M. Pharm + MBA (Pharma Tech. & Healthcare Management) - Three Year Program: Quality Assurance

M. Pharm (Quality Assurance) + MBA (Pharma Tech & Healthcare Management):
This is a 3 year integrated program spread over 9 trimesters, leading to Master of Pharmacy (M. Pharm.- Quality Assurance) and Masters in Business Administration MBA (Pharma Tech & Healthcare Management). The candidate will get a postgraduate degree in management with the expertise and technical knowledge of research in pharmacy. This also saves one academic year. This program is conducted by well-experienced senior faculty in addition to visiting professors/ industry experts.
In the first year of this program, students learn 8 technical subjects and 12 Management subjects. The technical subjects cover the areas of Drug Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurances, Approaches to Analytical Method Development, Quality Management, Modern Approaches in Pharmaceutical Analysis, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, Quality Assurance, Product Development and Validation ,Product Development and Validation and Drug Evaluation Techniques. The management subjects cover the areas of Business Communication, Management of Technology & Innovation, Business Economics, Principles and Practice of Management, Marketing Management, Operations Research, Organizational Behaviour, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Mgmt of Mergers & Acquisition, Statistical Methods, Project Management and Cost Accounting. In the first two trimesters of second year students take up a project on technical subject. Third trimester of second year covers 8 subjects. First two trimesters of third year comprises of 10 subject and electives as mentioned in the curriculum. Third trimester of third year the students take up a project on management subject.

This is the first time that academicians have framed the syllabus looking into the current industrial needs, thus saving the academic hours for the technical skills required to be delivered in professional life. The course involves a balanced integration in pharmacy research & management education.

MERITS

M. Pharm (Quality Assurance) + MBA (Pharma Tech & Healthcare Management)

• Industry oriented course: More employability being Techno-managers

• Course meets the model curriculum: need based, conceptual, proactive and research based

• Industry exposure.

• Added placement value due to dual degrees.

DURATION

M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics) + MBA (Pharma Tech & Healthcare Management)
The course shall be a three years dual degree program

INTAKE

Number Of Seats
Mumbai Campus M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics) + MBA (Pharma Tech & Healthcare Management)	20

ATTENDANCE

A student is expected to attend all classes. However, a student must put in 80% of total attendance for each subject, in the absence of which he/she will not be eligible to write the exam for that subject/ submit the dissertation as the case may be. A student is required to monitor his/ her own attendance and no separate notice will be displayed.
In case of genuine medical/ professional/ other reasons resulting in shortage of attendance, the student is encouraged to attend classes the following year as per the rules of re-registration and re-examination of the University. Absence beyond 20% will not be condoned for any reason whatsoever.

Board of Studies

Board of Studies for Pharmaceutics and Quality Assurance

Dr. Padma Devrajan, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, N.P.Marg, Matunga, Mumbai 400019

Dr. Harvinder Popli, Head, Global Licensing , Ranbaxy, New Delhi

Dr. Jayant Khandare, Senior Research Scientist, Pharmaceutical R & D, Nicholas Piramal Research Centre, Mumbai.

Board of Studies for Pharm. Chemistry, Pharm. Biotechnology, Natural Products and Pharm. Analysis

Dr. (Mrs.) Krishnapriya Mohanraj, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Kalina Mumbai

Dr. M. K. Raina, Pharma Consultant, Mumbai

Dr. Supriya Mahajan, Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry,C. U. Shah College of Pharmacy, SNDT Women’s University, Juhu Campus, Santacruz (W), Mumbai – 400 049.

Dr. Girish Mahajan, Senior Group Leader, Department of Natural Products,Piramal Life Sciences Ltd.Goregaon (E), Mumbai

Board of Studies for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy

Dr. S. L. Bodhankar, Professor Pharmacology, Poona college of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidhyapeeth University, Pune

Dr. A R Juvekar, Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology, N.P.Marg, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019

Dr. Sanjiv Badhwar, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai

Value Proposition

The Pharmaceutics department is actively engaged in following research activities:

• Analytical method development for formulations and validation.

• Impurity profiling.

• Taste masking of bitter drugs.

• Formulation and development of oral disintegrating, immediate release and sustained release tablets.

• Application of Kaizen Technology for yield improvement.

Program Objectives

M. Pharm (Quality Assurance) + MBA (Pharma Tech & Healthcare Management)

• MBA increases chances of multitasking in restricted job/task scenario in a company as they do not want employees who can work only in silo’s.

• Feedback from Pharma companies clearly indicate that they appreciate such integrated courses, as they want manager’s not workers in R&D management/ IPR management / Marketing management, to suit the global requirements/job works they plan to get.

