IHEPA - CHRIST Health Economics Summer School
A five-day intensive academic programme designed to bridge theory, policy, and empirical practice in India's rapidly evolving health landscape.
Programme Snapshot
Five days of theory, methods, and policy translation
The programme follows an approximate 60:40 split between conceptual foundations and applied methods, combining lectures, discussions, NFHS data labs, and group presentations with expert feedback.
Focus
Health economics in the Indian policy context
Lab Work
NFHS data extraction, cleaning, and analysis
Certification
Joint certificate by CHRIST University and IHEPA
Attendance
Minimum 80 percent attendance required
Designed For
Doctoral scholars, early-career researchers, young faculty members, and postgraduate students building stronger research pathways in health economics.
What's New
Selected participants for the IHEPA-Christ Summer School have been announced
The list of selected participants is now available as a downloadable PDF. Please use the link below to view or download the announcement.
Collaboration
CSPD, Department of Economics, and IHEPA
A joint academic initiative bringing together interdisciplinary scholarship, policy thinking, and applied health economics training.
Audience
Scholars, faculty, and policy-oriented researchers
Designed for doctoral scholars, early-career researchers, young faculty members, and postgraduate students with a quantitative orientation.
Format
Residential, intensive, and practice-led
Five days of lectures, discussions, NFHS data labs, and guided proposal development with expert feedback.
Objectives
What participants will gain?
- Conceptual grounding in core areas of health economics
- Health financing, insurance, and policy evaluation in India
- Digital health economics and the economic burden of mental health conditions
- Health system performance, efficiency measurement, and equity analysis
- Hands-on skills in NFHS data extraction, cleaning, and analysis
- Capacity to formulate feasible research questions and translate them into policy proposals
Themes
Major thematic areas
The summer school moves across conceptual, empirical, and policy themes so participants can connect research design with real-world decision making.
Foundations of Health Economics: demand, supply, and market failures
Health financing, insurance, and health technology assessment
Health inequalities: measurement, decomposition, and policy
Economics of mental health: burden, cost-of-illness, and policy
Digital health: policy architecture and health information systems
NFHS data laboratory: applied empirical analysis and policy research
Organising Committee
Leadership and coordination
The summer school is anchored by CSPD, the Department of Economics at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), and the Indian Health Economics and Policy Association.
Patrons
Dr Joshy K J
Head, Department of Economics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru
Prof. Manisha Karne
President, Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA)
Conveners
Dr Harilal Madhavan
Director – CSPD, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Dr Mahesh E
Centre for Studies in Population and Development (CSPD), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru
Co-Convener
Md Zakaria Siddiqui
Vice President, Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA)
Members
Faculty members from CSPD and the Department of Economics, CHRIST University, along with members of IHEPA.