Status

Recognized by the Pharmacy Council of India
Affiliated to Board of Examination Authority Pharmacy, Drugs Control Department, Bangalore, Karnataka.

Intake

60 Seats per year

Selection of Candidates

The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) of the Government of Karnataka shall conduct the centralized counselling for the Diploma course (Pharmacy), and seats are allotted by merit selection which is based on the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET).

Seats sharing and reservation as per Consensual Agreement between Government of Karnataka and Private Pharmacy College Management Association in Karnataka in the matter of regulating admissions and fee structure to the diploma (Pharmacy) course in private professional colleges of Pharmacy.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria regarding age and Qualifying Marks as per Pharmacy Council of India.

Duration of the Course

The duration of the course shall be for two academic years. (Part I and Part II).

Period and other conditions for practical training-

(1) After having appeared in Part-II examination for the Diploma in Pharmacy held by an approved Examining Authority a candidate shall be eligible to undergo practical training in one or more of the following institutions namely:

(i) Hospitals/Dispensaries run by Central /State Governments.
(ii) A pharmacy licensed for retail sale of drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 having the services of registered pharmacists.
(iii) Hospital and Dispensary other than those specified in sub-regulation
(iv) Above for the purpose of giving practical training shall have to be recognized by Pharmacy Council of India on fulfilling the conditions specified in Appendix-C to these regulations.

(2) The institutions referred in sub-regulation

(i) Shall be eligible to impart training subject to the condition that number of student pharmacists that may be taken in any hospital, dispensary or pharmacy licensed under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 made under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, shall not exceed four where there is one registered pharmacist engaged in the work in which the student pharmacist is undergoing practical training, where there is more than one registered pharmacist similarly engaged, the number shall not exceed two for each additional such registered pharmacist.

(3) In the course of practical training, the trainee shall have exposure to -

(i) Working knowledge of keeping of records required by various Legislative Acts concerning the profession of pharmacy and
(ii) Practical experience in activities mentioned in Table III under regulation 6 of these regulations.

(4) The practical training shall be not less than five hundred hours spread over a period of not less than three months provided that not less than two hundred and fifty hours are devoted to actual dispensing of prescriptions.