Q1: How has Health care industry evolved, where is it heading to by 2025? What is ICRI projection?

As reported by various research organizations, the Indian healthcare industry is seen to be growing at a rapid pace and is expected to grow US$280 billion by 2025. The Indian healthcare market was estimated at US$35 billion in 2007 and is expected to reach over US$70 billion by 2012 and US$145 billion by 2017.

As per the Investment Commission of India the healthcare sector has experienced phenomenal growth of 12 per cent per annum in the last 4 years. As per our projection, 6% of GNP of India will be spent on healthcare.

Q2: What are the career opportunities for a Health Care student at entry level?

There are various career opportunities of health care like government health care sector, hospital consultancy firms, hospital planning and quality, IT industries, teaching, lifestyle clinics, health insurance, NGO’s, Health Insurance , Health Informatics etc.

Q3: Please pick top 5 career options in health Care Industry.

Some career options available for students are like Hospital Administrators, Hospital Services Operations Managers, Chief Executive Officer of Health Care Organisations, Health Executives, Hospital Accreditation Experts & Consultants, Hospital Legal System Advisors, Hospital Architecture Planning and Designing Consultants, Hospital Project Consultants, Medical Tourism Executives.

Q4: What are the Emotional and personality skills necessary for Health Care Industry?

Each health career requires different skill sets and personality traits. However, there are a few common attributes which most health care careers require on some level. Some of them are excellent interpersonal and communication skills, some level of technical or mathematics capacity, a strong work ethic apart from a great deal of responsibility and maturity.

One should be person who loves to learn new things with a desire to update information on the development of new technology, advanced procedures, emerging treatments, and even new diseases.

Q5: What are the vocational skills, graduate skills and post graduate skills required for the industry?

A simple Graduate from any background with a minimum of 50% aggregate can enter the industry.

Q6: What is the feedback of ICRI alumni on the prospects home and abroad?

As per our records, majority of students who are yet to complete their course (2008-2010 batches) have already been placed in major hospitals, management consultancy firms and insurance companies. Thus they find this course a valuable career investment.

Q7: There are so many careers a student can choose from. Why Health Care?

India will need over 700,000 Healthcare Management professionals by 2012. Rising income levels and a growing elderly population are all factors that contribute towards the growth in this sector. In addition, changing demographics, disease profiles and the shift from chronic to lifestyle diseases in the country with rising per capita income has led to increased spending on healthcare by community.

India is having centres of healthcare delivery, but the facilities are limited and are inadequate in meeting the current healthcare demands. Many Indian states do not have laboratories for testing drugs; moreover these laboratories are not properly equipped or staffed. This clearly shows the huge gap in the supply to the demand for this sector. Hence this is an Upcoming industry with huge demand for professionals creating unlimited job opportunities and also increasing the growth potential those already serving in various healthcare related establishments.

Q8: Please rate the education and training infrastructure for Health Care industry in the country and with comparison with infrastructure in advanced nations.

The education & training infrastructure is very poor in India. In UK & US even University run such programs. But in India this is not true; and these programs have been introduced by a few institutions like AIIMS.

Q9: Are Indian degrees in Health care recoganized abroad? How do Universities and Health industry react to an Indian student with an Indian Health care degree abroad?
Universities offering the course are recognised but Indian degrees in health care are not recognised.

Q10: What is the outlook for ICRI? How does it differentiate itself?

ICRI Health as pioneer in the field of Health Care Management related education, training, accreditation, research and consultancy will provide value added innovative tailor-made healthcare industry related world class courses which will enhance knowledge, expertise and create employment opportunities of aspiring candidates and executives in India & abroad. It aims to create benchmark of world class standards in healthcare educational services by practicing our philosophy of “always be the best and second to none in the world”. This is envisaged to be achieved by imparting knowledge, hands on experience and inculcating habit of inquisitiveness, academic pursuit and self-discipline apart from compassion and empathy.

Q11: What is the government stance on Health Care industry and how does it impact health care education careers in future?

The government of India has taken several initiatives to attract foreign investments in India. Not only foreign establishments but also entrepreneurs from India can reap the benefits of the growing Indian Market. Also the government has taken commitment for provision of “Health for All” right from peripheral to rural and urban slums through National & Rural Health Mission, which will entail very large human resource capital in health sector.

