Management Science has now become indispensable to almost all important fields of human activity. Managing hospitals, like managing industry, requires several management skills in Finance, Marketing, Production, Material, Systems and Human resource Development. 

Indian Hospitals and the health care sector are in the middle of a high growth phase both in terms of volume and sophistication. One of the major drivers of Indias' hospital sector has been corporatization during the last decade. As these hospitals and nursing homes become more and more capital intensive, the need for trained managers has also increased. The health sector has emerged as an avenue for the employment of management professionals. today, employment opportunities in health care an planning are growing far faster than other employment sectors as can be seen from the advertisements appearing in the daily newspapers and other media.

The Symbiosis Centre of Health Care should be congratulated on utilizing the opportunity to provide specialized training in hospital and health care management to budding managers and to medical professionals who wish to manage their own hospitals in a cost effective manner.

I wish the programme all success.