Updating knowledge is utmost important in achieving professional goals. The same is applicable to young pharmacy teachers of India. There are carrier advancement programmes planned by various government agencies under higher education. The AICTE has started the QIP programme for Pharmacy teachers in the year 1999. Under this program 10 pharmacy institutions were selected to conduct various QIP programmes viz. M.Pharm, Ph.D and short term training for the teachers of AICTE approved Pharmacy Institutions. These QIP centres so far produced 221 M.Pharm and 101 Ph.D teachers under QIP program and also conducted 106 weeks of short term training programmes for teachers. It has been proved that the teachers of pharmacy have already been benefited and developed themselves through QIP programme.
Key words: Quality improvement programme, short term programmes, M.Pharm, Ph.D, achievements