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UNIVERSITY OF PUNE

SYLLABI, MODEL QUESTION PAPER AND INSTRUCTIONS/ GUIDELINES TO EXAMINEES, PAPER SETTERS &

EVALUATORS FOR PAPER-II (Subject of Specialization) FORCONDUCT OF

ENTRANCE TEST F'ORADMISSION TO Ph.D.PROGRAMMES IN

l.PHARMACEUTICS2. PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY3. PIIARMACOLOGY4. PHARMACOGNOSY

UNDER FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

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Subsequent to the directives issued by University Grants Commission and University of Pune,faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences constituted an Expeft Sub-Committee (notified by letter noCB Pharm.l6274 dated 03/l l/2009) comprising following members to repofi on Syllabi, Model

Question Paper, Instructions / Guidelines to Examinees, Paper Setters & Examiners for theconduct of examination in Paper-II of specializations in Pharmaceutical Sciences for the purposeof preparing order of merit for admission to Ph. D. Programme in four major branches ofPharmaceutical Sciences.

l. Dr. P.D. Chaudhary Chairman2. Dr. M. J. Patil Member3. Dr. Mrs. A. R. Madgulkar Member

The committee has studied the syllabi, rules & regulations of entrance examination for Ph. D.& postgraduate programmes in Pharmaceutical Sciences of various Universities within Indiaand abroad. The committee has prepared this report taking ':n to consideration, the facts that adesiring candidate for Ph. D. degree should have aptitude for research, interpretation abilities,analyical thinking, problem solving approach, broader knowledge base and conversant withstatistical methods.

R-I: APPLICABILITY OF THIS REPORT:

The contents of this report are applicable to prospective candidates, paper setters & evaluators,the authorities appointing paper setters & evaluators and other staff involved with the conductofproposed entrance examination in Paper-ll of specialization in Pharmaceutical Sciences ofPh.D. Entrance Examination of University of Pune.

R.II GENERAL:

There shall be four question papers for four broad branches of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Thecandidates shall have to select anyone of the following papers of specialization for appearingat PaperJI of Ph. D. entrance examination.

Sr. no Code no. Name of the subiect of SnecializationI PYOI Pharmaceutics2 PYO2 Pharmaceutical & Medicinal ChemistryJ PYO3 Pharmacolosv4 PYO4 Pharmacognosy

R-III ELIGILITY AND ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES:

Admission shall be open to candidates who fulfill the following requirements:

l.l A candidate must have passed the Post Graduate Degree Examination in one of thesubjects of specialization in Pharmacy after obtaining basic degree in Pharmacy from

University of Pune or any other University from India or abroad recognized by UGC in the

discipline concerned with minimum of 5Oo/o marks in aggregate.

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l.2Ceneralcriteriaofadmission,reservations'criteria-fordeterminingorderofmerit'etc'' - ;;ii;";;;ia.o by *'" appropriate authorities of Universitv of Pune'

R-IV: DURATION OF THE EXAMINATION'

Thetotaldurationofexaminationforallsubjectsofspecialization,ofPaper-Ilshallbeof3hours.

R.V: MEDIUM OF EXAMINATION

The medium of examination shall be English'

R.VI: EXAMINATION:

TheUniversityshallconducttheexaminationattheidentifiedcenters.lneachpaperofthetheorv examination, there ,h"ii'i;;;";;ctions. Section-l will have one question with 20

multiple choice questions @8At;;t ;';-;;;'iiont of one mark each' At the beginning of the

examination, the candidates will get two separate answer sheets for seclion-l & section-ll'

candidates are expected a *Ii,", !"i,i""-rlillrri :o minutes and then continue with sectionll'

The answer sheets for secti;;-] ;;ii b" collected immediatelv after 30 minutes from the

besinning ofthe examinatio"lif" ""'*"t-tf""tt Lithe section-ll ihall be collected at the end of

itri: 't,"r?t

rro. beginning of the examination'

R-VII: STRUCTURE OF QUESTION PAPER

The maximum marks for each question paper shall be l00 The structure of question paper

for each sub specialization "i pi"'*"t"titit'l Sciences is enclosed as Annexure-l

R- VIII SYLLABUS

The syllabus for paper-ll of all specializations in Pharmaceutical Sciences is enclosed as

Annexure-H.

R-JX DISTRIBUTION OF QUESTIONS AND THEIR RELATIVE WEIGHT AGE

Thesection-Ishallbecommonforallexamineesoffourbranches.Thequestionsforsection-[for all subjects of ,p""iuti'uiot'-i

"l^ ptt"tt"**ics' Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry'

Pharmacology una ertu'*utlgi"tv-'h"ii-t't l*1n lro.1 ^enrire

svllabus ol all lour branches of

pharmaceutical Sciences andTom*on syllabus given.in unn"^rr. II. The questions lor section-

II shall be drawn from th. ;i"bi ;i;""h sub sp"ecialization ofthe Pharmaceutical Sciences vi:'

pharmaceutics, pf,ur.u""rii"'ii"a"'ffiil; -Lh*Jry,

Pharmacology, Pharmacognosv and

common syllabus prescrib"i f".li, i"rr'i.r".t *. The distribution of questions and its relative

weightage is given below'

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Note:l. Three questions of one mark each shall be drawn from syllabus of each subject ofspecialization i.e. PYOI, PY02, PY03 and PY04 for section I of each paper of specialization.Thus, totalingl2 marks for section-l from syllabi offour subjects of specialization.

