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Dr. Patangrao Kadam, the founder of Bharati Vidyapeeth, established Poona College of Pharmacy in 1981 after realizing the need to train students in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Poona College of Pharmacy is a constituent unit of Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University). It is one of the pioneering colleges in the field of Pharmacy education and research in the state of Maharashtra.

Under the dynamic guidance of Dr. Shivajirao Kadam, then Principal and present Hon. Chancellor of the University, the college has developed academic excellence and attained status of one of the reputed Pharmacy colleges in the country. A testimony to the high academic excellence of the Poona College of Pharmacy is its rank in top 50 Pharmacy institutes by NIRF, accredited by NAAC and NBA for three and four cycles respectively. It has recognition by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under Sections 2(f) and 12(B). Poona College of Pharmacy offers quality education in Pharmacy through its B.Pharm. programme (Grant-in-aid institute of State of Maharashtra); its first to start Pharm.D, Pharm.D (PB) in state of Maharashtra since 2009; M.Pharm in eight specializations and doctoral research programmers. The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi has approved these programmes offered by the college.

Features of Poona College of Pharmacy

  • Providing Pharmacy education for more than four decades. B.Pharm. 1981, M.Pharm. 1986, PhD 1990, Pharm. D. and Pharm.D. (PB) 2009.
  • Accredited by NBA and NAAC (A+); also an ISO-9001-2015 certified institute.
  • Reputed research institute for UG, PG and PhD research with 1500+ published articles, 50+ patents, and consultancy.
  • University Grants Commission (UGC) inducted the college in the Departmental Research Scheme (DRS) of the Special Assistance Programme (SAP) owing to the expert faculty, research achievements, high level of academic excellence and rich infrastructure.
  • AICTE granted the college the status of Quality Improvement Cell (Q.I.P.) for teaching fraternity to register for the M.Pharm. and Ph.D. programmes.
  • The college has also received regular grants from major funding agencies such as ICMR, AICTE, UGC, DST, DBT and DRDO.
  • Annexed facilities include FDA (M.S.) approved Public Testing Lab; APEDA recognized Centre for Food Testing (CFT) and SKiiLD PCP incubation center.
  • Provides financial assistance to economically weaker and meritorious UG, PG and PhD students.
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