Accreditation criteria discussed

The country's wellness industry needs an accreditation to protect the interest of customers and instill confidence in the industry and professionals, a forum organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) stated here today.
The ''Accreditation Programme for Wellness Centres'' held in association with Quality Council of India was attended by leading professionals in the industry. The meeting discussed the technicalities of the accreditation criteria made by the National Accreditation Board of Hospital & Healthcare (NABH).
''The difference between accreditation institutes and institutes like the ISO is that we are industry specific while ISO gives out generic certification,'' NABH assistant director Bhavna Gulati said.
The NABH accreditation criteria include legal ethical issues including rights to privacy, treatment of patients without prejudice, awareness among staff and corrective measures against violations.
NABH programme principal assessor Dr Harish Nadkari said, 'Accreditation should not be so difficult as to allow only one entity to get in, nor should it be so loose as to let anyone to come and get it.''

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Apollo Hyderabad & Apollo Delhi win FICCI Healthcare awards !

Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad and Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Delhi win the FICCI Healthcare awards for Excellence in Patient Care and Excellence in Healthcare Delivery. Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad also bags the FICCI Healthcare award for Excellence in HR Practices. The FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards, were the first of its kind to recognize and honor the good and proactive work carried out by the healthcare providers and State Governments and to improve healthcare services for masses by overcoming the numerous challenges faced by the Indian healthcare industry.

Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad and Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Delhi win the FICCI Healthcare awards for Excellence in Patient Care and Excellence in Healthcare Delivery. Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad also bags the FICCI Healthcare award for Excellence in HR Practices.

Trophies and Certificates were handed over to the winners by Mr. Dinesh Trivedi , Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and Ms. Shabana Azmi, Actor and Social Activist, in New Delhi.

Mr K K Modi, Past President, FICCI, in his address, pointed out that the FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards, were the first of its kind to recognize and honor the good and proactive work carried out by State Governments and the healthcare providers to improve healthcare services for masses by overcoming the numerous challenges faced by the Indian healthcare industry.

He said that the awards were to felicitate and commemorate those who have increased the efficiency and improved performance of healthcare sector. “With this motive we approached Quality Council of India, our support Partners and Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd, the official Tabulators. Together, with a core group of advisors, the entire process was designed and operationalised over a period of 6-8 months. The Award categories and their parameters were decided after much deliberation and brain storming amongst the Core group members.”

The awards were open to all for profit and non-profit public, private, and government organizations and subunits – including Indian subunits of foreign organizations located in India, as well as Indian healthcare organizations located overseas with certain basic criterion. The award categories include State Government with Excellence in Reforms, Excellence in Community Driven Healthcare Programme, Excellence in H R Practices, Excellence in Patient Care and last but not the least Excellence in Healthcare Delivery.

The Award process included four-stage filtering mechanism, namely, scrutinizing the information provided by Hospitals & States by the official tabulator at first stage; short listing the hospitals based on the facts and figures provided by the participants by the Interim Jury; at the final level decision of winner based on the data provided in the questionnaire, support documents justifying the numbers and presentations given by shortlisted organizations and States on their initiatives by the distinguished Jury; and simultaneous validation of documents was carried out by QCI.

The distinguished Jury for the awards included chairperson of the Jury, Justice R.C. Lahoti, Former Chief Justice of India, Dr R K Srivastava, Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, Mr. M Damodaran, Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Mr Y K Modi, Chairman and CEO, Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd, Dr B N S Walia, Former Director, PGIMER Chandigrah, Dr Girdhar J Gyani, Secretary General, Quality Council Of India, Mr. Kali Prasad, Partner, Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd.

Source: http://www.apollohospitals.com

'Clinical research is next big thing in developing India’

BANGALORE: By 2020, India will be among the top five countries for clinical research. At a media workshop on clinical research on Thursday, Indian

society for Clinical Research (ISCR) member Arun Bhatt said it is one of the fastest growing sectors.