Q12: Do you see international health care schools setting shop in India? Is there a plan for ICRI to set up premises overseas?

According to Mc Kinsey Report India’s health care industry will reach staggering US$ 190 billion. Healthcare sector is set to change drastically in India in the near future. Many corporate organizations have unfolded their plans to build state-of-art thirty to fifty hospitals each including Super speciality hospitals in metros and second tier cities. Some of them have plans to expand in Middle East and South Asian Countries. India today has number of world class corporate hospitals equipped with the most advanced technology and highly qualified and experienced clinicians.

Thus to gain an understanding of the universal challenges faced by the health care managers and to develop the management traits and essential skills required by a Health Administrator it is important that international healthcare school like Cranfield University, Medical University of South Carolina enter the Indian market.

MHA-Global offers multi-campus options for ICRI students in Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States.

Considered an expert on education and foreign education in India, Shiv Raman Dugal, is a well–known speaker at conferences, university symposia, and corporate programs. Mr. Dugal worked for over 37 years in India and overseas in various management fields, founded several companies and was actively involved in planning and implementing strategies for companies in Management, software, Fashion designing, travel and tourism, aviation, logistics & supply Chain, Clinical Research and Healthcare. He started ICRI when the clinical research education in India was negligible. In the year 2007, under his stewardship ICRI established ICRI Health to provide the same successful formula of education as had been applied in the clinical research sector to Health Operations Management & Medical Tourism. In 2008 ICRI went global by establishing successful organizations like ICRI Global Research a UK-based organisation and a division of ICRI and ICRI Singapore in 2009. Mr. Dugal has been responsible for raising the organisation’s delivery capability to world-class standards. Under his leadership, ICRI has been assessed at global standards of education.

Mr. Dugal is a University topper in B.A (Hons) Economics from Delhi University with an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). Mr. Dugal is also a Fellow of Institute of Professional Sales UK, Advance Management program from Harvard and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing UK.

He is an active member of many Industry Associations and Societies and has served these bodies in various capacities in implementing their programmes.

Source: Frontier India

A State/Central School Board wishes to assess how effective their academic offering in the primary classes is, especially in the context of a new set of learning methodologies they have introduced. Are the students learning? How does their learning compare with that in other schools?

UNIFIED COUNCIL is working towards helping schools, teachers, students and parents get an exact picture of the level of scholastic skills of the students from Classes 2 to 12 in subjects of Maths and Science. This is being achieved through our National Level Science Talent Search Examination (NSTSE) on the basis of extensive curriculum research, student achievement level analysis and definition of skill levels of Indian children across State, CBSE and ICSE boards.

Unified Council, is now announcing the National Science Talent Search Examination-2011. The exam is to be conducted on 30thJanuary, 2011 across the country.
NSTSE-Salient Features

* Exam is conducted by India’s FIRST ISO 9001:2000 organisation in this sector.
* The aim of NSTSE is to make our younger generation fundamentally stronger and more competitive.
* It is a challenging, high quality educational experience to a diverse group of students from class II to XII.
* It aims to provide a broad range of scientific, mathematical and analytical theories in an objective based testing process.
* It provides excellent analysis reports for students and schools.
* Every participating student will receive a FREE Success Series Book, which covers memory techniques, effective learning, methodology, mnemonics, concentration techniques etc.
* Well-known companies like Britannica Encyclopaedia, Brain Mapping Academy and 24x7guru.com are sponsoring prizes worth Rs. 50 lakhs.

As some students would be first time international travelers, they could get a little overawed by the whole experience. Lufthansa helps ease the transfer process by giving students a heads up on what to expect and all the various facilities available to them in transit at Munich Airport.

The first thing to consider in transferring to a connecting flight is the boarding pass for the next flight. Generally, this is issued at the check-in counter in India making the process even simpler. All that is required then at the transfer terminal is to just go over to one of the electronic flight boards and confirm the boarding gate. Just in case the onward boarding pass was not handed over in India, the Lufthansa Transfer desk would be the place to get one.

For passengers travelling to North America and transferring at Munich, the check-in baggage is usually checked through to the port of entry in North America. There is no need to go to baggage claim or check-in the bags again at Munich. Simply walk to the boarding gate well in time.

