ISB to launch healthcare management programme in January

The one-year, part-time programme will commence in January 2016

The Indian School of Business (ISB) will soon launch a healthcare management programme (HMP) to groom doctors and healthcare professionals. This course will train professionals to move into leadership positions in the near future and drive the growth of the sector. 

The one-year, part-time programme, designed and developed by the Max Institute of Healthcare Management and the Centre for Executive Education at the ISB, will commence in January 2016. 

HMP will be delivered in a blended learning format comprising classroom and technology-aided learning that minimises disruption at work and encourages personal pursuits, and will be taught by a combination of ISB faculty and other educational and capacity-building institutions from across the world. It also offers participants an option to bring in a live project from their own organisations or can bid for projects from other organisations.

“There is a serious paucity of well-trained quality healthcare management professionals in India. The impressive increase in investment and capacity of the private healthcare industry in India in the last few years accentuates this shortage,” Analjit Singh, founder, Max India Group and founder-supporter, ISB’s Mohali campus, said in a release on Monday.  

“Further, as we deal with lives and care of our patients, the finesse required in management deserves specialised training. Management, science and art have to all come together. This one-year programme is a step to remove this glaring inadequacy in India’s healthcare set up,” he added. 

HMP has been designed in close collaboration with the healthcare sector, practicing professionals and academia. An academic advisory council, comprising faculty from across the world, provides academic oversight and an industry advisory council that includes senior leaders from organisations like Max Healthcare Global Hospitals, Fortis Healthcare Ltd, Care Hospitals and Narayana Netralaya to bring in the industry perspective, ISB said. 

According to ISB dean Ajit Rangnekar, the healthcare sector in India had reacted to numerous challenges in the sector with some very positive responses, including new delivery models, innovative business practices and investments in niche areas. 

“A major consequence has been the professionalisation of the sector, thus creating a huge demand for management professionals. Consistent with our vision of grooming future leaders for India and the world, ISB’s healthcare management programme will address this need by creating future leaders and visionaries in the healthcare sector,” he said.