“Currently, India ranks 14 in the clinical research market, but will soon be among the top. It’s the next big thing in India. Other leading Asian countries are China and Korea,” he said. According to ISCR, the economic slowdown affected the industry in the initial four months. “The industry has picked up over the past nine months,” he added.
However, India’s contribution to global clinical research is only two-and-a-half-per cent.

On an average, drug development takes 15 years and the cost of any drug development cost $800 million; 60% is spent on research and development.

ISCR members said rules and guidelines for conducting clinical research in India are more stringent than any other country. “But they are not implemented effectively,” Bhatt said.

Source: Times of India

Prof. (Dr.) B.L. Handoo

Prof. (Dr.) B.L. Handoo

Managing Director (I.E.C.S)

M.A. English (U.K.), M.Ed. (Gold Medallist)

P.G. Dip. Distance Education (IGNOU), Ph.D.

Doctorate in Educational Psychology, C.U. (USA)

Prof. B.L.Handoo has been in the field of education: teaching, teacher- training, mentoring, innovating, managing schools and advising managements for over 40 years now.

Prof. B.L.Handoo is a Gold Medallist with a Masters Degree in English Language and Literature, a First Class First M.Ed. Degree and a PG. Diploma in Distance Education from IGNOU, Delhi. He researched extensively at RCEM, Ajmer; on Piaget’s Concept of Cognitive Development, for his PhD in Educational Psychology.

Prof. B.L.Handoo has also been awarded a Doctorate in Educational Psychology by the Cosmopolitan University, Missouri; USA.

Prof. Handoo taught English Language and Literature for 12 years to Degree Classes at Srinagar, Kashmir. He has been Founder Principal of a Teacher Education College for Women, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir; where he worked for eleven years. He has been a Consultant to Vishwa Bharati, for whom he established Schools & Colleges in Srinagar, Jammu and Noida.

Prof. Handoo headed the:-

· Maheshwari Public School; Jaipur

· Gyan Bharati, Saket, New Delhi and

· Apeejay, Sheikh Saria−New Delhi.

Prof. Handoo was Educational Advisor to the MIER Centre at Delhi.

Prof. Handoo was Honorary Director and Principal of the Rani Laximibai Group of Public Schools and established institutions for the Group at Jhansi, Lalitapur (U.P) and Datia (M.P).

Prof. Handoo also functioned as Director RLVM, Hathras

Prof. Handoo worked for a brief period as Vice Chancellor of Aquatech University, Raipur.

Prof. Handoo has been Educational Consultant & Dean of Schools, for over Five Years, to Darshan Education Foundation, Delhi; which runs fifteen Educational Institutions all over India and is pioneering a movement in Spiritual Curriculum and Holistic Education.

Prof. Handoo worked as Director-Principal cum Dean of Chaman Vatika Residential Public School and Chaman Vatika International School at Ambala.

Prof. Handoo was Educational Advisor to Vibgyor International School, Philkhowa, Hapur

Prof. Handoo has been involved in Measurement and Evaluation with CBSE, CISSE and IGNOU; in Teacher Education, Innovations in Teaching and Development of Models of Value Education for NCERT. He has been Project Director of Regional and National Level Workshops for NCERT and CBSE.

Prof. Handoo is the recipient of scores of Honours and Awards, including the Distinguished Educationist Award of PTA India (Award given to him by Prof. Yashpal, Former Chairman University Grants Commission), and The Best Teacher Award of International Children’s Movement (Award given to him by Mr. P.A. Sangama, the Former Speaker of Lok Sabha).

Prof. Handoo is an ELT EXPERT, and accomplished trainer in Accelerated Learning & Super Power Learning Techniques. He is a Student Advisor and a Guidance Counsellor.

Prof. Handoo is on the Management of scores of Leading Public Schools including the Dayawati Modi Group & KV’s and has organised Teacher Training Workshops on different themes, across the whole of India.

