Department of Academic Affairs, Research & Continuing Education (AARCE) has been envisioned to foster academic programmes, both at the basic and the super speciality levels, encourage research activities and help in skill enhancement by promoting continuing medical and nursing education programmes.

AARCE embodies a tenacious and integrated framework for high quality, cutting edge and scientifically rigorous research and education. It has been formed to facilitate in meeting the needs of the growing community. AARCE started as a committee, with the seeds sown in October’2008, however, functionally it started in May’2009 by means of regular clinical meetings and Newsletters. Nevertheless, there is a famous quote “Necessitie, the inuentour of all goodnesse”, meaning “Necessity is the mother of invention. Thus, to meet the advancement of technologies, need for training and economic impacts thereof, this committee was reconstituted in March’2011 for a new venture, and re-christened as a department of Academic Affairs, Research & Continuing Education (AARCE), which now, not only, includes the in-house education and training activities but also the nurturing and developing clinical talent in association with training and development division of the hospital.

AARCE brings the best for the patients, by setting goals in enhancing academic activities, dwelling in researches to improvise cures and providing awareness of the most advanced practices via continuous education to staff for compassionate patient care.

AARCE efforts are to leverage research and technology services which will make a difference in the lives of others and add up the assets of healthy life style. It focuses on enhancing knowledge, discovering and sharing new ways to do things.

Objectives

• Academic activities including Clinical Meetings, Journal Clubs, and Seminars etc. within the hospital and outside the hospital carried out either independently and / or jointly with other professional bodies /institutions etc. including Public Awareness Lectures & Talks.
• Activities pertaining to clinical meetings and CE efforts etc. initiated by Sales & Marketing Department will be amalgamated within the scope of the functioning of the Department of AARCE.
• Formal and non-formal courses and training programmes including post graduate medical education - Diplomate of National Board (DNB) in different specialties’, PG certificate / diploma courses in various clinical disciplines, nursing and allied areas, as and when they are started.
• Research activities (including clinical trials) carried out in the hospital and / or in association with other network hospitals / professional bodies /organizations / pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & medical device companies’ etc. including co-ordination and compliance through Ethics Committee (or its representative committee).