Recognition of 34 pharmacy colleges of Jharkhand cancelled, is your college also in this danger zone?

News India Live, Digital Desk: Nowadays, every middle class family dreams that their child should go into the medical field, and D.Pharma (Diploma in Pharmacy) is considered an easy and popular path for this. But such a news has come from Jharkhand which has given sleepless nights to thousands of students and parents who are studying in these colleges or were thinking of taking admission this year.

Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) after its latest investigation of Jharkhand 34 pharmacy colleges A tough decision has been taken to cancel the recognition or affiliation of. This decision has not been taken overnight, rather the negligence of the college operators has been a major reason behind it.

Why was the recognition cancelled?
PCI is a central body that sets standards for pharmacy colleges across the country. The rules say that the college should have adequate labs, there should be experienced professors to teach the students and the building should be such that studies can be conducted in a safe environment. But the standards were being openly ignored in these 34 colleges of Jharkhand. In many colleges, faculty (teachers) were present on paper but not in the college, and even necessary medicines and equipment were not found in the lab. When these colleges did not improve their standards even after several warnings, PCI took this big step.

Now what will happen to those students?
This is the biggest and scariest question. This situation has become very difficult for the students who have already taken admission there. Without PCI recognition, no student will be able to get themselves ‘registered’ to work as a pharmacist in the government or private sector after completing their degree or diploma. Meaning, without recognition, education will remain just a piece of paper.

What should students and parents do?
If you this year i.e. 2026 If you are planning to take admission in any private pharmacy college of Jharkhand in this session, then wait! Before taking admission, definitely ask for their approval certificate from the college. Furthermore, directly PCI official website Go to and see whether the name of that college is ‘Approved’ in the current list or not.