Vardhman Mahavir Medical College

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College
Type Government
Established 2001
Principal Dr. N N Mathur
Academic staff
295+
Location India New Delhi, Delhi, India
Campus Urban
Colors         
Affiliations Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Website vmmc-sjh.nic.in

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC) is a medical college in New Delhi. It is attached with the famous Safdarjang Hospital for clinical teaching.[1] The college runs under the umbrella of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College was established at Safdarjung Hospital (one of the largest hospitals in India, started during the Second World War) in November 2001. Padma Shree Dr. Jagdish Prasad is its founder principal.[2]

History

The first batch of MBBS students joined the college in February 2002. More than ten batches have joined since. The college has recognition by the Medical Council of India. It is included in the World Directory of Medical Schools and the Avicenna Directory of Medicine.

Affiliation

The college is affiliated to Guru Govind Singh I P University, Delhi. From 2008 onwards the postgraduate courses have been affiliated to GGSIPU which were with Delhi University.[3]

Rankings

University and college rankings
Medical - India
Careers360[4] 12
Business – India

The college was ranked 12 in Careers360's list of top medical colleges in India 2016.[4]

Infrastructure

Although the college began on a very modest note on infrastructure carved out of the portions of the Safdarjang Hospital, today it is housed in a state-of-the-art centrally air-conditioned building. The college has a separate library building with an excellent collection of medical books and journals, and Internet facility. The college has a very competent faculty in the pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical disciplines.[5]

College festival

Nirvana is the official annual literary, socio-cultural and sports festival of Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi.[6] It first started in 2004. Celebrities like the band Indian Ocean and Toshi have performed for a crowd that consisted of medical students from across the country as well as non-medical students and invitees from colleges affiliated to the Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and others, i.e., over 300 institutes.

The conveniently located college premises attracts students from fellow medical colleges, for example, the neighboring All India Institute of Medical Sciences, students from NITs and IITs, to students from other states across India who indulge in the events that include a fashion show, band competition, literary event and performances by celebrities.

References

Coordinates: 28°34′08″N 77°12′11″E / 28.568974°N 77.203071°E / 28.568974; 77.203071

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