Pedagogy

• The course is predominantly based on presentations and interactions with a strong focus on the research components of pharmacy.

• This pedagogy enables students to take decisions based on their strong academic, practical and industrial background in the pharma sector.

• The course is reviewed regularly in consultation with our Board of Studies, which comprises people from pharma industry, research, FDA and pharma institutes from all over India.

• Thus the course is tailor made to fulfill the requirements of pharma scientists of the growing pharma industries worldwide.

Eligibility

Candidate must have passed B.Pharm examination with 55% of marks from any of the recognized university. Industry sponsored candidate would be preferred. GPAT Qualified candidates will be given additional weightage of 10 marks, in the final merit list.
Note: Eligibility to continue in for MBA course is minimum score of 3 as CGPA at M. Pharm level.

Admission Criteria Process

Candidates will be admitted to the above mentioned program through NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT – P). The Admission Test and Personal Interview will be conducted only at Mumbai Centre. The admission Test will comprise of objective type question based on sections: Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis and Pharm. English Proficiency. Duration of the interview is 10 -12 minutes. Candidates will be assessed based on achievements/ career orientation, professional knowledge/ skills, commitment to the course, learning orientation/ perseverance and soft skills.
The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of information provided in the application form, categorized as academic/ professional work experience, marks obtained in the written test and personal interview. Merit list of successful candidates for Stage II as well as the final merit list will be displayed on the NMIMS website and on the Institute’s Notice Board.

Placements

Post graduates from this course will have a dual advantage of the business lineage of SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be University) and a solid background of the industrial aspects in pharmacy. This advantage will be of immense use to the ever growing pharma industry worldwide.
SPPSPTM has a placement cell. It assists students by providing a platform to enter various Pharma Industries and related organizations. We facilitate the placement activities. Generally, the placement cell, along with student representatives co-ordinate both, industrial training and final placements.

Curriculum

M. Pharm.(Quality Assurance) + MBA (Pharma Tech & Healthcare Management)

FIRST YEAR
TRIMESTER – I	TRIMESTER – II	TRIMESTER – III
Drug Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurances	Approaches to Analytical Method Development	Quality Management
Modern Approaches in Pharmaceutical Analysis	Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics	Quality Assurance
Business Communication	Management of Technology & Innovation	Business Economics
Principles and Practice of Management	Marketing Management	Quality Assurance
Business Communication	Management of Technology & Innovation	Business Economics
Principles and Practice of Management	Marketing Management	Operations Research
Organizational Behaviour	Pharmaceutical Marketing	Mgmt of Mergers & Acquisition
Statistical Methods	Project Management	Cost Accounting
SECOND YEAR
TRIMESTER – I	TRIMESTER – II	TRIMESTER – III
Project Work – Major project (Technical)		Pharma Industry Trends
		Patents & Intellectual Property Management
		Operation Management
		Pharma Industry Supply Chain & Logistics Management
		Strategic Management
		Entrepreneurship Management
		Regulation and Compliance in Pharmaceutical Industry
		Quality Management Systems & Practices
THIRD YEAR
TRIMESTER – I	TRIMESTER – II	TRIMESTER – III
Disease Management	Negotiation Skills	Project work – MIP-Management Internship Program
Legal Aspects of Pharmaceutical Business	Pharmacoeconomics
Financial Management	IT in Pharmaceutical Industry
Enterprise Planning System with SAP (E – Business & Enterprise Planning System clubbed)	Research Methodology
Public Health Research and Epidemiology	Management of Commercial Banks
2 Major + 1 Minor management subjects	2 Major + 1 Minor management subjects
Pharma Tech (Elective)	Pharma Tech (Elective)
Pharamacovigilance	Management of Pharma Technology Acquisition & Transfer
Health Insurance / Health Financing System	DPCO
Hospital Management	Medical Devices / Diagnostics
Business Process Management	Healthcare Research
Marketing (Elective)	Marketing (Elective)
Marketing of Pharmaceutical Products	International Marketing
Sales Promotion in Pharma	Distribution Management
Marketing Strategy	Sales Management
Consumer Behaviour	Customer Relationship Management
	Marketing through Different Channels (Online, Social Media etc)
IT & Operations (Elective)	IT & Operations (Elective)
Operation Strategy (Including Planning & Control)	International Project Management
Simulation Modeling	Infrastructure Development
System Analysis & Design	Organizational Design: System Approach
Services & Operation Management	Knowledge Management
	Claim Management
Finance (Elective)	Finance (Elective)
Current Update on Finance	International Finance
Tax Planning (Corporate & Personal)	Treasury & Risk Management
Financial Institutes & Markets	Investment Banking
Project Risk & Insurance Management	Financial Engineering

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