Programmes Offered

B.Sc Allied Health Sciences

(3 years + 1 year Internship)

1. B.Sc Anaesthesia Technology
2. B.Sc Cardiovascular Technology
3. B.Sc Medical Lab Technology
4. B.Sc Perfusion Technology
5. B.Sc Physician assistant
6. B.Sc Radiology and Imaging Technology
7. B.Sc Renal dialysis Technology
8. B.Sc Respiratory Therapy Technology
9. B.Sc Optometry Technology

Anaesthesia Technology (AT) program trains the professional to facilitate the surgical procedures both planned and emergency, by preparing in advance the equipment that are necessary for any surgical procedures. They also play an vital role in administration and monitoring of anaesthesia and has an extensive knowledge of anaesthesia techniques, instruments, supplies, and technology.

OTAT professionals are mainly employed by anaesthesia departments or operating theatre suites, but can be found in other areas of clinical practice including emergency departments, intensive care units (ICU) and day surgery clinics. Graduates have good employment prospects, and will enter a field in which the demand for professionals has increased in recent years and will keep on increasing due to changing environment and disease conditions.

Cardio-pulmonary Technology consists of three years of clinical faculty supervised theoretic learning and one-year internship programme. The cardio-pulmonary technologist is qualified by specific didactic, laboratory, and clinical technological education to perform and/or assist in various invasive and non-invasive cardiovascular procedures. Upon completion of the 3-year course and one-year internship the candidates will evolve into a full trained, qualified cardiovascular technologist capable of working independently.
The role of the cardiovascular technologists were to review and/or record patient history, performing appropriate clinical procedures of cardiovascular diagnostic and therapeutic services and also participating in interventional cardiovascular catheterization and/or cardiac electrophysiology procedures.

Cardiovascular technologists may provide their services to patients in any medical setting under the supervision of a doctor. The job opportunities for cardiovascular technologist were available in invasive cardiovascular catheterization laboratories, cardiac electrophysiology labs, non-invasive cardiovascular laboratories, including adult and pediatric echocardiography laboratories etc

Medical laboratory technology deals with all the clinical laboratory investigations on various samples for laboratory diagnosis of different disease conditions. Presently, the practice of modern medicine would be near impossible without the tests performed in the laboratory.

A medical laboratory professional (also referred to as a Medical Laboratory Technologist, a Clinical Laboratory Scientist or Clinical Laboratory Technologist) is a healthcare professional who performs chemical, hematological, immunologic, microscopic and microbiological diagnostic analyses on body fluids, as well as other specimens.

Medical laboratory scientists work in clinical laboratories at hospitals, reference laboratories, biotechnology laboratories and non-clinical industrial labs.

Medical laboratory professionals have unlimited choices of practice settings. Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, public health facilities, and commercial laboratories all have positions open for qualified laboratory professionals. Postgraduate and Doctoral students can contribute significantly in research and academics.

Perfusion Technology are health professionals who are trained to operate, maintain, and record the output of a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) machine which is also known as a heart-lung machine. Perfusionists also participate in heart surgeries as well as cardiac transplants, cardiovascular surgeries, and specialized chemotherapy procedures. They are also experts of other life support equipment such as ventricular assist devices, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and intra-aortic balloon pumps. The personnel who carry out these responsibilities also must have adequate knowledge of structure and function of the human body, especially the cardiovascular system. The graduate program in cardiovascular perfusion technology consists of three years of supervised theoretic learning and one-year internship programme. Upon completion of the program the candidates will evolve into a fully trained, qualified cardiovascular perfusion technologist capable of working independently.

The perfusionist get employed in major hospitals as perfusionists with attractive salaries. A handful of them enrolled for postgraduate and doctoral programs. Perfusionist are also employed in clinics, research and development centres, medical equipment manufacturing companies, etc.

Physician Assistant (PA) are healthcare professionals trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic andpreventive health care services in all health specialties, as delegated by a doctor. The Physician Assistants work in different departments such as Out-Patient units, Operation theatres, Catheterization labs, Cardiac care units, Intensive care units, Organ Transplant units, Reproductive Medicine, general medicine, ENT, nephrology, urology, gastroenterology, paediatrics, geriatrics Obstetrics department, Orthopaedics and trauma care, Radiation therapy unit and Nuclear Medicine.

