PCI disapproved MS Pharmacy courses from any institutions except from NIPERs
(24th July, 2014); Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) announced in its notification that 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.
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The Pharmacy education and profession in India upto graduate level is regulated by the PCI, a statutory body governed by the provisions of the Pharmacy Act, 1948.
It came in notice of PCI that some pharmacy institutions are offering 2 year full - time MS Programmes in Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Analysis & Quality Control to pharmacy graduates. In this connection, it is clarified that only D.Pharm, B.Pharm and Pharm.D 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.
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PCI added exception for 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.