2, Two questions ofone mark each shall be drawn from four sections ofthe syllabi common orall branches of specialization Thus, totaling 8 marks for section I from common syllabi for allfour subjects of specializalion.

R-X: APPOINTMENT OF PAPER SETTERS & EYALUATORS.There shall be a board of five members for paper setting. Out of which, one shall be a Chairman.The four other paper setters should be from four subjects of specialization. Out of five memberson board, three shall be the teachers from affiliated colleges of University ofPune. They will bereferred as internal members. Out ofthese three internal members, one shall be a Chairman oftheboard. Remaining two shall be University teachers or teachers affiliated to colleges other thanUniversity of Pune. They will be refered as Extemal members. All members of the board shallattend the meeting for paper setting at a place as may be notified in the letter of appointment. If,it is inconvenient for anyone the members to attend the meeting, the meeting shall be postponedfor a" suitable date & time as may be conveyed by the Chairman. In case, any member" of theboard expresses his/her inability to work as a paper setter, new appointment shall be made inhis/her place. In any case, minimum one member shall represent to each subject of specialization.No meeting ofthe board shall be considered valid unless all paper setters present for the meeting.As the section- I of all subjects of specialization shall be common and four paper setters shall befrom four subjects of specialization, one board of five paper setters shall set the question papersfor all subjects of specialization.

Srno.

Subject ofSpecialization& Code no

Section-I Section-II Total

Marks for theQuestionsdrawn fromsyllabus ofrespectivesubjects ofspecialization

Marks forthe Questionsdrawn fromcommonsyllabus

Marks for theQuestionsdrawn fromsyllabus ofrespectivesubjects ofspecialization

Marks fortheQuestionsdrawnfromcommonsvllabus

I Pharmaceutics(PYo1)

t2 8 64 16 100

2 Pharmaceutical& MedicinalChemistry(PY02)

t2 8 64 t6 100

J Pharmacology(PY03)

12 8 64 16 100

4 Pharmacognosy(PY04)

12 8 64 16 100

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The board of paper setters shall be prepared by the University and updated from time to.time.

The BUTR shouid prepare and recommend the board of 15 paper setters &_ evaluators without

girirU -V order of preference to the Vice-Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor shall approve fwe ofit "-l ori of which one shall be Chairman. The Vice-Chancellor shall also approve suitable

number of evaluators from remaining 10 members'

R-XI: MODEL QUESTION PAPERS & MODEL ANSWER BOOKS'

Based on the criteria given in the rule R-VI & R-IX, the model question papers for PY0l, PY02,

PY03 and PY04 are given in Annexure III. The board shall prepare and submit three sets of

question papers to the University. The model answer book is required to be submitted by the

board immediately after the examination is over. The model answer book shall be made available

to all evaluators engaging in the evaluation work.

R.XII: CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION OF THE NAMES ON THE PANEL OF PAPER

SETTERS & EVALUATORS.The criteria for inclusion of names in the panel of paper setters and evaluators shall be as

under.

A futl time regular University teacher or teacher of the Pharmacy College affiliated to any

University recognized by the UGC from the State of Maharashtra and/or should be a recognized

Guide for Ph. D in the Pharmaceutical Sciences or anyone ofthe specializations of the

pharmaceutical Sciences and possesses minimum 15 years of teaching experience at UG/PG

level

R.XIII: INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PAPER SETTERS

a. The paper setters should follow the general & specific instructions given in the

appointment order issued by the University'

b. The paper setters should strictly adhere to the structure of question paper as given in

the Annexure- Ic. All questions lrom section-I shall be MCQs with four options for each'

d. euestions for section-l shall be drawn from the entire syllabus as given in annexure-Il

with distribution & weightage given under R-IX.

e. euestions for the section-ll shatt be drawn from the syllabi of the respective subject

of specialization and common syllabi for all specializations'

f. The paper setters should design the questions so as to judge

l. The reasoning, interpretational and problem solving abilities,

2. Rational & logical thinking and

3. ConcePtualunderstanding

ofthe candidates appearing for Ph. D. entrance test.

R-XIV: INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

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The general & specific instructions for the candidates appearing for the Ph. D. entrance test

shall be issued by the University through suitable notification in the news paper and made

available on University's official website at appropriate time.

R-XY: INSTRUCTIONS TO EVALUATORS

The evaluators should follow the general & specific instructions given in their appointment

orders issued by the UniversitY.

R.XVI: STANDARDS OF PASSING AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS

To declare pass in Paper-ll of subjects of specialization in Pharmaceutical Sciences, a candidate

should have obtained at least 50% of the marks for open category, 45 Yo fot physically

handicapped and 40 %o for SC/ST category in the paper of specialization. The list of successful

candidates shall be prepared in order of merit. This merit list shall be used as one ofthe criterion

for determining the overall order of merit fqr admission to Ph. D programme.

