IIHMR Delhi Commitment to Inclusive Excellence

As an institute, IIHMR-Delhi is committed to creating an environment of higher learning that can serve as the model for the kind of society it strives to build – one of equity, social justice and mutual support. We have also made a concerted effort to examine and promote the likelihood of success for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, as a higher educational institution we teach and train today’s students for future decision-makers to think both critically and ethically, to learn to cope with ethical dilemmas and apply systems-thinking approaches to serious and complex societal problems. Our internationally renowned faculty lead multidisciplinary health research in multifarious areas such as public health, health services, health economics, hospital management, Social determinants of health, Mental Health and other topics.

The IIHMR is often invited by various governmental and civil society organizations to provide technical support for capacity building and policy research needs that culminates in developing innovative and equitable health care strategies and provide advocacy support for health policy and planning. The institute also responds to the global health threats, natural disasters, conflict and related humanitarian crisis. In addition to the Masters programmes, IIHMR-D also offers several highly specialized and popular Management Development Programmes (MDP) to wide range of health professional in the country and overseas which largely addresses educational needs amongst in-service aspirants.

pharmaceutical management program

India today faces a dearth of management professionals in the pharmaceutical industry and there is a lack of formally trained professionals in pharmaceutical management. Currently, the pharmaceutical industry is managed by graduates and postgraduates from pharmacy/pharmacology with very little exposure to management or on the other hand is managed by general management professionals. The pharmaceutical industry is a highly specialized industry and requires intensive orientation to the pharmaceutical processes and the management professionals trained in pharmaceutical management to govern the industry. The industry is growing at a rapid pace and requires specialized managers in pharmaceutical management in the future.

Keeping this in mind, IIHMR-Delhi has proposed to offer a specialization in ‘Pharmaceutical Management’ for the PGDM course starting 2020.

PGDM with a specialization in Pharmaceutical Management will be a two-year full-time AICTE approved program designed by Hospital Industry experts to prepare students to work in Hospitals, Healthcare organizations, and Pharmaceutical Industry. In the first year, students would study the basics of healthcare and management. In the second year, students would get specialized in Pharmaceutical management/administration stream and learn the management aspects concerned with the Pharmaceutical Industry.

PGDM with specialization in pharmaceutical Management will be a specialized course meant for imparting administrative and management skills; to work, manage and lead in the Health, Pharmaceutical and Hospital sector. The course also covers two months of intensive summer training and 4 months of dissertation (internship) before campus placements; which can help students practically understand and gather knowledge on adequate hospital management and administrative practices to make job-ready.


Students after completion of this course can look at lucrative career options and campus placements in Clinical Operations, Non – Clinical Operations, Pharmaceutical Industry, HR, Administration, Quality, Sales, Business Development, Health Finance, Patient care, Customer Service, Telemedicine, Medical Tourism, etc.

Since IIHMR Delhi is an autonomous Institution approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, GoI; we keep upgrading our curriculum as and when required as per the expectation of the Industry. Hence, the curriculum followed by IIHMR Delhi is very much Industry-relevant and need of the hour for people who are willing to shape their career in the Pharmaceutical sector.

The course will include two months of summer training towards the end of the first year, and also 4 months of internship (dissertation work) towards the end of the second year.

Note: The curriculum may be subjected to undergo changes as per the suggestions of AAC (Academic Advisory Council).

Health Information Technology Management

PGDM in Health Information Technology Management is a two-year full-time AICTE approved program designed by Healthcare and IT Industry experts to prepare students to work in Healthcare IT companies. In the first year, students would study the basics of healthcare and management. In the second year, students would get specialized in Health Information Technology Management stream and learn the management aspects concerned with Healthcare IT.

PGDM in Health Information Technology Management is a specialized course meant for imparting technical and management skills; to work, manage and lead in the Health IT sector. IIHMR Bangalore’s PGDM in Health Information Technology Management aims to prepare students to efficiently work in EHR, EMR, Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare Consulting, Implementation, Support, Business Analysis, HMIS (Hospital Management Information Systems), Hospital IT departments, Automation and various requirements in Health IT sector. The course also covers two months of intensive summer training and 4 months of dissertation (internship) before campus placements; which can help students practically understand and gather knowledge on adequate Healthcare IT practices to make job-ready.

Students after completion of this course can look at lucrative career options and campus placements in Digital Health Records, Hospital Management Software Implementation, Analysis, Business Analyst, Technology Analyst, Healthcare Consulting, Project Management, Tech support, Hospital IT departments, etc.

Some of our Alumni work with Allscripts, Deloitte, Dell International Life Sciences, Cerner, ICT Health, Sapphire IMS, Health o 5, Infinity Research, Teleradiology solutions, Napier Healthcare, Primera, Practo, etc to name a few after doing this course.

Hospital management

Hospitals and other health care facilities are under high cost pressure. Municipal institutions are often in the red, privatized providers are criticized for their tough management. Anyone who takes on managerial responsibility as a doctor or business economist in a hospital should therefore have expertise in business administration and healthcare.

The healthcare industry is a growth industry and an industry that has to undergo constant changes and ever new requirements. Last but not least, the demographic change is partly responsible for the new demands placed on hospitals, health insurance companies and medical and health practices . Hospitals in particular are now understood to be service companies that want to satisfy “customers”, i.e. patients, on the one hand and want to make economic progress on the other hand in order to stand out from the competition.

Added to this is the rapid development of medical technologies and medicine itself , which are putting hospitals under pressure to stay up to date.

In order to combine all of these factors, specialists are required who both think and act economically and have the medical expertise to understand new developments, assess their benefits and use them in the best possible way for the company.

Hospital Management Course

Students of the Master's program in Hospital Management acquire comprehensive skills for working in the main areas of management in health facilities. This includes, in particular, the management of hospitals, medical care centers or rehabilitation facilities as well as consulting activities for consultants in the health sector, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies and health and social authorities.

Career aspiration: Management in health facilities
The concept of the master's program in hospital management takes current scientific knowledge and professional practice into account and leads to professional and scientific competence. The qualification goals therefore include technical and interdisciplinary aspects in the areas of scientific qualification, knowledge of economic and business know-how with the specialized and interdisciplinary knowledge of the healthcare industry and basic medical content.

From medical ethics to medical and hospital law to communication psychology
The course aims at an interdisciplinary approach to health care. Therefore, in this application-oriented course, in addition to economic, legal, ethical and social science modules are also offered. The students can derive and classify goals and instruments of management management from the tasks of the companies. They understand management problems of health facilities as tasks that can be designed and can classify, analyze and evaluate the financial and regulatory framework of management in the context of the market situation - especially of hospitals.