Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy

Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy
Established	1983
Type	Private
Principal	Prof. B.G.Shivananda
Location	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore
Website	www.alameenpharmacy.edu

Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy is a pharmacy college in India. It is located in Bangalore in the state of Karnataka, one of several colleges offering pharmacy courses, and is approved by Pharmacy Council of India. The college is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, with its principal, Prof. B.G.Shivananda, one of the member of the Academic Council of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. Dr.Mumtaz Ahmed Khan is the founder of Al-Ameen Educational Society, Bangalore and Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy is the one and only Pharmacy college started and running by the Al-Ameen Educational Society.

History

Library room in the college

An extruder spheronizer in the college lab

Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy Established under the aegis of the Al-Ameen Educational Society in 1983.Al-Ameen Educational Society is one of the biggest minority education society in India established in the year 1966. Dr.Mumtaz Ahmed Khan is the founder of the Society. It was started to meet the needs of education in the city and of minority Muslim community. The college campus located at Hosur Road, opposite Lalbagh Main Gate, Bangalore having 2 parts covering an area of nearly 6.35 acres. In the first part, there are 6 colleges, they are, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Al-Ameen Arts, Science and Commerce Degree College, Al-Ameen Institute of Management Studies, Al-Ameen Institute of Information Sciences, Al-Ameen College of Law and Al-Ameen College of Education. In the second part, primary and higher Secondary school & a Pre-University College. The total strength of both campus is more than 5000. The decision was taken by the Pharmacy Council of India to introduce the six-year duration course in the year 2007. The Education Regulation Committee in the Pharmacy Council of India has been entrusted with the job of preparing the curriculum and guidelines for the course. It was headed by Sivanand, principal, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore. Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy is associated with Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, Pharmacognosy Network Worldwide, Pharmacognosy Magazine (Phcog Mag) and Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research.

Facilities

Academic

Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy offering several courses of study in the field of Pharmacy.They are, Pharm - D 6 years course, Pharm - D 3 years course, Doctor in Philosophy (Ph.d), Master in Pharmacy (M.Pharma), Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.Pharma) and Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharma).

Achivements

The Karnataka branch of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association organised the 49th National Pharmacy Week. Theme of the program was ‘Safety first with medicines – ask your pharmacist' on 21 November 2010 at Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore. The event was inaugurated by C. Gopalakrishna Murthy, president of Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Mumbai. Sanjai Pai and Mueen Ahmed from Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, has delivered lectures in the technical sessions of national workshop on challenging techniques in phytochemical, analytical and pharmacological evaluation of herbal medicine. The program was organised by The Luqman College of Pharmacy from 7 January 2008.