Facilities

Library

The central Library at GRD College has collections of books, national and international journals, internet facilities, audio visual aids , CD ,and media related to research in our primary subject specialties, including pharmacy practice, pharmacology, pharmaceutical analysis, medicinal chemistry, pharmacognosy, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical sciences. Apart from the central library, Department libraries are also available with minimum books related to respective field of specialization. General help with library use is provided by student assistants at the service desk. Materials placed on reserve at the request of a faculty member must be used in the Library. A photocopier and scanner are available in the Library.

A Library is a knowledge treasure. The Library plays a vital role in collecting the scientific and technical information and disseminating it in order to satisfy the current and future needs of the academic and research community. It contains a large number of textbooks and reference books for various pharmaceutical branches and allied subjects. It offers extensive access to journals and periodicals of national and international scientific research.

More than 10,000 books (3100 titles) relevant to the teaching, learning, training and practical needs of the Institute are housed in a well-equipped Institutional Library. More than 55 international and national journals (Science Direct and Bentham) and 93 e-journals are also available.

Library Services

Reading /Referencing
Circulation
Book-bank facility
Photocopying
Online Public Access Catalogue OPAC (DELL NET)
National & International journals
Library Orientation Programs

Lecture Hall

GRD contains eight classrooms, with the largest accommodating 100 students. It is equipped with retractable screens and audio-visual equipment like slide and film projectors, OHP, Video projector, LCD and Cameras. Lecture Hall and rooms are architecturally and aesthetically well designed and are well ventilated. The furniture in the rooms is economically designed for comfort sitting of the students. In addition to the traditional blackboards, to make the teaching-learning process multidimensional. Multimedia over-head projectors and LCD projectors are used. Moreover, the faculty adopts not simply the traditional lecture methodology. But also holds group discussion, quiz session, debates and other learner-cantered modules. Various other audio-visual aids are also used to enrich the teaching learning processes.

Laboratories

There are 13 + 4 + 2 laboratories are available with appropriate equipment and apparatuses where all students in a practice course can carry out the same experiment simultaneously. Shimadzu Double Beam UV Visible Spectrophotometers, ATR FTIR, Spectrofluorimeter (SFL), HPLC Analytical, HPP, CHP, Gas Chromatography, RPM, Tablet Coating machine, Kalweka Multispurious Equipment, Brookfield’s Viscometer, Brookfield’s RPV, Disintegration and Dissolution Test Apartment is also available teaching and research activities.

Pharmaceutics

The Department of Pharmaceutics strive to become a centre of quality in academic circles, research and drug development with the goal of mounting novel drug delivery systems with cost effectual for efficient medication fulfilments. We offer a training environment which includes newer formulation laboratory instrumentation and technologies monitored by our experienced and dedicated staffs. The Department is well equipped for both teaching and research activities. Academic and research excellence is achieved by altering curriculum, syllabus and pedagogy to meet the present necessities of pharmaceutical Industries, academics and regulatory bodies.

Pharmacology / Pharmacy Practice

The Department of Pharmacology is an Important and Integral part of Pharmacy. The Department has well equipped laboratory with sophisticated Instruments for conducting Pharmacology and Anatomy Physiology & Health Education Practical’s and also carrying out Research projects. The Department goal is to prepare and produce highly knowledgeable and outstanding students for dynamic and successful careers in Pharmaceutical industry, Academics, R&D, Healthcare and Public sectors.

Pharmaceutical Analysis

Pharmaceutical analysis Department is actively involved in imparting quality education to the students, to train them in analytical skills and preparing them for industrial carriers. This laboratory equipped with all the modern equipment’s for Instrumental methods of analysis. Special emphasis is laid on the implementation of good laboratory practices and analytical skills. The Department focuses on handling and training on the use of modern analytical techniques for the graduate students. The Department has collaborated with various consultancies for doing projects in UV, FTIR and HPLC based analytical method development and validation.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

The subject of Pharmaceutical Chemistry plays a vital role in grooming a student into a true Pharma Professional. A deep knowledge on the design of Newer Chemical Entities, their molecular and bio-isosteric modifications developed to target drugs to the specific targets, elucidation and characterization of compounds, isolation of a bioactive compound from various natural products, QSAR, Docking, combinatorial and microwave techniques are extremely interesting and innovative.

