AIPH University
state private university in Khordha, Odisha, India
Asian Institute of Public Health University is a privately operated public health university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It was established in 2008 to bring the much needed expertise in various domains of public health to Odisha, emerging from close to two decades of community, hospital, and laboratory-based research and training in public health & expanding its contribution to a larger audience in the rest of country and in the neighboring Asian countries sharing population health problems of similar nature and magnitude. It was received university status after the AIPH University, Odisha Bill, 2017 was passed by the Odisha Legislative Assembly. It is the first public health institute of India & the only entity in the country conducting public health education, research and service with expertise in all major domains of public health as well as the only institution that imparts required education at Masters and PhD levels in the major domains of public health and conducts population-based hospital and laboratory research. The university has collaborated with well known Indian & global healthcare associations like AIIMS New Delhi, ICMR, WHO, UNICEF, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine etc.
The public source identifies “AIPH University” as state private university in Khordha, Odisha, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around AIPH, University and state.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65076915. Authority coordinates are 20.350, 85.890. 5 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 2 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008 and 2017.
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