Hello aspirant,

I hope that you are doing absolutely great.

With reference to your above mentioned query, I would like to tell you that you can obviously do and pursue the D.pharm course by giving a drop to your first year Engineering college and by giving the KCET examination.

Pharmacists ( Chemists or druggists): Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use. They are licensed to prepare and dispense medications, involved in patient care, counsel patients, and monitor outcomes according to a prescription from a licensed health professional.

The eligibility criteria for doing D.Pharmacy is as follows :

• Candidates must have passed 10+2 from a recognised board.
• Candidates must have Physics , Biology and Chemistry as their compulsory subjects.
• An aggregate of a minimum of 55 % is required.

further, to know more details about D. Pharmacy course , you can follow the below link ;

https://www.careers360.com/courses/pharmacy-course

further, for more information about the top colleges in D. pharmacy, you can visit the following link :

https://pharmacy.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-diploma-pharmacy-colleges-in-india

I hope that this will help

Hello Tasneem,

Diploma in Pharmacy, commonly known as D.Pharma is a two year course to open your own chemist shop or to take a lateral entry in second year of Bachelor of Pharmacy. Students can enroll in the course after successfully completing their 12th boards in science stream with physics, chemistry and either biology or mathematics as subjects. After obtaining the diploma, registration with the pharmacy council is required to be a registered pharmacist. A person having diploma in pharmacy can be employed as a registered pharmacist in a hospital or pharmacy dispensing drugs and pharmaceuticals.

Yes, you can absolutely apply for d.pharma through KCET after backing out from your first year of engineering. But this time, choose the course after giving it a deep thought as to what interests you, what are your career aspirations etc and then choose the course accordingly.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thank you!