Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya offers the candidates with various courses in different fields. Many Engineering Colleges, Diploma Colleges, Pharmacy Colleges, MCA Colleges, and Architecture Colleges are affiliated to this University. The University conducts entrance exam every year for the entry of eligible candidates to its PhD courses. Some of the details regarding PhD pharmacy entrance test are mentioned below.

Structure of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Phd Pharmacy Entrance Exam

The admission for PhD Pharmacy course will be conducted through a written test of 2 hours duration. Questions will be from main topics in Pharmacy which one has pursued in their post graduate program.

Syllabus of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Phd Pharmacy Entrance Exam

Basic Pharmaceutics, Drug Delivery and Regulatory Affairs

• Micromeretics and powder rheology
• Surface tension and interfacial phenomena
• Viscosity and rheology
• Identification techniques of microbes
• Cultivation and isolation of microbes
• Principles of sterilization
• Basic principles of evaporation, distillation, drying, size reduction, mixing, crystallization, filtration and centrifugation
• Classification, designing, manufacturing, packaging and evaluation of various dosage forms
• Approved conventional and novel formulation excipients
• Controlled and novel drug delivery systems
• Drug targeting
• Techniques for in-vitro and in-vivo testing
• Invitro-Invivo correlation
• Pre-formulation studies
• Physical, chemical and therapeutic incompatibilities
• General considerations & concepts of chemical kinetics and drug stability
• Biopharmaceutical aspects of dosage form design
• Principles of pharmacokinetics
• Bioavailability and bioequivalence studies
• Dosage regimens
• Repetitive dosing and dose adjustments in renal and hepatic failure
• Individualization of dosage regimen
• BCS
• Classification of drugs
• ICH guidelines
• Concept of pharmaceutical quality management
• Requirements of GMP, GLP, GCP
• Regulatory requirements of drugs and pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry

• Basic organic chemistry regarding synthesis and reactions of the main organic functional groups
• Organic stereochemistry
• Substitution (free radical, nucleophilic, electrophilic)
• Elimination reactions
• Addition reactions
• Rearrangement reactions
• General pathways of drug metabolism
• Basic concepts and application of prodrug design
• Biochemical mechanism of drugs
• Categories of drug with special reference to SAR
• Classification and synthesis of anticancer
• NSAIDs
• Anti-infective, antihistaminic, anxiolytics, sedatives, hypnotics, anticonvulsants, adrenergic antagonists and general anesthetics
• Radio labeling
• Drug designing and screening
• Concepts of QSAR and CADD

Pharmacology and Drug Therapeutics

• Types of receptors
• Drug-receptor interaction including signal transduction
• Mechanism, drug action, side effects, and contraindications of drugs acting on central nervous system
• Autonomous nervous system
• Anticancer agents
• Pharmacological screening
• General principles
• Various screening models
• Screening methodologies (in-vitro and in-vivo tests)
• Bioassay methods, principles of toxicology
• Chemotherapy and pathophysiology

Pharmacognosy and Biotechnology

• General methods of extraction, isolation, purification and characterization of natural products
• Various separation techniques used for isolation of natural products
• Biosynthetic pathways of various metabolites (e.g. Alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, lignans, saponins, lipids, flavonoids, coumarins, anthocyanidines etc)
• Quality control of crude drugs
• Phytochemical screening methods
• Plant tissue culture
• Recombinant DNA technique
• Fermentation
• Immunology and vaccines
• Enzyme immobilization
• Genetics and gene therapy
• Fundamentals of cell and molecular biology

Pharmaceutical Analysis

• Fundamental principles, basic instrumentation, and pharmaceutical applications of UV visible spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, PMR, C13 NMR spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy of gas-liquid chromatography, HPLC,  HPTLC, Gel chromatography, Electrophoresis and ion-pair chromatography
• Introductory principle, instrumentation and application of GC-Mass, HPLC-Mass for complex mixtures
• Theory, methods and applications of  enzyme and radioimmunoassay techniques
• Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
• Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA)
• X-ray diffractometry (XRD)
• Electron microscopy
• Stability indicating assay procedures
• analytical method  development and validation
• Impurity profiling, drug estimation in biological samples
• Analytical instrument validation

