Course Title : Diploma in Pharmacy
Abbreviation : B. Pharm.
Type of Course:A two year Diploma course
Pattern :Yearly
Award of the Degree : Diploma will be awarded for those passing in both the
years as per rules and regulations
The duration of the course shall be for two academic years, with each academic year spread over a
period
of not less than
one hundred and eight working days in addition to 500 hours practical training spread over a period
of
not less than 3
months.
The course of study for diploma in Pharmacy I-year and Diploma in pharmacy II-year shall include the subjects as given.
Diploma in Pharmacy (I-Year)
Subject
Pharmaceutics-I
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-I
Pharmacognosy
Biochemistry & Clinical Pathology
Human anatomy & Physiology
Health Education & Community Pharmacy
Diploma in Pharmacy (II- Year)
Subject
Pharmaceutics-II
Pharmaceutical Chemistry-II
Pharmacology & Toxicolog
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
Drug store and Business Management
Hospital & Clinical Pharmacy
Environmental Education & Disaster Management
The examination shall be of written and practical (including oral) nature. Carrying maximum marks
for each part
of subject.
Period and other condition of practical training.
After having appeard in II-Year examination of Diploma in Pharmacy conducted by Board/University or
other
approved examination Body, a candidate shall be eligible to undergo practical training in one or
more of the following
institutions namely.
Hospital/Dispensaries run by Central/State Government/Municipal corporations/central Government
Health scheme
and Employees state Insurance scheme. A pharmacy, chemist and Druggist licenses under the Drugs and
cosmetics
Rules, 1945 made under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940). The practical training shall
be not less than
five hundred hours spread over a period of not less than three months provided that not less than
two hundred and fifty
hours and devoted to actual dispensing of prescriptions