ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the necessity of medical education and medical services in the context of public health domain in British India which conjointly lead to the development of pharmaceutical companies. In 1937, the Central Advisory Board of Health was set up with the Public Health Commissioner as Secretary to coordinate the public health situation in this country. The beginning of pharmaceutical education in British India started at the Madras Medical College in the year 1860. There was a general awareness for higher level of pharmaceutical education at Calcutta. The importance of developing pharmaceutical education and its industrial value was stressed through several comments and editorials published during 1920–1921. The chapter addresses the issues of women’s medical education and various cases of aspirant women practitioners to understand the challenges faced by women in colonial India. After the colonial invasion of the subcontinent, various attempts were made to improve systematic medical education in India on Western lines.
