Mr.Satish Agrawal is currently serving as the Head of Department (HOD) at Millennium College of Pharmacy & Science. He completed his undergraduate studies in B.Pharm. from Dr. BITS College in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, between 2003 and 2007. Later, he pursued his postgraduate degree, M.Pharm., from Shri Ram Institute of Technology in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, in 2011. Presently, he is actively pursuing a Ph.D. in pharmacy from Bhupal Nobles University in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Although Satish Agrawal has not qualified for any national or state-level exams, he possesses a keen research interest in the taste of antibiotics. His current research focuses on developing techniques to mask the naturally bitter taste of antibiotics, aiming to make them more palatable for children and senior citizens. This research area holds significant potential for improving medication adherence and patient comfort.

With five years of work experience, Satish Agrawal brings practical knowledge and expertise to his role as HOD. While specific details about his work experience are not provided, his academic qualifications and research pursuits contribute to his expertise in pharmacy.

Millennium College of Pharmacy

Being a Faculty of the Pharmacy Department, what are your roles and responsibilities towards the students?

My role and responsibilities are to look after the examination of the college as we follow a semester system in which we have hardly four months in which we have to conduct two internal exams as well as practical exams as well as final exams and final practical exams. My all time and responsibilities go towards handling the examination, managing the students who haven't attended the examination, also re-evaluating the exams for students who haven't passed in the first attempt, as well as teaching the students of our college.

How do you tend to establish healthy relations with the students and fellow faculty?

Yes, we are providing quality education to the students as well as having a friendly relationship with them through teaching them as well as guiding and helping the students who need help. Apart from that, we as a faculty need help from each other and have to work with each other because of that, we can create a healthy relationship with the faculty in our department.

How do you try to bring in a practical approach towards subjects and make it industry-oriented?

Yes, we are providing quality education to the students as well as having a friendly relationship with them through teaching them as well as guiding and helping the students who need help. Apart from that, we as faculty need help from each other and have to work with each other because of that, we can create a healthy relationship with the faculty in our department.

How do you strategize the curriculum and how often it gets updated to make it befitting for the students?

Our curriculum is affiliated with RGPV and was updated in 2021. The syllabus of PCI is being introduced, and the syllabus of every branch of pharmacy is the same all over India. The curriculum is being updated regularly by RGPV.

What are your views on the placements and higher education of the students from your department or How does your department prepare students for Higher education?

For higher education, we add new subjects in the third year for our students who are interested in pursuing a master's after their graduation.

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How do you help your student to cope up with the competition being so high in the outside world?

We are providing them education in such a way that they are able to tackle the competition on their own as well as adapt themselves to this changing world.

Do you have any extracurricular activities/ programs to enhance the skills of the students or expose them to real world challenges?

Yes, we conduct extracurricular activities in our department by doing various sponsored seminars and webinars for the students where various experts join in to give information about recent changes in the industry and technologies implemented in the pharmaceutical industries.

What are the challenges you faced/ are facing to uplift the quality of education of your department?

The challenges that we are facing in our department are dilution, which means there are no entrance exams held for the pharmacy students due to students from various backgrounds taking admissions and studying pharmacy, due to which the quality of being a pharmacist is being degraded. So there should be entrance exams so that it helps us build a quality pharmaceutical student.

When you came to college, what was your vision and how are you trying to achieve the same?

My vision is to provide the best knowledge to the students as well as help those who are in need in various circumstances that are related to their personal lives or education.

What valuable advice would you like to give to the students to have a prosperous career ahead?

The advice I want to give to students is that they should know what they want to do in their lives after B-Pharmacy, whether they want to join an industry, a hospital, or a field as well as the research sector. The course includes everything, but it's up to the students which sector they have to join, and if they have decided, they can move on easier and can move forward, or else they will be stuck at the end.