AHPI SHiNE Labs Announces Nationwide Expansion as a Pioneering Healthcare Co-Skills Network

The AHPI SHiNE Labs model is to be replicated across major cities in India, creating a national network of co-skills hubs for healthcare training.

Hyderabad, Dec 15, In a significant step towards strengthening India’s healthcare workforce, Ebekmed, in collaboration with the Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI), will launch AHPI SHiNE Labs in Hyderabad the country’s first stand-alone Co-Skills Hub dedicated exclusively to hospital workforce training.

The Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) is India’s largest and most representative body of private healthcare providers. It is a national, not-for-profit apex association that represents hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic centres, and healthcare institutions across India, ranging from small clinics to large multi-speciality hospital chains.

Conceptualised as a shared, professional training ecosystem, AHPI SHiNE Labs aims to support hospitals with structured hands-on practice, standardised learning frameworks, and adoption of best clinical practices, without disrupting hospital operations. The initiative is designed to equip, upskill, and empower healthcare professionals across a wide spectrum of hospitals.

The Hyderabad AHPI SHiNE Lab will feature state-of-the-art infrastructure, advanced simulation and skills-training facilities, essential manikins, consumables, and clinical equipment. Hospitals will be supported through qualified clinical educators, digital pre-learning modules, certification pathways, and outcome-based assessments  ensuring measurable learning outcomes and improved workforce readiness.

Ebekmed plans to replicate the AHPI SHiNE Labs model across major cities in India, creating a national network of co-skills hubs for healthcare training.

The launch event will be held in the presence of eminent healthcare leaders: Chief Guest, Dr Girdhar Gyani, Director General, AHPI and the launch of Simulation Rooms by Shri R. Govind Hari, Chairman, PVRI Group of Eye Hospitals, Shri Raghunath Reddy, Managing Director, Continental Hospitals

This will be launched in the Presence of Dr Sunil K. Khetarpal, Deputy Director General, AHPI; Dr Annie Thakore, Group CEO, Pranaam Hospitals, Hyderabad; Dr Prashanth, Group Medical Director, Rainbow Children’s Hospital; Shri Biju Nair, Zonal COO, CARE Hospitals