West Bengal University of Health Sciences

West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) is a Public medical university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 2003 by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for better management of the health and medical education-related courses.[3] The main aim of establishing the university is to upgrade the level of medical teaching in the state.

West Bengal University of Health Sciences
MottoDiligence leads to Excellence
TypePublic Medical University
Established1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)
Academic affiliations
Budget₹83.1315 crore (US$10 million)
(FY2021–22 est.)[1]
ChancellorGovernor of West Bengal
Vice-ChancellorDr Suhrita Paul[2]
Location
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India

22°35′30″N 88°24′44″E
CampusDD 36, 2nd Avenue, DD Block, Sector 1, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700064
JournalJournal of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences
Websitewbuhs.ac.in

History

Before the establishment of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS), undergraduate and postgraduate level medical teaching in different state medical colleges of West Bengal was supervised by various state universities. This caused a huge disparity between different state medical colleges of West Bengal in terms of teaching and learning process, nature and standards of the evaluation, and most significantly; the recognition of the graduates from the different universities. So all the stakeholders of medical education in the state felt the need for bringing parity in the medical education system.[4]

Under these compelling circumstances, the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) was established under an Act of the West Bengal legislature.[3] Finally, it became active on 1 January 2003; which is considered as the date of birth for this embodiment of higher education in the fields of medical sciences in the state.[4]

Organisation and Administration

Governance

The Governor of West Bengal is the chancellor of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences. The Vice-chancellor of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences is the chief executive officer of the university. Prof. (Dr.) Suhrita Paul is the current Vice-chancellor of the university.[5]

Affiliations

The West Bengal University of Health Science is an affiliating university and has jurisdiction over all the medical, nursing, and paramedical colleges of the entire state of West Bengal. It has 124 affiliated institutions under its umbrella as of now.[6]

Ranking and Accreditation

In September 2017, West Bengal University of Health Sciences was recognized by the University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) under section 12-B of the UGC Act, 1956.[7]

Affiliated private medical colleges
S.No College nameLocationDistrictEstablished yearNo. of Seats(MBBS)[8]Stream
1 KPC Medical College and HospitalJadavpurKolkata2006150Allopathy
2 ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and ResearchHaldiaPurba Medinipur2011150Allopathy
3 Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka HospitalDurgapurPaschim Bardhaman2015150Allopathy
4 Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and HospitalDurgapurPaschim Bardhaman2016150Allopathy
5 IQ City Medical CollegeDurgapurPaschim Bardhaman2016150Allopathy
6 Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and HospitalBudge BudgeSouth 24 Parganas2016150Allopathy
7 Santiniketan Medical CollegeSantiniketanBirbhum2021150Allopathy
8 JMN Medical CollegeChakdahaNadia2023150Allopathy

Government Medical Colleges (Allopathy)
S.No College nameLocationDistrictEstablished yearNo. of Seats(MBBS)Stream
01 IPGMER and SSKM HospitalKolkataKolkata1707250Allopathy
02 Medical College and Hospital, KolkataCollege Street (Kolkata)Kolkata1835250Allopathy
03 Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and HospitalSealdahKolkata1873250Allopathy
04 R. G. Kar Medical College and HospitalShyambazarKolkata1886250Allopathy
05 Calcutta National Medical CollegeBeniapukurKolkata1948250Allopathy
06 Bankura Sammilani Medical College and HospitalBankuraBankura1956200Allopathy
07 North Bengal Medical College and HospitalSiliguriDarjeeling1968200Allopathy
08 Burdwan Medical CollegeBurdwanPurba Bardhaman1969200Allopathy
09 Midnapore Medical College and HospitalMidnaporePaschim Medinipur2004200Allopathy
10 College Of Medicine & JNM HospitalKalyaniNadia2009125Allopathy
11 College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta HospitalKamarhatiNorth 24 Parganas2010125Allopathy
12 Malda Medical College and HospitalMaldaMalda2011125Allopathy
13 Murshidabad Medical College and HospitalBerhamporeMurshidabad2012125Allopathy
14 ESIC Medical College, KolkataJokaKolkata2013125Allopathy
15 Coochbehar Government Medical College and HospitalCoochbeharCoochbehar2019100Allopathy
16 Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and HospitalDiamond HarbourSouth 24 Parganas2019100Allopathy
17 Raiganj Government Medical College and HospitalRaiganjUttar Dinajpur2019100Allopathy
18 Rampurhat Government Medical College and HospitalRampurhatBirbhum2019100Allopathy
19 Deben Mahata Government Medical College and HospitalPuruliaPurulia2020100Allopathy
20 Barasat Government Medical College and HospitalBarasatNorth 24 Parganas2022100Allopathy
21 Jalpaiguri Government Medical College and HospitalJalpaiguriJalpaiguri2022100Allopathy
22 Jhargram Government Medical College and HospitalJhargramJhargram2022100Allopathy
23 Prafulla Chandra Sen Government Medical College and HospitalArambaghHooghly2022100Allopathy
24 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and HospitalUluberiaHowrah2022100Allopathy
25 Tamralipto Government Medical College and HospitalTamlukPurba Medinipur2022100Allopathy

See also

References
  1. "Detailed Demands For Grants For 2021-22" (PDF). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. "West Bengal health university gets new vice-chancellor". The Times of India 11:44 IST. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. "Act of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS)" (PDF). www.indiacode.nic.in. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. "History of the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS)". www.wbuhs.ac.in. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. "Notification" (PDF). wbuhs.ac.in. West Bengal University of Health Sciences. 25 August 2021. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. "Affiliated institutions". 12 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  7. "University Grants Commission (India) Section 2(F) and Section 12(B) status for WBUHS" (PDF). University Grants Commission (India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. https://www.mciindia.org/CMS/information-desk/for-students-to-study-in-india/list-of-college-teaching-mbbs
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