Despite significant achievements over the years, public health challenges continue to daunt governments and health authorities, both in India and elsewhere. Over the years, the lifespan of people has risen. Leading killers such as malaria, polio, and measles have been controlled. We have seen a reduction in the deaths of women and children all over the world. 

However, non-communicable diseases such as cardio-vascular diseases, diabetes, and cancers, mental health issues continue to affect populations and India is no exception. In addition, epidemic outbreaks such as SARS, Ebola, and more recently the novel corona (Covid-19) that quickly progress into global pandemics have huge implications for socio-economic development and the progress of the nations. 

If these challenges are not effectively tackled with the right scientific temperament and public health approaches, these challenges have the potential to halt or even reverse the progress of the nations by several decades. Developing and strengthening public health care at national, state, and local levels is critical for any country and this is well recognised by the Government of India as is seen in its investment of resources and energy in this direction over the last 15 years.

Our University hopes to build a competent and compassionate public health workforce by offering postgraduate and doctoral training programs in public health. 

Our MPH program has been developed in consultation with eminent global health and public health experts while drawing learning and experience from other successful courses both within the country and outside. Graduates will be offered exposure to many disciplines that contribute to public health, such as health care, behavioral and social sciences, epidemiology, statistics, management, communication, environment, nutrition, ethics, and public policy. 

Courses will be particularly relevant for those who seek to respond to public health challenges through developing and scaling up innovations in health care delivery, research and knowledge generation, and health administration. The courses will train students to become dedicated, competent, and ethical public health researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who can meet society’s need to prevent and ameliorate local, national, and global public health problems.

• Provide students with a multi-disciplinary experience across a whole range of public health competencies, areas, and programs. 
• Prepare students to apply basic public health sciences, including epidemiology, health and policy administration, behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, and environmental and occupational public health, to the prevention of illness and injury.
• Train students to develop contemporary ideas to influence program organisation and management, problem-solving, and critical thinking in the public health domain.
• Promote qualities of leadership, effective management, and ethical principles while functioning as a workforce in the public health domain. 
• Prepare students to plan evidence-based public health programs and policies for addressing public health challenges. 
• Prepare students to conduct evaluation and research related to public health programs and policies. 
• Provide field exposure to the common public health problems of the country while drawing lessons from the global health best practices to solve challenges.

Key Skill Development

• Ability to use appropriate data and statistical methods for problem identification and resolutions and for program planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Ability to apply conceptual frameworks to under policy processes in healthcare
• Ability to apply quality assurances and improve techniques in the delivery of healthcare
• Ability to formulate context appropriate policies and design programs to address public health challenges effectively
• Ability to analyse the quality of research findings and assess the applicability to a particular health policy
• Ability to conduct situational analysis and develop action plans, including evaluation for identified public health issues
• Ability to translate research knowledge for evidence-based policymaking
• Ability to be an effective member of a multidisciplinary health team
• Ability to practice professional excellence, scientific attitude, and scholarship
• Ability to demonstrate social accountability and responsibility
• Government health care
• Private health care
• Non-governmental organisations
• Academia
• Research enterprises
• Donor agencies.
• Epidemiologist
• Health Educators and Community Health Workers
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
• Social and Community Service Managers
• Public Health Management Analyst
• Health communication Specialist
• Public Relations Officer
• Research Scientist
• Health Resource Professional
• Professor/​Lecturer
• Senior Technical Specialist – Public health 
• Environmental health specialist 
• Social Worker Cum Counsellor 
• Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
• Public Health Advisor

Career Opportunities

Depending upon the competency level, qualification, work experience, and attitudes, plenty of opportunities are possible at the local, state, national, regional and global levels. Job opportunities in public health range across the public to private sector: 

• Government health care
• Private health care
• Non-governmental organisations
• Academia
• Research enterprises
• Donor agencies.

Here are some common roles that a public health professional can potentially become: 

• Epidemiologist
• Health Educators and Community Health Workers
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
• Social and Community Service Managers
• Public Health Management Analyst
• Health communication Specialist
• Public Relations Officer
• Research Scientist
• Health Resource Professional
• Professor/​Lecturer
• Senior Technical Specialist – Public health 
• Environmental health specialist 
• Social Worker Cum Counsellor 
• Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
• Public Health Advisor