All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Kolkata (AIIHPH) in collaboration with the National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi (NCDC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, has initiated a one-year, on-the-job Intermediate Field Epidemiology Training Program (I-FETP) for the state health service officials of West Bengal, Jharkhand, and North-eastern states of India to enhance the skills and capacity of the State/District Epidemiologists, Surveillance and Program Officers in the Field Epidemiology.

I-FETP is modelled on the India Epidemic Intelligence Service programme (EIS) – an initiative by NCDC, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA.

The eligibility criteria for this training programme is a public health official aged less than 50 years working as an epidemiologist or in a public health position at the state or district level (permanent or contractual).

This is a one-year on-the-job training programme that comprises five contact sessions and 47 weeks of field activities at the place of posting. During the training, each officer will be assigned to an expert mentor and a co-mentor to complete Core Activity of Learnings (CALs) like surveillance or programme data analysis, outbreak investigations, epidemiological investigations, writing scientific abstracts and reports, and delivering oral presentations.

We are now accepting applications for the year 2025-2026. To submit your application, please click here Last date till 15 July 2025.