The main purpose of PGDHA programme is to offer a set of managerial skills to those who are involved in various community health programmes to plan, administer, monitor and evaluate the programmes effectively. The specific program objectives are as follows :

• To orient the professionals about the current health service systems and recent developments in health sector in the country.
• To enhance capacity to plan and effectively implement health interventions at various levels
• To develop skills in managing resources such as human, material and financial resources to manage the organisations more efficiently.
• To enhance skills related to effective communication, networking, advocacy and inter- sectoral coordination.

• Bachelor's Degree (under 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years of formal education), in any discipline and has been working at least 3 years in government or non-government organization in the field of public health.
• Medical degrees (Allopathic, Ayurvedic, Homeopathy, Unani, Sidha and Dentistry), BSc Nursing, Post BSc Nursing, paramedical and allied health degrees in the fields of pharmacy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and other paramedical disciplines and have been working at least 3 years in government or non-government organization in the field of public health.
• Other bachelor's degrees like Engineering, Law and in any discipline or other degree holders and have been working in public health organizations for at least 3 years.
• Candidate should be currently working in a health care organization.
• The minimum eligibility to apply is 45% of marks (35% for Scheduled Castes [SCs], Scheduled Tribes [STs] and OBC) or a Postgraduate degree (after completion of Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) in any discipline.
• Candidates who belong to any age group shall apply for this programme.
• Sponsored candidates with financial support from the employer will be given preference in admission.

This is a two-semester professional programme of instruction and training leading to the award of Postgraduate Diploma in Health Administration (PGDHA).

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
First Semester
DHA 1	Social and Behavioural Science Perspectives on Health	2
DHA 2	Community Health	2
DHA 3	Principles of Health Service Management and Organisational Behaviour	2
DHA 4	Health Policy and Planning	2
DHA 5	Research Methodology	2
DHA 6	Health Care Financing	2
Internship 1	Concurrent internships of two days per week @ 6 hrs/ day	6
Second Semester
DHA 7	Gender, Health and Rights	2
DHA 8	Health Management Information System	2
DHA 9	Human Resources Management	2
DHA 10	Materials Management	2
DHA 11	Financial Accounting	2
DHA 12	Health Education and Communication	2
Internship 2	Concurrent internship of two days per week @ 6hrs/day	6
	Term paper of at least 4000 words	4

Note : The semesterwise listing of courses is provisional and may undergo some changes

To ensure that this programme is relevant to those who are involved in the delivery of health services in rural areas and also to ensure that SHSS reaches out to other parts of the country, it is proposed to offer this programme outside TISS in partnership with other organizations that have strong community based health care programmes and also having training capacity and training infrastructure. These are mainly large health NGOs spread over the country that have already showed interest to run these programmes. The faculty of SHSS will provide additional resources and may teach some topics where they do not have persons to teach. The SHSS will monitor the delivery of the programme, especially the student assessment to ensure that those who full-fill TISS standards only will finally get their PGDHA.

For the academic year 2014 – 2015, the PGDHA will be offered by the following two organizations :
RUHSA Department
Christian Medical College
RUHSA Campus P.O. 632 209
Vellore District, Tamil Nadu
Tel. 04171 246 251
Mob. +91 93679 85804
Fax : 04171 246255
Email : ruhsa@cmcvellore.ac.in

Child in Need Institute (CINI)
Daulatpur, P.O. Pailan, via Joka
South 24 Pargana Dt.
Pin Code: 700104. West Bengal.
Tel : +91 33249 78192 / 8206 / 8758 / 8759 / 8641
Fax : +91 33249 78241
Email : cini@cinindia.org
Web : http://www.cini-india.org/cini-india

Tuition fees is Rs. 30,000/- payable in two equal installments in each semester and a service fee of Rs. 5,000/- payable at the time of admission.

Application forms can be downloaded from the Institute website : www.tiss.edu. Filled-in application form and necessary documents should be submitted, along with the registration fee of Rs. 1,000/- to be paid through DD in favour of Tata Institute of Social Sciences at Mumbai, to The Secretariat, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400088.

The last date of receiving application is 31st August, 2014.

For further enquiries, please contact
Prof. C.A.K. Yesudian, Dean, School of Health Systems Studies, Tel. 022-2552 5501 or Mob. 9821077932.