This is a performance audit of seven National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER). The Government of India set up the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) at Mohali as per the provisions of the NIPER Act, 1998 to nurture and promote quality and excellence in pharmaceutical education and research. Subsequently, in the year 2007, the NIPER Act was amended and accordingly in August 2007, the Union Government granted in-principle approval to set up six new NIPER at Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Guwahati, Raebareli and Hajipur which started functioning from 2007-08.
A test check of records was carried out to assess whether the Governance structure prescribed under the Act is in place and adequate infrastructure facilities, faculty, technical and administrative staff for the NIPERs was available, to achieve the objectives envisaged under the Act. The audit criteria were derived from the NIPER Act and related statutes and manuals, minutes of the Board of Governors (BoG) /Steering Committee meetings, agreements signed between NIPER and respective State Governments, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between mentor Institutes and MoCF and relevant records of the seven NIPERs and DoP/MoCF.