World Pharmacist Day: Pandemic increased career scope in pharmacy, there are many job opportunities for qualified and experienced pharmacists in this sector full of challenges
Pandemic Increased Career Scope In Pharmacy, Many Job Opportunities For Qualified And Experienced Pharmacists In This Sector Full Of Challenges
Sunil Shukla 
Pharmacists are solely responsible for providing medicines to professional patients and providing information on the correct way to take those medicines. These professionals also generally brief the patients about the side effects of various medicines and provide complete health care to all the customers/patients visiting their pharmacy or dispensary. These professionals are responsible for the safe and quality use of medicines.
Educational Qualification and Courses For
admission to the undergraduate course of Pharma sector, it is necessary that the student has passed 10th class with Biology, Physics, Chemistry or 12th from Maths and Physics, the Chemistry group. Most of the colleges either release the cut-off list or conduct entrance exams before giving admission to any pharma course. Some of the popular courses in this sector are as follows:
Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharma): This course will give you the basic qualifications for this sector. It is a two-year course. For this, 12th (with chemistry, maths, biology, or physics) is necessary. After this hospital training is done.
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm. ): D. Pharm. Instead, you can go for four years (of eight semesters) undergraduate B.Pharm. You can also do the course. For this, students should have passed 12th in the Science stream. Students who have passed 12th in Maths, Biology, and Physics or PCM can take admission in this course. There is no specialization in this.
Master in Pharmacy ( M.Pharma ): B.Pharm. After that, you can do a two-year post-graduate course. In this, students can do specialization of their choice. M. Pharma. You can do specializations like Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Biochemistry. GPAT is the national-level entrance exam for master's courses. If the goal is to work in the field of research, then there is also an option to do a Ph.D.
There are also some other courses in Pharma, such as PG Diploma in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, Diploma in Pharma Marketing, Advance Diploma in Pharma Marketing, and PG Diploma in Pharma Marketing, whose duration is between six months to one year. The eligibility for admission in these is B.Sc., B.Pharma. or D.Pharma. (as per course).
the annual salary package of pharmacy in India
Generally in our country, a fresher pharmacy worker gets an average of Rs 18-25 thousand monthly and a qualified and experienced pharmacist gets an average annual salary package of Rs 5.7 lakh. If you start your business in this field or any busy If you open your chemist/pharmacy shop in the market, then no maximum limit of income can be fixed.
These 3 challenges of this area
- New initiatives and new medicines keep coming in the pharma sector all over the world. It is very important to be constantly updated about this industry.
- Special attention has to be paid to the truthfulness of data and facts, otherwise, the research work will be affected. Research sometimes involves working under pressure and giving the right results.
- Maintenance and use of medicines, medical equipment is a sensitive issue, it should not be missed.
