Interactive Research School for Health Affairs (IRSHA) Pune is an autonomous constituent college for advancing health science research. IRSHA offers four fresh doctoral programmes in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Interdisciplinary Sciences, and Ayurveda. For IRSHA, the admission process is really centralised and selective to identify and admit the most qualified and dedicated candidates to its research programmes.

For doctoral programmes, candidates must have completed a relevant master's degree from any recognised university to apply for IRSHA admission. The strict selection process of the institute guarantees that only the most deserving candidates with respect to research are allowed within its threshold. IRSHA Pune mainly has two modes of selection for its doctoral programmes: Ph. D.