The department was started in the year 2004 and has now developed into a fully-fledged one, with comprehensive teaching programs for the undergraduate students of the BDS courses. The department is staffed with one Professor, two Assistant Professors and four Tutors. The university examination results have been excellent with all batches of BDS students securing good result with several distinctions and first classes. The Medical Council of India had granted permission to start Post graduate courses leading the award of MD Degree in Pharmacology from the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) in 2011. The department actively encourages Research work by both the staff and students. Several papers have been presented at various academic conferences at both National and International levels by the teaching staff attached to the department.