NIPER Kolkata

The NIPER Kolkata offers a two-year full-time M.S. (Pharm.) program in Pharmacology & Toxicology from 2018 onwards. The Department is equipped with advanced instruments for preclinical research on various disease areas but not limited to Diabetes mellitus, Non alcoholic Steatohepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, neurological disorders. Department is also working on proving scientific evidence for our traditional medicine systems such as Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Siddha etc. in collaboration with several Institutes under the Ministry of AYUSH and West Bengal State Government. Department has established Caenorhabditis elegans facility for basic studies on disease pathology and toxicity studies.

Development of animal models for human diseases such as Diabetes mellitus, Non alcoholic steatohepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, neurological disorders Scientific evidence for Indian traditional medicine systems such as Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Siddha, etc. Toxicity studies of phtochemicals and synthetic molecules using C. elegans as assay system and rodents Exosomes as disease markers and drug delivery agents against various cancer models Gene and protein expression studies Diabetes and Diabetic complications Chemotherapy induced Peripheral Neuropathy Trauma induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Department of Phamacology and Toxicology