The Munich International Airport, Germany’s second largest airport after Frankfurt, is a haven for passengers. The airport’s state-of-the-art Terminal II is worth special mention because it is the first joint collaboration in aviation history of an airport authority and an airline – Lufthansa. Munich Airport Authority and Lufthansa have truly made the terminal a traveler’s oasis.

It is no wonder that Munich Airport has been voted as Europe’s best airport at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2010, making this the fifth time since 2005. The airport is rated as one of the fastest and most efficient worldwide. No other major hub can rival its minimum connecting time (MCT) of just 30 minutes. The reason is amply clear as you experience the well organised facility, which makes transferring an easy and enjoyable experience.

With the clear signage and user-friendly layout, passengers find their way quickly and easily:

Screens at every arrival gate display all onward connections relevant to the deboarding passengers. Just follow the arrow on the display and you will catch your connecting flight without a problem aided by moving sidewalks, fast-track passport screening and high-speed baggage sorting facilities ensure that connections run like clockwork.

Additionally, British Airways is offering a range of offers from its partners including: American Express, Matrix and Safari luggage.

The partner offers are worth over Rs. 10,000 and include:

* Special forex rates on American Express Travellers Cheques with a dual time wrist watch on purchase of cheques worth USD 3,500 and above,

* Free call back to India from UK (free 255 minutes worth £89.23) and USA (free 50 minutes of talk time worth $35) on Matrix connections

* A buy one, get one free offer on Safari Upright luggage and 30% off on laptop backpack.

According to industry statistics, about 160,000 students from India go abroad for higher education, every year. The UK, Europe, Canada and USA are popular student destinations and British Airways is extending these offers keeping in mind, student travel needs.

Judy Jarvis, British Airways’ Regional Commercial Manager, South Asia, said: “Our experience shows that students travelling abroad need to take a lot of extra baggage, especially if they are on their maiden trip. But the cost of excess baggage can be a serious problem for them. So, with this offer, we have increased the baggage limit for students and their dependents traveling with them. Clubbed together with a student aimed package from our partners, we hope to help them on their way and off to a flying start with the studies abroad. ”

The offer is valid for students holding a valid student visa to the UK, Europe, USA or Canada only. The outbound travel must be before 15 November 2010. Any dependents accompanying the student can also benefit from the free excess baggage. The offer will also be available for students travelling to the UK for the medical exams (PLAB).

The scholarships were awarded to Kishore Kumar M, Ravi Suman R and Sachin Araballi from RVCE, Dipankar Maity, Debdip Mukherjee and Ananya Das from Jadavpur University and Ankur Dilip Sharma, Nilesh L Rathod and Nikin Jayswal from MS University at a special ceremony held recently.

The first set of scholarships were instituted with RVCE in 2009 and were awarded to Rohith K.V, Pratap T.R. and Jyoti Venkatamana Hegde, who have received extension for their second academic year. The programme is in its first year at MSU and Jadavpur University. The scholarships are renewed annually up to a maximum of five years, based on the academic performance of the students.

“We are very pleased with the progress of this initiative in India and being able to support high potential students,” said Biplab Majumder, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, ABB India. “It is a matter of pride for us to give students an opportunity through such programmes which will help in grooming talented young engineers for the future.”

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of ability, potential and personal means. In addition to their scholarships, successful students are invited to attend regional and international events, hosted by ABB, and are also assigned a local ABB mentor. Students also have the opportunity for paid internships with ABB during vacations and based on their performance and personal wishes, the possibility of employment with ABB at the end of their studies.

The ABB Jürgen Dormann Foundation for Engineering Education, endowed with total funding of 20 million Swiss Francs, was set up to honour the achievements of the former ABB Chairman and CEO who left the company in 2007. The foundation is already supporting students from Brazil, China and India, and the first scholarships in Vietnam are expected to be announced later in the year.

TWB’s unique Online Dual Degree Program in Technical Communication and Business Administration is ideal for graduates who need to give a boost to their careers, while they continue to work or support other commitments. MBA+PGPTC (two year Dual Degree Program) Online is designed to impart knowledge in Technical Writing, Instructional Design, Web 2.0, Usability and Business Communication. MBA (in Information Technology) enables understanding of business concepts and techniques and prepares a manager for Enterprise 2.0. The integration of time-tested business knowledge with technical communication fundamentals is a key pre-requisite for large, multi-location, multi-dimensional organizations.

