Healthcare is a steadily fast growing service sector. The Indian healthcare market is currently estimated at US$35 billion and is expected to reach over US$75 billion by 2012 and US$150 billion by 2017. According to the Investment Commission of India the healthcare sector has experienced phenomenal growth of 12 percent per annum in the last 4 years. Rising income levels and a growing elderly population are all factors that are driving this growth. In addition, changing demographics, disease profiles and the shift from chronic to lifestyle diseases in the country has led to increased spending on healthcare delivery. Despite having centers of excellence in healthcare delivery, these facilities are limited and are inadequate in meeting the current healthcare demands. India faces a shortage of doctors, nurses and paramedics that are needed to propel the growing healthcare industry. India alone will need over a million healthcare management professionals by 2012. Healthcare operations call for specialization, team work and time bound operations in a multi-tasking environment. Thus there is a demand for executives and managers, to bring in professionalism in Healthcare delivery. This MBA program from CREMA addresses these needs. The MBA in Healthcare Management is being offered by CREMA in collaboration with Dibrugarh University which is a UGC approved and NAAC accredited state university. The aim of the program is to provide comprehensive business education in Health Sector imparting contemporary relevant knowledge, develop necessary skills and inculcate the attitudes for leadership.

Duration:
Full time, 2 years

Eligibility:
Graduate or Postgraduate in Life Sciences / Microbiology / Biotechnology / Pharmacy / Medicine / Nursing / Physiotherapy / Paramedics/Lab Technician / Dentistry / Homeopathy / Ayurvedic and Veterinary Science.

Graduate or Postgraduate in B.Com/B.A/B.B.A and other Non Science related candidates with 2 yrs of experience in Healthcare Industry.

Broad outline of the syllabus covered across the 4 semesters

Semester I

• Principals and Practices of Public & Community Health

• Healthcare Management

• Healthcare Management in different set-ups

• Management Paper I

Semester II

• Community Health – I

• Community Health – II

• Social and Behavioral aspects of Healthcare of Communities

• Management Paper II

Semester III

• Management Paper III

• Management Paper IV (any one of the 3 below)

    1. Business Management

    2. Entrepreneurship

    3. Marketing and Allied

• Project Work

• Viva voce

Semester IV

• Strategic Management in Healthcare

• Social acceptance of Healthcare; Recent Advances

• Viva voce

• Presentation