Diploma in Child Health is a post graduate course in the field of medicine offered by medical colleges in India. It is a two-year course offered by a number of medical colleges approved by Medical Council of India and the names of state-wise government colleges offering this course are given below:

West Bengal:

• Dr. B C Roy Memorial Hospital for Children, Kolkata

• Chittaranjan Seva Sadan Hospital, Kolkata

Uttar Pradesh:

• S N Medical College, Agra

• Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi

• LLRM Medical College, Merrut

• GSVM Medial College, Kanpur

• Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow

• BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur

Tamil Nadu:

• Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur

• Stanley Medical College, Chennai

• Madurai Medical College, Madurai

• Madras Medical College, Chennai

• Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

• Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore

Rajasthan:

• SMS Medical College, Jaipur

• Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner

• R N T Medical College, Udaipur

Punjab:

• Government Medical College, Patiala

• Government Medical College, Amritsar

Pondicherry:

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry

Orissa:

• SCB Medical College, Cuttack

• MKCG Medical College, Berhampur

Maharashtra:

• SRTR Medical College, Ambajogai

• Indira Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur

• Grant Medical College, Mumbai

• Govt. Medical College, Latur

• Government Medical College, Nagpur

• Government Medical College, Aurangabad

• Dr Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College, Solapur

• College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai

• B. J. Medical College, Pune

• Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

Madhya Pradesh:

• Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa

• Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur

• M G M Medical College, Indore

• Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal

• Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior

Kerala:

• T D Medical College, Alleppey (Allappuzha)

• Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

• Govt. Medical College, Calicut

• Government Medical College, Kottayam

Karnataka:

• Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli

• Indira Gandhi Institute of Chind Health, Bangalore

• Govt. Medical College, Mysore

• Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore

Jharkhand:

• M G M Medical College, Jamshedpur

Jammu & Kashmir:

• Government Medical College, Jammu

Himachal Pradesh:

• Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla

Haryana:

• Pt. B D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana)

Gujarat:

• Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot

• MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar

• Medical College, Baroda

• Government Medical College, Surat

• Government Medical College, Bhavnagar

• B J Medical College, Ahmedabad

Delhi:

• Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

• Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

• Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

• Kasturba Hospital, New Delhi

• Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi

• Army Hospital Research & Referral, New Delhi

Chattisgarh:

• Pt. J N M Medical College, Raipur

Bihar:

• Patna Medical College, Patna

Assam:

• Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati

• Assam Medial College, Dibrugarh

Andhra Pradesh:

• S V Medical College, Tirupati

• Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada

• Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

• Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool

• Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal

• Guntur Medical College, Guntur

• Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

• Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam

Eligibility requirement:

For getting into the Diploma in Child Health course in the above-mentioned government colleges, candidates must have completed their MBBS from a recognized institution and they should also have completed their compulsory internship program.

Scope of job opportunities:

Since diploma in child health course offers wide knowledge to the MBBS graduates in the area of child health, these professions can find employment opportunities in pediatric departments of hospitals. Even they can practice on their own as child health specialists. These professionals can find job opportunities in not only Indian hospitals, but in foreign countries as well in the child health care industry.