New Delhi: The Institute of Clinical Research of India (ICRI) on Tuesday said it has launched a masters degree programme in health administration to build "appropriate skilled teams" for the industry which lacks trained healthcare professionals.

The institute has started the two-year course in collaboration with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in the US.

"The Indian healthcare system lacks trained healthcare professionals and skilled teams of hospital administrators are the need of the hour. The masters programme will help to build an appropriate skilled team of hospital administrators," ICRI chairman Shiv Ram Dugal said.

Graduates or final year graduation students in disciplines of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biotechnology, commerce, economics and engineering can opt for the course. IANS