Post Basic Diploma

The Post Basic Diploma at SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is designed for nurses who already hold a basic nursing qualification and want to build focused, advanced skill in a chosen clinical area. Rather than repeating general nursing training, the programme concentrates on specialised practice, deeper clinical reasoning, hands-on exposure in a specific ward or unit setting, and the documentation and patient-management skills that a specialised nurse is expected to bring to a hospital floor. Classroom sessions are paired with supervised clinical postings, so theory is tested against real patients under the guidance of experienced faculty and senior nursing staff. Students are expected to keep up with procedural protocols, infection-control standards and the record-keeping practices used in Indian hospitals, since the diploma is meant to be practice-ready rather than purely academic. It suits working or newly qualified nurses in Chennai and around Tamil Nadu who want to move into a more specialised nursing role, take on greater clinical responsibility, or strengthen their profile before pursuing a further nursing qualification. The sanctioned intake for the programme is divided across the reservation categories and quotas that apply to admissions at the institute, and the category-wise seat matrix is published by SRMIST's own admission notice each year, so it is the current session's notice that should be checked rather than an earlier one.