To be a world leader in improving public health through education, research, and community engagement, promoting health and eliminating disparities globally.

The mission of the School of Public Health is to prepare a public health workforce, create new knowledge, address social determinants, and lead in the implementation of new approaches and policies to improve the health of populations.

The Program Educational Objectives are to prepare the students to:

Analytic/Assessment Skills
• Identify and understand data
• Turn data into information for action
• Assess needs and assets to address community health needs
• Make evidence based decisions
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
• Determine needed policies and effectively advocate for policy
• Contribute to the development of strategic plans
• Plan, implement, evaluate, and improve programs
• Implement strategies for continuous QI
Communication Skills
• Facilitate communication
• Convey data and information to professionals
• Communicate
Cultural Competency Skills
• Understand and effectively respond to diverse needs
• Assess organizational cultural diversity and competence
• Ensure organizational cultural competence
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
• Evaluate and develop linkages and relationships within the community
• Maintain and advance partnerships and community involvement
• Defend public health policies and programs
• Evaluate effectiveness and improve community engagement
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
• Incorporate core public health functions into practice
• Apply basic sciences to practice
• Critique and develop research
• Retrieve evidence
• Establish academic partnerships
Financial Planning and Management Skills
• Leverage community resources
• Manage partnerships and ensure programs are well managed
• Motivate personnel to achieve goals
• Establish Performance Management System
Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
• Incorporate ethical standards into the organization
• Integrate systems thinking into public health practice mentoring
• Professional development opportunities
• Adjust practice to address changing needs and environment
• Manage organizational change

PO1 : HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER :

Function effectively as entry-level healthcare professionals, integrating all graduate attribute roles to provide optimal, ethical, comprehensive and patient/client-centered care in a plurality of health and social contexts.

PO2 : COMMUNICATOR :

Develop rapport, trust and ethical therapeutic relationships with patients/clients, families and communities from different cultural backgrounds.

PO3 : COLLABORATOR :

Participate effectively and appropriately in multicultural, interprofessional and transprofessional teams, as well as teams in other contexts (the community included).

PO4 : LEADER AND MANAGER :

Participate in activities that contribute to the effectiveness of the healthcare organizations and systems in which they work.

PO5 : HEALTH ADVOCATE :

Respond to individual patient/client health needs and related issues as part of holistic care.

PO6 : SCHOLAR :

Maintain and enhance professional competence through ongoing learning, both as healthcare professionals and as responsible citizens, locally and globally.

PO7 : PROFESSIONAL :

Demonstrate commitment and accountability to their patients/clients, other healthcare professions and society through ethical practice.

to provide public health education that prepares practitioners for a career in public health

to add to the discovery and application of knowledge in public health

to provide public health advocate for community and population health

• Program is designed for mid-career professionals who work in the health sector and possess a degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other allied health fields.
• It is a hybrid or blended program that uses partial-E-learning and on-campus classes. The E-learning component involves presentations and visits to various healthcare delivery institutions
• Core course addresses Healthcare and hospital management including management of Human resource and Finance, Organizational Behaviour, Principles of Hospital Administration, Medico-Legal Aspects, Quality in Healthcare, and Marketing in Healthcare.
• Master’s thesis in a topic of the student’s choice and interests.
• Minimum 8 weeks internship program with NABH accredited hospitals (Medipulse Hospital, Jodhpur) and a Corporate Hospital (Fortis/ MAX/ Eternal/ Medanta/ Ivy etc)
• The course is taught by stalwarts from Public Health and Medical fraternity from India and abroad.
• Successful students get placed in companies like WHO, McKinsey & Company, UN Children’s Fund, PHFI, The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation etc