The Alumni Cell, Placement Cell and Career Counselling Cell (CCC), Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, organised an Alumni Interaction Session on Monday, April 28, 2025 (15:00 to 16:00 hours IST) in PSPH, MAHE, Manipal.

Resource Persons for the event were:

Dr Purnima Parmar (Working with Care Support and Treatment Division, NACO [National AIDS Control Organisation]; Alumna [2012-2014 Batch], MPH Programme, Department of Global Public Health Policy and Governance [GPHPG], PSPH, MAHE, Manipal).

Dr Kantinath P Ainapure (Senior Consultant, Universal Immunization Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi; Alumnus [2015-2017 Batch], MPH Programme, [GPHPG], PSPH, MAHE, Manipal).

Dr Sanidhya Bhargava (State Program Lead / NLEP [National Leprosy Eradication Program] Consultant; Alumnus [2018-2020 Batch], MPH Programme, [GPHPG], PSPH, MAHE, Manipal).

The alumni addressed the second year MPH Programme students of PSPH and spoke regarding their life in PSPH, their studies, what part of their curriculum they focussed, how they prepared for interviews, on cv preparation, how to apply for jobs; their career journey, their organisations, their nature of work and job profile. Alumni also addressed the queries and concerns the second-year students had related to the public health jobs in India.