The programme fulfils specified needs of a middle level administrators in hospital or health care set-ups. This comprehensive programme provides a professional qualification and an insight in to the managerial function for those

serving graduates who wish to take up hospital and health administration as a career. It will also be of immediate benefit to those who are currently engaged in hospital administration at senior level.

Selection Procedure

Those satisfying the eligibility requirements will be selected on the basis of the criteria laid down by the School of Health Sciences, IGNOU. The criteria for selection will be developed taking into account hospital experience, years of service and educational qualification. Selection will be made on Regional Centre/PSC basis. In each Programme Study Centre (PSC) a maximum of 40 students will be admitted. At present PSCs for the programme are at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubneshwar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur, Patna, Pune and Srinagar.

Programme Design

PGDHHM is a multimedia package which includes General Management, Management of Human Resources, Finance, Logistics and Equipment in Hospitals. It also includes Organisation & Management of Hospital Planning, Organisation and Management of all types of services provided in a hospital. Further it includes health system management including epidemiology and biostatistics. Each course is considered as a separate entity by itself, although interrelated when conceptually comprehended as issues of the hospital system.

a)Graduates in any system of medicine recognized by respective councils.

b) Graduates/Post Graduates in Nursing, Pharmacy or any allied health care system/specialty with at least two
years of working experience in hospitals having a minimum of 100 beds.

c) Graduates/Post Graduates in any field with at least five years of experience in supervisory/managerial capacity
in a hospital having a mimimum of 100 beds.

Rs.25,200/- for full programme.