A candidate who has passed M.Pharm degree examination of R GUHS with 1st class or M.Pharm examination of any other recognized Indian University with 1st class established by law in India or any other degree courses in pharmacy recognized as equivalent by RGUHS University or Pharmacy Council of India(PCI) and/or All India Council of Technical Education (A I.C.T.E,) for this purpose and who has secured not less than 50% of the maximum marks (aggregate of four years) prescribed for the qualifying examination shall be eligible for admission to the PhD course. 
