India Hosts First-Ever SHAPE 2025 Conference on Sustainable Hospital Planning.
Summit Conference
In a groundbreaking initiative, India—through the Department of Hospital Administration at the Army Hospital (Research & Referral)—organised SHAPE 2025 (Sustainable Hospital Architecture, Planning, Infrastructure and Equipment), the first-ever national conference of its kind, in July 2025 at New Delhi. This milestone event brought together civil and military healthcare experts to chart a future-ready roadmap for India’s healthcare infrastructure.
- In the inaugural SHAPE 2025 conference, over 275 professionals from armed forces, public health services, hospitals, and architectural design sectors convened to deliberate on issues spanning sustainable design, resilient infrastructure, and advanced equipment integration. Participants included hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, engineers and architects.
- . The conference marks a strategic pivot towards futuristic healthcare infrastructure aligned with national resilience and sustainability goals.
Main Point :- (i) The Continuing Medical Education (CME) event was formally inaugurated by Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, and Dr M. Srinivas, Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi). Their presence underscored the convergence of military precision and medical excellence in shaping the future of hospital planning.
(ii) SHAPE 2025 emphasised integrated, green hospital planning frameworks. Sessions detailed models for achieving GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) and CFEES (Certified Facility Energy Efficiency Standard) certifications, and showcased design elements like solar integration, rainwater harvesting, disaster-resilient layouts, and zero-emission operational protocols to enhance patient safety and environmental sustainability.
(iii) The conference also laid the foundation for a proposed doctrine on sustainable hospital infrastructure in India, aimed at guiding future public and private healthcare projects. This doctrine would standardise hospital design, infrastructure resilience, ergonomic facilities, and green building norms—thereby aligning with India’s long-term vision of Viksit Bharat @ 2047 under a health-secure developmental paradigm.
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