E Ahamed Laid the Foundation stone On 18th December 1984, the foundation stone for AM College of Pharmacy (AMCP) was laid by Janab E Ahamed, the then Hon. Minister for Industries ,Govt.of Kerala, at Vavvakkavu in Karunagappally, Kollam district. AMCP that began functioning in 1985 was controlled and coordinated by AMCP Managing Committee. The committee was led by Dr P V Majeed. A two year Diploma in Pharmacy (D Pharm) course, affiliated to Pharmacy Council of India, was thus started. The college initially offered a one-year D-Pharm course to those who passed pre-degree science group and a two-year D-Pharm course to those who passed SSLC. In later years, passing second group science subjects was made the minimum qualification for the D-Pharm course. On 20th September 1994, the AMCP Managing Committee got registered as a charitable trust called ‘AMCP Trust’.