Prof. Handoo has addressed over 3000 Pre-Service teachers of B.Ed. Colleges at Delhi, Jammu and U.P.

Prof. Handoo has held counselling and sensitisation workshops for the Principals and Teachers of Air Force Schools at:

· Ludhiana

· Kanpur

· Pune and

· Kolkata.

Prof. Handoo was the Main Speaker at the 16^th Annual Conference of Delhi Sikh Public Schools, where he spoke an “Education for Excellence”.

Prof. Handoo has been advising and guiding parents in Parent Orientation Programmes in and around Delhi.

Prof. Handoo has held Mentoring Sessions and Workshops on ‘How to Improve the Teaching-Learning Process” at Aligarh, Lucknow, Hathras, Rampur, Varanasi, Sampla, Rohtak, Ambala, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jammu, Sonepat, Gohana, Jalandhar, Kalka, Hissar; besides scores of Schools at Delhi.

He has conducted workshops for teachers of:

· Alpine Public School, Amritsar

· BCM Arya Model Sr. Sec. School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana

· CRPF Public School, Rohini, Delhi

· D.A. V. Vikaspuri & Shrestaviha, Delhi

· Dayawati Modi Academies at Modipurram, Varanasi, Rampur

· Sai Girls International School, Geeta Colony, Delhi

· Mata Jai Kaur Public School, Ashok vihar, Delhi

· Maharaja Agarsen Adarsh Public School, Pitampura, Delhi

· The India School, Chirag Delhi, Delhi

· Titiksha Institute of Education, Rohini, Delhi

· Goodley Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi

· Chaman Vatika Residential and International School, Ambala

· Sant Baba Bhag Singh International School, Padhiana, jallandhar

· St. Edmunds School, Malvia Nagar, Jaipur

· Parishkar College of Science and Technology, Jaipur

· Satyanand Public School, Ramsharnam Ashram, Gohana, Soepat

· Sri Guru Nanak College of Education Jammu

· RM College of Education, Jammu

· Alpine Public School, Amritsar

· Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya, Jaipur

· Sai Shyam College of Education, Jammu

· Kendri Vidyalaya, Sector-22, Noida

· Sunbeam Group of Schools, Bhagwanpur, Varanasi

· BCM Arya Model Sr. Sec. School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana

· Dalimss Group of Schools at Ram Katura, Varanasi

· Prelude Public School, Agra

· Bal Bharati Public School, Bhopal

· Takshila Junior College, Ujjain

Prof Handoo has conducted Workshops on HOTS: Higher Order Thinking Skills at:-

· Dayawati Modi Academy, Varanasi

· CRPF Public School, Rohini, Delhi

· Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya, Jaipur

· BCM Arya Model Sr.Sec. School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana

· Bal Bharti Public School, Dwarka, Delhi

· Ahlcon International School, Mayur Vihar, Delhi

· Rajender Lohia Vidya Mandir, Hathras

· Dayawati Modi Academy-I, Modipurram, Meerut

· Handa College of Education, Jammu

· The Sanskaar International School, Allahabad

· New State Academy School, Pitampura, Delhi; and

· Blue Bird Sr. Sec School, Aligarh.

· Dalimss Group of Schools, Rohania, Varanasi.

Prof. Handoo has undertaken the responsibility of “Preparing Leaders for the Future Learning Society” and with this Objective, organised “Leadership Workshops” at;-

· India International Centre, Delhi. (27-28 June, 19-20 Sept. & 27-29 Dec. 2009)

· BN College of Education, Jammu

· CBSE Sahodhaya Complex Varanasi at Sunbeam School, Varuna ,Varanasi

· CBSE Sahodhaya Complex Ludhiana at BCM Arya Model Sr. Sec. School, Ludhiana

· SOS Training Centre Faridabad

· CBSE Sahodhaya Complex Rampur at Modi Hotel, Rampur.

