I don't understand why D. Pharma course is being removed as minimum qualification for registration to practice Pharmacy in India.
They say due to corruption. (Propaganda)
But I have seen corruption and malpractices happening at higher education as well.
1)PhD and PharmD students/interns publishing their names in scientific journals for research articles in which they have not done anything and just paid asked amount to the principal researcher so that their name get added in the research article as co-authors or co-researchers for publishing in scientific journals.
2)illogical sequence of subjects taught at colleges with these newly started courses.
3)Renting of license will continue even on Pharm-D ( doctor of pharmacy) degree.
4)To make minimum qualification for a registered pharmacist to do pharmacy practice in India, Pharm-D degree rather than D.Pharm ie. to replace the state's diploma of pharmacist.
Instead of updating and upgrading the syllabus of D.Pharm, what the policy makers have done is that they have created a new course named Pharm.D/Pharmd(PB) and obvious plan is to make it the minimum qualification for a registered pharmacist to do pharmacy practice in India.
Why create so much confusion, why malign the integrity of Pharmacy field. They could have retained the D.Pharm course and should have made neccessary changes in the syllabus and duration of D.Pharm, so that the minimum qualification for a registered pharmacist to do pharmacy practice in India remain D.Pharm and no need to replace the state's diploma of pharmacist.
Just imagine if M.B.B.S course is replaced by some other course which is made minimum qualification for a registered physician to do medical practice in India.
And then they call themselves Pharma Expert or Drug Expert. What a pity situation ?
