Vacancies :Drug Inspectors

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NORMAL CLOSING DATE: 16.09.2010

(Vacancy No.10081604128) Eighty-one Drugs Inspector in the Central Drugs Standards Control Organization, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of Health and Family Welfare.

Out of eighty-one posts, twelve posts(one permanent and eleven temporary) are reserved for SC candidates, six posts(temporary) are reserved for ST candidates & twenty-one posts(one permanent and twenty temporary) are reserved for OBC candidates. Qualifications : Essential : A. Educational : Degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences or Medicine with specialization in Clinical Pharmacology or Microbiology from a recognized University or equivalent. B. Experience : a) Eighteen months’ experience in the manufacture of at least one of the substances specified in Schedule ‘C’ to the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945; OR b) Eighteen months’ experience in testing of at least one of the substances specified in Schedule ‘C’ to the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, 1945 in a laboratory approved for this purpose by the licensing authority ; OR c) Three years’ experience in the inspection of firms manufacturing any of the substances specified in scheduled ‘C’ to the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, 1945 during the tenure of their services as Drugs Inspector. Duties : Duties and functions specified in Rules 51 and 52 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 include inspection of all licensed drugs manufacturing establishments, the plant and the process of manufacture, the means employed for standardizing and testing the drug, the methods and place of storage, the technical qualifications of the staff etc. which are likely to affect the potency or purity of the product, taking samples of drugs from premises of manufacturer / dealers for test or analysis, investigation of cases of spurious drugs and related complaints and launching of prosecutions for breaches of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules. HQ : Central Drugs Standard Control Organizations(CDSCO) Headquarters, Zonal / Sub- Zonal / Port Offices etc anywhere in India

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