PHARM.D

Clarification on Education Regulations-1991 and Pharm.D Regulations, 2008. A. Clarification to word “pass” under Regulation 5 of Education Regulations – 1991 for admission to D.Pharm and regulation 4 of Pharm.D Regulations 2008- 2009 for admission to Pharm.D Course. a) under regulation 5 of Education Regulations, 1991 word “pass” means a candidate seeking admission to D.Pharm Part-I course shall pass in subjects of Physics, Chemistry & Biology or Maths individually.   b) under regulation 4 of Pharm.D Regulations, 2008 word “pass” means a candidate with 10+2 examination seeking admission to Pharm.D Part-I course shall pass in subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Maths individually. B. Duration of D.Pharm Course under Regulation 5 of ER 1991. Duration of the D.Pharm course under regulation 6 of Education Regulations, 1991 shall be for two academic years with each academic year spread over a period of not less than one hundred and eighty working days exclusive of

Pharm D failed to make any impact in north Indian pharmacy colleges yet: Ravi Kumar The lethargic and sluggish attitude showed by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) in the year 2008 at the time of starting the Pharm D programme is the major reason for the poor acceptance of the programme by the north Indian pharmacy colleges, according to K G Ravi Kumar, former HOD of the Clinical Pharmacy Department at the Government Medial College in Thiruvananthapuram. Dr Ravi Kumar, who took initiative to start the programme in Kerala in 1997 but failed due to several reasons, said PCI started the global programme without much homework, thinking and training. He said before starting the programme the PCI should have done some education programmes on the subject for the professionals in the colleges and tried to get them trained in some universities abroad. Unless the pharmacy council changes its attitude, the programme cannot reach its desired goal in the country. While hailing the programm