Facilities
VIPW has established an Institution Innovation Council in accordance with MHRD’s Innovation Cell, Govt. of India. Well-equipped laboratories with high quality equipment aid the students and staff to pursue projects and research works. Consultancy services are provided to the pharma industries in the city. Research facilities at the institution have helped the faculty to come up with more than 169 publications. Staff pursuing their doctoral degrees are permitted to utilize the library resources too along with the lab facilities, and any individual, though not an employee of VIPW, who wishes to make use of the facilities are happily received.
Laboratories
The institution has well equipped laboratories with highly advanced and sophisticated instruments listed below:
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY
Sl. No. |
Equipment Name |
1 |
Lezandroff Apparatus |
2 |
Auto-Analyzer |
3 |
Rat BP Apparatus |
4 |
Rat ECG Apparatus |
5 |
Actophotometer |
6 |
Rotarod Apparatus |
7 |
Pole climbing Apparatus |
8 |
Analgesiometer (Eddy’s hot plate and radiant heat methods |
9 |
Convulsiometer |
10 |
Plethysmograph |
11 |
Muffle Furnace |
12 |
Microwave Oven |
13 |
Sherrington’s Kymograph Machine Polyrite |
14 |
Micro Centrifuge |
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS
Sl. No. |
Equipment Name |
1 |
Tablet punching machine |
2 |
Brookfield’s viscometer |
3 |
Rotary evaporator |
4 |
UV-Visible Spectrophotometer |
5 |
Cooling centrifuse |
6 |
Multiple Diffusion cell |
7 |
Tablet dissolution test apparatus IP |
8 |
Orbital shaker Incubator |
9 |
Digital Tablet disintegration test apparatus IP |
10 |
Digital Tablet hardness tester |
11 |
Digital Tablet Friability test apparatus |
12 |
Digital Bulk Density Apparatus |
13 |
Tablet coating pan |
14 |
Tray dryer |
15 |
Orbital shaker |
16 |
Capsule filling machine |
17 |
Ampoule washing machine |
18 |
Ampoule filling and sealing machine |
19 |
Bottle washing Machine |
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS:
Sl. No. |
Equipment Name |
1 |
HPLC (Shimadzu) |
2 |
HPLC (Waters) |
3 |
HPLC (Systronics) |
4 |
UV- Visible Spectrophotometer (Lab India) |
5 |
UV- Visible Spectrophotometer (PG Instruments) |
6 |
UV- Visible Spectrophotometer (Systronics) |
7 |
Gel Electrophoresis (Vertical and Horizontal) |
8 |
Paper Electrophoresis Unit |
9 |
Flourimeter |
10 |
Nephelo Turbidity meter |
11 |
Flame Photometer |
12 |
Potentiometer |
13 |
Conductivity meter |
14 |
Colorimeter |
15 |
Sonicator |
16 |
Digital pH meter |
Animal House
Animal House at the institution fulfils all the scientific and ethical criteria. It works as per CPCSEA (GO) guidelines under the supervision of IAEC (Institutional Animal Ethics Committee). There are rabbit/mice/rat/guinea pig colony chambers, quarantine room, feed section, bedding material room, working platforms, documentation room, cage and bottle storage section, wash area and cup-boards for storage of essential drugs.