

VIVA Institute of Pharmacy is a private pharmacy college established in 2010 in Virar, near Mumbai, affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
VIVA Institute of Pharmacy (VIP) is a private professional establishment of the Late Shri Vishnu Waman Thakur Charitable Trust. It was established in 2010 with a defined mission. The institute is located on the technical campus at Shirgaon, Virar (East), in the semi-urban outskirts of Mumbai. Its address is At. Shirgaon, Veer Sawarkar Road, Virar (East), Dist. Palghar, 401305.
The institute offers a four-year graduate programme in Pharmacy and a two-year postgraduate programme in Pharmacology. It is approved by AICTE, PCI and DTE (DTE Code 3464) and is affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Its vision is to evolve as a leading learning institute with essential, skillful and value-based education. Its mission includes providing high standards of pharmacy education through excellent resources, professional collaborations and ethical values.
The campus has well-equipped pharmacy laboratories and classrooms with A.V. aids and a digital library. Listed facilities include Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry labs, an Aseptic Area, an Animal House registered with CPCSEA, and internet access in the library. The institute has started an NSS unit under the University of Mumbai and publishes an annual magazine, VIVACE, executed by its students.
Admission to M.Pharmacy is open to All India candidature. B.Pharm admission follows a document-based process.