National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata was established in 2007.

The institute was declared as an Institute of National importance by Government of India through Act of Parliament (NIPER Act 1998 & NIPER amendment Act 2007).

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata (NIPER-K) was created in 2007 under the aegis of Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizer as a centre of excellence for higher education, research and development in Pharmaceutical Sciences. This followed the establishment of NIPER Mohali, which is the first national level institute in pharmaceutical sciences with a proclaimed objective of becoming a centre of excellence for advanced studies and research in pharmaceutical sciences. NIPERs are conceived to provide leadership in pharmaceutical sciences and related areas not only within the country, but also to the countries in South East Asia, South Asia, and Africa. NIPER is a member of the Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities to become a globally recognized brand. The main objective of the institute is to offer the following programs. M.S. (Pharm.) and Ph.D.

The institute started with M.S (Pharm) in 3 disciplines viz Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products and Pharmacoinformatics in the year 2007. Subsequently 2 new courses were added – Pharmacology & Toxicology (2018), Pharmaceutics (2020). Ph D programme in this institute commenced from the academic year 2016 in 3 disciplines (Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products, and Pharmacoinformatics), Pharmacology & Toxicology (2018), Pharmaceutics (2020).

At present the new Institute is housed at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology(IICB), a premier Institute of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India.

VISION

Our vision is to be a globally renowned Pharmaceutical institute of excellence in Education, Research empowering learning experience and capacity-building for leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

MISSION

OBJECTIVES

To tone up the level of pharmaceutical education and research.

To produce leaders in the field and provide opportunities for training of future teachers and research scientists for the industry and the profession.

To be a center for innovation in pharmaceutical sciences and technology.

To encourage research and studies in new and emerging areas like discovery of pharmacologically active molecules, cellular and molecular biology, immunology and immunodiagnostics, recombinant DNA technology and monoclonal antibody technology, novel drug delivery systems, chemical and biochemical process technology, etc.

To provide scientific footing to traditional medicines.