JBVP'S Vidya Niketan College of Pharmacy, Lakhewadi

Department of Pharmacognosy :


Pharmacognosy lab provides adequate facilities for morphological and microscopical studies of cells and tissues in different parts like root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed of natural plants, identification and standardization of crude drugs. This lab provide an opportunity for the students to gain the knowledge of physicochemical properties of the natural products and natural medications also the identification tests, extraction, isolation, detection, determination and the estimation of natural products, quantitative and qualitative analysis of drugs and phytoconstituents extracted from medicinal plants.

Pharmacognosy lab is now equipped with high brand microscopes for the detail study of crude drugs. Display of various photographs of crude drugs available. Practical books are made available to the students inside the lab during their practical hours free of cost.

Departmental library facility is erected for the staff and students in the laboratory especially of reference books. Crude drug specimen museum is displayed so as to study the drugs in detail in to its natural form. Several soft copies of books like Charak and Sushrut Samhita are made available for reference to students for their project works.

Our primary focus is to:


  • Enhance student satisfactions.
  • Enhance faculty capability in Teaching and Research.`
  • Enhance academic results.
  • Promote personality development of students.
  • Enhance training of non-teaching staff.

Objectives :


  • To provide Pharmacognosy students with a good pharmacy education and learning experience.
  • To spread awareness about Pharmacognosy /crude drugs and to promote the personal, social, academic and career growth of pharmacy students.`
  • To prepare them for leadership roles in the Pharmaceutical care system contributing to the enhancement of human health.
  • To engage students in discovery and development of new chemical entities of natural drugs and herbal drug delivery systems.
  • To give quality education to Pharmacognosy students so as to motivate them to provide medicines of natural origin for better health of consumers.
JBVP'S Vidya Niketan College of Pharmacy, Lakhewadi