D. Pharmacy Course

Pharmacy is defined as the branch of science that deals with the preparation, doses, dispensing and effects (including safety) of medicines (or medicinal drugs or simply drugs). Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharma) is a two-year academic course streamlined to endow in-depth knowledge of science and technique behind the formulation of pharmacy practice and medicines management. The programme fundamentally provides an overview of the conjecture principles and practices implicated in the science of pharmacy including core subjects like Pharmaceutical Chemistry Pharmacognosy Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics.

The curriculum and syllabi for the programme are as per the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS). In this programme students will gain insights into the chemical and physical properties chemical structure and uses of pharmaceutical formulae. The programme encompasses knowledge about the natural medicines which are obtained from plants, animals, marine and biological sources. In addition, the programme focuses on imparting knowledge about drugs used for different diseases, dosage, absorption, mechanism of action, drug-drug interaction, adverse reaction.

There are a number of career opportunities in government & private sector after completing D. Pharma course. The pharmacists can work in different domains at the start of their career and they are listed below:

• Medical Transcriptionist
• Technical supervisor
• Chemist / Pharmacist
• Quality analyst
• Medical representatives
• Production executive
• Scientific Officer.