Statistics & Research Aptitude

• Mean, median, mode
• Basic concepts of probability
• Coefficient of variance
• Standard error, standard deviation, and regression analysis
• Student t-test, F-test
• Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
• Data graphics and data interpretation
• Principles and various models of statistical optimization techniques, optimization softwares
• National and international scenario of pharmaceutical research
• Literature reviewing
• Reference citation
• Scientific and research journals
• Impact valuation
• Research article and patent drafting,
• Various scientific websites
• Abstracts
• Pharmacopoeial drug monographs and official standards
• National and international research institutions of repute

Verbal reasoning

• Analogy
• Classification
• Series Completion
• Logical Deduction

Non-verbal reasoning

• Pattern perception
• Figure matrix
• Rule detection

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates applying for Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Phd Pharmacy Entrance Exam should have completed their master’s degree in Pharmacy or allied subjects from a recognized University with minimum 60% aggregate marks.

How to apply?

The candidates can download the application form from the University’s official website. The completed application form has to be send to Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Airport Bypass, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal – 462033 along with DD of Rs. 750/- drawn in favor of The Registrar, RGPV payable at Bhopal.

How to fill the Form?

The candidate has to be very careful while filling in the form. All the columns need to be filled on the basis of the instructions given in the application brochure. One should also make sure that the form along with the required enclosure should reach the concerned address before the due date.

Important Dates (Tentative)

[Please note that we only provide tentative dates based on previous years dates. For exact dates related information it is always best to check official websites only.]

Last date of submission of Application Form: Last week of October, 2012

Date of Written Test: Second Week of November, 2012

Date of Declaration of Result: Last week of November, 2012

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Phd Pharmacy Entrance Exam Centers

UIT, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Bhopal

Contact Address for Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Phd Pharmacy Entrance Exam

• Address: University Institute of Technology, RGPV Bhopal, Airport Bypass Road, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal - 462 036, Madhya Pradesh
• Phone: +91-755-2742003-5
• Fax: +91-755-2524074
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: http://www.rgtu.net

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Reference Books for Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Phd Pharmacy Entrance Exam

• Pharmacy by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, John Mc Brewster
• The Pharmacy Technicians Introduction to Pharmacy by L Michael Posey
• Organic Pharmacy by Margo Marone
• Encyclopaedia of Pharmacy by Rajeev Verma
• Dictionary of Pharmacy by Dennis B Worthen
• Hospital Pharmacy by Tipnis Hp Amrita
• Novel Drug Delivery Systems and Regulatory Affairs by Basavaraj K Nanjwade
• Drug Regulatory Affairs by Sai Kishore
• Pharmaceutical Applications of Polymers for Drug Delivery by D Jones
• Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry by David Watson
• Wilson and Gisvold’s Textbook of Organic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry by John M Beale, John H Block
• Wilson and Gisvold’s Textbook of Organic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry by Jaime N Delgado, William A Remers
• Botanic Drugs, Their Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Thomas Stewart Blair
• A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Or the Action of Drugs in Health and Disease by Arthur R Cushny
• Biotechnology by David P Clark, Nanette Pazdernik
• Pharmacognosy by Patil G V
• Pharmaceutical Analysis by David C Lee, Michael L Webb
• Pharmaceutical Analysis by Higuchi
• Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by P Prakash
• A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning by Agarwal

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Study Plan

One has to be well prepared for clearing the highly competitive RGPV Phd Pharmacy Entrance Exam. The candidate should have an idea about the question pattern and syllabus of the test. Each and every topic in the syllabus has to be studied. The whole syllabus can be divided into small portions which becomes easy for the aspirants to cover the entire syllabus.

How and Where To Get the Results?

The candidate can obtain the result from the official website URL of the University http://rgpv.ac.in/.

Score Validity

The score of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Ph.D Pharmacy Entrance Exam will be valid for one year.