Campus Talk: Over 32% BPharm seats vacant in Maharashtra despite crackdown on non

As admissions to the Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) programme concluded in Maharashtra, data show that 15,936 of the 48,878 seats available this year remain vacant, an over 32 per cent shortfall, almost identical to the vacancy rate recorded in the 2024–25 academic year.

The pharmacy course has persistently recorded a high vacancy rate for another academic year, despite the corrective measures taken by the state government this year to curb the rapid and haphazard growth of pharmacy colleges.

In the academic year 2023–24, more than 33 per cent of seats remained unfilled, a sharp rise from the little over 12 per cent vacancy recorded in the previous academic year 2022-23.

According to experts, the alarming vacancy levels for a third consecutive year indicate a skewed demand–supply equatio