Pharmacognosy

Plants as the major source of the natural products have played vital roles in providing both food and drug materials. The aim and objective of the courses given by the Department is to acquaint the students with the basic knowledge of the natural products. Students engaged in pharmacy and in other health professionals should know the role of natural products in discovery of drugs and their use and application in eradicating ailments. The students are given sufficient knowledge to be able to describe morphology and histology of different plant organs and identify drugs in the whole state and in powdered condition with suitable examples of medicinal plants. The students are reinforcing the knowledge of study of plant constituents and its isolation, identification, qualitative and quantitative evaluation, medicinal use and scale up process

Machine Room

The Machine Room has the most up-to-date machines and equipment for pilot projects, formulation and development injecting panes, tablets, capsules, oral fluids and ointment. It has a well-established machinery area that is usually met in the pharmaceutical industry and gives the aspiring pharmacist a window with which to understand the current pharmaceutical situation.

Central Instrumentation Room

The facility helps to share knowledge with all Departments through constant interaction. Central instrumentation Laboratory equipped with modern instruments like spectra-fluorimeter, Ultrasonic homogenizer, UV spectrophotometer, Refrigerated Centrifuge, Electrophoresis unit, High sensitivity digital balance etc. The Central Instrumentation Lab provides the students of the Institute with analytical and intellectual support. The projects are designed for immediate employment due to the excellent laboratory installations and to their proper use under the supervision of professors.

Medicinal Garden

Medicinal plants play a large role in people’s lives and India has a rich variety of medicinal plants. Approximately 5 per cent of herbs are used to produce Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy. In an area of around 500 Sq. M, we have established a medicinal plant arboretum. The purpose of establishing this garden is to conserve the most common and important species of medicinal and aromatic plants used in primary care on a daily basis. All plant types have been authentically identified by taxonomists, their therapeutic values have been labelled and in many cases highlighted in the treatment of various diseases.

Computing Facilities

Computing facilities for students include a laboratory equipped with more than 30 computers for UG students connected to internet.

Key Facilities

A computer lab with 50 desktops from leading brands such as Acer, HCL & HP.
Adequate Printers, Copiers and Scanners for document imaging.
Healthy ‘ CAMPUS-LAN ‘ connected to any data access via structured fiber optic and CaT6 cable throughout campus
45Mbps of 1:1 Leased Line Internet Bandwidth Connectivity for educational and research purposes from class B Internet providers.
Selective MAC-binding, ‘ Wi-Fi ‘ provision in Blocks and Hostels in the campus
LCD projectors in classrooms to set the ICT method for teaching
CCTV Surveillance at exam halls to ensure safety.
Uninterrupted power supply through 38KVA and 250KVA online power supply units and generators

Sports

Department of Physical Education is equipped with all indoor and outdoor facilities for the staff and students. Both men and women take part in individual and group activities of different nature. “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body” GRD Group of Institutions provides all sports and games facilities along with immense opportunities to the students to prove their skills and expertise in sports and games. We encourage all the students to take part in every activity.

Sports facilities: Facilities for Football, Cricket, Volley Ball, Tennis, Basket Ball, Shuttle Badminton, Ball Badminton Courts, indoor games, 400 meters Athletics Track with all modern facilities for field events.

Hostel

GRD Institutions provide very good hostel facilities for students away from home for their education. In excel, the hostel has a good infrastructure for both Boys and Girls students to stay comfortably. In hostel various activities and facilities are provided in an efficient manner. GRD hostel provide single, two and multiple member rooms.

Facilities in Both Men’s and Women’s Hostel.

