PRACTICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME IN INDIA

Pharmaceutical Quality Improvement Programme (Pharmacy) was started by AICTE in the year 1999 with a view to uplift the qualifications and skills of teachers of pharmacy colleges across the country. The QIP consists of two types: Upgradation of qualification of teachers from D.Pharm to B.Pharm and/or B. Pharm to M.Pharm/PhD (Pharmacy) and the second is short term programme i.e:1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks. The teacher of various AICTE approved pharmacy colleges were benefited by these programs. Full–time, regular/ permanent faculty members of AICTE approved Pharmacy colleges are only eligible to apply for admission in M.Pharm (candidates should have a first class degree or 60% in aggregate wherever class is not awarded) with minimum of two years teaching experience as a full-time regular / permanent faculty of AICTE approved Degree / Diploma level Pharmacy Institutions and PhD in pharmacy (candidates should have a First Class M.Pharm in the appropriate branch of specialization in Pharmacy from a recognized Institution / University with minimum three-years teaching experience as full-time regular/ permanent faculty of AICTE approved Degree / Diploma level Pharmacy Institutions) . For the uplifting of knowledge and skills of teachers, every centre is required to conduct two courses of one or two week's duration for minimum 30 teachers in a year. Instead of Pharmaceutical QIP; the AICTE /UGC sponsored Faculty Development Program (FDP), Staff Development Program (SDP), convention, seminar, workshop, symposium, conference also organized by various institutes for upgradation of pharmacy education day by day. Some of the reputed names of QIP’s are: 1. University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal 2. Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi 3. Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 4. Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar 5. J.S.S College of Pharmacy Rockland, Ootacamund 6. Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Research Pushp Vihar, M.B Road, New Delhi.