Is studying Pharmacy in India a good career option?



Definition 

Pharmacy is the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding and dispensing medical drugs. It deals with medicines that play a vital role in protecting, maintaining and restoring people’s health. As a discipline that has a close-knit relationship with human life, research and development (R&D) in pharmacy occupies a prestigious position.

Pharmacists are experts or health professionals who have done their studies in medicines and use their knowledge of medicines for benefit of the patients.

Eligibility criteria

Students pursuing the pharmaceutical sciences will have opportunity to complete their education in science by doing a diploma, bachelors or post bachelors. The students of pharmaceutical sciences will have plenty of opportunities to venture into, provided their courses are from PCI (Pharmacy Council of India) recognized institutes. Only a student graduated from a PCI approved college is eligible to get enrolled in respective State Pharmacy Council, SPC to be called as a registered pharmacist.

Career scope and Job opportunities

A career in pharmaceutical sciences is full of opportunities. Take a look at the some of the options you can venture into:

1. Jobs

With newer Pharmaceutical companies coming up, the future in field of pharmacy is bright. You can land a job in any of these private companies as well as government organizations.

2. R&D
Pharmacy is one such industry that thrives on research and development. For the same,
M. Pharms and PHDs are in high demand for research of new drugs, process development, formulations, clinical trials and Toxicological studies.

3. Hospitals
The pharmacists in the hospitals are the best-informed individuals for prescribing a drug. in most western countries, the diagnosis is made by doctors but the pharmacists prescribe the medicines and their dosage. Therefore, pharmacy graduates have important role and can earn attractive remuneration and occupy strategic positions.

4. Retail stores
One can also work in retail stores of medicines. After registering with the State Pharmacy Council, you can open up chemist/drug shop and sell medicines as per doctor’s prescription.
Pharmacists should appreciate that they may have to go off the beaten track to meet the challenges thrown up by the modern lifestyle and emergence of new diseases. Pharmacists have the responsibility to provide the optimum pharmaceutical support to health-care providers.

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