“All the class 12 science stream students who wish to join the healthcare sector and wants to look for career option apart from being a medical professional, can pursue a career in pharmacy.”

The pharmaceutical market is one of the few sectors that have shown double-digit Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) in the last few years. To meet the demand of the ever-expanding Indian pharmaceutical market, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) last year increased the diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate admission seats in pharmacy institutes across the country.

Uttarakhand is a hub of higher Education having the best technical and non-technical colleges and universities. Among all colleges in Uttarakhand, Roorkee College of Engineering is one of the best institutions providing the best pharmacy education in form of B.harma and D.Pharma, degree and diploma courses within Uttarakhand.

Eligibility & Course Structure for Pharmacy

All the class 12 science stream students who wish to join the healthcare sector and wants to look for career option apart from being a medical professional, can pursue a career in pharmacy.

Pharmacy courses in India are industry-oriented, hence, graduates of pharmacy courses have a high employment quotient as compared to other healthcare fields.

The pharmacy courses comprise subjects like – human anatomy and physiology. Biochemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharma engineering, pharmacology, pharma management, etc. The syllabus of pharmacy courses also includes new-age disciplines such as data sciences and nanotechnology. Career scope and opportunities

Opportunities for Pharmacy graduates and Diploma Holders

Pharmacy graduates are involved in the research and development of new therapeutics as well as ensure their manufacturing quality control. The demand for pharma graduates is high in sectors like healthcare, research, and manufacturing. Medical marketing, pharmacovigilance, etc.

As a pharma graduate, you can take up job roles like drugs inspector, drugs controller, hospital pharmacist, etc. We have seen demand increasing for new-age job roles like – big-data analyst, computational pharmacist, healthcare management scientist, life-cycle management scientist, etc.

Future of Pharmacy

Pharmacists play an important role in overall healthcare management. In the new age pharmacy industry, the candidates need to be accomplished in computational, and management skills in addition to the core technical knowledge. With scientists using more and more new technologies to predict the upcoming health issues, the pharma sector is also moving from being traditional to a highly technology-driven one.