Holy Mary Institute of Technology and Science, College of Pharmacy, Keesara: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Holy Mary Institute of Technology and Science College of Pharmacy, Keesara was set up in the year 2005 at Bogaram Village, Ranga Reddy district of Telangana state. The following affiliated college approved by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is providing various pharmaceutical courses in its 2.5 acre land. TOT Student intake for the institute is 623 and faculty and staff strength is 52 which gives a good atmosphere to the aspiring pharmacists. The college teaches 8 courses in 3 degrees level offering each specialisation on different areas of pharmacy teaching.

This institute also equips faculty with a number of contemporary amenities enabling the students to foster both academic and personal development. It has a boys ‘Hostel and girls Hostel both having a facility of well furnished, ventilated rooms and having round the clock security system. Undergraduate students have access to books, 200 journals, and other e library resources at the central library which has a collection of 48000 books. The college also has functional facilities and well equipped laboratory for more practical courses. 

For the bodily health of the students there is provision for a gym and sports ground along with football area and basketball ground. Wi-Fi technology is applied throughout the campus thus marking ease of access to internet for academic activities. There are full-fledged canteen of good size for students to get their daily meals, an ATM and a convenience store for students to get various personal requirements and an auditorium of 400 sitting capacity to hold various functions and programmes for the students.

College of Pharmacy of Holy Mary Institute of Technology and Science offers all the basic and needful education programs in pharmacy. The institute offers 8 full time programmes such B.Pharma, M.Pharma with several specialisations, Pharm.D and Pharm.D Post Baccalaureate. Accumulated intake capacity that is approved for all the courses is 242 number of seats. The B.Pharma programme being one of the key offerings of the institute has a strength of 100 students. There are twenty-four postgraduate seats in M.Pharma programmes on Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance and Pharmaceutics The rest of the specializations such as Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Management and Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacology etc. offer eighteen seats each. The annual accreditation of the Pharm.D programme is 30 and the Pharm.D Post Baccalaureate course offers 10 seats.

A well structured admission process is followed at Holy Mary Institute of Technology and Science College of Pharmacy and the admission is given strictly on merit basis. For B.Pharmacy admissions, the institute consider the scores of the Telangana State Engineering Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET). Other entrance exam which is open for aspiring postgraduate students is the Telangana State Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (TS PGECET) or Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT). 

These entrance exams are often held in the previous academic year months and the results together with counseling are usually released shortly. The idea of quality education is sustainable by the approval of the Pharmacy Council of India so as to ensure that the offered programs are of standard. Even though it is not possible to get detailed information on scholarships, it can be assumed that the college provides different financial aids for students who succeed in studies. Over the years the institute has trained many students who have gone to market big pharm initialisation although, the names cannot be retrieved from the data.