13,June 2020
Good Career option after B.Pharm and D.Pharm
Now a day’s Pharmacy courses like B.Pharm and D.Pharm are one of the best options for science students. Career, scope and Job opportunities in the field of Pharmacy are numerous and unlimited.
Pharmacy courses like B.Pharm and D.Pharm help in getting good job opportunities with decent salary. Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) and Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm) are good option that can help you secure a career. These courses educate the students regarding the correct use of medicines and provide knowledge how to council the patients. There are lots of national and multinational pharmaceutical companies in India therefore the future in the field of Pharmacy is bright and shining.
Due the epidemic Corona or Covid -19 viral infection there is a huge demand of Pharmacists everywhere in the world. Pharmacist not only dispense the medicine to patients but also council the patients for right administration of medicines. Various jobs are available for pharmacists in private organizations as well as government sector.
After completing D.Pharm or B.Pharm one can easily find jobs in various different areas like Government departments, Pharmaceutical companies, Private and Government Hospitals, Colleges, Institutes, Universities etc. Pharmacists can work in hospitals, clinics, community pharmacies, sales and marketing and regulatory agencies. Pharmacist can also work in retail stores.
Various job profiles of pharmacy graduate
Hospital Pharmacist, Dispensary Pharmacist, Dispensary Manager, Pharmacy Assistant, Consultant Pharmacist, and Community Pharmacist, Medicines safety Manager, Clinical Pharmacist or Senior Clinical Pharmacist. B.Pharm or D.Pharm candidates can also start their own business and can open their own chemist shop and even sell medicines as per doctor’s prescription after getting their pharmacist license from State Pharmacy Council. Ambitious persons can set up their own Pharmaceutical Company and market medicines under their own brand name. Some of the other career prospects and job opportunities for pharmacy candidates in India are Drug Inspector, Health Inspector, Hospital Drug Coordinators, Biotechnology Industries, and Drug Therapist, Making prescription to the patients, Pathological and other laboratories.
Like other different undergraduate or bachelor courses, doors are always open for pursuing Higher Education for B.Pharm and D.Pharm students, apart from career paths. The other future prospects for B.Pharm students include higher education such as MBA, M.PHARM, PHARM.D or other programs also. There may be other options like B.Ed and Law (LLB), which can be pursued by candidates as per his/her interest. The combination of B.Pharm along with one of the programmers mentioned above will allow candidates to pursue a career path in Pharmaceutical Law. B.Pharm with MBA will help you move up the ladder and offer further opportunities like Production Manager, Area Manager, and Medical Representative Etc. Students also get the chance of pursuing higher education from International Medical Institutions. By scoring well in GRE, TOFEL, IELTS exam they can pursue Master of Science (M.S) in Pharmacy, MBA and other pharmacy related courses from Canada, UK, US, Australia etc.
Some of the interesting and famous career options for Pharmacy candidate are -Pharmacist, Drug Inspector, Quality control, Production, Pharmaceutical marketing, Self-Employment, Medical Underwriting, Clinical Research, Drug Regulatory Affairs and Academics.
Pharmaceutical Industries are one of the big recruiters for B.Pharm and D.Pharm candidates. Due to the increasing demand of medicines all over the world, the Pharmaceutical industries are also growing and developing very rapidly to supply the growing demand of the drugs by manufacturing drugs for medicinal purposes. These Pharmaceutical industries recruit B.Pharm and D.Pharm candidates in different positions/departments in their industry.
Lloyd Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida a leading institute promoting international quality standards for technical education in India. The institute is affiliated to AKTU Lucknow and approved by AICTE and PCI New Delhi. If we talk about Career, Scope, Job opportunities and Placement, lots of credit goes to Lloyd for organizing such a mega event called Lloyd Job Fest since so many years for the benefit of students of Lloyd but also for the students of other colleges/Institutes from different region of India. In this mega event various pharmaceutical companies and the companies from other sectors also, participated and recruit B.Pharm and D.Pharm candidates in different positions in different departments. Every year so many students benefited from this annual Mega Job Fest of Lloyd and find their placement in various Pharmaceutical industries.Various recruiters who participated in Lloyd Job Fest-2019 areGlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Cipla,Intas, Mankind, Alembic, Akums, Unichem,Arbro, Alkem, Raptakos, Brett and Co. Ltd, Apollo Pharmacy, Hetero, Aimil, Systopic, Turacoz, 10 Times, Blue Ocean, Knoll, Florencia Healthcare, Mascot Health series Pvt Ltd., Belco Pharma, Ridley, Spectrum Talent Management, Myndtree, Vissco, Aditya Birla Capital, Investors Clinic, ORN Remedies Pvt Ltd., NutriLife, Zuche Pharmaceuticals and more.
Author
Dr. Khursheed Alam
(Professor)