Public health is a multidisciplinary domain needing professionals with a wide variety of skill sets. While the core public health sciences are part of the curriculum in almost all courses on public health, there is one skill that is almost uniformly ignored. Management skills are not part of most public health courses. However, this is one key skill that is absolutely necessary for any public health professional irrespective of the specialisation or domain of practice. This is more true as one advances in the career path where managerial skills become as much important if more than core public health sciences. Hence, public health professionals must obtain critical managerial skills to chart an advancing career path and ensure results in public health programmes at all levels. This is more relevant with the creation of the Public Health Management Cadre to enhance managerial efficiencies in managing public health programmes.

 IIPH Delhi has been offering one year on-campus and short term trainings in Public Health Management aimed at in-career public health professionals as well public health graduates since 2009.

A one year Executive post Graduate Programme in Public Health Management (Ex PGPPHM) is now being offered in a blended learning more for the academic year 2026-27.

Objectives

The programme aims to impart state-of-the- art managerial skills to the current public health workforce and for aspirants looking to embark on a career in Public Health Management.

Intended participants

• Middle and entry level officials in the public health system
• Graduates in any discipline interested in building a career in public health

Eligibility

Candidates with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline are eligible for the course. Candidates with work experience in health/development sector will be given preference.

Course structure

The one year course would focus on building managerial capacities of students while ensuring good grounding in key public health domains.

The course would span over twelve months. The students would complete course work through taught courses over two semesters and complete a mandatory capstone project that would run concurrently during the second semester. The capstone project would aim at providing managerial solutions to existing problems in various sectors of public health administration. It would focus on applying learnt principles through practical applications.

Course Fee

The course fees is Rs.75000 payable at commencement. Participants will make their own arrangements for boarding and lodging during the two contact sessions at IIPH Delhi. The breakup of course fees is as follows:

Tuition fee                         Rs.60,000

Examination fee               Rs.3,559

Total                                    Rs.63,559

GST @18%                         Rs.11,441

Total fees                           Rs.75,000

Course coverage

The courses covered would be as follows:

• Project and Programme Management
• Human Resource Management
• Financial management

• Provide basic understanding of primary Public Health Sciences
  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Research Methods
  • Health economics and health financing
  • Public Health Nutrition
• Provide a basic understanding of the Public Health sector in India
  • History of Public Health in India
  • Public Health Programmes in India
  • Role of the private sector in public health in India
• Provide basic understanding of important cross cutting issues in health
  • Gender
  • Equity
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Inter sectoral coordination/collaboration
• Provide basic understanding of emergent issues in public health issues
  • One Health
  • Digital Health
  • Disaster management