New centre to drive green technologies in drug product manufacturing
Granules India in partnership with the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, inaugurated the Dr Chigurupati Centre of Excellence in Innovative and Sustainable Pharmaceutical Development (CCE-ISPD).
This Granules’ CSR initiative aims to empower students and researchers with access to cutting-edge facilities and resources, fostering innovation in eco-friendly solutions for learning pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Dr Krishna Prasad Chigurupati, CMD, Granules India, said: “At Granules, we believe that innovation and sustainability go hand in hand. Guided by our purpose of Healing Lives Responsibly through Pioneering Green Science, this initiative reflects our commitment to shaping a healthier, more sustainable future, not only for our stakeholders, but also for the communities and ecosystems that sustain us.”
Prof Dulal Panda, Director, NIPER SAS Nagar, said, “The collaboration brings academia and industry together to solve real-world challenges. By focusing on green and sustainable practices, we can deliver solutions that benefit both the environment and patients worldwide.”
The Centre, under the supervision of Dr Arvind K Bansal, Professor Department of Pharmaceutics, Lead and Academic Supervisor of the Centre, will harness NIPER’s academic and research strengths alongside Granules India’s industrial expertise to develop scalable, eco-friendly solutions for the pharmaceutical sector. The collaboration will focus on the interface between API and formulation manufacturing, reducing the carbon footprint in formulation production, creating intellectual property in sustainable technologies, training next-generation scientists, and setting new industry benchmarks in sustainable manufacturing.
