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Updated on: Thursday, August 25, 2011

Two leading entities have collaborated to offer a one-year full-time residential programme – ‘Executive Diploma in General Management and Health Care (ExD-GMH)’. Faculty will jointly teach the programme from XLRI and Apollo Group. Graduates from any discipline with minimum three years of experience can apply for this programme.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and XLRI have also partnered to promote leadership and management education for AHEL employees by introducing a one-year ‘Postgraduate Certificate in General Management’.

Based on a unique partnership model, XLRI Jamshedpur, one of the top Business Schools in the country, has joined hands with Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited (AHEL), the flagship Company of Apollo Hospitals Group, to announce a one-year full time residential programme in healthcare domain titled ‘Executive Diploma in General Management and Health Care (ExD-GMH)’ for the aspiring students of the country.

The programme, which kicks-off in March 2012, has been designed and developed jointly by the faculty of XLRI Jamshedpur as well as senior representatives from Apollo Group with an objective to provide competency-based education to eligible candidates to promote Health Care Management. Under this programme, 28 courses will be taught in one year divided into four terms, and will be jointly taught by faculties from XLRI and Apollo Group for 480 hours and 270 hours respectively. During the course, students will have to go through a compulsory one-month internship in healthcare industry.

Graduates from any recognised university and in any discipline with minimum of three years of experience after graduation can apply for this programme. Aspiring candidates will have to appear for a written test, to be conducted at the seven selected centres of Apollo, followed by interviews at XLRI campus. After successful completion of the programme, XLRI and Apollo Group will award the students certificates jointly during the graduation ceremony in the XLRI Jamshedpur campus. Also, in this programme, executives from various sectors will get an opportunity to familiarise themselves with an in-depth knowledge of the latest developments in management education, besides enabling them to interact with participants from different work cultures and personal experiences.

AHEL and XLRI have also partnered to promote leadership and management education for AHEL employees by introducing a one-year ‘Postgraduate Certificate in General Management’. A total of fourteen subjects will be covered under this programme along with one final project work.

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