World Pharmacist Day was created by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Council at the World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Istanbul, Turkey in 2009. World Pharmacist Day is celebrated on 25 September because on this date FIP came into existence in 1912. The main aim of this day is to encourage the role and activities of the pharmacist in improving health.
The theme of World Pharmacist Day 2020 is "Transforming global health". Pharmacists transforming global health are the focus of World pharmacists Day 2020. On this occasion e-poster making competition was organized at G.H.G Khalsa College of Pharmacy Gurusar Sadhar Ludhiana on 25th September 2020. Students of B. Pharmacy and D. Pharmacy participated in the event.