Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms

By Prof. Ruchi Chawla | IIT (BHU) Varanasi

Learners enrolled: 220

ABOUT THE COURSE:

The proposed course though a fundamental course is the core of pharmaceutical education and research. This course will provide a basic understanding of all the dosage forms which are being used in the treatment of diseases. The course is to be taken by the UG students to develop their understanding of the dosage forms and is also of benefit to PG students to further develop their understanding of the pharmaceutical dosage forms which they may take up for further research and development.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Pharmacy and allied fields

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	21 Jul 2025
End Date :	10 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends :	28 Jul 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	15 Aug 2025
Exam Date :	01 Nov 2025 IST
NCrF Level	4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:

Lecture 1: Introduction to Course and Course Plan

Lecture 2: Fundamentals of pharmaceutical processes- Unit operations- milling

Lecture 3: Fundamentals of pharmaceutical processes- Unit operations- mixing

Lecture 4: Fundamentals of pharmaceutical processes- Unit operations -clarification

Lecture 5: Fundamentals of pharmaceutical processes- Unit operations –Drying

Week 2:

Lecture 6: Fundamentals of pharmaceutical processes- Unit operations -Compaction

Lecture 7: Pharmaceutical Rheology

Lecture 8: Dosage form development: Pre-formulation studies-Bulk Characterization-I

Lecture 9: Dosage form development: Pre-formulation studies-Bulk Characterization-II

Lecture 10: Pre-formulation studies-Solubility and stability Analysis –I

Week 3:

Lecture 11: Pre-formulation studies-Solubility and stability Analysis -II

Lecture 12: Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics Principles and PK models

Lecture 13: Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics: Factors affecting drug kinetics

Lecture 14: Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics: Dosage form design and evaluation

Lecture 15: Tablets: Types of tablets

Week 4:

Lecture 16: Tablet design and Excipients

Lecture 17: Tablets: Granulation and compression

Lecture 18:Evaluation of tablets and defects

Lecture 19: Tablet coating: Types of coating and process of coating

Lecture 20: Tablet coating: Evaluation and defects

Week 5:

Lecture 21 Capsules: Hard Gelatin capsules and formulation components

Lecture 22:Soft gelatin capsules: formulation and evaluation

Lecture 23: Capsules: Evaluation and quality control

Lecture 24:Microencapsulation

Lecture 25: Sustained release dosage forms-I

Week 6:

Lecture 26: Sustained release dosage forms-II

Lecture 27: Sustained release dosage forms-III

Lecture 28: Monophasic Liquid Dosage forms- Classification and Components

Lecture 29: Monophasic Liquid Dosage forms- Formulation and Evaluation

Lecture 30: Pharmaceutical suspensions-Types and formulation excipients

Week 7:

Lecture 31: Pharmaceutical suspensions- properties and evaluation

Lecture 32: Pharmaceutical Emulsion-types, theories of emulsification

Lecture 33: Pharmaceutical Emulsion- formulation excipients and evaluation

Lecture 34: Stability of Biphasic liquids

Lecture 35: Semi Solid Dosage forms- Types and excipient selection

Week 8:

Lecture 36: Semi Solid Dosage forms- properties, evaluation and stability

Lecture 37: Sterile products –I

Lecture 38: Sterile Products -II

Lecture 39: Suppositories-types, bases and properties

Lecture 40 :Suppositories-evaluation and stability

Week 9:

Lecture 41: Pharmaceutical aerosols- properties and excipients

Lecture 42: Pharmaceutical aerosols- evaluation and stability

Lecture 43: Novel drug delivery systems –I

Lecture 44: Novel drug delivery systems –II

Lecture 45: Targeted drug delivery systems-I

Week 10:

Lecture 46: Targeted drug delivery systems-II

Lecture 47: Targeted drug delivery systems-III

Lecture 48: Dissolution

Lecture 49: Pilot plant scale up and Manufacturing design-I

Lecture 50: Sampling

Week 11:

Lecture 51: Pharmaceutical Packaging: Types and Process-I

Lecture 52: Pharmaceutical Packaging: Types and Process-II

Lecture 53: Pharmaceutical Packaging: Types and Process-II

Lecture 54: Stability testing and kinetic principles: I

Lecture 55: Stability testing and kinetic principles: II

Week 12:

Lecture 56: Concept of Statistical Quality Control
Lecture 57: Manufacturing Working Formula Procedures

Lecture 58: Quality Management

Lecture 59: Drug Regulatory Affairs-I

Lecture 60: Drug Regulatory Affairs-II

Books and references

Leon Lachmen, H.A.Lieberman and J.L.Kanig, “The Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy”
Cooper and Gunns’ “Tutorial Pharmacy” ed. S.J.Carter
Modern Pharmaceutics:, G.S.Banker and C.T.Rhodes, Marcel Dekker Inc., NY.

Instructor bio

Prof. Ruchi Chawla

IIT (BHU) Varanasi

Dr. Ruchi Chawla has been involved in teaching and research in Pharmaceutics, developing pharmaceutical dosage form (conventional and novel) for intravenous, intranasal, topical and oral routes of administration for treatment of disorders of brain, lung, and skin. She has a teaching career of 15 years and has also taken an Aprit course. She has been involved in sharing of knowledge across various disciplines/departments like Dental Science; Ayurvada, Food and dairy science. Her research team is also involved in development of nanocarrier based delivery platforms for targeted delivery of drugs to brain and lungs, so that the therapeutic efficacy of the existing drugs can be improved.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: November 01, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.

Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team