Pharm.D is a PG qualification and passed out students can directly register for Ph.D.

 PCI informed all the universities that pharm.d is a PG qualification.
 Clarification on Pharm.D qualification was considered by the 88th /CC in its meeting held in August, 2011 & decided to forward a clarification to all universities that Pharm.D is a PG qualification and passed out students can directly register for Ph.D.

Source:www.pci.nic.in