IIHMR University, Jaipur, is organizing its Annual conference on “SMART Healthcare for India” which will provide a platform for deliberation and discussion on these important issues. Our aim is to bring together leading healthcare and hospital administrators, medical practitioners, healthcare researchers, care-providers, healthcare/hospital/pharmaceutical management/rural management students and policy makers to share cutting-edge research experiences, convey new ideas, debate issues and address latest developments in the domain of healthcare management. In accordance with the theme of the conference, following topics will be discussed by eminent speakers from the academia and industry
The Rural Development (RD) sector today faces complex challenges of growth, equity, climate change, and social & economic security of the poor and vulnerable communities. This context has impressed upon the RDprogrammes of government and non-government organizationsa growing need for intervention strategies that are reflective, robustly designed, and implemented through an innovative and adaptive approach. It is clear thatthere is an urgent need to address this capacity building challenge by preparing a cadre of rural professionals who are capable of engaging in the rural development sector specially at the sub-district levels; be it through NGOs, government institutions or as elected representatives of the PRIs and/or cluster level federation leaders.
The IIHMR University is a specialized Research University in management research, postgraduate education and training exclusively in the health sector. The university is ranked No. 1 B-School (Health Sector) in Outlook 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and No. 1 Institute in Healthcare Management in Hindustan Times. The University has been designated as WHO collaborating Center for District Health Systems based on Primary Health Care.
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