Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Shivalik College of Pharmacy, Nangal is providing advanced technical education in the field of
Pharmacy to the youths of this area since 1983. The college is affiliated to IKG Punjab
Technical University Jalandhar and approved by the Pharmacy Council of India New Delhi and
Govt. of Punjab. The college is being financed by Municipal Council, Nangal and managed by
Managing Committee constituted by the Hon’ble Governor of Punjab. The Director, Local
Government Department, Punjab is the ex-officio Chairman of the Managing Committee.
The college is imparting four years degree course (B. Pharma.) and two years Master's degree
courses in Pharmacy with specializations in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. The
college is well equipped with the latest infrastructure facilities and sophisticated analytical
instruments/equipments etc. and has well qualified and experienced faculty. The college
supports ethical research in the diverse area of Pharmaceutical Sciences and to achieve this
mechanism, CPCSEA-approved Institutional Animal Ethics Committees (IAEC) are in place.
The primary objectives of the college are to offer instructions in Pharmaceutical and Applied
Sciences to meet the needs of the healthcare system and also to provide job-oriented training to
rural youths to eliminate unemployment in rural backward areas. The college also aims to create
awareness in the rural population about the use of indigenous systems of medicine in bringing
health happiness and prosperity and to develop close collaboration with pharmaceutical
industries and health care providers to exchange personnel, ideas and to undertaker consultancy
work and public welfare oriented projects.