The Pharm.D program in India was introduced in 2008 by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) under the legal framework of Pharm.D Regulation 2008. It is an Pre-PhD post graduate doctoral program. Pharm.D is different in its course content from the undergraduate B.Pharm and the postgraduate M.Pharm course. The conventional B.Pharm was an all-embracing course with footprints in the industry, teaching, research and community pharmacy. However, it was more leaning towards pharmaceutical industry than clinical practice. This gap was meant to be fulfilled by the Pharm.D programme. The idea was to educate and train pharmacy students in India to meet the shortage of pharmacists in Indian hospitals and to match the entry-level Pharm.D curriculum in the United States. Also the major goal of introducing the Pharm.D program was to put the pharmacy education in heights and to provide better services to the citizens on health needs. In our article we tried to shed some light on the current scenario of Pharm.D programme in India and its pros and cons as well as its comparison with Pharm.D programme of other countries.