· CBSE Sahodhaya Complex Bhopal at DPS Bhopal

· Guru Harkrishan Group Of Public Schools, Delhi at Vasant Vihar, Delhi.

Prof. Handoo has Resourced several Workshops on behalf of National Accreditation Board of Education & Training- Quality Council of India, Delhi; on ‘How to prepare a School for Accreditation’, ‘CBSE Affiliation Bye-Laws and Requirements’ and ‘Accreditation Examiner Training Course’ at:-

· Quality Council of India, Delhi ( on several occasions)

· Hotel Claridge, Delhi( on several occasions)

· Chandigarh

· Chennai, and

· Ahmadabad.

Prof. Handoo’s students have distinguished themselves in all fields. Several of them are heading prestigious colleges of Education and Public Schools of Repute. A few of them have earned honours in the Defence forces. Many of them are settled abroad as Doctors, Scientists and Engineers. Quite a lot is working in Media, TV. Press and journalism and many of them are the best teachers in accredited Institutions of India.

Prof. Handoo has been on Selection Boards for interviews of Principals and teachers for prestigious Schools in India and Abroad.

Prof Handoo is a voracious reader, has been travelling extensively to study Systems, Operating Procedures, Quality Assurance Techniques etc. of Educational Systems of UK, USA, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, France, Germany and other developed and developing Nations.

Prof Handoo has in the recent past been associated with the Quality Council of India, Delhi; in the Accreditation Process & Quality Improvement of Education & Governance of Schools in India.

Prof. Handoo. Is an able orator, a wonderful motivator, a love therapist, an Innovator a skilled administrator with a passion for teaching!

Pharma industry urges govt to withdraw WHO study on 'data exclusivity'

The domestic pharmaceutical industry has urged the government to withdraw a study launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) in consultation with the Union ministry of health on implementing 'Data Exclusivity' in India.

The industry has sought the intervention of the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) to take up the issue with the health ministry so as to immediately withdraw the study on the ‘impact of Satwant Reddy Committee Recommendations on the Indian pharmaceutical industry' . This, the industry feels, is an attempt on the part of the multinational companies (MNCs) to get monopoly by creating a new IP Right.

The industry's suspicion grew all the more over the fact that a lawyer firmAnand and Anand, whose representative Pravin Anand was a member of the Satwant Reddy Committee and has in different forums expressed his views on Article 39.3 that it obligates India to implement data exclusivity, have been commissioned to prepare the study.“It is also general knowledge that the lawyers' firmAnand and Anand is a firm overwhelmingly patronised by multinational companies/clients. It only means that the ultimate aim of the study is to justify Data Exclusivity as a new IP Right”, the industry expressed its anguish to the government.

The industry is appalled by a questionnaire sent to it as part of the study as it suggests that incremental modifications, modifications in old Ayurvedic formulae, traditional knowledge, new uses of old products, combinations of already patented or out of patented drugs, etc should be allowed protection under Data Exclusivity. Industry contends that all these are non-patentable under the Patents Act which was passed by Parliament after considerable consideration.

Contending that India is not under TRIPS obligation to give data exclusivity, the industry points that the Brussels Ministerial of GATT which saw the most exhaustive debates on the subject, the Dunkle Report and the Marakkash Conference, had specifically rejected the United States' demand for a five year exclusivity under Art 39 (3) of TRIPS and they allowed only DataProtection.

To further drive home its point in this regard, the industry puts forth India's official submission to TRIPS Council on 29 June, 2001 (IP/C/W/296) “Art 39.3 of the TRIPS Agreement leaves considerable room for Member countries to implement the obligation to protect test data against unfair competition practices.The Agreement provides that 'undisclosed information' is regulated under the discipline of unfair competition, as contained in Article 10 bis of the Paris Convention.With this provision, the Agreement clearly avoids the treatment of undisclosed information as a 'property' and does not require granting 'exclusive' rights to the owner of the data”.

Source:Pharmabiz