Uttar Pradesh

Interview of Dr. Montu Patel, President of Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) was conducted on 3rd May 2022 at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited, KAPL Bengaluru is a Government of India Enterprise. Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited is a Joint Sector Company of Government of India with shareholding from Government of Karnataka through Karnataka State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation KSIIDC. From a modest beginning in 1984, KAPL has grown exponentially in the areas of manufacturing and marketing of various life saving and essential drugs.

The Tata Memorial Centre is a Comprehensive Cancer Centre with a mission to achieve the highest standards in patient care, cancer prevention, cancer research and professional development for oncology and allied disciplines. TMC is an autonomous body funded, controlled by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. TMC is affiliated to Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI).

Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H), is a subordinate office under Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.Development of Pharmacopoeias and Formularies as well as acting as Central Drug Testing cum Appellate Laboratory for Indian systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy are the key fields of activity of PCIM&H.

Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation Limited has come up as an organization for the centralized and transparent procurement and distribution of drugs, equipments and other consumables. UPMSC ensures availability of quality drugs, medical equipments at lowest costs at various warehouses across the state under the charge of UPMSC.

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is an Autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. IPC is created to set standards of drugs in the country. Its basic function is to update regularly the standards of drugs commonly required for treatment of diseases prevailing in this region. It publishes official documents for improving Quality of Medicines by way of adding new and updating existing monographs in the form of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP).

Harish Chandra Postgraduate College, Varanasi is a Govt. aided college and is one of the premier seat of learning of Eastern U.P. under the auspices of Harish Chandra Vidyalaya Samiti (a non profitable charitable institution registered under Indian Society Act 1860.)  Bharatendu Harishchandra, the profounder of the modern Hindi Language founded this institution with five students of the locality in 1866. By1910,the institution had started High School Classes. The Intermediate Classes started in year 1939.

The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, established in 1965, a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) engaged in the Research & Development in the areas of Environmental Toxicology, Predictive Toxicology, Health Risk Assessment, Preventive Toxicology, Inhalation Toxicology, Analytical Toxicology, and also National S&T Missions. IITR has two campuses; the main campus is located at the centre of Lucknow City and the other campus at a distance of approx. 20 km from the main campus.

The MIT College of Pharmacy is established under the umbrella of MITGI, Moradabad started its journey from the year 2019. It is started with B. Pharm program affiliated to Dr.Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow and D. Pharm program affiliated to Board of Technical Education, Lucknow. The Institute is also approved by Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi as well as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.