Pharmaceutical Engineer is a professional are the experts who are concerned with the transformation of raw materials into valuable products by the help of chemical, biochemical and/or physical process.
These professional utilize the concept of both Biology and Biochemistry to design, develop and manufacture pharmaceutical drugs working in the tendon with chemists and pharmacists to research and develop active pharmaceutical ingredients and then formulate it into the product that a patient can take to cure his illness.
As this profession of a Pharmaceutical Engineer is directly related to the well being of human beings thus there is great importance and demand for these professions in the various organization related to this field.
Pharmaceutical Engineering Eligibility
1. Educational Qualification
To join Bachelors in Pharmaceutical Engineering the aspiring candidate should be 10+2 class pass or appeared with Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Mathematics as main subjects.
Pharmaceutical Engineer Required Skills
- Prospective Pharmaceutical Engineer must have critical thinking and analytical skills, and an ability to design, maintain and operate highly specialized technology.
- They also required skills like excellent communication and interpersonal skills which are needed to work as part of a team as they have to work with a variety of people like chemical engineers and biomedical engineers.
- They also possess strong organizational skills so as to plan their own and other people's work, and to coordinate resources.
How to become a Pharmaceutical Engineer?
Aspiring candidates have to follow below-given steps to become a Pharmaceutical Engineer.
Step 1
As there are very limited numbers of institute providing an undergraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering like B.Tech/B.E in Pharmaceutical Engineering thus aspirants enter this field with a chemical or industrial engineering degree.
So for taking admission in these courses, the eligible candidates may have to appear in various entrance tests like IIT-JEE, conducted by many technical and other universities and other independent institution like IIT’s, etc.
Candidate gets admission into these colleges for four-year degree programme according to their merit in the entrance examination.
Step 2
After successful completion of the degree course, the budding engineers can join companies working in the same field or go for Master’s degree in the related field or subject. Those interested in research work can opt of PhD in the relevant field.
The more competitive one can go for fellowship in foreign universities and R&D centres.
Some of the institutes providing Pharmaceutical Course are:
Pharmaceutical Engineer Job Description
Pharmaceutical Engineer’s job description includes designing, producing and marketing pharmaceuticals. They are concerned with the transformation of raw material into valuable products by the chemical or physical process.
Pharmaceutical Engineer Job Prospects
With lot more companies taking R & D in recent past the scope for Pharmaceutical Engineer has increased much fold. They can find work in manufacturing units as drug inspectors, drug analysts, pharmacology experts, production managers and quality managers in government departments, research institutes and with pharmaceutical companies.
Most of the multinational pharmaceutical companies like Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Ranbaxy, Cipla, Cadila Pharmaceuticals etc.
Pharmaceutical Engineer can also get employment in food and drinks manufacturing companies as well as cosmetic manufacturing units for quality control and R and D. They have their own research departments and laboratories and they recruit pharmaceutical engineers for carrying out research work and development of drugs.
Government institutes like Central Drug and Research Institute CDRI, Lucknow, National Chemical Laboratory NCL, Pune, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology IICT, Hyderabad, Central Drug Standards Control Organization CDSCO are some of the important employers for Pharmaceutical Engineers. They can also join the government sector as Drug Inspectors in the area of regulatory affairs.
Pharmaceutical Engineer Salary
Pharmaceutical engineer with Bachelor's Degree can get anywhere Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 40,000 per month to start with and can expect as high as Rs. 60,000 to 70,000 per month with their experience in their organization. Whereas in Government sector they are suitably compensated for their fewer wages by other perks and allowances in addition to housing facilities, medical expenses as well as free/concessional air passages for their immediate family members and dependents (as LTC) above all the status attached with the Government sector posts.
