Dr. Nitin Dumore has been working as the Principal of DadaSaheb Balpande College of Pharmacy, Nagpur, Maharashtra. He has an amazing 15 years of experience in academics, administration and managerial positions with proven initiatives that have matured into fruitful endeavors. He has done B. Pharm, M. Pharm and PhD as part of his academics. He has also published 25 research papers in various National and International Journals, has written 6 books and has 1 patent on his name. In addition to this, he has delivered 8 Guest lectures, 8 Faculty development programmes and has attended close to 34 online webinars, FDPs, seminars and STTP. Also, he has received Excellence Award in academic services for good administration by DBCOP, Young Faculty 2018 Award by CEGR, Young Principal Award 2020 by SRDHS, Young Pharma Talent Award in HEALTHOCOPIEA Congress at FICCC chamber , New Delhi. He is a Life member of APTI, Indian Pharmacological Society and Centre for Education Growth and Research.

Dadasaheb Balpande College of Pharmacy

What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

"My passion of teaching students and creating an attitude of self-learning in them have kept me associated"

I firmly believe that my strong decision making skills for long term concerns keeps me connected with the institute. And the feeling of satisfaction and happiness I receive after educating youths and ensuring best facilities for them is totally indescribable. There are multiple key factors which keep me connected with the educational sector like passion for offering quality education to the students, along with creating and promoting the culture and attitude of lifelong learning for them.

Being the Principal of the college, what is your philosophy of leadership?

"Leadership is all about fulfilling the goals by utilizing team skills and helping them to build new one"

As a Principal of the college, I believe that we play a pivotal role in affecting the climate, attitude and reputation of our institute. With effective leadership qualities institutes can become incubators of learning places where students are not only educated but challenged, nurtured and encouraged to do their best. And, if I talk about my ways of working, then I am an active team leader who knows how to respect the self-esteem of others. I believe in delegating tasks and taking the lead on projects. But I also like to stay involved and inspire my team by sharing that I am working hand-on to help them too.

How do you strategize the key programs for the marketing and administration of your institute?

"By collecting feedback and suggestions from everyone before finalizing any action plan"

We consult with everyone from management to faculty members and students before making any big decision with respect to marketing of the institute. And after gathering suggestions from everyone, we draft an action plan and then decide strategies to enhance our presence among our future potential students. And we have also signed MOUs with reputed industries for the benefit of our students and teachers.

In your opinion, what benefits can students gain from studying here in your institute?

"They will get equal and non-discriminative atmosphere to learn and grow"

Students studying in our college not only receive the best theoretical knowledge but are also provided with the finest practical and industrial exposure. And our relationship with our industry partners helps us a lot in facilitating amazing research windows, real time projects, mandatory technical and personality development training and internships to students. During this pandemic situation also our institute didn’t sit ideal, but used the digital platforms for smooth conduction of classes. Hence this welcoming atmosphere, non-discriminative teaching approach will prove to be best for the educational and career growth of students who will join us to pursue their dream courses that attract the students to our institute.

How does the curriculum of your college ensure the best practices of industry?

"It enhance practical exposure of students after inculcating expert suggestions in the form of new programs"

Our curriculum is designed to provide pragmatic learning rather than theoretical to students to meet industry standards. The curriculum is designed after thorough analysis of industrial requirements and discussion with required stakeholders including our faculty members, Alumni, industry experts and students. This ensures that the student would be able to deliver equity and excellence at all levels from vision to implementation. 

Check Dadasaheb Balpande College of Pharmacy Courses & Fees

How is your college more welcoming to students of different races or economic backgrounds?

"We promote the ambiance of equality in college and also offers scholarships to needy students"

Our institute has a positive personal and academic influence on students irrespective of different races or economic background. And we truly appreciate and value the diversity and multiculturalism of our students, faculty, administrative staff, because this kind of ambiance provides the best learning opportunities and everyone gets to know about each other's culture and customs. Also, financial aids and scholarships are provided to students coming from a not very sound economic background to help them continue their studies.

What are your roles and responsibilities for the university and students?

"To bring best business value for college and provide best amenities and opportunities to students"

Being the Principal, my prime responsibility is to develop my institute to match international standards by ensuring all kinds of modernized facilities, infrastructure and providing professional and employment oriented education to students. Along with this, arranging co-curricular activities, supervising other activities of college, guiding my faculty members and students whenever they need my support also comes under the scope of my responsibilities. 

What do you think should be the institute's top priority over the next 10 years?

"We should work on improving our educational practices in line with changing industry standards"

In my opinion, the topmost priority for our college in upcoming years would be to achieve excellence in imparting required knowledge, skill and self-learning attitude in our students as per educational and industrial standards and requirements and to transform them into great and competent Pharmaceutical professionals. We would also work on enhancing the research and development facilities in college, increasing finances for research projects and taking up our college on an international level. Lastly, I am also working to upgrade my own knowledge and educate myself by going beyond paper presentation, publication & patents to a broader contribution of providing value for society. 

When you joined DadaSaheb College, what was your vision for it and how far have you come in implementing them?

"My vision when I started my journey was to provide excellent education to students"

We established our institute in 2006 and initially we started our journey by offering a B.Pharmacy course at the UG level, M. Pharmacy program at the PG level along with Diploma courses. And during early times, our goal was to achieve excellence in imparting good quality education to students through these courses. And I would say we have achieved this goal to a great extent since many of our students are working and competing not only on a national but a global level as well. 

What makes your college unique in comparison to others? 

"Our academic practices, students achievements and placement stats makes us unique"

Our amazing placement statistics and academic performance of our students makes our college different and unique at the same time and also helps us to enhance our presence among our future students. Various reputed organizations visit our college every year during recruitment drives to hire our students for a wide variety of profiles. About 40 % of our students are placed in the top companies. 

What are the greatest strengths of your Dadasaheb College?

"Our students are our main source of strength and resilience"

The main pillars of our strength are definitely our students whom we regularly encourage to invent and innovate. We offer finest quality and employment oriented education to them through which they can easily turn out their innovative ideas into reality and shine globally. 

Click Dadasaheb Balpande College of Pharmacy Placements

Any suggestions which you would like to give to the current youth and aspiring students?

"Keep adding new skills in your bucket and stay updated with latest technological development"

I firmly believe that our youths and students should develop a diverse range of skills so that they can apply the gathered knowledge to develop products that can meet the unpredictable demands of our social and economic landscape and can benefit the society and nation as a whole. Fast technological developments are transforming the world of work and in near future millions of jobs around the globe will go unfilled due to unavailability of skilled people. Hence I would suggest to them to strengthen their communication, critical thinking, teamwork and leadership skills. Keep your fundamentals clear in your mind and define very clear and practical goals for yourself. Don't hesitate to ask questions because success comes to those who perform actions.