IIM-C Offers PGCHM in Healthcare Management

Application for PGCHM in Healthcare Management Closes by 16 January 2017 Tentatively

By Malavikka

Updated: Sunday, July 5, 2026, 22:07 [IST]

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) has added a new course Post Graduation Certificate in Healthcare Management (PGCHM) to its list of other courses. According to Professor Uttam Kumar Sarkar, Dean, New Initiatives & External Relations, IIM Calcutta, the programme aims at augmenting the grossly inadequate availability of healthcare management professionals formally trained in fundamentals of management principles and practices necessary to meet the challenges the profession demands.

Key Points Covered in Healthcare Management:

Developing interdisciplinary orientation towards management of healthcare
Delivering customized management education to healthcare professionals
Training the participants in managerial leadership
Familiarizing the participants with innovation and entrepreneurship in Indian healthcare sector
Sensitizing the participants with the macro policy context both global and national.
Inculcating comparative framework specifically in relation to healthcare challenges of a developing counties

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IIM-C Offers PGCHM in Healthcare Management

Who can participate:

Healthcare practitioners and administrators.

When:

10 April 2017 (Tentatively)

Fees

Application Fee Rs. 1500
Programme Fee Rs. 8,00,000 (excluding service tax)

Objectives

Training the participants in managerial leadership
Making them familiar with innovation and entrepreneurship in Indian healthcare sector
Sensitising the participants with the macro policy context both global and national and inculcating comparative framework

Eligibility:

Medical practitioners and administrators with MBBS/BDS/BAMS degree or the equivalent recognised by UGC/AICTE/MCI and students having degrees in pharmacy, biotechnology and life sciences are eligible to apply.
The candidates should have a minimum of two years of experience in the healthcare sector by the start of the programme.