Pharmaceutics
by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Vishwakarma & Dr. Revathi A Gupta & Dr. Shanti Bhushan Mishra & Dr. Gaurav Jain & Khushboo Vishwakarma
₹270
Why this book
- Strictly as per PCI ER-2020 (ER20-11T): the chapter sequence mirrors the official Pharmacy Council of India syllabus, so nothing on your university exam is left out.
- All 7 units in one book: history of pharmacy & pharmacopoeias, packaging materials, pharmaceutical aids, unit operations, every dosage form, manufacturing & cGMP/quality assurance, and Novel Drug Delivery Systems.
- Written for first-year students: simple English, clear definitions and exam-oriented explanations that make dense pharmaceutics easy to understand and revise.
- Authored by an expert panel: five M.Pharm / Ph.D pharmacy educators — professors, a principal and researchers — across leading pharmacy faculties.
- Full textbook at student value: 259 pages for ₹270 — a complete core textbook, not short notes.
About this book
Pharmaceutics is the foundation subject of the Diploma in Pharmacy course — and this textbook is built to carry a first-year student through the entire paper with confidence. Written strictly as per the PCI Education Regulation 2020 (ER20-11T), it follows the official syllabus unit by unit, so what you study is exactly what your university examines.
The book opens with the profession and history of pharmacy in India and the pharmacopoeias (IP, BP, USP, NF), then moves through packaging materials and pharmaceutical aids into the heart of the subject: unit operations (size reduction and separation, mixing, filtration, drying and extraction) and the full range of dosage forms — tablets and modified-release tablets, capsules, liquid orals, topicals, nasal and ear preparations, powders and granules, sterile formulations and immunological products. It closes with pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, quality control and quality assurance (cGMP, calibration and validation) and an introduction to Novel Drug Delivery Systems.
Every concept is explained in simple, clear English with the definitions, classifications and worked detail a first-year student needs — making even the heavier topics easy to grasp and quick to revise before exams. At 259 pages it is a genuine, complete textbook rather than a set of shortcut notes.
Authored by a panel of five M.Pharm and Ph.D pharmacy educators — professors, a principal and researchers from established pharmacy faculties — and published by Shree Sai Prakashan, Meerut, a trusted name in academic and professional textbooks across India. Ideal for D.Pharma First Year students at every PCI-approved institute nationwide.
Syllabus coverage · PCI ER-2020 ER20-11T
See the full ER20-11T syllabus →Unit 1 · Introduction & Pharmacopoeias 7 hrs
history of pharmacy in India, pharmacy as a career; IP, BP, USP, NF & Extra Pharmacopoeia; salient features of Indian Pharmacopoeia
Unit 2 · Packaging Materials 5 hrs
types, selection criteria, advantages/disadvantages of glass, plastic, metal & rubber
Unit 3 · Pharmaceutical Aids 3 hrs
organoleptic agents (colouring, flavouring, sweetening); preservatives (definition, types, uses)
Unit 4 · Unit Operations 9 hrs
size reduction (hammer/ball mill), size separation (sieves, cyclone separator), mixing, filtration, drying (fluidized bed, freeze drying), extraction
Unit 5 · Dosage Forms 41 hrs
tablets & modified-release, capsules, liquid orals, topicals, nasal/ear, powders & granules, sterile formulations, immunological products
Unit 6 · Manufacturing & Quality 5 hrs
pharmaceutical plant layout; quality control & quality assurance, cGMP, calibration & validation
Unit 7 · Novel Drug Delivery Systems (NDDS) 5 hrs
introduction, classification, advantages & challenges
About the authors
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Vishwakarma — M.Pharm., Ph.D — Research Scholar / Formulation & Process R&D, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam University, Indore, M.P.
Dr. Revathi A Gupta — M.Pharm., Ph.D — Professor & Principal, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam University, Indore, M.P.
Dr. Shanti Bhushan Mishra — M.Pharm., Ph.D — Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, United Institute of Pharmacy, Prayagraj, U.P.
Dr. Gaurav Jain — M.Pharm., Ph.D — Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, Chameli Devi Institute of Pharmacy, Indore, M.P.
Khushboo Vishwakarma — B.Pharm., PGDCT — Research Scholar / Clinical Trial, Faculty of Pharmacy, NRI Institute of Pharmacy, Bhopal, M.P.
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