The course has been designed keeping in mind the growing convergence of information management, communication and business in organizations. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently named Technical Communication as one of the most relevant career choices in fast converging communication driven world. Globally almost two-thirds of all higher education institutions now have some form of online offerings, with the majority of these providing programs that are fully online.

Rakesh Shukla, Managing Director, TWB said, “Technical Communication and Information Management are fast growing areas, however since the discipline is relatively new to the Indian education landscape, increasing student access will allow a diverse set of students and professionals to benefit from the course. We already have very successful model of pedagogic engagement with TWB Online Certification programs and this is a natural step up to meet the expectations of the Technical Communication academic and student fraternity.”

“We also realize that growth in continuing/professional education is a rapidly growing trend and there is a large number of professionals who want to tap career and academic enhancement opportunities. The Online PG course will fulfill a portion of that need,” he added.

Technical Communication professionals are required by industries like software, information technology, e-learning, instructional design, telecom, aerospace, services defense, heavy manufacturing, automobiles, publishing and digital media. TWB already runs the very popular classroom Post Graduate course in Technical Communication based out of its facility in Bangalore. The Writers Block (TWB) is already home to technical communication in India and offers very successful short-term certifications in Technical Communication. TWB also runs hugely successful TWB Alumni, TWB OnCampus and TWB Mentorship initiatives. Almost 60 percent of trained Technical Communicators and Technical Writers in the industry are from TWB. More than 300 companies from sectors that include software, IT, telecom, pharma, biotech, nanotech, defense, aerospace, manufacturing, service, e-learning, services, publishing, digital media and FMCG hire TWB graduates as part of their technical communication teams.

Speaking on the launch occasion, Mr. Sanjeev Duggal, CEO and Executive Director, Centum Learning Limited explained “Our collaboration with Whistling Woods International is yet another step forward that endorses our commitment to world class quality in education. By partnering with Whistling Woods International, we are hoping to redefine the landscape of education and training that is offered in creative arts and sciences globally. Centum Learning’s expertise in the training and development combined with Whistling Woods International’s forte in media and entertainment space will create a very formidable alliance in the educational space”.

The programmes offered are designed to revolutionize the education and training landscape for creative arts and sciences with the first ever comprehensive degree programme in India and produce professional media managers who are creative and at the same time understand business. The curriculum has been developed with intent to provide inputs to students relevant to the Media and Entertainment industry and focuses on overall personality development of the students in line with the ever changing dynamics of the industry.

Subhash Ghai, the noted filmmaker and Chairman, Mukta Arts added “Our partnership with Centum Learning is a significant step for us, as we continue to expand our footprint to ensure that we have the skills & talent to take charge of booming media & entertainment industry that’s growing over 12% annually and is likely to touch $20 billion by 2013. We are very excited about this tie up with Centum and look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship”

Centum Learning has launched both Graduate and Post -Graduate programmes in the Creative Arts and Sciences genre. For both, 3 years Graduate Programmes and 1 year Post Graduate Programmes, students will be spending the last semester of their programme at the Whistling Woods Campus in Mumbai and the rest of the programme would be conducted at the Centum Learning urban campuses. This last semester is envisaged to serve as an internship period to provide complete hands on exposure to the students in their chosen area of specialization.

The courses have been certified jointly by Centum Learning & Whistling Woods International. In addition, students will also earn a BBA from a UGC recognised University.

Cypress set up the PSoC lab at BITS, Hyderabad and donated twenty PSoC kits as well as PSoC DesignerTM software. The lab exposes students to the PSoC platform, a flexible family of devices with programmable analog and digital blocks integrated with a microcontroller. A large number of experiments in the analog and digital communication labs are designed around the PSoC platform, which is tightly integrated into the curriculum and student learning. With many students engaged in wireless, medical and remote sensing projects, PSoC plays a pivotal role in providing them with hands-on experience creating solutions for embedded systems.

“Cypress Semiconductor already works closely with the Pilani and Goa campuses of BITS. We are happy that the Hyderabad campus is also a part of the Cypress network and look forward to developing some interesting applications around their flagship PSoC products,” said Professor V.S. Rao.

