Industrial Health is a field of medicine that deals with health concerns pertaining to the workplace like ergonomic factors, lighting, acid and metal vapors, milling and mining dusts and exposure to asbestos. Medical Professionals with higher degree or diploma in this field of medicine offer treatment to occupational-related health hazards. Diploma in Industrial Health is a PG diploma course offered only by three medical colleges in India with approval from the Medical Council of India and the name of the government colleges alone offering this course are given below:

Government colleges for Diploma in Industrial Health:

• All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata

• Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

These two college are offering Diploma in Industrial Health course with affiliation from the West Bengal University of Health Sciences and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences respectively.

Eligibility requirement:

For seeking admission to the Diploma in Industrial Health course, candidates must have completed their MBBS from an institution approved by the Medical Council of India. In addition, candidates must also have completed their internship course after completion of MBBS from a recognized institution.

Admission Procedure:

Admission of students to the Diploma in Industrial Health is done based on the merit secured by the candidates in the common entrance examination for admission to PG medical courses. Even though, admission is offered only for service officers by the Armed Forces Medical College, any unutilized seats will be filled by civilian candidates. Notification for admission of students to the Diploma in Industrial Health course is issued by these institutions in the local and national level newspapers.

Scope of job opportunities for Diploma in Industrial Health holders:

Most of the candidates, after completion of their MBBS have confusion as to select which specialization for higher education due to fear of job scope or any other reason. When the reason is fear of job scope, they can confidently go for Diploma in Industrial Health since the course can offer them with great job opportunities with very good pay scale in top firms in the manufacturing industry in India and abroad as well. They can also work as freelancers attending for industries only when they are looking for health care professional to cure some industry related problem for some or any of their employees or workers. Normally, these professionals are required in factories that are continuously engaged in manufacturing activities with the help of chemicals that might cause some health hazardous.