This textbook, in two volumes, explains the fundamentals of pharmaceutics In a simple and easy to understand language, keeping a balance between the essential and advanced areas of knowledge apart from covering the common topics.
It is a thoughtful compilation of pharmaceutics which mainly focuses on the primary aspects for the students of pharmacy undergoing degree and diploma courses. It is one of the finest efforts offering the fundamentals in this field ranging from the very traditional to the modern trends of sciences, laying emphasis on the technical and practical aspects of the subject. The distinguishing features of the book are long answer type questions and objective questions given at the end of every chapter. It aims to bridge the existing gap of long needed demand for pharmacy technocrats, academicians and pharmacists, especially the young professionals in pharmacy.
Gaurav Agarwal M Pharm (BITS-Pilani) PhD is currently Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, RPIIT Technical Campus, Karnal, Haryana. There are numerous projects and publications to his credit. He is author of two other books Introduction to General Pharmacy and Community Pharmcy. He is editor- in-chief of International Journal of Pharmacy and Herbal Research. He has worked on taste masking techniques at F&D Department of IPCA Labs, Mumbai. He has an excellent track record in academic institutions of high repute like IFTM, Moradabad, and SGIT, Ghaziabad, and is actively engaged in teaching, research, administration and service to pharmacy profession. Atul Kaushik M Pharm (BITS-Pilani) PhDis General Manager in Pharmaceutical Research, Watson Pharma, Mumbai. He has earlier worked with multinational pharmaceutical companies like Dr Reddy`s, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories and Sandoz. He has served pharmaceutical industry for about 7 years and did teaching for 1 year. During his research, he has worked on nanodispersion and product development of potent and highly complex products for various regulated markets like US, Europe and Canada. He has four published US patent applications along with two filed provisional patent applications. He has published papers in national and international journals.
