Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences M.Sc (Public Health) /M.S.W. (Medical) /Post Graduate Diploma in Epidemiology & Health Management Admissions 2012-13

Pravara Medical Trust

Center for Social Medicine 

Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences - Deemed University 

Phone : 02422-271478/271391 

Loni - 413 736,  

Dist. Ahmednagar,  Maharashtra, India 

Email: csm@pmtpims.org

M.Sc (Public Health) /M.S.W. (Medical) /Post Graduate Diploma in Epidemiology & Health Management Admissions 2012-13 

Pravara Medical Trust (PMT) is a not-for-profit oriented, non-governmental, charitable organization founded in 1972 by the local peasants inspired and lead by Padmashree Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil, as part of “Integrated Rural Development Model” in remote rural area of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, India.  PMT has been working on a “Comprehensive Rural Health Model (CRHM)” for the last 40 years in rural, drought-prone, and tribal areas of Maharashtra, India with a mission to “serve the rural poor & marginalized sections of society” to enable them to achieve acceptable level of “quality of life” by improving their health & productivity.The vision of PMT is to improve the productivity of the people, especially rural & vulnerable sections of the society, through increased ‘quality of life’by making health systems more effective and responsive to the needs & aspirations of the people.   

Centre forSocial Medicine (CSM)

Centre for Social Medicine (CSM) was a culmination of efforts of PMT & PIMS since 1972 to address the multi-disciplinary & multi-dimensional nature of health and developmental needs of the underprivileged rural, tribal and urban slums population, in a holistic way through education, research and service delivery.The CSM, as a constituent unit of Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences University (PIMS) since 2001, aims to facilitate &  enrich the faculty-student-community interactions  and  collaborates with various  academic & research  programs  : medicine,  dentistry,  nursing,  physiotherapy,  biotechnology,  bioscience management, ayurveda within and outside PIMS University.  The Center also encourages international, national, regional, 

and community partnerships to foster a culture of interdisciplinary team work and a community of scholars at the cross roads of health and social sciences. 

The CSM was recognized by Govt. of India (UGC) as a constituent unit of PIMS for offering academic courses in Public/Rural Health, Social Medicine etc in 2005.   

MajorActivities

Major activities of the Centre in the field of community and social health involving all the medical and health 

sciences faculties of PIMS University are as under:

1. Research, Development & Consultancy  

2. Primary Health Care through 'out-reach' services in underserved areas 

3. Education & Training-Formal University Academic Programs & Non-formal, Vocational Training Programs

4. Advocacy & Behavioral Change Communication (BCC)

5. ICT: e-health, e-agriculture, e-empowerment 

6. Networking & Collaborations - Regional, National and International

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Organizational Structure

The Centre implements all the major activities through the following four Divisions:

1. Academic & Research

2. Community Health & Outreach Services

3. Community Empowerment & BCC

4. ICT & Networking

Operational/Field Practice Area

The Centre has been directly engaged in serving about half-a-million people living in 250 remote, droughtprone, hilly & tribal villages  and 10 urban slums in Ahmednagar, Nashik, Pune districts of Maharashtra through various community health and developmental projects and programs. 

Target population for community health developmental services 

The Centre focuses their activities on vulnerable sections of the society like women (widowed, disserted, female sex workers), children (orphans, differently abled, school drop-outs, child labour, malnourished etc), rural & tribal, farmers (migratory labour), unorganized labour etc.  

As part of Community Health Activities, the CSM runs 9 Rural Health Centres, 5 Mobile Medical/Dental 

Clinics, 30 e-health /First Aid Centres & regular health check-up camps. The CSM has been involved in a number of field action and research projects in the field of RCH, HIV/AIDS, School Health, and Woman's empowerment  in collaboration  with government organizations, non-governmental and  academicorganizations in India and abroad. 

     

Core Competencies 

The following core competencies required to achieve the objectives of the Center are drawn  from within the constituent institutes of the University and sister institutes in the area.  

· Community Medicine/Public Health

· Epidemiology & Biostatistics

· Population studies & demography

· Occupational health & agricultural medicine

· Natural and Environmental Sciences

· Social Sciences – Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Behavioural Sciences

· Yoga and  Meditation

· Biotechnology, Health informatics and Information technology

· Management Sciences 

· Health Financing and Economics

Application Procedure :

How to obtain the Applications Form

Those who are intersted to take admission into the aforementioned courses should obtain the Prospectus and 

Application form which can be obtained through the following ways :

1) By Sending a request letter to the Director, Centre for Social Medicine along with D.D. for Rs. 300  in favour 

of Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences- Deemed University, 

2) By Downloading from the Website www.pravara.com and submitting the downloaded Application Form 

along with a D.D. for Rs. 300/-

3) From the Counter of Center for Social Medicine on cash payment of Rs. 300/- on working days from 9.00 am 

to 5.00 pm.

4) The Application Form should be attached with the xerox copy of the following certificates.

1. Date of Birth Certificate (SSC Passing)

2. Year wise Statement of Marks of Course Passed

3. Degree / Passing Certificate

Selection Procedure :

Those  satisfying  the  eligibility  requirements  will  be  included  in  the  selection  process.  Selection  for Admissions in the course will be done purely on merit basis (marks obtained) at the qualifying examinations. 

AfterSelection Formalities :

Acceptance Letter : An acceptance letter should be obtained, signed and returned to the Director, Social for 

Social Medicine on or before 20th July 2012, if admission is accepted.

Verification of Original Documents of the following certificates will be carried out at the time of Admission

Important Dates :

Availability of Admission Form : Till 15th July 2012

Last Date for submission on filled in Admission Forms : 15th July 2012

Admission of Selected Candidates  : 20th July 2012

Admission of Waitlisted Candidates  : 22nd July 2012

Academic Session Begins : 1st August 2012

Director 

Center for Social Medicine 

Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences - Deemed University 

Phone : 02422-271478/271391 

Loni - 413 736,  

Dist. Ahmednagar,  Maharashtra, India 

Email: csm@pmtpims.org