Department of Pharmacognosy

It mainly deals with medicines obtained from natural sources & there uses along with application in different medicinal system. Lab is equipped with Camera Lucida, Muffle Furnance, Hot Air Oven, pH Meter, projection microscope, binocular microscope etc. The department of Pharmacognosy caters to the modern needs of Industry by providing conducive ambiance for learning and develop skills to befit the industrial and academic demands. The growing needs for herbal drugs standardization and analysis in the pharmaceuctical, herbal/ayurvedic, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical industries has paved the way for the requirement of well-trained personnel. Our department has been continuously providing skilled hands to industry and academic demands.

The programme is designed to train the students in various aspects of herbal drug technology viz., herbal drug standardization, phytochemical evaluation, development, and formulation of herbal drugs; evaluation and validation of traditional herbal products, and production of plant secondary metabolites by Plant Tissue Culture.