India FETP - Master of Public Health
Admission is open to government and private candidates. Preference will be given to the
candidates sponsored by the Central / State Governments / Union Territories and Armed
Forces.
The prescribed application form can be downloaded from the Institute’s Website: www.nie.gov.in
The prescribed application form given in the website or its photocopy alone should be used.
Application in any other form will not be considered.
Candidates fulfilling the following criteria are eligible to apply for the course:
(i) M.B.B.S. degree recognized by Medical Council of India
(ii) (a) Working in public health, preferably regularized and permanent employees of
State or Central Government Department or Medical institutions;
(b) Private (NonGovernment) candidates worked / working in public health
(iii) Three years experience in public health related activities
(iv) Age up to 45 years as on the date mentioned in the admission form. Departmental candidates from ICMR institutions
will be granted age relaxation of 5 years. SC/ST/OBC/PH candidates will be eligible
for age relaxation as per Government of India rules
Application fee for Rs. 600/-
(Rupees Six hundred only) payable through online. The detail is given below.
Name: Director, NIE
Account Number: 0936201002864
Bank
Name: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: CNRB0000936
(Applications without details of
application fee payment will not be considered)
The prescribed application form
can be downloaded or filled online
through the link:
https://icmrnie.in/redcap/surveys/index.php?s=P9KTH3HKHH
The prescribed application form
given in the website alone should be used.
Application is any other form will not be considered.
(i) The sponsoring authority (Central/State Government /
Non-Governmental Organizations / Private Institutions) should nominate and
depute the candidates for two years on a fulltime basis.
(ii) No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the
employer along with application or produce the same before joining the course.
MPH (Epidemiology and Health Systems) programme is designed to introduce the students
to the basic principles of public health, with emphasis on public health practices in India. upon completion of the MPH, the student is expected to develop the following seven
technical core competencies:
(1) Understand the scope and concepts and master the methods in epidemiology
(2) Plan, implement and evaluate public health surveillance systems
(3) Investigate the outbreaks
(4) Conduct public health research in accordance with principles of human subject
protection
(5) Communicate public health information to lay and professional audiences
(6) Conceptualize the elements of health systems to effectively design, develop,
implement and evaluate the public health interventions
(7) Comprehend the biological, social, behavioural, environmental determinants
affecting health
The MPH (Epidemiology and Health Systems) is a two-year programme, comprising of four contact sessions across 12 months at NIE interspersed with three field postings of 12 months duration in total. The details of the contact sessions and field postings are summarized below:
The MPH (EHS) is a 60 credits programme. Of these, 22 credits are for the contact sessions
at NIE and 38 for various field projects conducted during their ‘field postings’. During the
field postings, the students will be placed in their districts/workplace and they will conduct
five field projects, i.e.,
(1) public health situation analysis
(2) surveillance data analysis
(3)
outbreak investigation
(4) evaluation of health programme and
(5) dissertation.
The
distribution of credits for the courses that will be covered during the contact sessions and
various projects to be conducted during the field postings are summarized in the following
table.
Field posting
Contact session
A minimum of grade B minus in all the courses and field projects with a minimum CGPA of 2 in total.
One time Administrative Services fee Rs. 30,000/- to be paid at the time
of admission to SCTIMST by both the deputed and non-deputed candidates.
For the non-deputed government/private candidates and the deputed candidates from private institutions, the course fee is Rs.1,00,000/= (Rupees One lakh only) (non-refundable), payable at the beginning of the course.
Selection Committee constituted by SCTIMST and NIE will select the candidates based
on the following:
▪ Written test (if necessary)
▪ Personal interview at NIE, Chennai
Reservation of seats will be as per Government of India norms being followed by SCTIMST. Mere possession of the eligibility criteria will not entail selection for the course. The decision of the Director, SCTIMST, shall be final for selection of the candidates.
Terms and conditions of selection:
(i) Candidates selected for the course should be available for the entire duration
of the course, i.e., two years on full time basis
(ii) Candidates selected for the course should not do private practice or engage in
any other employment, etc., during the Contact Sessions and Field Postings
(iii) If a candidate is found to be engaged in a work other than the MPH course
work, his/her admission to the course will be cancelled