The scope of this course is fabulous in our country. Plenty of job opportunities are available in medical software companies, medical coding, medical transcription, pharma industry, medical devices manufacturing companies, medical tourism, and medical insurance. Besides, they will be appointed as coordinators for various clinical trials.

Radiology and Imaging Technology is the healthcare profession associated with the direct administration of radiation (x-rays) to assess injury and diagnosis of disease. Medical Radiology and Imaging technology is extremely specialized and advanced science requiring competently trained personnel in radiographic positioning and exposure technique.

The students will acquire a broad & detailed knowledge in medical imaging which will help them be a new generation in imaging technology by operating advanced equipment such as CT (computed tomography), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) DSA, DEXA, mammography, CR, DR, fluoroscopy and digital mobile X-ray machines and will have the opportunity to develop important practical skills in organizing radiological department.

The graduates can work as Imaging Technologists in Hospitals with Radio diagnostic facilities both in public and private sectors, as Application specialists in Medical Imaging Equipment companies. B Sc in RIT graduates have the opportunity to pursue Masters and can specialize in any of the Imaging modalities can undertake teaching positions in educational institutions in India and abroad and also can pursue research activities in Medical Imaging Technology.

Renal Dialysis Technology are healthcare professionals who performs and monitor renal replacement therapies such as haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy for patients with chronic kidney disease or acute kidney injury. The increasing incidence and prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in recent years lead to the invention of modern technology and techniques in the dialysis process and opened many new options for those who require frequent dialysis procedures.
Three-year graduate program with one-year of compulsory internship in Dialysis provides students with the opportunity to study the basic medical science of the renal system, principles and practice of dialysis technology including monitoring and troubleshooting and recent advancement in dialysis technology.

A dialysis technologist can set up, evaluate, operate, and troubleshoot dialysis machines, and this knowledge can be used to find work in quality control or other areas in dialysis machine manufacturing. In addition to the renal replacement therapies, the students were trained in specialized extracorporeal procedures such as hemoperfusion, plasmapheresis, liver dialysis, and immunoadsorption and immunomodulation techniques.

Dialysis Technologist are employed in hospitals and private practices also a career in teaching and research, following the completion of a higher degree such as a Ph.D. is also available. There are plenty of job opportunities for employment overseas where their qualifications, training and experience are highly regarded. Graduates have good employment prospects, and will enter a field in which the demand for professionals has increased in recent years. Increase in the number of patients with end-stage renal disease ensures a large demand for future graduates.

Respiratory Therapy is an upcoming branch of Healthcare profession devoted to the scientific application of technology in order to assist in the diagnosis, treatment, management and care of patients with cardiopulmonary and associated disorders. Respiratory Therapists are important members of modern healthcare teams. They have specialized medical expertise and use their knowledge and skills to provide safe, high-quality care to the patients.

The curriculum is developed to educate students to transform them to highly skilled Respiratory therapist. In addition, they are also given orientation in Research and education. The job opportunities are abundant in Critical care, Acute care (hospital), Emergency care, Paediatric care and Outpatient / homecare settings.

Optometry Technology is a health care profession which is autonomous and concerned especially with examining the eye for defects and faults of refraction, with prescribing correctional lenses, eye exercises and/or visual rehabilitation care for visually impaired, with diagnosing diseases of the eye, and with treating such diseases or referring them for treatment.

Optometrists are primary health care practitioners of the eye and visual system who provide comprehensive eye and vision care, which includes refraction and dispensing, detection/diagnosis and co-management of disease in the eye and the rehabilitation of conditions of the visual system The training will enable a student to become a competent person in providing service as an Optometrist and Refractions to the community.

There is ample scope for the graduates to Practice in optical establishments, job opportunities in abroad, clinical services to multinationals dealing, with the manufacturing and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, contact lenses and ophthalmic instruments and even run an optical shop.

Graduates interested in higher studies can join for M.Sc. and Ph D programs and take up teaching Optometry as their career.