Amrita Patel Centre for Public Health is a venture to pay tributes to our former Chairman, Dr. Amrita Patel. Dr. Patel was the first lady executive of Amul, then the first woman Managing Director, and finally the Chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
Her contribution to the dairy industry is a tale of trials and triumphs. She is also a passionate community health professional deeply concerned about the health of the rural poor. Her entire life has been spent in the service of the less privileged and empowering them, especially the women of India. All the organizations she has served have a main goal: improving the health, income, and welfare of India’s rural poor.
A committed professional, a visionary, a dedicated environmentalist, and a prudent administrator with non-compromising ethics, she was deservedly conferred with the 'Padmabhushan' by the Government of India in 2001 for her contribution to the Indian Dairy industry and animal husbandry, and the 'Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar' by the Ministry of Environment & Forests for her significant contribution to the field of environment. She has been on the list of the top Businesswomen of the year (listed by Business Today) consistently for five years and topped the list in 2008. She was conferred with the prestigious Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Award - the Krishi Shiromani Samman - at a glittering function in Delhi on March 5, 2016.
The Centre is envisioned to become a destination of learning and capacity building for public health professionals of all cadres.
APCPH will become a self-sustaining proactive center of excellence in public health, responsive to local health needs in a collaborative manner and its work cited, referred, and utilized both by scientific and local community.
Dr. Deepak B. Sharma (Director)
Amrita Patel Centre for Public Health, Bhaikaka University
We are glad to offer two structured and meticulously designed post graduate programs for better delivery of healthcare institutionally and, at the community level. Amrita Patel Centre for Public Health (APCPH) offers Masters in Public health (MPH) program both full-time and part time for working professionals. The second course is a Master in Hospital Administration (MHA). Additionally, there is a range of short-term courses aimed at building the capacity of healthcare professionals working across different cadres.
Apart from this, the center also envisages holistic development of the students by various means. It offers a complete exposure to the field which includes a vast exposure to 150 villages across different blocks in Anand and Kheda districts of Gujarat. A 1000-Bed NABH-accredited tertiary level multi-specialty hospital attached to medical college, is one of the constituent Institutes of Bhaikaka University. The hospital with its state-of-the-art medical services and attached centers of oncology, bone marrow transplant, cardiology and critical care offers hands on learning opportunities for students of Public Health and Hospital Administration.
Learning opportunities also comes in a way by participating in various workshops, seminar and other residential courses which APCPH and other constituent institutes of Bhaikaka University is offering/arranging time to time apart from other external sources as well. At the level of organizing such events in APCPH , students do learn the management part and also learns about the teamwork.
The university’s knowledge centre houses a plethora of books and literature, a perfect place to enrich knowledge, with the serene environment facilitating a harmony to acquire wisdom. A state-of-the-art Gym, spiritual centre like BLISS in the University campus and also Yoga sessions, offers a chance to learn these healthy practices, imbibe them for personal integrity and contribute to a larger cause. In a nutshell, the campus at Bhaikaka University is an ideal and complete environment to sustain, flourish and grow as a professional.
Learning is a way of life here!
With Best wishes,
Director,
Dr. Deepak B. Sharma,
Amrita Patel Centre for Public Health
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