Department Overview

Head of Department: Prof. M.K. Gupta

The Toxicology Course on regular basis at CCS University, Meerut was established in 2004 with the support from University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Foundation of the course was supported by CCS University, Meerut. About 230 students thus far have attended the course and many of them hold important positions in India and overseas.

Toxicology is the science of chemical safety. Aim and mission of Toxicology is to identify potential harmful effects of chemical compounds to humans, animals and the environment and to provide for their prevention and treatment. Appropriate experimentation and expert judgment allow minimizing the probability of the occurrence of adverse effects, which in the past have sometimes been of catastrophic dimension. Toxicology is a multidisciplinary science based upon physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry, pharmacology, pathology, epidemiology and several others. Comprehensive education and training on an up-to-date level of toxicological science is mandatory.

Department has well equipped laboratory with GLC, HPLC, Western blotting, ELISA, Cooling centrifuges, Fluorescent microscope, Inverted Phase contrast microscope, Probe sonicator, Histopathology facility, Deep freezer (-800c and-200c), Biosafety cabinet, CO2 incubator