Minor Program
Program Overview
Under-Graduate students from any department or school of the institute (e.g. Electrical Engineering, School of Management, Industrial Design Centre, etc.) can earn a minor degree in Healthcare informatics from KCDH, by earning 30 credits (equivalent to five full-semester courses, each of 6 credits)
Curriculum Structure
- In total 30 credits (equivalent to five full-semester courses, each of 6 credits) are to be completed.
- The course DH 302: Introduction to Public Health Informatics (6 credit) is mandatory.
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits | Department/Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH 302 | Introduction to Public Health Informatics | 6 | KCDH |
- Three more PG level elective courses are to be completed out of the three groups
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits | Department/Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB 603 | Physiology for Engineers | 6 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 607 | Proteomics: Principles and Techniques | 6 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 619 | Mathematics for Biologists | 6 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 624 | Microfluidics: Physics and Applications | 6 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 626 | Modeling Biological Systems and Processes | 6 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 627 | Medical Imaging Methods | 3 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 633 | Movement Neuroscience | 6 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 640 | Biologics | 3 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 645 | Drug design and development | 3 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 656 | Introduction to Mechanobiology | 3 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| BB 663 | Medical Imaging Physics | 3 | Biosciences and Bioengineering |
| CL 662 | Introduction to Computational Biology | 6 | Chemical Engineering |
| DH 301 | Basic Epidemiology | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
| DH 803 | Wearable Health Technologies | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
| ME 724 | Essentials of Turbulence | 6 | Mechanical Engineering |
| ME 780 | Biofluid Mechanics | 6 | Mechanical Engineering |
| TD 617 | Healthtech Innovation and Design | 6 | Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA) |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits | Department/Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS 419 | Introduction to Machine Learning | 6 | Computer Science & Engineering |
| CS 631 | Implementation Techniques for Relational Database Systems | 6 | Computer Science & Engineering |
| CS 663 | Digital Image Processing | 6 | Computer Science & Engineering |
| CS 725 | Foundations of Machine Learning | 6 | Computer Science & Engineering |
| CS 726 | Advanced Machine Learning | 6 | Computer Science & Engineering |
| CS 736 | Medical Image Computing | 6 | Computer Science & Engineering |
| CS 754 | Advanced Image Processing | 6 | Computer Science & Engineering |
| CS 769 | Optimization in Machine Learning | 6 | Computer Science & Engineering |
| DH 306 | Healthcare Performance Metrics | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
| DH 308 | Clinical Data Management | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
| DH 801 | Biostatistics in Healthcare | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
| DS 303 | Introduction to Machine Learning | 6 | Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science |
| EE 610 | Image Processing | 6 | Electrical Engineering |
| EE 769 | Introduction to Machine Learning | 6 | Electrical Engineering |
| GNR 652 | Machine Learning for Remote Sensing 1 | 6 | Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering |
| IE 501 | Optimization Models | 6 | Industrial Engineering and Operations Research |
| IE 615 | Data Analytics in Operations Research | 6 | Industrial Engineering and Operational Research |
| IE 643 | Deep Learning Theory & Practice | 6 | Industrial Engineering and Operations Research |
| ME 781 | Statistical Machine Learning and Data Mining | 6 | Mechanical Engineering |
| SI 541 | Statistical Epidemiology | 6 | Mathematics |
| SI 422 | Regression Analysis | 8 | Mathematics |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits | Department/Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH 304 | Economics of Health Care | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
| DH 802 | Service Operations and Quality Management in Healthcare | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
| DH 899 | Communication Skills | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
| ES 899/CM 899 | Communication Skills | 6 | |
| HS 633 | Econometrics of Programme Evaluation | 6 | Humanities and Social Science |
| HS 638 | Financial Econometrics | 6 | Humanities and Social Sciences |
| HS 426 | Theory and Policy of Managerial Finance | 6 | Humanities and Social Sciences |
| IE 709 | IEOR for Health Care | 8 | Industrial Engineering and Operational Research |
| PS 619 | Health Policy: An Introduction | 6 | Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies |
| SOM 633 | Quality Management | 3 | SJM School of Management |
Group 4: R&D Project
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits | Department/Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| DH 307 | R&D Project | 6 | Koita Centre for Digital Health |
- Every student must take credit courses from at least two of the groups. The courses under these groups includes specialized courses offered by the faculty members associated with KCDH and approved by the suitable academic committee of KCDH.
- An RnD project of 6 credits can be taken in lieu of a full semester course of 6 credits towards the completion of 30 credits to earn the MINOR degree. However, students have to identify and get the consent of a faculty member associated with KCDH to guide him/her for the RnD project.
Course Offered in Autumn 2023 - 24
| Course Code | Course Name | Instructor | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB 607 | Proteomics: Principles and Techniques | Prof. Sanjeeva Srivastava | NA |
| BB 627 (SH) | Medical Imaging Methods | Prof. Hari Varma | NA |
| BB 645 (FH) | Drug Discovery and Development | Prof. Ashutosh Kumar | NA |
| BB 663 (FH) | Medical Imaging Physics | Prof. Debjani Paul | NA |
| BB 681 | Physical Biology at Microscopic scale. | Prof. Ambarish Kunwar | NA |
| CS 663 | Digital Image Processing | Prof. Ajit Rajwade | NA |
| CS 768 | Learning with Graphs | Prof. Abir De | NA |
| DH 301 | Basic Epidemiology | Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Dr. Kalyani Addya & Dr. Sandip Mandal | NA |
| DH 302 | Introduction to Public Health Informatics | Prof. Kshitij Jadhav | NA |
| DH 307 | R&D Project | Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan | NA |
| DH 803 | Wearable Health Technologies | Dr. Nirmal Punjabi | NA |
| EE 782 | Advanced Machine Learning | Prof. Amit Sethi | NA |
| ES 601 | Environmental Health and Safety | Harish C. Phuleria | NA |
| ES 899/CM 899 | Communication Skills | Harish C. Phuleria | NA |
| GNR 650 | Advanced topics in deep learning for image analysis | Prof. Biplap Banerjee | NA |
| Introduction: Yoga and Positive Psychology for Managing career abd life: (NPTEL course) | Prof. Ashish Pandey | NA |