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Indian Biomedical Skill Council
About Indian Biomedical Skill Council (IBSC):
Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), Association of Indian Medical
Manufacturers of Medical Devices (AiMeD) and National Accreditation Board for
Certification Bodies (NABCB) under the Quality Council of India (QCI) have jointly
established “Indian Biomedical Skill Council (IBSC)” to provide certification
system for Biomedical Engineers in the country who serve as the backbone of the
healthcare services.
IBSC aims at strengthening the Biomedical Skill Sector in the country and with this
objective develop job roles and approved by National Skill Qualification Committee
(NSQC) under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
IBSC also signed an MoU with Association for the Advancement of Medical
Instrumentation (AAMI) USA for International recognition & equivalence of IBSC
Certified professionals. This MoU benefits to the IBSC certified candidates will have
equal opportunities to practice biomedical profession globally.
Several professional bodies, academic institutions of clinical merit and engineering
excellence, quality assessment agencies and training partners has become a
member of the council. The council partners will not carry any legal or commercial
responsibility with regards to their membership of the council and the partnership
shall be renewal once every year as well as compensated for their contribution as
per IBSC program guidelines.
Societal Benefits of IBSC
1) Health care industry is one of the major sources of economy to our nation, this
industry needs well trained and skilled engineers particularly in Medical Devices
areas. Most of the health care industry is dependent on medical devices and
diagnostic equipment’s for diagnosis, treatment and etc., However, like doctors,
nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians, healthcare industry required well
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trained and skilled biomedical engineers. This benefits hospitals, patients and
stakeholders and etc.,
2) The main outline of IBSC is to develop skill programs in the areas of Medical
Devices and related areas that full fill the required manpower to hospitals,
medical equipment companies and manufacturing industries and etc.,
3) The IBSC will certify the trained engineers, this impacts the health care industry
at large scale. Only certified engineers will be recruited in Clinics / Hospitals /
industries or other related areas where they are already trained and skilled in
their domains so from the date of joining job, they are able to start working
effectively. Hence, employers no need to focus on training to newly recruited
employees at any levels, this saves lot of money and time for them.
4) Manufactures / industries will be benefited by Skill Certification where they can
easily find skilled manpower who trained as per their requirements.
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Biomedical Engineering in India
Biomedical Engineering profession is part of Healthcare Industry and expecting
quality practice from BME Engineers / Technicians. In India more than 2 lakh
Biomedical Engineers / Technicians working in Hospital / Clinical Laboratories /
Company / Organization and etc., However, there is no such apex body to certify
competency skills of these Engineers.
Estimated No. of working professionals In Biomedical Engineering Field
Job Domains in Biomedical Engineering:
Below listed shows various job categories in BME field,
Number of Colleges offering BME course at various levels
Course Number of
Colleges
Annual Intake
Diploma / ITI (Medical
Electronics)
~ 30 ~ 1,500
Engineering (B.E / B. Tech) ~ 130 ~ 4,500
Masters (M.E / M. Tech) ~ 45 ~ 8,50
Total ~ 6,850
Years of
experience
Estimated No. of
Professionals
0 -1 ~ 7000
1-3 ~ 15,000
3 or more ~ 1.8 Lakh
Clinical Engineer Sales Engineer Healthcare
Finance
Product Design Engineer
Service Engineer Self-
Entrepreneur
Healthcare IT Quality Control Engineer
Application
Specialist
Consultation
Business
Rehabilitation
Engineer
Validation & Verification
Engineer
Product
Specialist
JCI / NABH /
NABL
Consultant
Patents
Examiner
Medical Device
Regulatory Engineer
Procurement
Engineer
Scientist Academic Market Research
Analyst
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Indian Biomedical Skill Council (IBSC)
The Indian Biomedical Skill Council (IBSC) Certifies Indian & International
Biomedical Engineers. The Certified Biomedical Engineers will be highly preferred to
practice profession in biomedical field and also gets equivalence certification to work
in abroad. Initially more than 2 lakhs Biomedical Engineers from India will be
benefited by this proposal and expecting 6,500 or more fresh graduates will use this
platform every year. Those who graduated from non-BME background and working
in BME field are also eligible for this certification.
IBSC Skill Training Programs
Sl. No Name of the Qualification NSQF Level NSQF Code
1 Certificate in Biomedical Engineering 5 2019/HLT/AMTZ/3575
2 Certificate in Biomedical Maintenance 6 2019/HLT/AMTZ/3576
3 Certificate in Biomedical Manufacturing 6 2019/HLT/AMTZ/3577
4 Certificate in Biomedical Quality Assurance 6 2019/HLT/AMTZ/3578
5 Certificate in Biomedical Project Management 7 2019/HLT/AMTZ/3579
Eligibility Criteria for Certificate Programs
Sl. NO Name of the Exam Eligibility Criteria
1
Certificate in
Biomedical
Engineering
i) For Technician:
Diploma in biomedical / medical electronics /
electrical / any other related filed.
ii) For Engineers:
B. E / B. Tech in Biomedical Engineering,
Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering / Medical
Electronics / any other related field.
2
Certificate in
Biomedical
Maintenance
i) For Technician:
Diploma in biomedical / medical electronics /
electrical / any other related filed, with 2 years of
experience.
ii) For Engineers:
B. E / B. Tech in Biomedical Engineering,
Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering / Medical
Electronics / any other related field, with 2 years of
experience.
3
Certificate in
Biomedical
Manufacturing
i) For Diploma candidates:
Diploma in biomedical / medical electronics /
electrical / any other related filed. With 3 years of
experience in biomedical field.
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Note: Engineers and Technicians has to appear same exam and issued same
certification, no separate certification issued for Technicians.
ii) For Engineers:
B. E / B. Tech in Biomedical Engineering,
Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering / Medical
Electronics / any other related field, with 2 years of
experience in biomedical field.
4
Certificate in
Biomedical Quality
Assurance
i) For Diploma candidates:
Diploma in biomedical / medical electronics /
electrical / any other related filed. With 3 years of
experience in biomedical field.
ii) For Engineers:
B. E / B. Tech in Biomedical Engineering,
Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering / Medical
Electronics / any other related field, with 2 years of
experience in biomedical field.
5
Certificate in
Biomedical Project
Management
i) For Diploma candidates:
Diploma in biomedical / medical electronics /
electrical / any other related filed., with 5 years of
experience in biomedical field.
ii) For Engineers:
B. E / B. Tech in Biomedical Engineering,
Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering / Medical
Electronics / any other related field, with 3 years of
experience in biomedical field.
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IBSC Modules & Certificate Programs
Module
No
Module Name
Certificate
Number
Name of the
Program
M01 Anat om y and Physio logy
Cer t if icat e
Program - 1
Cer t if icat e in
Biom ed ical
Engineer ing
M02
Fund am ent als o f Elect r icit y and
Elect ron ics
M03
Healt hcare Techno logy Funct ion and
Op erat ion
M10 Med ical Term ino logy f o r Engineers
M16 Hosp it al Engineer ing & Managem ent
M04
Healt hcare Techno logy Prob lem So lving
and Troub leshoot ing
Cer t if icat e
Program
