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Admission to Ph.D. (Tech) Programme in Pharmaceutical & Fine Chemical Technology/Oil Technology
Total Number of Seats: Six numbers (6), in the PhD committees of Chemical Technology in Pharmaceutical & Fine Chemicals Technology/ Oil Technology for the year 2012, Phase II are invited for PhD admission. Seats available under the supervisors for different specializations for the PhD programme are listed below:
|
SI No |
PhD Committee/Specialization | Name of the Supervisor | No of seats available |
|
1 |
Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemicals Technology | Dr Sriparna Dutta |
2 |
|
2 |
Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemicals Technology | Dr. Achintya Saha |
1 |
|
3 |
Oil Technology | Dr Mahua Ghosh |
3 |
|
|
|
Total |
6 |
Eligibility:
A) For Pharmaceutical & Fine Chemical Technology
1) Candidates having degree in M. Tech. in Pharmaceutical Technology or M. Pharmacy or M.S. in Pharmaceutical Technology (with NET/SET/SLET/GATE/GPAT/M.Phil) securing 1st class or equivalent grade (selection will be through Interview only).
2) Reservation of seats according to rules for SC/ST will apply.
B) For Oil Technology
1) Candidates having degree in Bachelor of Technology or Master of Science (without NET/SET/SLET/GATE/M.Phil) securing 1st class (selection will be through Written Test & Interview);
2) Candidates having degree in Master of Technology or Equivalent or Master of Science (with NET/SET/SLET/GATE/M.Phil) securing 1st class (selection will be through Interview only).
3) Reservation of seats according to rules for SC/ST will apply.
Entrance Test:
• The Ph.D. Entrance test for Oil Technology will be of 50 marks (duration 1 hr.) consisting of both Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and short questions.
• The successful candidates will have to appear for an interview for final selection.
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Important Dates :
• Last Date for Submission of Application Form : 20th November, 2012
• Date of Entrance Test : 23rd November, 2012 (1 to 2 p.m.)
• Publication of List of successful Candidates : 26th November, 2012
• Date of Interview : 27th November, 2012 (1 p.m. onwards)
• Publication of Final list of Candidates : 3rd December, 2012
Venue :
• For Entrance Test : 2nd Year B. Tech. classroom ( 2nd floor, Applied Chemistry Building)
• For Interview : Room of the HOD, Department of Chemical Technology
(Ground Floor, Applied Chemistry building)
All Candidates are requested to download the Application Form from the university website and to submit the filled up Application Form along with the receipt of deposition of Application Fee within the due date to the Head, Department of Chemical Technology, 92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata – 700009.
No TA/DA shall be paid to the candidate for appearing the Entrance Test or called for the Interview.
Syllabi for Entrance Test in Ph.D. (Tech.) Programme in Oil Technology
• Chemistry & Technology of Fats & Oils?Sources, Chemistry, Processing, Physical and Chemical Properties.
• Nutritional Aspects of Fats & Oils.
• Edible and Non?Edible applications of Fats & Oils.
• Lipid Derivatives/Fat based Oleochemicals.
• Chromatographic Analysis of Fats, Oils and Allied Products.
• Basic Operational Principles of UV, IR, GC, HPLC, GC?MS, LC?MS, Short Path Distillation etc.
• Lipid Biotechnology.
• Fat?based Surfactants.
• Basic Chemistry and Technology of Surface Coating.
• Perfumery Chemistry.
Pharmaceutical & Fine Chemical Technology
Principles of Analysis of Drugs & Fine Chemicals in Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Formulations by Chemical, Physico-Chemical, Biological and Micro-Biological Methods. Biological Standardization. Toxicity Studies of Drugs. Statistical Methods of Evaluation.
Rational Drug Design. Study of Synthetic Drug like Prostaglandins, Steroids and anti-HIV, biologically active Peptides, newer chemotherapeutic agents, chemically targeted drugs etc.
Principles & Engineering, Fermentation of Dextran, Lactic Acid, Antibiotics of importance. Manufacture of Immunological Products like Bacterial and Viral Vaccines, Human Immunoglobulin, Monoclonal Antibodies, Tissue Culture Products and their utilization. Development of Genetic-
Engineering Products. Bioreactors & Biosensors.
Pre-formulation, manufacturing techniques of Novel Drug Delivery Devices. Unit Operations involved in formulations. Stability Studies, Product Development, GMP/GLP. Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamic, Drug interactions.
Optimization of Pharmaceutical and Bioprocesses. Programming languages-Fortran, C, C++ and Basic.
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