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One of the most important event in the annals of India was the bifurcation of the erstwhile Bombay State into Gujarat and Maharashtra in the year 1960. People welcomed the new State with crackers, musical rhythms combined with Dandiya Ras with great joy and enthusiasm, welcoming a new era. Gujarat with its meager capacity of manpower started its administration with the capital at Ahmedabad. However, progress in industry coupled with increase in population, traffic etc. made our genius administrators shift the capital from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar on May 1, 1970. Dr. Jivraj Mehta was the first Chief Minister of Gujarat, representing the Congress political party and Mr. Narendra Modi is the present Chief Minister representing the Bharathiya Janata Party of Gujarat State.

Initially, the Department was known as Drugs Control Administration having its office at Civil Hospital Compound, Asarwa, Ahmedabad headed by Director. Dr. B.V. Patel. an eminent personality in the field of Pharmacy and the first Director. The Drugs Control Administration office shifted to Apana Bazar, Lal Darwaja, Ahmedabad due to some administrative difficulties. With the increase in number of Pharmaceutical industrial units, increase in staff, work and administrative problems compelled the shift of the office to Gandhinagar in 1984 having its office at Dr. Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, Block No. 8, 1st Floor, Sachivalaya, Tel. No. 079-3220176, 079-3221170, Tel. Fax - 079-21170.

Mr. H.G. Koshia, M. Pharm is the Commissioner of this Administration. He is also holding the charge of Joint Commissioner (Drug) and Licencing & Controlling Authority under Drug & Cosmetics Act & Rules there under.

Committees

Sr.No.	Name of the Committee	Designation	Purpose/Function of the Committee
1.	Indian Pharmacopoeia Committee	Member	Additional/deletion/addendum related to Indian Pharmacopoeia.
2.	Drug Technical Advisory Committee	Member	Recommendation for addition/deletion if any, in drug formulation, bulk drugs etc.
3.	Gradation of the Penalities for Offences under D&C Act.	Member	Recommendations for insertion/amendment/deletion in D&C Act for the offences.
4.	Central Committee for Food Standards	Member	Recommendations to be made for amendment/insertion/deletion in PFA Act.
5.	Sub-Committee for Legal Issues under PFA.	Chairman	The Committee recommends the problems and prospects of Legal issues involved in administration of PFA Act.
6.	Subcommittee for Inclusion of Additional Blood Components.	Member	Subcommittee to recommend for inclusion of Monograph of certain additional Blood Components and Blood Products.
7.	Subcommittee on WHO GMP Certification Scheme	Member	To recommend the procedures to be followed by the manufacturers for obtaining WHO GMP Certificate.
8.	Subcommittee on GMP to be followed by Food Industries	Member	The Subcommittee recommends the procedures to be followed by the Food Industries for Good Manufacturing Practices.
9.	Western Zone-Zonal Committee under NPPA	Chairman	Identification and Elimination of spurious drugs
10.	Subcommittee under National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority	Member	To study of Norms of CC, PC, and PL.
11.	Expert Committee Under I.P	Member	Norms to be fixed for LVP containers.
12.	Subcommittee of Drugs Consultative Committee	Chairman	To recommend the increase in License Fees
13.	Steering Committee	Member	Reg. Issue of claims on Cosmetic products.
14.	Subcommittee CCFS	Member	Review the composition of Food Laws and Legal Advice.
15.	Subcommittee of DCC on Oxytocin	Member	Consideration of banning of Oxytocin Injection.
16.	Expert standing Committee of DCC	Chairman	Amendment of Rule 85(2) - Power of Licensing Authority cannot be challenged by the Appellate Authority or the Court.
17.	Subcommittee of DCC	Member	Reg. Feed Supplement
18.	Committee Framed by DCG(I)	Member	Study and report on the Spurious drugs mfgd. and sold in the Indian Market.
19.	BV Patel PERD Centre	Member	R&D of the Institute.
20.	IDMA, Gujarat State	Member	Evaluation and reporting of the problems of Members
21.	State Drug Policy.	Chairman	To frame Drug Policy for the State.
22.	Sub-Committee of CCFS	Member	Reg. Food Laws and Legal Advise.
23.	Western Zonal Committee	Chairman	Identification and Elimination of Spurious drugs.
24..	Subcommittee of DTAB	Member	Fixed Does Combination of Drugs.
25.	Pharmacy Council of India	Member	Suggestions/corrections/opinion etc. on Pharmacy Acts.
26.	Drugs Consultative Committee	Member	Expert opinion and suggestions on formulations.
27.	Subcommittee under DCC	Member	Manufacture of LVPs under loan license.
28.	Subcommittee under DCC	Member	Inclusion of Medical Devices under Drugs
29.	Subcommittee under DCC	Member	Inclusion of Surgical Dressings under Drugs.
30.	Central Medical Stores	Member	Purchase of Medicines to Govt. Hospitals.
31.	Subcommittee under DCC	Member	To examine and to recommend OTC Drugs.
32.	Committee under DGHS	Member	To recommend drug formulary.
33.	Sub Committee under DCC	Chairman	To examine and to recommend implementation of Rule 64.
34.	Sub Committee under DCC	Chairman	To examine Erythromycin formulation, bulk drugs etc.
35	Sub Committee under DCC	Chairman	To examine the recommendation of sub-committee on Good Laboratory Practices.

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