It gives me immense pleasure to share my thoughts on the World Pharmacist Day been observed on 25th September every year. This year being a very important and crucial for the entire Health sector due to the Covid pandemic and I am proud that Pharmacist have emerged as frontline Warriors against Corona. Rightly said by Honble PM Narendra Modiji that India has emerged as the Pharmacy of world and being Pharmacist, we are the custodian of Pharmacy.

I salute every Pharmacist, either working as Hospital, community or industrial Pharmacist inspiring many others to follow them during this Pandemic.

I believe that Indian Pharmacist Association ( IPA ) has been able to provide a platform for every Pharmacist to join hands to overcome many issues that Pharmacy profession faces today.

Through IPA, we are working tirelessly on some major issues like Pharmacy section under Health Ministry, cadre formation with Promotional avenues, entry grade of 4600, inclusion of Pharmacist in CHO posts, age limit in academic and while registration, job opportunity for PharmD, immediate recruitment under Govt and private sectors and job security and better salary in industry and academic field and few more.

At the end I would request you all to come and join Indian Pharmacist Association (IPA) to make it the largest association of Pharmacist in the world from the largest in India at present.

Abhay Kumar

National President, Indian Pharmacist Association (IPA), Delhi,