Cypress will also train faculty members on PSoC and other leading Cypress technologies.

This order is to provide Computer Education on BOOT basis in 1550 Govt. Schools of Rajasthan. The contract value is worth Rs. 77.77 Crores (Seventy Seven Crores and Seventy Seven Lacs).

Out of 2000 schools in 7 zones which were offered, Compucom has been awarded 1550 schools in 5 zones capturing 77.5% of the offering covering students in class 9′th to 12′th. Other then Compucom, ICT and educational companies like Educomp, Everon, NIIT, Manipal etc. have also participated in the bidding procedure.

With this award Compucom has increased its portfolio to 5246 Govt. Schools under ICT implementation across India.

The company will now reach around 2 million students through its educational projects.

Key deliverables in this project includes supply, installations, maintenance of IT infrastructure, Teachers training, Online Management information System and multimedia content.

Compucom uses innovative technological and managerial techniques to implement and deliver these complex and geographically distributed projects. Compucom feels proud in bringing Information Technology and Computer aided learning to Govt. School Students, which enhance student’s registration and retention in these schools as well as keep them at par with the students of private schools in urban areas. These steps of company creates positive environment in Govt. Schools through raising the learning standards of students, increasing interest of teachers and parent’s satisfaction.

Compucom is already executing Educational projects across multiple states and had successfully completed educational projects in North India.

Compucom has massive plans for capturing the advantage of Indian Education Expenditure planned through Govt. promoted PPP (Public Private Partnership) model across India fueled by SSA (Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan) of Govt. of India. PPP has been a transforming model for bridging the digital divide in our country and Compucom has been a prominent player in the educational projects done under SSA via PPP.

Compucom educational programs undertakes turnkey implementation right from IT infrastructure, teachers training, multimedia based education and quality educational intellectual property.

Compucom is also planning to bring new dimension in online/offline tutorial and mentoring of engineering students under Compucom Gurukul Brand and also making inroads in PreSchool education segment under Compucom Play School Brand.

“Unitedworld School of Business constantly endeavors to introduce new and innovative management programs for enhancing the skills and competence of the students as well as young professionals. After our presence in different regions of the country and enthusiastic response of students, we thought it prudent to cater to the South Indian aspirants whose perennial search for knowledge is well-known” said Mr. K V Iyer, Dean – Unitedworld Hyderabad campus.

Unitedworld School of Business has also opened its first international campus in Singapore for the coming academic session.

The new state of the art “intelligent campus” is equipped with the latest tools in Communications and IT – situated in the new business hub Singapore at Tampines. “Our intelligent campus in Singapore is at the heart of the banking and financial sector, offering the best of Singapore as a global business hub to our students” says Prof. Tridibesh Bandyopadhyay, Director of Unitedworld School of Business. US $ 10 Million are The Singapore campus is being setup with 10 Million Singapore Dollars (Rupees 30 crores).

Unitedworld School of Business is the first-of-its-kind school that has open economy focused curriculum in the country and is led by a credible intellectual pool along with high-end integration of technology in its pedagogy.

India, China and other major Asian countries are increasingly becoming a part of AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) along the lines of EU and NAFTA. Coupled with changing global trade dynamics, this offers new set of challenges and opportunities for modern businesses. It is critical that Indian businesses have managers who are aligned and trained to handle these compelling realities. It was this need that prompted a group of renowned economists, academicians and corporate executives to give shape to Unitedworld. Today the school has full fledged campus in Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Mumbai and a plans to start a state-of-the art center at Singapore & Delhi (NCR). Unitedworld has come to epitomize excellence in management education.

Unitedworld has carefully crafted its curriculum and armed this with an elite faculty pool drawn from Harvard, Yale, London School of Economics, IIM, XLRI, IIT, ISI, Delhi School of Economics etc.

All Indian students undergo rigorous theoretical and practical training besides getting a compulsory month-long immersion programme at Singapore campus. Here, students will get an opportunity to research on growth opportunities of Indian products/services in Asia with a global perspective.

The selection will be based on CAT/XAT/MAT percentile, psychometric assessment, academic background, group discussion, personal interview and instant presentation. Students can apply online or download application form from www.unitedworld.in. Application kits are also available for Rs 800/- at Unitedworld campuses and IMS, Career Launcher, and TIME.