Vivekanand Education Society'S College Of Pharmacy

If you know Chembur, you probably know the Collector Colony area. Vivekanand Education Society'S College Of Pharmacy is part of the Hashu Advani Complex, and it’s a pretty busy place. The labs are where most of the action happens. You’ll usually smell something metallic or like rubbing alcohol if you walk down the halls. The students are always wearing their white lab coats, which never stay perfectly white for very long. Mumbai weather makes the building feel a bit damp sometimes, especially during the heavy rains when everyone is trying to dry their umbrellas in the entryway. We have a lot of books in the library, but the tables are almost always full with people studying for their next practical exam. It’s a lot of technical work, checking bottles and scales. The staff room is usually cluttered with exam papers and tea cups. We spend our days making sure the chemicals are stocked and the equipment is actually working. The complex itself is quite large, so there’s always people from the other departments walking around. Getting here from the station can be a bit of a trek if you’re running late. It’s just a place where people come to get their degrees and move on. We’ve been in this part of Maharashtra for a long time, and the building shows its age here and there, but it works for what we need. We just try to keep things running smoothly.