The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has warned Assam’s Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (SSUHS) of legal action for “illegally” announcing an Exit Exam for students who completed the D.Pharm program in the 2021-2023 academic session

An exit examination is a test that students must pass to receive a diploma and graduate from school.

The PCI bolsters its claim by citing a landmark Supreme Court judgment (Pharmacy Council of India v. Dr. SK Toshniwal Educational Trusts).

This judgment established the supremacy of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 in regulating pharmacy education and the pharmacy profession. This effectively places the control of Exit Exams under the PCI’s purview.