The Indian Hospital Pharmacist Association (IHPA)

The Indian Hospital Pharmacist Association (IHPA) is the national professional body of Hospital Pharmacists engaged in Practice of Pharmacy. The IHPA is committed to provide a professional forum for Hospital Pharmacists for securing them their rightful place in the healthcare system and profession of pharmacy, promote and develop the Practice of Pharmacy, upgrade the knowledge and skills of Hospital Pharmacist, promote professional scientific knowledge by publishing Journals, News Letters and through Mass Information Technology, promote dignity and ethical practices in the profession, strive for achieving the status and recognition in society, and to foster mutually beneficial relationship with other professional bodies. The Indian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy is official Bi-monthly publication of IHPA which was started in May 1964 with founder editor Dr. B.D. Miglani who served in this capacity for further decades up to 2007. Since 2008, the journal is edited and published by Dr. N. Udupa under the patronage of Manipal Academy of Higher Education on behalf of IHPA, New Delhi.