The Pharmacy Council of India is a statutory body constituted under the Pharmacy Act 1948, a Central Act passed by Parliament to regulate the profession and practice of Pharmacy in the country. NIPER constituted under the Act of Parliament. is also a_ statutory body The Pharmacy Council of India has that Universities/institutions are offering PG noted with concern several prgrammes in Pharmacy (M. Pharm) without having necessary infrastructure and qualified faculty. The pass outs from such universities/institutions are faculty pharmacy institutions to teach D.Pharm/B.Pharm/M.Pharm/Pharm.D. students. appointed as teaching in NIPER has best infrastructure and very | qualified faculty, so the students graduating from NIPER are very well qualified to take up appointment as teaching in faculty pharmacy | institutions. | | B the and of Education 1991 Pharm.D. Regulations 2008 framed under section 10 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 provide for appointment of Teaching Staff with ‘Appendix Regulations This institutions offering D.Pharm/B.Pharm/ clause is only meant for Pharm.D which are basic degrees meant for registration as a pharmacist. recognized qualification and experience for the purposes of teaching the students enrolled to pharmacy programmes by the institutions desiring approval under section 12 of the Pharmacy Act. To avoid dilution of educational | This resolution of PCI is not tenable as | standards, the council has resolved that in all institutions which are the term qualified cannot be to | those with qualification from institutesapproved by the PCI u/s 12 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948, appointment of teaching faculty shall be done only with & pharmacy who have qualified from the graduates postgraduates in institutions approved under section 12 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948. Section 12 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948. appoint under Hence it is brought to the attention of B. Pharm graduates to be aware of the above decision of the council while making their decision to pursue M. Pharm programmes. PCI has not mandate to interfere in M.Pharm programmes, because it is not the basic degree for registration of | a pharmacist. | The institutions are also advised to appoint teaching faculty only with graduate & Post graduate qualifications in pharmacy who have qualified from the PCI consideration of approval under section 12 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948. approved institutions for PCI had gone out of its power to issue hold students coming from institution like NIPER, established by GO! under Act of Parliament, is becoming teachers in | this advisory. This even will Pharmacy Colleges. In nutshell, the PCI is advised to withdraw the circular immediately.