Mumbai, 2nd December, 2025: IIHMR University conducted a five-day Management Development Programme (MDP) on “Health Systems Strengthening” for officials from the Government of Gujarat. The programme focused on strengthening leadership, data-to-action practices, digital health readiness, and strategic management to enhance public health system performance.
The training brought together 30 participants from diverse roles such as medical officers, professors, administrators, and policy planners across Gujarat’s health institutions, including GMERS Medical Colleges, district hospitals, SHSRC, and NHM units.
Dr. PR Sodani, President, IIHMR University, shared, “Strengthening health systems requires a robust foundation of leadership, data intelligence, and digital readiness. Such elements are increasingly crucial for a rapidly developing state like Gujarat. Through this programme, our aim was to equip health administrators with the skills and frameworks needed to translate data into action, enhance service delivery, and build resilient health systems.”
Over five days, participants engaged in interactive sessions covering vital topics like Leadership and decision-making for health administrators, Data and indicators, programme monitoring, and data-to-action practices, Data visualization and dashboarding for decision support, Strategic planning, management exercises, and group presentations, Digital health innovations and applications of AI in healthcare, and Predictive analysis using Generative AI.
The sessions were facilitated by esteemed faculty experts, including Dr. P.R. Sodani, Dr. Vinod Kumar SV, Dr. Arindam Das, Dr. Goutam Sadhu, Dr. Purnendu Shekhar Pandey, Dr. Praveen Srivatsa, and Dr. Venkat Changavalli.
