Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai
Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 08:00 Hrs [IST]
The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), constituted by the central government to regulate the profession and practice of pharmacy in the country, has cautioned the aspiring pharma students that the two-year MS programmes in different pharmacy streams being offered by some institutions in the country are not approved by the PCI either for the purpose of registration as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act to practice the profession or for any other purpose like teaching in approved pharmacy institutions.
The PCI's action in this regard comes in the wake of the fact that it has come to the notice of the PCI that some pharmacy institutions are offering 2-year full-time MS programmes in industrial pharmacy, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical analysis & quality control to pharmacy graduates.
To save the gullible students from the trap of the greedy educational institutes which very often take the students for a ride by announcing courses without due permission of the concerned authorities, the PCI announced, “In this connection, it is clarified that only following qualifications acquired from an institution approved by PCI u/s 12 of the Pharmacy Act are approved for the purpose of registration as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act—D.Pharm, B.Pharm and Pharm.D”.
In view of this, the said MS programmes are not approved by the PCI either for the purpose of registration as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act to practice the profession or any other purpose like teaching in approved pharmacy institutions. The only exception is the academic programmes offered by NIPER under the NIPER Act, 1998 where admission qualification / eligibility criteria to such academic programmes is Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) from an institution approved by PCI u/s 12 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948.
The PCI periodically cautions the pharmacy students against illegal courses being introduced by the fraudulent educational institutions whose sole aim is to mint money.
The pharmacy education in the country is regulated by the PCI and it ensures uniform implementation of the educational standards throughout the country by approving the courses of study and examination for qualifying for registration as a pharmacist. The PCI is also responsible for approving the Examining Authorities for conducting pharmacy examination for qualifying for registration as a pharmacist; and also withdrawing approval, if the course of study does not continue to be in conformity with the educational standards prescribed by the PCI.
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