Association of Community Pharmacists of India

Association of Community Pharmacist of India (ACPI) is a non profit professional organization started with an aim to provide patient safety by Pharmaceutical care. The Membership consists of pharmacists, pharmacy students, Nurses, Nursing student and patient groups in academic and non-academic settings. Association of Community Pharmacists of India (ACPI) in Manipal believes it is the call to all like-minded pharmacists of this country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to educate patients when they actually need education and information. It is the responsibility of pharmacy profession to establish norms and standards of pharmacy practice and to provide with appropriate knowledge to the patients, so that they become intelligent users of drugs.

Main activities

The objects for which the ACPI is established are:

• To elevate and establish a standard of competence for community pharmacy,
• To serve as a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences, and collection and dissemination of information in general community pharmacy,
• To organize conferences, seminars, meetings and discussions for the promotion and furtherance of the aims and objects of the ACPI, and
• To confer Fellowships in community pharmacy on those who have done or are doing noteworthy service in the field of community pharmacy.