Government Medical College, Kolkata
Medical College, Kolkata, also known as Calcutta Medical College, is a public medical college and hospital located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is one of the oldest existing hospitals in Asia.[2] The institute was established on 28 January 1835 by Lord William Bentinck during British Raj as Medical College, Bengal. It is the second oldest medical college to teach Western medicine in Asia after Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry and the first institute to teach in English language. The college offers MBBS degree after five and a half years of medical training.
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| Latin: Bengala Medicus Collegium | |
| Motto | Latin: Cum Humanitate Scientia |
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Motto in English | Humanity and Science |
| Type | Public medical school |
| Established | 28 January 1835 |
| Founder | Lord William Bentinck |
Academic affiliations | |
| Budget | ₹71.878 crore (US$9.0 million) (FY2021–22 est.)[1] |
| Principal | Indranil Biswas |
Academic staff | 263 (2023)[1] |
| Students | 1,889 (2023)[1] |
| Undergraduates | 1,246 (2023)[1] |
| Postgraduates | 638 (2023)[1] |
| 5 (2023)[1] | |
| Address | 88 College Street, Kolkata 700001 22°34′25″N 88°21′43″E |
| Campus | Large city 26 acres (11 ha) |
| Website | www |
Politics
Student politics is rooted in tradition, with many students participating in the Indian freedom struggle.[3] Anti-British movements were implemented with the programmes of Bengal Provincial Students' Federation (BPSF),[3] the Bengal branch of All India Students' Federation. Student politics was initially focused on the independence of India.[3] In 1947, Sree Dhiraranjan Sen, a student of the college, died during a Vietnam Day police firing.[4] The Vietnam Students’ Association passed a resolution in its Hanoi session in memory of Sen in March 1947.[5]
Student politics were highly influenced by the partition of Bengal and communal riots during and after the partition of India.[6] Between 1946 and 1952, the college's doctors stood for communal harmony and worked hard in the refugee colonies. During 1952, ex-students of the college, among them Bidhan Chandra Roy who became the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, established the Students' Health Home for the welfare of students.[6][7]
From the 1950s to the 1970s, the college became a centre of leftist and far-left politics.[8] Student politics was highly influenced by the Naxalbari uprising in the early 1970s.[9]
Developments
In August 2003, the then union health minister Sushma Swaraj had given the in-principle assented nod to the upgrade of MCH, Kolkata on the lines of AIIMS. [10] In December 2013 the then Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had allocated ₹ 120 crore for 200 beded super speciality block.[11]
Rankings
| University and college rankings | |
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| Medical – India | |
| NIRF (2022)[12] | 43 |
Medical College, Kolkata ranked 43rd among Medical Institution by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022.[12]
Achievements
In Feb 2023 Sudip Das, professor of ENT Department from The Institution gets a patent for developing a simple and innovative device.[13]
Notable alumni
- Lamu Amatya, First Nepalese nurse[14]
- Pasupati Bose, Indian physician and professor of anatomy
- Upendranath Brahmachari, discoverer of the treatment of Kala-azar
- Aroup Chatterjee, British Indian atheist physician, author of Mother Teresa: The Untold Story
- Nirmal Kumar Dutta, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winner (1965) and the Director of Haffkine Institute
- Lionel Emmett, member of the Indian field hockey team in the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Muhammad Ibrahim, former Principal of Sir Salimullah Medical College[15]
- Sri Yukteshwar Giri, Indian Yogi
- Dipyaman Ganguly, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winner (2022) [16]
- Kadambini Ganguly, the first certified South Asian female physician qualified for Western medical practice
- Madhusudan Gupta, the first Indian trained in Western medicine to dissect a human corpse.
- David Hare, founder of Hare School
- K. B. Hedgewar, also known as Doctorji, was the founding Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
- Vikram Marwah, Padma Shri awardee, conferred Dr. B. C. Roy Award by the President of India
- Nurul Islam, National Professor of Bangladesh[17]
- Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, filmmaker
- M. D. Ray, surgical oncologist and author
- Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
- N. C. Paul, first physician to examine yoga
- Bidhan Chandra Roy, noted physician and the 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal
- Sisir Kumar Bose, noted paediatrician,nephew of Subhas Chandra Bose and son of Sarat Chandra Bose
- Ram Baran Yadav, first president of Nepal
See also
References
- "NIRF 2023" (PDF). Medical College, Bengal.
- Bandyopadhyay, Krishnendu (4 October 2018). "Looking back at the oldest surviving block in Asia's medical history". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- Dāśagupta, Hīrena; Adhikārī, Harinārāẏaṇa (2008). Bhāratīẏa Upamāhādeśera chātra āndolana [Student Movement in Indian Sub-continent] (in Bengali). Kalakātā: Ryāḍikyāla. ISBN 978-8185459806.
- Bengal Legislative Council Debates (1947). 1947. pp. 79–88.
- Chattopadhyay, Gautam. ভারতের ছাত্র আন্দোলনের ইতিহাস [History of India's student movement] (in Bengali).
- Jha, Purnendu; Banerjee, Naresh (2003). পিপলস্ রিলিফ কমিটি দ্যুতিময় ইতিবৃত্ত [People's Relief Committee:A Glowing Account] (in Bengali). People's Relief Committee. pp. 11, 42–61.
- Chattopadhaya, Pashupatinath (2001). স্টুডেন্টস্ হেলথ হোম(প্রথম দশক) [Students' Health Home (The First Decade)] (in Bengali). Arun Sen Memorial Committee.
- Chakraborty, Shyamal (2011). 60–70 Er Chatra Andolan (in Bengali). N.B.A Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9788176262408.
- Mitra, Saibal. Saater Chhatra Andolon [An essay on Student Movement of Sixties] (in Bengali). ISBN 81-7990-069-X.
- "Calcutta Medical College AIIMS high". The Times of India 01:32 IST. Kolkata. 4 August 2003. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "Calcutta Medical College to get Rs 120 crore super speciality block: Union Health Minister". The Economic Times Dec 04, 2013, 04:45 PM IST. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Medical)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
- Yengkhom, Sumati (6 February 2023). "Medical College Hospital Kolkata professor gets patent for developing ENT device". The Times of India Feb 6, 2023, 07:29 IST. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- "Government declares late Lamu Amatya Nepal's first nurse". thehimalayantimes.com. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- "একজন ডা. ইব্রাহিম". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- "Profile on SERB" (PDF). Scientific and Engineering Research Board. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- Mintu Chowdhury (24 January 2013). "National Prof Nurul Islam dies". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
Bibliography
- David Arnold, Colonizing the Body: State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth Century India, Delhi, 1993
- Calcutta Medical College, The Centenary of the Medical College, Bengal, 1835–1934. Calcutta, 1935
- Das, Anirban; Sen, Samita (2011). "A history of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, 1835–1936". In Dasgupta, Uma (ed.). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947. Pearson Education India. pp. 477–522. ISBN 978-81-317-2818-5.
- Poonam Bala, Imperialism and Medicine in Bengal: A Socio-Historical Perspective, New Delhi, 1991
- Sen, S.N., Scientific and Technical Education in India 1781–1900, Indian National Science Academy, 1991
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