Fortis Healthcare, India's second largest and fastest growing hospital chain has tied up for medical education with Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh. The two have joined hands to commence a postgraduate management degree programme in healthcare management.

The post graduate management degree programme is designed to leverage strengths of the two organizations. It aims to open offer opportunity for young graduates by equipping them with skills to assume middle and senior level managerial positions in healthcare industry.

Healthcare industry is currently in its nascent stages in India and is continually growing and evolving. The sector is one of the fastest growing fields and is the third largest service sector in the country. There is a vast gap between the required and the available talent in this sector.

A complete framework for theoretical and practical training and internships will be provided to the students enrolled in the Masters in Healthcare Management and other graduate level courses like BSc in Health Sciences-Medical Lab Technology, OT-Technology, Radiology and Imaging Technology. Besides providing the practical training, a joint team of members from Fortis and Chitkara University will design the curriculum and syllabus for the courses. The curriculum will be finalized by the advisory committee from Fortis.

According to Dr Narottam Puri, president-medical strategy & quality, Fortis Healthcare Limited, "Healthcare sector requires an urgent intervention of corporates like Fortis to get into the field of medical education to address the need and availability gap of right talent. For the benefit of students and healthcare players like us, it is important that academic education is based on the practical business needs of outside world. Our tie-up with Chitkara University aims to fulfil this requirement."

Dr R S Grewal, pro vice chancellor, Chitkara University, said that we are confident that association with Fortis will bring immense value. Experts from Fortis will also offer guest lectures for the students in our campus.