Dr. Pawan Dviwedi is the Principal and HOD at Solan Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Solan. He is associated with this college since 2002. He has done post graduation (MD) Homeopathy and also acting as paper setter, examiner of various universities in north India & also shouldering various administrative responsibilities.

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You have held positions at educational institutions throughout your professional career. What are key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

Being able to provide education is one of the biggest blessings that one can have. This is the best gift that you can give to anyone. Medical education is the need of the hour because our population is not synced with the medical service providers or the doctors. I want my students to learn one of the finest system of medicine i.e. Homoeopathy. So we are here to encourage students to come forward and join homeopathy which is affordable in terms of fee and is one of the best among alternative systems of medicines. Moreover it acts best on the chronic diseases, it has only few limitations like in cases of acute emergencies but otherwise it has very vast hold on the chronic diseases very effectively. During COVID-19 pandemic we distributed immunity booster Homoeopathic medicine to more than three lakh people free of cost and contributed to keep our area relatively safe with our medicine, which is approved by the Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India.

Being the principal of this college, what is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

A good leader is the one who takes all the people along with him, who listens to everyone then makes his vision to improve it further. So I take all my faculty& staff in confidence and take suggestions from everyone, like any improvement in academics or extracurricular activities. Everyone is seen wholeheartedly involved during various academic, extracurricular, cultural or sports activities.

How does the curriculum of this college ensure the best practice of industry?

Emphasis is being given on practical, clinical and theoretical training to the budding homoeopaths. We have 12 departments, a well stocked library besides well ventilated classrooms and examination hall. We have a 25 bedded hospital attached to college with regular OPDs attended by a good number of patients along with clinical lab facility. In the coming weeks we are organizing campus placements for students completing their internship so that they will be ready for traversing the path of success. There are various recruiters who have chains of clinics in various parts of the country, will be coming here to conduct campus placements and we are also encouraging students to come for the interview so they can begin their career and achieve success in life.

Being the principal of this college, How do you strategize about the key programs and plans for the marketing and administration of your schools?

We have our teams for this purpose, comprising of our administrative officer, myself, faculty members teaching as well as non teaching staff. We also give advertisements on offline as well as social media platforms. We are trying to improve our academic standards so that when our students come to the market, they can become our brand ambassadors.

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Any insights into how your college could be more welcoming to students of different races or economic backgrounds?

We are having students not only from north India but we have students from Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, J&K , Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal. We have students from almost 20 states. We facilitate students to get scholarship from their respective states. We also have tie up with NGOs who provide scholarships to deserving candidates.

What do you think your roles and responsibilities to the college and the student are?

Our motto is ”We Ignite Abilities', we not only focus on teaching academics but also on overall development of the students. Nowadays only degree is not enough, verbal communication skills, negotiations, how to face people all these things should be learnt. That’s why we facilitate them to organize seminars, conferences etc. We take students to study tours in their respective subjects, like visit to forensic laboratory, Water treatment plant, sewage treatment plant, herbal garden in order to provide them with the best practical knowledge. We have also adopted five nearby villages for residents’ medical checkup and free Homoeopathic treatment.

What do you think should be college’s top priority over the next 10 years?

I want this institution to be in the top 10 Homoeopathic colleges of India. All NEET qualified candidates can apply for admission. We endeavor to constantly improve our standard of education as per National Commission for Homoeopathy, under Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India in terms of theoretical, practical and clinical training.

What do you see as this college’s greatest strength?

The greatest strength is our faculty & staff. We have post graduate, highly qualified, experienced, regular and stable staff. If a student is facing any kind of problem they can go to the respective teacher anytime and teachers are always happy to solve those problems. Secondly, the location isatmosphere here is very pleasant and ideal for learning. We provide adequate infrastructure and facilities to our students in order to learn and serve the nation.

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Any Message or suggestions you would like to give to the current youth and aspiring students?

My message to the students is whatever you, do it very diligently, and don’t run behind material gains only. Go for serving the people, serving your nation. One should not only become a good doctor but one should be a good human being too.