R-XVII: MISCELLANEOUS

This report be tabted in the meeting ofthe faculty and upon approval be submitted to the Dean's

Committee/Academic Council for its final approval.

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ANNEXURE-I

Structure of Question paper

Note:

Limit oflines doesn't apply when schematic diagrams, tables and figures are drawn as a part ofanswer.

Type of Questions

No. of

Question(s)

No. of

Sub-

Question

s

Marks

per sub

Question

Total

Marks

per

Question

Options to

be given

Maximum

time

allowed

Section -IMultiple Choice I

euestions I o'20 01 20 Nil J 30 minutes

Sub-total for Section I 0t 20 0l 20 Nil 30 minutes

Very short answer

Questions (max. 2 lines)

l-or-Secti

[-to-on -IIt or-- 10 Nil 2hr 30

minutesShoft Answer

Questions (max.3

lines)

0l l5 02 30 Nil

Short Answer

Questions (max. 7

Iines

0l 05 03 l5 Any 5 out of

7

Medium Answer

Questions (Max. 15

Iines)

0l 05 05 25 Any 5 out of

7

Sub-total for Section

II

04 80 2hr 30

minutesGrand Total for

Section I & II05 100 3 hours

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ANNEXURE-II

Syllabus for Ph. D Admission Entrance Test (Paper-I) in Pharmaceutical Sciences

1. Pharmaceutics (PY-01):

Development, manufacturing standards, Q.c. limits of Pharmaceutical products and medical

devices, labeiing of Pharmaieutical products, and the storage as per the pharmacopoeial and

other regulatory-requirements. Storage of different dosage forms and new drug delivery systems'

Biopharinaceutics and Pharmacokinetics and their importance in formulation. Formulation and

preparation of cosmetics - lipstick, shampoo, creams, nail preparations and dentifrices,

Pharmaceutical calculations'

2. Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry (PY-02):

Structure, nomenclature, classification, synthesis, SAR and metabolism ofthe following category

of drugs, which are official in lndian Pharmacopoeia and BritishPharmacopoeia. Introduction to

drug d"esign. Brief introduction to QSAR, Stereochemistry of drug molecules. Hypnotics &Sed-ativesi ,qnalgesics, NSAIDS. Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, Anticonvulsants,

Antihistaminics, Local Anaesthetics, Cardiovascular drugs - Antianginal agents, Vasodilator,

Adrenergic and Cholinergic drugs, Cardiotonic agents, Diuretics, Antihypertensive drugs, anti

hypergly"cemic agents, Antilipidemic agents, coagulants, Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet

ugg..lu:tirg agenis. Chemotheiapeutic agents - Antibiotics, Antibacterials, Sulphadrugs.

e?ipiotoz-oat irugs, Antiviral, Antitubercular, Antimalarial, Anticancer, Antiamoebic drugs'

Diagnostic agents.-Preparation, storage and uses of official Radiopharmaceuticals, Vitamins and

Hormones. Eicosanoids and their applications.

3. Pharmacology (PY -03):

General pharmacological principles including toxicology. Pharmacokinetic and

pharmacodynamic drug interaction. Pharmacology of drugs acting on central nervous system,

bardiovasculamyrt"., Autonomic nervous system, Gastrointestinal system and Respiratory

system. Pharmacology of Autocoids, Hormones, Hormone antagonists, chemotherapeulic agents

including anticancei drugs. Bioassays, Immuno-pharmacology. Drugs acting on the blood and

blood forming orgunr. Drug. acting on the renal system. Pre-Clinical and Clinical testing ofdrugs. OECD guidelines.

4. PharmacognosY (PY-04):

pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Chemistry, tests, isolation, characterization and estimation

of phytopharmaceuticals belonging to the group of Alkaloids, Glycosides, Terpenoids, steroids,

Sioflavanoids, Purines, Guggul lipids. Pharmacognosy of crude drugs that contain the above

constituents. Standardization of raw materials and herbal products. WHO guidelines for

Standardisation. Quantitative microscopy including modem techniques used for evaluation.

Biotechnological principles and techniques for plant development, Tissue culture.

Common syllabus for all four branches of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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5. Research Methodology

Research-Meaning, purpose, Types, (Educational, Clinical, Experimental, historical descriptive,Basic applied and Patent oriented Research) objective of research. Selecting a problem &preparing Research proposals for different of Research mention above. Methods & tools use inresearch - Qualitative studies, quantitative studies, simple data organization descriptive dataanalysis, Limitation & sources of Error, Inquiries in form of Questionnaire, Opinionnare or bylnterview, Stastiscal analysis of data including variance, standard deviation, student ,, f, test,ANOVA, correlation data & its interpretation. Documentation- "How,, of documentation,Techniques of documentation, Importance of documentation, Uses of Computer packages indocumentation.

6. Pharmaceutical Analysis:

Principles, instrumentation and applications of the following: Absorption spectroscopy (UV,visible and IR), Fluorimetry, Flame Emission, Atomic Emission, Electro analyical Techniques.pharmacopoeial assays. Principles of NMR, ESR, Mass spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysisand different chromatographic methods, Thermal Techniques.