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Thursday, 10 July 2025

CBI raids PCI President Montu Patel in bribery probe


🔎 On July 3, 2025, the CBI raided the Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar homes of PCI President Montu Kumar Patel over alleged bribery and college approval irregularities . 

💸 An FIR alleges Dr. Patel accepted bribes to approve underqualified pharmacy colleges and bypass proper inspections . 

📺 Physical inspections were scrapped in favor of quick 8‑minute online audits in 2023–24, paving the way for potential corruption .

 🏫 Investigators found “phantom colleges” in UP, MP, Gujarat & Rajasthan approved despite dilapidated infrastructure .

 🕴️ A senior CBI officer noted that “college recognitions were being sold for money under Patel’s tenure” . 

🤐 The probe uncovered fake records, back‑dated approvals, GPSC portal manipulation, and electoral sway tactics . 🧠 The investigation follows a Supreme Court critique in May over PCI’s “arbitrary” decisions—spotlighting deep governance issues . 

🧾 The CBI will likely expand the probe to cover key states like Maharashtra, targeting systemic faults . 

⚠️ Dr. Patel, elected in April 2022, hasn’t been arrested yet; however, the evidence seized is described as “substantial” . 🏛️ With accreditation credibility at stake, experts now call for a full overhaul of PCI’s college recognition and inspection system . 

What’s your thoughts on this?

Sources : Harsh Y

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Mohalla Clinic , Mohalla Pharmacy , Mohalla Mediclinics, Mohalla Pharmaclinics

A Mohalla Clinic is a primary health center in India that offers free essential health services to the community: (Mohalla Mediclinics)
  • Services: Free consultations, diagnostics, and medicines
  • Location: Located within a kilometer of the patient's home 
  • Purpose: To reduce the financial burden on low-income households by providing free healthcare and saving travel costs 
  • Name: The word mohalla in Hindi means "neighborhood" or "community"
How about a Mohalla Pharmacy? (Mohalla Pharmaclinics)


Monday, 7 July 2025

Monopoly-is this the motto behind delayed subject addition issue?

Who are the stakeholders for pharmD(PB)? Who will protect our rights ?who will see our benefits are taken care of instead of thinking about others/PharmD , let us think about ourselves /PharmD(PB).Once you are happy then only you are able to keep others happy isnt it?one official association should be made there concerning the benefits of PharmD(PB) and for the protection of rights of pharmd(PB) students, who will take care of any issues related with PharmD(PB).whats ur say?Any talk related with the betterment of pharmD(PB) students should be encouraged here.Friends,my opinions are entirely my own and I can recommend them. I agree with you on some of the points u made here on this post, but my issue is that there should be some uniformity through out the country regarding the syllabus of a PharmD/PharmD(PB) curriculum.thats all i have to say.When I paid an amount as fees in my college to get some degree and study a curriculum, i just want to make it sure that i get the best out of it. My concern is only that the fundamental, basic ,core subjects like pathophysiology, hospital Pharmacy and community pharmacy must get added in the PharmD(PB) syllabus,this year before i pass out. I am not blaming entirely to organizations like PCI and universities for this.When I took admission in PharmD(PB), I was ignorant about this syllabus issue, but now today when i came to know about this, i want to rectify it and make other pharmD(PB) students like me ,aware about the same. However I guess some blame also goes to the abovesaid parent organizations, as when they are launching and approving a course, they should ensure that all is well, because i expect an organization's vision should be much broader than an individual's.It seems as if the Pharm- D (PB) syllabus has been structured by some beheaded ghost. However as they say you are responsible for your own life. I am not against PharmD regular, I wish them all the best and all the luck. But I am worried about myself and PharmD(PB) syllabus . There is nothing wrong in it!!!Now a days when it snows or rains, 5% of people go outside and play and enjoy it ; while 95% make a Facebook status about it.
Purpose is get aware and do something about the issue, just dont sit there doing nothing.
On pharmaceutical events and on Facebook also I see students worrried and talking about trival issues like putting prefix " Dr" infront of their name in internship or after getting degree.
all tactics to mislead students from real issue. It doesnt matter whether they write PharmD or doctor of pharmacy in degree, ultimately you remain a pharmacist.
My opinion:The real issue is they dont want to add the mentioned subjects in other universities except in deemed universities like JSS and Manipal, who dont depend on others to add any subjects in their syllabus. Thats why their fees is exceptionally high in comparison to other universities and colleges . For pharmD(PB) 3 yrs course ,they ask 9 lakhs as fees. And Dr B.Suresh who is South Indian himself, had his whole schooling, gradution and postgraduation in Mysore,South India, is also Principal of the JSS college as well as Chairman of JSS univ,who also happens to be the PCI president.They want to create monopoly and enjoy the exclusive status of colleges/universities with advantages of having additional subjects. The more delay it gets for years,the more these exclusive universities enjoy this benefit.Quote:You can tell monopoly is an old game because there is a luxary tax and super rich people can go to jail.Quote : Power corrupts, absolute power absolutely.

Or 

Office and functionaries are not matching in performance with Dr B Suresh's vision and dynamism. 


Friday, 4 July 2025

A different POV : Pharmacists have failed to impress professionally and leave professional footprints in Healthcare Sector

A different POV : Pharmacists have failed to impress professionally and leave professional footprints in Healthcare Sector . Therefore requirement of a new course like Pharm D / Pharma D (PB), which will produce professionals called Pharmacist and Pharmacotherapist. 

Is it true ? Really!!! 

Saturday, 17 May 2025

Now PharmD(PB) course is unavailable in Indian Government Colleges. While Pharm. D was approved for the 2022-2023 academic session with 30 admissions, the closure of the PB program was finalized for the following year.

Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate) was unavailable in India's government colleges as of the 2021-2022 academic year. This decision was made to close the Pharm. D (PB) program starting from the 2021-2022 session, subject to the examining authority submitting a disaffiliation letter. While Pharm. D was approved for the 2022-2023 academic session with 30 admissions, the closure of the PB program was finalized for the following year. 


The main reason why Pharm. D (Post Baccalaureate) courses are often unavailable in government colleges is due to regulations and funding constraints, particularly regarding the need for extensive hospital infrastructure and faculty. Privately run colleges are often better positioned to meet these requirements due to potentially higher funding and flexibility in resource allocation.

Saturday, 3 May 2025

Will Pharm-D course bringup such Pharmacovigilance Centers and Pharmaclinic Setups where FDI will be huge ?

Will Pharm-D course bringup such Pharmacovigilance Centers and Pharmaclinic Setups where FDI ( Foreign Direct Investment) will be huge ? 


Really ??? ... Not Confirmed...!!!