CARRIER OPPORTUNITY IN PHARMACY
|
Item |
2018-19 |
2017-18 |
2016-17 |
2015-16 |
|
Total No. of Final Year Students(N) |
54 |
56 |
47 |
54 |
|
Number of students placed in Industries/Hospitals/ Government sector through on/off campus recruitment or opted for Entrepreneurship (x) |
17 |
20 |
29 |
20 |
|
No. of students admitted to higher studies with valid scores in various qualifying exams(y) |
15 |
14 |
15 |
20 |
|
x+y |
32 |
34 |
44 |
40 |
|
Placement Index:(x+y)/N |
32/54 =0.59 |
34/56 =0.61 |
44/47 =0.94 |
40/54 =0.74 |
Government Jobs :
Pharmacist can opt for different State Government exams as there career like Drug Inspectors, Drug Controller, Govt. Analysts, and scientist in ICMR & CSIR. UPSC & SSC recruit Drug Inspectors from time to time. Eligibility is Diploma in Pharmacy or Bachelors in Pharmacy and must have 18 months experience of C and C1 drugs in industry and registered as pharmacist in Pharmacy Council of state.
Government hospitals and clinics :
Pharmacist have better career opportunities in Central Government Hospitals on permanent basis like ESIC and AIIMS, Railways, and States like Delhi.
Pharmaceutical Marketing :
B.Pharm freshers are employed in marketing of pharmaceutical products and medical devices as Medical Representatives (MR). They have career opportunities in marketing depending on the networking ability, knowledge and communication skills.
Medical Underwriting :
Pharmacy graduates can also start their career as a medical writer who having a sound knowledge in pharmacology, anatomy and medical terminologies. Job responsibilities could be as medical scribes or medical transcription or medical coder or check insurance related records or write medical related document etc.
Pharmaceutical industry :
Pharmacy graduates and post graduates have ample opportunities in various fields in pharmaceutical industries.
- Research and development
- Manufacture and quality assurance
- Drug information
- Patent applications and drug
- Clinical trials and post-marketing surveillance
- Sales and marketing
- Management
- Regulatory Affairs
Drug store or wholesaler :
Every registered pharmacist gets a license to run a medical shop. Wholesale Supplier of medicines to other stores is also a good career if you are able to establish fruitful relations with medical shop owners.