Job Openings for Pharmacy Professionals (239 Posts) at Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is an Autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. IPC is created to set standards of drugs in the country. Its basic function is to update regularly the standards of drugs commonly required for treatment of diseases prevailing in this region. It publishes official documents for improving Quality of Medicines by way of adding new and updating existing monographs in the form of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP). It further promotes rational use of generic medicines by publishing National Formulary of India. IP prescribes standards for identity, purity and strength of drugs essentially required from health care perspective of human beings and animals. IPC also provides IP Reference Substances (IPRS) which act as a finger print for identification of an article under test and its purity as prescribed in IP.

Applications are invited for the following vacant posts purely on contract basis at Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an Autonomous organization under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Ghaziabad, through Manpower Resource Outsourcing Services Providing Agency.

Techinical Assistant (Jr. Pharmacopoeial Associate)
No. of Posts : 15
Salary : 26,250.00
Qualification : Master’s degree in Pharmacy/ Chemistry/ Bio-Chemistry/ Microbiology or equivalent. Good knowledge of computers.

Techinical Assistant (Jr. Pharmacovigilance Associate)
No. of Posts : 145
Salary : 26,250.00
Qualification : Master degree in Pharmacy/ Clinical Pharmacology/ Pharmacy Practice/ Clinical Research. OR Pharm. D/ MBBS/BDS from a recognised University/Institute.
Desirable Experience: One year experience in Pharmacovigilance and Good knowledge of computers.

Technical Assistant/Project Coordinator / (Jr. Materiovigilance Associate)
No. of Posts : 7
Salary : 26,250.00
Qualification : Graduation in Biomedical Engineering/ Clinical Engineering OR Master’s in Pharmacy. Good knowledge of computers

Associate (Pharmacopoeial Associate)
No. of Posts : 15
Salary : 32,000.00
Qualification : Master’s degree in Pharmacy/ Chemistry/ Bio-Chemistry/ Microbiology or equivalent. Good knowledge of computers.

Associate (Pharmacovigilance Associate)
No. of Posts : 40
Salary : 32,000.00
Qualification : Master degree in Pharmacy/ Clinical Pharmacology/ Pharmacy Practice /Clinical Research. OR Pharm. D/ MBBS/ BDS from a recognised University/Institute. Good knowledge of computers Experience – Minimum 3 years experience in Pharmacovigilance/ Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Research Scientist (Sr Pharmacopoeial Associate)
No. of Posts : 14
Salary : 40,000.00
Qualification : Master’s degree in Pharmacy/ Chemistry/ Bio-Chemistry/ Microbiology or equivalent. Good knowledge of computers. Experience – Minimum 5 Years experience in drug testing and analysis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)/Drug formulations, handling of modern analytical instruments, Pharmaceutical Research/ Pharmaceutical Microbiology.

Period of engagement:
The tenure of contract will be for period of ten months. However, in case the work and conduct of the staff is not found to be satisfactory during the contract tenure, the services may be terminated at any time without assigning any reason thereof.

General Instructions:
The competent authority reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of vacancies and reject/select/cancellation of all applications received without assigning any reason.
1. No TA/DA shall be paid for attending the interview. It is not obligatory on the part of IPC or Manpower Outsourcing Service Agency to call for interview every candidate who possesses the essential qualification. Preference may be given to the candidates who have desirable experience.
2. Experience may be relaxed at discretion of the Competent Authority
3. Interested candidates should submit their application online through Google Form with the following link available on IPC website ipc.gov.in. No other mode of submission of application form will be accepted. The last date for submitting the application form is 5th October 2020 (05:30 P.M).