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Introduction: Technology and Technology management are
the order of the day. The emergence of India as a
superpower in the coming years would depend on the
growth of knowledge and technology based ventures.
Government of India is giving more emphasis for funding
of higher education and plans are on anvil for starting
30 central universities apart from eight new IITs, seven
new IIMs and two schools of Planning and Architecture in
the country (Hindustan Times, 2007). Knowledge based
expansion of the job market remains focused on areas
like IT, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Engineering and
Pharmacy. These areas of knowledge domain have unlimited
possibility of creating job avenues. Due to more
emphasis on healthcare segment by every nation of the
world, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals are going to be the first
priority. The growth of Pharmaceutical sector in India
is a rosy 9% (Chronicle Pharmabiz, Dec. 2007). The
increased budgetary allocations for more R&D activities
for discovery of novel drugs and intermediates by every
Pharmaceutical corporation are a reality (Express Pharma
Pulse, Jan. 2008).
Prior to independence there were very few Pharmacy
institutions in the country and areas of study in the
subject were limited. Despite serious handicap of means
and resources, the country has built up during the last
50 years a very large system of Pharmacy Education and
today has created a vast body of men and women equipped
with a higher order of technological capabilities in
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Important Events for the Development of
Pharmaceutical Education in India
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1842 first recognized Pharmacy course in India
Escola Medico de Goa (Certificate course)
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1860 Madras Medical College (Certificate course in
Pharmacy)
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1860 1920 Certificate courses in Pharmacy at Medical
Colleges of Vishakhapatnam, Kolkata, Cuttack, Dhaka,
Allahabad, Banaras, Lucknow, Meerut, Mumbai and
Nagpur.
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1930 The Drugs enquiry committee under the
Chairmanship of Lt. Col. Dr. Ramnath Chopra a great
leap for the profession of Pharmacy in India.
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