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In India, Diploma in Pharmacy (often shortened as DPharm or DPharma) is an entry-level tertiary pharmacy credential. It is obtained following two years of training. Students can enrol in the course after successfully completing higher secondary education in science stream with physics, chemistry and either biology or maths as subjects. After obtaining the diploma, registration with the pharmacy council is required to be a registered pharmacist. A D.Pharm holder can also enroll for a professional (undergraduate) degree course of Bachelor of Pharmacy via lateral entry scheme.

A diploma holder can be employed as a registered pharmacist in a hospital or pharmacy dispensing drugs and pharmaceuticals. It is mandatory that at least one person employed in a pharmacy be a qualified and registered pharmacist.

First year subjects

  1. Pharmaceutical chemistry
  2. Pharmaceutics
  3. Pharmacognosy
  4. Social Pharmacy
  5. Human Anatomy and Physiology

Second year subjects

  1. Hospital & Clinical Pharmacy
  2. Pharmacotherapeutics
  3. Pharmacy law & ethics
  4. Pharmacology
  5. Biochemistry & Clinical Pathology
  6. Community pharmacy & management

References

https://www.pci.nic.in/pdf/14-55_ER_20%20_syllabus_23092021.pdf


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