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how to become a drug inspector after b pharmacy


nikhil 24th Aug, 2017
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Sonia Vats 11th Mar, 2020

Hi Prateek,

Drug Inspector job is a profitable profile for candidates who have completed their Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy. The minimum years of experience required for this are 3 years in the manufacturing field. Detailed qualification requirements and selection procedure is mentioned below.

Required eligibility

  • Must be an Indian citizen
  • A minimum of 18 months of experience in the manufacturing field.
  • Must be in the age of between 21 years and 35 years. Relaxation of 5 years has been given to the reserved category.

Selection procedure

  • Candidates who are interested must appear in the Entrance Tests conducted by a variety of state governments and separate Pharmacy institutes for providing admission to B.Pharm or D.Pharm courses. The questions in these exam come from topic of English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology.
  • After completing this 4 years degree course, applicants can choose the M.Pharmacy course. One has to take the entrance exam like GPAT to get into an institute for a Master’s in pharmacy to perform specialization in a few of those particular branches of study.
  • After completing two years of M.Pharm course, the candidate is eligible to sit in the entrance exam conducted by UPSC, Staff Selection Commission or different state service selection boards (though eligibility requirement for taking these exams is Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy or related field) to be elected as a Drug Inspector at State Government enterprises.

Hope this helped!

Sai tanawade 17th Dec, 2019

Drug inspector ki study kaise karte hai

None 24th Aug, 2017

Drug Inspector is a lucrative career option for aspirants who have completed their Bachelors degree in Pharmacy. They can get into the post of Drug Inspector based on their performance in written test, viva voce and physical fitness. They should have 3 years experience in the manufacturing field as well. The recruitment to the position of Drug Inspector is conducted by UPSC and also various state PSCs on an annual basis.

Qualification Required

Aspirants should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or its related subjects from any PCI recognized University.

  • One should have a minimum of 18 months experience in the manufacturing field.
  • The age limit of the applicants must be between 21 years and 35 years. Relaxation of 5 years is allowed for reserved category candidates.

Selection Procedure

The first round of selection will be a written test. The next round will be a physical fitness round. Before final selection one should score well in viva voce as well.

The exact pattern and syllabus of the exam will vary as per the authority which conducts the exam.  The written test will comprise of objective type questions. Multiple choices will be given in most of the exams. There may be negative marking for wrong responses. There will be two papers. One paper will be subject oriented and the other will be based on general knowledge and general Science.

All the Best!!

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23rd May, 2019
Pleas suggest 2 best book names for preparation
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4th Apr, 2019
Can Industrial chemical honours students eligible for drugs inspector
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14th Oct, 2018
Good 
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15th Oct, 2019
Thanks for help
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25th Jan, 2020
What do you mean by manufacturing field ?? Is that mean only a manufacturing chemist is eligible wo the drug inspector
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