Dr. D. Shreedevi is working as the Professor and Principal of Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration. Before joining this Institute, she has served as a Lecturer in Andhra Mahila Sabha, Vidhyanagar, Hyderabad for about twelve years. She has obtained her Ph.D. degree from the Osmania University, Hyderabad in May 2008 on the topic “Custodial Services in India – A Study on Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited”. She completed her M.Com from Osmania University in the year 1994 and her MBA from Acharya Nagarjuna University in the year 2008. Completed Executive Development Programme on “Project Management” from CEP IIT Delhi in the year 2014. She is a research guide for M.Phil scholars in the area of finance.

Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration

Which latest program that you are offering in your institute to help students outperform and stand apart from the world?

"We are currently offering a Master’s Degree in Hospital Management"

It gives me immense pleasure in introducing that we at AIHA have been offering a Master's Degree in Hospital Management Program for the past 26 years. The program is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of HRD, Government of India and affiliated to Osmania University. Also, this course is revised once in three years to stand on par with the current trends and changes in the healthcare industry.

Which factors make this program the best for the students to opt for?

"Cost friendliness and employment scopes of this program make it unique"

Some of the unique factors that make this program unique and attractive are its cost affordability, accessibility, brand value, and global job opportunities. Apart from this our highly qualified teaching staff, leadership, the latest infrastructure supporting the online and offline classes both for theory and practicals and its association with Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited (AHEL) make this program a complete success.

What are some of the best practices of this course?

"We offer professional visits, internships and multiple unique projects under it"

In my viewpoint, the best practices of this course are regular visits to large Government, Trust and Corporate Hospitals, internship postings in various branches of our own parent hospital (AHEL) and other corporate entities. Also, we assign innovative projects to strengthen our student's skills and also conduct dissertations on the current and trending topics in the healthcare industry. Lastly, we organize mandatory case discussions using healthcare scenarios on a frequent basis.

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How does this program ensure the future preparedness of students?

"It is backed by assignments, case studies and expert talks"

Our post-graduate students are prepared to face the upcoming challenges and opportunities in the future through regular assignments (which cover theoretical and practical healthcare subjects), live case discussions, individual and group presentations, quizzes, and evaluation through University and institute examinations. Students are also encouraged and facilitated to participate in various conferences, and webinars so that they can keep themselves updated with the current industry practices.

How is the faculty of your institute trained to deliver this program to the students?

"They are trained using FDPs and certification courses"

Our faculty are encouraged and guided to do Doctoral studies and participate in sponsored research programs, healthcare workshops, certificate courses, faculty development programs, etc. so that they can upgrade their skills. They are also given the opportunity as resource persons to develop course materials for many nationally renowned Universities and reputed Business Schools. These interactions and rigorous training programs not only assist our staff to expand their horizons but also enriches students’ knowledge and help in the growth of our Institute.

How do you build an industry connectedness with this program?

"By organizing guest lectures and sessions with industry partners"

Believing in the fact that healthcare is an ever-changing industry and to develop a strong connection between the industry and our program, we regularly organize workshops on specific courses, live projects and rigorous internships and our alumni network helps us a lot here. And we also conduct real-time healthcare and hospital case discussions and invite industry experts to deliver guest lectures and interact with our faculty and students.

Which challenges did you face while inculcating this program in your curriculum?

"Delay in getting approvals, adjusting course with industry needs and unavailability of faculty"

Some of the challenges we face while aligning the hospital management program into our curriculum are approval from the University, identifying the emerging and latest trends in the broad healthcare spectrum, tapping industry experts for guest lectures, and training the faculty on specific skill sets. Healthcare is a very wide spectrum industry and fitting it into a single course itself is a huge challenge. 

On which kind of projects students are currently working on through this program?

"They are working on projects in line with the latest industry happenings"

Some of the challenging and live projects that our post-graduate hospital and healthcare management students are currently working on, are based on patient-centric, employee-oriented, resources-based, etc. They can also be categorized as clinical, non-clinical, administrative, public health and global healthcare trends.

What benefits and career options are available after pursuing this course?

"This course helps to develop overall personality of students"

After successful completion of two rigorous years of this regular course, students will benefit from an all-round personality development as they will be fully equipped with industrial and managerial skill sets, abundant healthcare knowledge, discipline, ethics and values. And immense job opportunities are available across global horizons in the healthcare industry.

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What are some valuable insights into the program that you are offering at your institute?

"We focus equally on theory and projects"

The valuable insights of our PG course are a very good mix of subjects, an equal blend of theory and practical exposure covering all the sectors of the healthcare spectrum and this is what makes this program worth opting for.