History:  

Inception of the departrnent was in 1962.

Dr N M Tiwari was honoured as our first HOD. 

He served as HOD from 1967 to 1974. 

PG course started in the year 1972. 

In 2009, PG course got MCI recognition. 

In 2010, MCI recognized PhD course started.

PG course:  Degree  (No. of seats)  -   2 per year           Diploma (No. of seats)-  0

1^st batch of P.G. -   1972  year

• Departmental attraction/ Performance last three year/ Museum/ Laboratory/ Library

Museum:

Museum exhibits succinct information about History of Medicine, Nobel Laureates, adverse drug reactions, medicinal plants & indigeneous medicine, dosage forms, drug samples & various relevant topics from therapeutics.

Special facility if any: Pharmacovigilance centre designated by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission(IPC) & National Coordinating Centre (NCC) under Pharmacovigilance Programme of India(PvPI).

Ongoing research activities:

• Prospective study of cutaneous drug reactions in tertiary care hospital.
• Comparison of efficacy and safety of a polyherbal formulation with paracetamol in patients of osteoarthritis of knee.
• Adverse drug reaction monitoring in Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis patients.
• A drug utilization study in indoor patients of high risk pregnancy.

Any other achievement/ awards:

• Winner of Dean’s trophy for Best Department
• Hosted state conference in the year 1979 & 1989
• One staff member awarded ‘UVNAS’ price for the best research paper in 1983-84 by IPS.
• Research publications in various National and International Journals.
• Star Research Project awarded by DMER in the year 2011.
• Undertaken ICMR- STS projects.
• Instrumental in promoting Rational drug Therapy through Guest lectures and workshop.
• Arranged guest lecture on Pharmacovigilance.
• One teacher is a Member of Board of Studies of MUHS, Nashik.
• Consistent ranks in PG course conducted by MUHS Nashik University.