Institute of Pharmacy, Govt. of W.B, Jalpaiguri

The Institute of Pharmacy, Jalpaiguri, is situated in the district of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, India. It is situated in the District Hospital Campus in Jalpaiguri Town. It was previously known as Jackson's Medical College. It was created by the then British Government as an axillary medical institution to grant medical degrees in 1823.It is the first diploma pharmacy college in West Bengal, as it started granting diploma degrees in Pharmacy since 1920. The school was upgraded to a B.Pharm degree granting institution in 2003.The building was originally a medical School named Jackson Medical School (established in 1832). The degree it then granted was abolished by the government of India after introduction of MBBS degree in India. In 1949, the site was renamed the Institute Of Pharmacy. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, then the Chief Minister of West Bengal established the pharmacy school. It is approved by AICTE and PCI.