Pharmacy Employment

💊D.Pharm💊

The D.Pharm program was developed and designed to train students to serve as institutional and community pharmacists. Pharmacists with a D.Pharm degree have the opportunity to join a hospital (government or private) or community pharmacy (mostly private). The majority of diploma-trained pharmacists choose to work in government hospitals rather than private hospitals or pharmacies. They are also considered for placements in the pharmaceutical industry. The salary of pharmacists in government positions is lower than the salaries of similarly qualified health professionals (nurses, diagnostic technicians, and radiographers) and pharmacists in privately owned community pharmacies are always underpaid. In the recently accepted Indian government's sixth pay commission recommendations, practicing pharmacists have been placed in the lowest band and structure, along with other nontechnical persons.

💊B.Pharm💊

The vast majority of pharmacists with a B.Pharm degree normally seek positions (such as production, quality control, and marketing) with the thriving pharmaceutical industries in which services are well defined and industrial pharmacists are well remunerated. They also have the opportunity to be appointed to drug regulatory agencies or quality control laboratories by the state or central government.

💊M.Pharm💊

M.Pharm degree holders in any discipline including an M.Pharm in clinical pharmacy may join industries in any of the above positions. Many M.Pharm graduates entering the pharmaceutical industry choose positions in areas such as research, formulation development, and clinical trials. Additionally, they have the opportunity to work in the academic area, typically as researchers or faculty members. The demand for pharmacists is further growing with the growth of the pharmaceutical industry in India.

💊Ph.D💊

Pharmacists with a Ph.D mainly work in academia and in the research and development section of pharmaceutical industries.