech,
well-equipped laboratories in the Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics,
Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, which serve as a strong framework for our graduates to help
them develop capabilities to become world-class pharmacists and scientists. Academically as
well as socially productive in-house projects and research work are taken-up in these
laboratories.
The classroom and laboratory infrastructure is backed with well-furnished seminar halls and
conference rooms where presentations on scientific and other topics are organized by faculty
members and students.
B. PHARM – 4 YEARS
B. PHARM (LATERAL ENTRY) – 3 YEARS
D. PHARM – 2 YEARS
The institute has sophisticated manufacturing and analytical equipment that include:
● High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) machine (from Shimadzu, Japan)
● Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer
● USP dissolution apparatus
● Multi-station tablet punching machine
● Fluidized bed drier
● R M granulators
● Lyophiliser
● Laminar flow bench
● Refrigerated centrifuge
● Ultrasonicator
● Microscope with camera
Pharmacology equipment includes pole climbing apparatus, actophotometer,
electroconvulsiometer, water maze, chymographs, tail flick apparatus, Histamine Chambers etc.
All laboratories are well-furnished with appropriate numbers of glassware, chemicals and
additional preparation, and technical staff-support rooms.
LABORATORIES AT NHSC
Pharmacology Lab
The lab is equipped with sophisticated instruments like isolated organ bath, assemblies
for isolated tissue experiments, rota rod apparatus, analgesiomenter, convulsiometer,
Cook’s pole apparatus etc. Various experiments set up of the lab include isolated tissue
experiments. In vivo pharmacological screening experiments for CNS, CVS, Respiratory,
GIT, Renal drugs.
Anatomy and Physiology Lab
The lab has sophisticated instruments like haemocytometers, B.P. measurement
apparatus, ECG machine, Spirometer, Muscle Physiology experiment apparatus, Isolated
Heart Experiments, Anatomical Models and charts etc. Various experiments set up of the
lab include basic Haematological experiments, Respiratory and Cardiovascular
physiology experiments, and experiments on human anatomy using histological slides,
anatomy charts and models.
Physical Pharmacy
The lab is equipped with modern instruments like equipment for Reynolds number
measurement, balances, microscopes, various manometers and flow meters, distillation
assembly. Various experiments set up of the lab include pharmaceutical engineering, unit
processes in pharmaceutics, study of physical properties of various materials used for
formulation.
The lab contains sophisticated instruments like 10 station rotary tablet machine, ampoule
washing, filling, sealing and clarity testing apparatus, capsule filing machines, ointment
filling machine, collapsible tube crimping machine, 6 station digital dissolution test
apparatus, disintegration apparatus, friability and hardness tester for tablets, infra red
moisture balance, tincture press, dry granulator, wet granulator, tablet coating pan, ball
mill, planetory mixer.
The lab has instruments like deionizer, suppository moulds, centrifuge etc. Various
experiments set up of the lab include drug formulation preparation, stability studies and
in process testing studies can be conducted in this lab.
● Pharmaceutical microbiology and Biotechnology Lab

The lab has a varied collection of instruments like aseptic room, laminar air flow bench,
auto claves, B.O.D. incubators, dry heat sterilizers, filtration assembly for sterilization,
antibiotic zone reader, digital colony counting apparatus, refrigerator, microscopes etc.
Various experiments set up of the lab include staining and culturing of bacteria using
microbial assay, sterility testing.
● Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lab
The lab is well equipped with instruments like Fume cupboards, Centrifuges,
microscopes, glassware and other requirements for qualitative and quantitative estimation
of various biochemicals. Various experiments set up of the lab include qualitative and
quantitative estimation of various biochemicals.
● Pharmaceutical Analysis Lab

The lab is equipped with sophisticated instruments like Analytical Balances, equipments
and glassware pertaining to quantitative analysis of various drugs by I.P., B.P., U.S.P.
methods. Various experiments set up of the lab include Acid base, redox,
complexometric, Gravimetric, Non-aqueous, potentiometric, spectrophotometric
titrations, Karl Fischer titrations, fluorimetric estimations, conductometric estimation of
buffer capacity etc.
● Central Instrumentation Lab

The lab has sophisticated instruments like Colorimeters, Conductivity meters, Digital pH
meters, Flame-photometers, Karl-Fischers apparatus, photofluorimeter, polarimeter,
potentiometer, refractrometer, spectrophotometer. Various experiments set up of the lab
include Experiments based on Instrumental methods of analysis.
● Pharmacognosy Lab – I
The lab contains instruments like microscopes, soxhlet apparatuses, tlc spreader, column
chromatography apparatus, charts for plants microscopy, herbal drugs museum. Various
experiments set up of the lab include experiments pertaining to study of macroscopic,
microscopic and chemical analysis of herbal drugs, extraction of active constituents using
various techniques.
The lab is equipped with sophisticated instruments like Microscopes, Extraction

instruments etc. Various experiments set up of the lab include pharmacognostic and
phytochemical studies of various plant drugs.
Pharmaceutics Lab
These laboratories provide knowledge about the manufacturing of pharmaceutical preparations

and help in training the students in drug formulations like tablets, capsules, parenteral, ointments,
creams, eye drops, syrups, drug interaction, stability, shelf-life studies, etc.
The lab is well equipped with hot air oven, hardness tester, friability testing machine, dissolution
apparatus, disintegration apparatus, tablet press, tablet coating machine etc. various lab facilities
to carry preformulation studies and finished product evaluation.

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ACADEMIC FACILITIES AT NHSC…

● Pharmaceutical microbiology and Biotechnology Lab

● Pharmaceutical Analysis Lab

● Central Instrumentation Lab

The lab is equipped with sophisticated instruments like Microscopes, Extraction

These laboratories provide knowledge about the manufacturing of pharmaceutical preparations

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