Sophisticated bath attached rooms with 50 capacities in each Men’s and Women’s Hostel.
Spacious dining hall is available in all the hostels with modern kitchen.
Quality and hygienic food at affordable price and separate menus to suit the tastes of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and North & North Eastern state students.
RO Purified water is available at each floor.
Health clinic with residential doctor at specified hours, sick room and 24 hours’ ambulance service in the campus is functioning.
24 Hours, WI-FI connection is provided.
Separate Internet Centre for Browsing.
Each and every room is provided with Daily Newspaper to improve their reading habits and General knowledge.
Gym facility is provided to the students for body fitness.
Indoor games are provided inside the hostel.
4 Shuttle badminton and 3 Volley Ball courts are available in the campus.
Beauty salons for boys and beauty parlour for girls is available in the hostel.
Screening of films in big screen at the weekends.
Unique National Integration, hostel provides a platform to interact with other state students.
Well experienced and Friendly wardens are available to guide, to counsel and to motivate the students.

Transport

For the benefit of Students and Faculty members, GRD Institutions buses are being operated from the nearby places like THIRUVALLUR – TIRUTHANI.

Transport is provided at a convenient time to reach the campus. A fleet of buses are running for the day scholars comfortably to and from their homes. Public Transport is quite convenient and frequent because the campus is located on National Highway. All public transport buses Running between THIRUVALLUR and TIRUTHANI will stop in front of the GRD Institutions Campus.

Nearest Railway Station
TIRUVALLUR RAILWAY STATION (15 kms)
Sub urban trains from Chennai central and Arakonam will stop at Thiruvallur railway station very frequently.

Nearest BUS STAND:
TIRUVALLUR BUS STAND (12 kms)

ANIMAL HOUSE FACILITY

Our college has well equipped modernized Animal House built in our campus. We have
Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) registered with the Committee for Control and
Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA), Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment,
Forest & Climate Change, Animal Welfare Division, New Delhi wide Reg No: –
2346/PO/RE/S/2025/CCSEA dated 06/05/2025 for 5 years. The animal house facility has
dedicated to provide laboratory animals to cater the needs of research and training facilities
which provide scientific services and animal resources to students and researchers. Health status
of the animals is being monitored by a Veterinarian. The assigned Animal care taker maintains
the cleanliness of the animal house. The facility is managed by the department of Pharmacology.
The animal house has proper ventilation and adequate infrastructure on par with the requirements
of CCSEA. The facilities available are listed below

LAF Room: Aseptic room with a laminar flow to perform the experiments under
aseptic conditions.
Experimentation Room 1: The experimentation room is equipped with racks to keep
the cages and to perform the experiments on the animals.
Animal room 1, 2 and 3: The animal rooms are equipped with racks to keep the cages
and fully centralized air conditioned system with CCTV camera.
Feed Room and Husk Room: For storing the feed and husk required for the animals.
Cage Room: For storing the excess cages, which can be used when it is needed for
keeping the experimental animals.
Quarantine Room: To quarantine the animals if any injury or abnormal behaviour is
noticed in the animal.
Autoclave Room: Installed with an autoclave to sterilize the materials required for
performing the experiments in the animals.
Wash Room: With proper sink and water facility to clean the cages and to wash the
other materials related to the animal house.
Biomedical waste management: The bio-waste materials generated in the animal
house are properly disposed through the biomedical waste management company
(Re-sustaintability IWM solutions Ltd.)
The animal house is a conventional type with each species housed in individual
rooms in desired temperature, humidity, dark and light cycles are monitored(12;12)
whenever required. Emergency power is available in the event of power failure.
Power & lighting: A time controlled lighting system is used to ensure regular diurnal
lighting cycle.
Register maintenance: For the animal Procurement, quarantine and animal sick
register and etc.

Drug Information Center

Drug Information Centre in GRD College of Pharmacy stands out to help health providers meet the growing needs of our profession. The Department of Pharmacy Practice provides a wide range of services for people, ranging from healthcare to patients. We cannot express with words the satisfaction that flows in our approach to changing pharmacists ‘ outlook from a product to a patient.

The process of providing information on the safe and effective use of therapeutic and diagnostic pharmaceutics is the drug information process. The term “Medicines information “is used as well, and has a meaning in this context similar to “Drugs information”.

DIC service has not just provided information on drugs but also identifies and addresses other unmet needs of health care professionals and patients. The main area is education and keeping the pharmacist informed about the latest news. It contains news about the latest developments, approved new medication and a quarter queries, among other things.