• Dedicated pediatric nephrology unit/division or department in existence for at least three years
• Dedicated pediatric nephrology OPD at least twice a week with at least 200 new patients annually
• Indoor services including references at least 200 annually
• ICU services for AKI, hypertension, electrolyte disorders
• Kidney Biopsy 15 to 20 annually
• Peritoneal dialysis 18 to 20 annually
• Acute HD at least 25 sessions annually
• SLED OR CRRT
• CKD program
• CAPD program
• Maintenance HD program
• Renal transplantation (optional). If in house Tx services not available planned transfer for Tx to another centre in the city should be available

Number of faculty

The unit should have a minimum of two faculty members which could be 2 senior faculty or 1 senior and 1 junior faculty. The eligibility criteria for the faculty have been defined as follows

A. Exclusive pediatric nephrology practice

1. Faculty should be practising exclusive pediatric nephrology if in private practice OR
2. Greater than 60% of the time in pediatric nephrology if working full time in a medical college (as most of these university appointments are as pediatricians; most universities do not have a pediatric nephrology appointment.)

B. Time spent by the faculty in the pediatric nephrology department of the applying institute

1 At least one faculty should be full-time
2. Second faculty
a. Should preferably be full-time
b. If part time should be attending the institute 5 days a week and spend 15 hours a week at the institute with one independent teaching session per week

C. Qualifications and experience criteria for faculty Senior faculty should meet one of the following four criteria

1. DM pediatric nephrology, followed by four years’ work experience practising exclusive pediatric nephrology post DM
2. FNB pediatric nephrology or a 2-year university pediatric nephrology fellowship or 2 one-year sequential fellowships (ISPN, IPNA, ISN, MUHS) followed by work experience of 5 years practising exclusive pediatric nephrology
3. One-year ISPN or IPNA fellowship followed by six years of work experience practising exclusive pediatric nephrology
4. DM Nephrology (after MD Pediatrics) and 4 years work experience in practicing exclusive pediatric nephrology
5. For people who have had no formal training, seven years of work experience in a full- time capacity after completion of MD, DNB pediatrics as a senior resident, lecturer, associate professor or professor in a large recognized pediatric nephrology department with at least 10 dedicated beds for pediatric nephrology. This is applicable only to those who have passed their MD, DNB pediatrics prior to 2005, as formal training opportunities in pediatric nephrology began only in 2010 in India.

Senior faculty should have actively participated in national academic activities and published articles in indexed journals

Junior faculty should meet any one of the following three criteria.

1. DM pediatric nephrology followed by one-year work experience exclusively in pediatric nephrology
2. FNB pediatric nephrology or a 2-year university course in pediatric nephrology or 2 one-year sequential fellowships (ISPN, IPNA, ISN, MUHS) followed by two years of work experience exclusively in pediatric nephrology.
3. One-year ISPN, IPNA fellowship followed by three years’ work experience exclusively in pediatric nephrology.
Junior faculty should have presented papers at national nephrology conferences and participated in research activities.
4. DM Nephrology (after MD Pediatrics) and 1 years’ work experience practising exclusive pediatric nephrology post DM

Junior faculty should have presented papers at national nephrology conferences and participated in research activities

Within the hospital

24 x 7 lab for hematology, biochemistry, radiology
USG, Doppler

Services that should be available in the hospital or in another centre where the patients can avail facilities

Histopathology LM, IF preferable EM
Nuclear medicine
Interventional radiology
Urodynamics
CT, MRI