The Department of Pharmacology was started in the year 1964 under the illustrious headship of Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury. The department is recognized for pioneering the first D.M  Clinical Pharmacology course in the year 1979 in collaboration with World Health Organization and can be duly credited for starting first D.M., Clinical Pharmacology course in the world.  Besides D.M, Clinical Pharmacology, the department also has M.D, M.Sc and PhD Pharmacology courses.

At present the department has five faculty members under whom eighteen students are pursuing various degrees.

 Some regular contributions of the department in the years since its inception  are :

1. Conduct of National Workshop of Clinical Pharmacology for the last 25 years. The registration for the 26^th Workshop to be held in February 2008 is ongoing. The registration details and brochure for the same may be downloaded from the website. Any queries regarding the forthcoming workshop may be posted to the Organizing Secretary, Prof. P.Pandhi at ppandhi17@hotmail.com

2. Publishing of Drugs Bulletin quarterly for the last 30 years. The articles are aimed at general practitioners. The bulletin has been regularly covering review articles about various drugs and management of therapeutic conditions. Prof Pandhi is the Chief Editor of the Bulletin It is presently affiliated to International Society of Drugs Bulletin.

3. Conducting National Good Clinical Practice Workshop for the last 3 years. Started by Dr S. Malhotra, with the view of training the faculty for conducting clinical research in accordance of Good Clinical Practice Guidelines, the scope of the workshop has been extended to residents and young researchers.

4. Operating the Drug Information Center for the last 5 years. Any pertinent information regarding drugs, therapeutics may be obtained telephonically by contacting2755245.An effort to provide evidence based reply to the query is made. The proposal for making the facility available at our website has been submitted to the website incharge. Summaries of selected evidence based replies to the queries are being made available at the website. For any drug related queries, a mail may be addressed to the following address: nusrat_shafiq@hotmail.com

 Besides the above, the department holds a track record of conducting basic and clinical research in various specialized areas and has been consistent in publishing the research findings in reputed indexed journals. In its efforts to promote evidence based medicine, the department has produced systematic reviews on various topics in the last few years. 

"It is a pleasure to see how the department has contributed significantly to basic and clinical research which has been appreciated both nationally and internationally. Our efforts to conduct meaningful collaborative research has borne favorable outcomes in the past and I hope this trend is furthered in the years to come. With our forays into newer areas of research in the past few years we hope to make significant contributions in the field of health care through our research in the future."

Prof & Head, Department of Pharmacology

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