Admission and fees

₹35,000 a year. Almost nobody pays it.

The Academy funds scholarships for professionals who can demonstrate clinical reasoning. Here is exactly how that works, with no fine print.

Find out what you would pay Standard Admission

About twenty minutes, two real clinical cases. You leave with a fee, not an estimate.

What people actually pay

90–100%₹3,50090% off, per year
75–89%₹8,75075% off, per year
60–74%₹14,00060% off, per year
Below 60%₹24,50030% off, per year

Four bands, set by your result. Every completed challenge earns a scholarship of at least 30%.

How admission works

Two doors. One of them is much cheaper.

Step 01
Take the challenge
Two real clinical cases, ten questions and six reflections. About twenty minutes. Your answers save as you go, so stopping costs you nothing.
Step 02
Earn your band
Scored on clinical reasoning, not recall. Every completed challenge earns a scholarship of at least 30%; the strongest earn 90%.
Step 03
Enrol and begin
Your band sets your fee for the year. Seven modules, weekly live case sessions, and the pathway to ALSM certification.

Compare the routes

Scholarship Admission, or Standard Admission.

Scholarship Admission · recommended

from ₹3,500/ year

Take the CDC Challenge - about twenty minutes, two real clinical cases. Your result sets your fee.

Scholarships from 30% to 90%
Costs nothing to attempt, and your work saves as you go
Even the lowest band pays ₹24,500 - ₹7,000 less than Standard

Take the CDC Challenge

Standard Admission

₹31,500/ year

Start today. No assessment, no waiting - 10% off the list fee, applied immediately.

It exists for people who would rather begin now than be assessed, not because it is the better deal. Most professionals take the challenge instead and pay less.

Standard Admission

Every completed challenge earns a scholarship of at least 30%. You cannot do badly enough to end up paying full fee.

The scholarship bands

What each result costs.

Scored on clinical reasoning across two real cases and six professional reflections - not on recall.

90–100%₹3,50090% off, per year
75–89%₹8,75075% off, per year
60–74%₹14,00060% off, per year
Below 60%₹24,50030% off, per year

Scholarship awards are based on assessment performance and are not guaranteed. All prices are per year and inclusive of GST.

What the fee includes

Everything, at every fee.

A scholarship changes what you pay. It does not change what you get.

All 7 modules and 27 lessons - about 100 hours of foundational learning
Live case sessions with the community every week
The peer community and the mentor's weekly updates
The certification pathway - Acknowledgement, then Achievement
Access across desktop, tablet and mobile, at your own pace

Access lasts 12 months from payment. To continue after that, you renew at the renewal fee published at the time. Nothing renews automatically. Cancel within 7 days of payment for a full refund; see the Cancellation and Refund Policy.

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What the fee does not include, if anything.

Terms

The rest of it.

All prices inclusive of GST.
Paid annually, in advance.
EMI available.
Scholarship offers are issued per application, carry a real expiry date, and are honoured until it.

Find out what you would pay.

Twenty minutes, two real clinical cases, and you leave with a fee rather than an estimate.

₹35,000from ₹3,500a year, with a scholarship

Take the CDC Challenge See the curriculum

Or start today with Standard Admission at ₹31,500 a year - no assessment, no waiting.