Pharmacy is the health care profession that links the health sciences with chemical sciences, business administration, engineering and technology. It is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of Pharmaceuticals. The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing medications, and it also include more modern services related to health care, including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy and providing drug information. Pharmacist, therefore are the experts on drug therapy and are the primary health care professionals who optimize medication use of the patients in order to provide the positive health outcomes and ensure the best healthcare aspects. Many pharmacists are also small business owners owning the pharmacy in which they practice.
Pharma sector is fast growing nowadays. Jobs in the pharmaceutical industry range from those in sales and marketing to high-end specialist R&D jobs. They also have career option in Teaching, Hospital or Community Pharmacy, Drug Designing, Medical Coding, Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance, Drug Safety Associates, Regulatory affairs, Engineering & Technology. Depending on the extent of study and the area of specialization (Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics and hospital pharmacy, Quality assurance and Pharmaceutical technology) pharmacy post graduates can opt their area of research. Research opening are also growing in India. But those with doctoral and post doctoral qualifications find challenging avenues in R&D labs abroad.
Ezhuthachan College of pharmaceutical sciences has an active Placement Cell which looks into the placement for its students in various pharmaceutical sectors. The major objective of campus placement is to identify the talented and qualified professionals before they complete their education. The college offers campus placement for its final D.Pharm, B.Pharm, M.Pharm & Pharm.D students. The college Placement Cell assist students develop/clarify their academic and career interests. The cell assists, development of graduates and post- graduates with balanced set of technical skills, interpersonal skills personality development and with a positive attitude to life. It acts as a link between students, alumni and the employment community. It generates awareness in the students regarding future career options available to them and updating of career options. The cell also intimates the notifications for pharmacist jobs given by different government and non government organizations to their students. We obtained Mou’s with some of the leading companies and institution for this purpose..
ECPS graduates have been placed in reputed pharmaceutical sector worldwide and not they have made a mark but also created a niche for themselves.
Number of Recruitment Conducted |
Number of Students Appeared |
Number of Students Placed |
Academic Year |
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3 |
34 |
14 |
2017-2018 |
4 |
43 |
17 |
2018-2019 |
1. Prof (Dr). Shaiju S Dharan
2. Mr. Bravin D Emmanuel
3. Mrs.Namitha K N