Mission:

• To offer excellent teaching Programme for undergraduate students.

• To make an undergraduate confident to handle medical emergencies and prescribe a rationale drug therapy.

• To motivate students to undertake research activities.

• To establish basic and clinical research that contributes to heal and comfort of the suffering.

• To be pioneers in offering health education to the society.

Vision:

• Department of Pharmacology is committed to provide quality education to the students and encourage them to participate in research activities.

• To be recognized globally as a centre of excellence in education and research.

Publications:

• ZARather, MNChowta, GJKPRaju, FMubeen. Evaluation of the adverse reactions of antiretroviral drug regimens in a tertiary care hospital. Indian journal of pharmacology45(2),145

• AKamath, ZARather.Melatonin for atypical antipsychotic-induced metabolic adverse effects:a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BioMed Research International 2018

• PGjK, MNChowta, ZARather, Fmubeen The pattern of the initial anti-retro viral drug regimens in HIV patients at a tertiary care hospital. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 6(7),1178-1180

• ZARather, MNChowta, GBolumbu, KBRakesh. Evaluation of acute effects of melatonin on ethanol drinking in ethanol naïve rats.IndianJournalofPharmacology47(4),383

• Zahoor Ahmad Rather, NateshprabhuM, SushmaDS, RakeshKb, SunilPai. Evaluation of Costus speciosus in Experimental Models of Depression in Albino Mice. Pharmacognosy Journal8(5),483-486

• ZARather, MNChowta, GBolumbu,SUllal, AShenoy. Effect of Chronic Administration of Melatoninon Ethanol Drinking in Rat Models of Chronic Voluntary Ethanol Consumption. IntJDrugDev&Res8(2),018-020.

Presentations:

• Effect of Chronic Administration of Melatonin on Ethanol Drinking in Rat Models of Chronic Voluntary Ethanol Consumption "at World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development held on 23rd –25th November 2016.J.N.Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengalure, India.

• “Does Melatonin Reduce Ethanol Consumption in Long Term Ethanol Drinking Rats” in south regional conference of Indian Pharmacological Society on “Reassessing Pharmacology in 21st century” held on 12th & 13th February 2016. Department of Pharmacology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Science, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.

• “Evaluation of Acute Effects of Melatonin on Ethanol Drinking in Ethanol Naïve Rats ”inconference of Indian Pharmacological Society Bangalore Chapteron “Clinical Research– Amendments and Impacts” held on 6th August 2015. Department of Pharmacology, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Medical College, K.G.Halli, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.(Awarded as “Best Paper Presentation”)

• “Role of Melatonin on Ethanol Intake Following Forced Ethanol Consumptionin Wistar:A Pilot Study” in south regional conference of the Association of Clinical Biochemists of India held on 22nd & 23rd May 2014. Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka,India.