B-Pharm Degree in Pharmacy

Approved by

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi

Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi (Course of Conduct)

Recognized by

Director of Technical Education, Maharashtra State, Mumbai. PH-3238 (Old Code PH – 118)

Affiliated to

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, MUMBAI

The Academic Leaders:

Prof. M. Mirchandani (Principal) and Dr Sachin S Laddha (Vice Principal)

Why Ideal For this Programme

DARE to THINK beyond Engineering & Medical

Indian Pharmaceutical Industry is one of the fastest growing industries and so is the Pharmacy profession. The profession today is offering a variety of career opportunities and thus a great future is waiting for all the budding pharmacists.

Graduates can work for the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Veterans Administration, the Public Health Service, the Armed Forces, the National Institutes of Health, and many other government agencies.

A pharmacist gets an opportunity to deal with different kinds of people every day that makes his job less monotonous. So if you have good interpersonal skills and love to be with people then PHARMACY is the BEST PROFESSION for you. Pharmacists have the wide range of options when it comes to choosing the stream of pharmaceutical jobs. Professionals can choose one for himself as per his likes, lifestyle, knowledge, and skills.

Given below are some of the career options in Pharmacy that will well answer your question, why choose Pharmacy as a career:

Hospital Pharmacy: Professionals who wish to be associated with hospitals can go for hospital Pharmacy. Here they work as the essential part of clinical ward and provide doctors and nurses with effective advice on medicine.

Industrial Pharmacy: A person with interest in research can go for industrial Pharmacy that allows them to work with pharmaceutical companies where their job is more like a scientists. They can conduct various experiments and analyze the end results of the drugs and medicines.

Academic Pharmacy: People who love to teach can go for academic Pharmacy where they can combine teaching and researching and have great career with some good universities and Institutions. It is a great opportunity to share and pass on your knowledge with willing students.

Retail Pharmacy: People interested in private stores can go for retail stores where they can work as authorized distributors of medicine once they get the license for it.

Community Pharmacy: Those who are interested in primary health care can go for community Pharmacy where their role is to use and apply their knowledge, skills, and expertise for the effective implementation of the primary health care. They make sure that health care professionals make the right, safe and appropriate use of available medicines.

Regulatory Pharmacy: Those who are interested in working on the policy levels can go for regulatory Pharmacy. Here, the professionals work with government bodies to protect and improve the public health. They make sure that the drugs manufactured by the companies are safe and before they are marketed to the public.

Veterinary Pharmacy: Pharmacy technicians having passion for animal health can try veterinary Pharmacy. They deal with medicines and drugs manufactured, marketed and dispensed by veterinary doctors. In rural settings they help farming industry by providing right medication to livestock.

Eligibility

1. For Admissions to B. Pharm. First Year:
   1. Maharashtra State candidates Candidates passing HSC (Std. XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology & should have secured minimum 50% marks (45% marks for backward class candidates from Maharashtra state only) in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics / Biology added together.
   2. Candidates passing Diploma in Pharmacy from Maharashtra State Diploma holders who have passed the diploma course in Pharmacy with minimum of 50% marks from the Polytechnics affiliated to MSBTE or AICTE approved autonomous Polytechnics in Maharashtra State.
   3. OMS candidates Candidate will have type of candidature as "Outside Maharashtra State" if candidate passes either SSC (Std. X) or HSC (Std. XII) or both the examinations from a college outside Maharashtra State. Candidate passing the HSC (Std. XII) or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics / Biology and should have secured minimum 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics / Biology added together.
   4. Candidates passing Diploma in Pharmacy from Outside Maharashtra State: Diploma holders who have passed the Minimum three years diploma course in Pharmacy with minimum of 50% marks and medium of instruction as English from the Polytechnics outside Maharashtra State.
2. For Direct Admission to B. Pharm Second Year:
   Recognized diploma equivalent to the diploma awarded by the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) with English as the medium of instruction at diploma level.

Duration of the Course

-4 years for first year B. Pharm and 3 years for Direct Admission to B. Pharm Second Year

Course fee.

As per the fees approved by "Shikshan Shulka Samity".

List of toppers

2008-2009 First Year B. Pharm:

Mr. Digvijay Yadav (83.50% among top ten rankers from the Univesity)

2009-2010 First year B. Pharm:

Mr. Shoeb Patel (80.00%)

Second year B. Pharm:

Mr. Digvijay Yadav (71.90%)