Is Your Institution Ready to Launch Allied & Healthcare?
Allied & Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing opportunities in higher education. The Union Budget 2026 has allocated ₹1,000 crore towards strengthening Allied & Healthcare education, with an aim to add 1 lakh Allied & Healthcare Professionals (AHP) across 10 disciplines over the next five years. With clearer regulatory pathways under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, institutions have an opportunity to build programs that respond to evolving industry needs. Join us for the Dialogue Room, a webinar curated for HEI leaders to understand what is changing in the ecosystem, what it takes to build these programs, and how institutions can get started.
Learn how changing regulations, rising workforce demand, and government priorities are opening up new opportunities in Allied & Healthcare for institutions.
NCAHP is bringing structure to a sector that has long operated across fragmented standards. With standardised nomenclature, eligibility norms and competency-based curricula across 10 professions, alongside ₹1,000 crore in Union Budget 2026–27 and a commitment to add one lakh AHPs over five years, the sector is moving from fragmented growth to a more structured national ecosystem.
Allied & Healthcare Professionals (AHP) consist 60% of the overall healthcare workforce. Yet existing education capacity meets only a small fraction of the need. For higher education, this is an opportunity to build the talent infrastructure that healthcare will need next.
The next wave of healthcare employment is being created across diagnostics, retail healthcare, home healthcare and imaging. As these sectors expand into Tier 2, and 3 access to trained AHPs is becoming a constraint on growth. The universities that understand where healthcare is headed will be better positioned to build for that demand.
Launching an Allied & Healthcare portfolio is only the starting point. Sustainable outcomes require the right combination of regulatory readiness, admissions, industry-aligned curriculum, practical training, faculty capability, and employer connections. The opportunity is to build an education model that is connected to how healthcare actually works, and where it is going.
What has changed and what it means for HEIs planning to introduce or expand their Allied & Healthcare portfolio.
Deep diving on the opportunity, regulatory updates, standardized nomenclature, eligibility, duration, curriculum - what these changes mean for HEIs with existing Allied & Healthcare programs
What existing institutions need to do, what to consider when launching new programs, and the pathways to implement them successfully.
Our plug-and-play model brings together regulatory readiness, admissions, industry-aligned curriculum, practical training, faculty capability, and employer connections to prepare candidates for healthcare careers.
Case study of a university partner sharing their experience of setting up Allied & Healthcare portfolio and what the process looks like.
Common questions, key considerations for compliance and implementation
Interact with academic, industry experts and get practical guidance for your institution.
Designed for leaders at private universities evaluating Allied & Healthcare programs, or already running them and wanting more from them.
Virohan works at the intersection of healthcare education and employability. We partner with Higher Education Institutions and healthcare organisations across India to build AHP programs that are structured, compliant, and aligned with what the industry actually needs.
The NCAHP reform is an area we have been tracking closely since its inception and this webinar is part of our commitment to helping institutions navigate it with clarity.
