Type Private Chairman G. Parameshwara President Maruti D. Maale Founded 1988 | Established 1988 Chancellor G. Shiva Prasad Phone 0816 227 8867 | |
Motto in English Let all be Happy and Prosperous Address B.H. Road, Agalkote, Tumakuru, Karnataka 527107 Motto Sabbe Loko Hitatthaya (Hindi, Let all be Happy and Prosperous) Affiliations Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumkur Similar Sri Siddhartha Academy, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical, Navodaya Medical College, JSS Medical College, Khaja Banda Nawaz In |
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Sri Siddhartha Medical College (SSMC) was started in the year 1989 by Sri Siddhartha Educational Society (SSES). The Medical College and hospital is located in the outskirts of Tumkur city – 6 km from the city amidst green field in a vast campus of 220 acres of the side of Bangalore – Honnavar national highway and it is just 76 km from Bangalore city connected by road and railway.
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- zz 07411370309 direct admission in sri siddhartha medical college tumkur
- 07411370309 direct admission in sri siddhartha medical college tumkur
- College Campus
- The Hospital
- Ongoing Research Programs
- Admissions
- Annual events
- Other events
- Notable Alumni
- References
The college was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. After the Medical Council of India and the then Karnataka state government run under the Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde had declined the permission to set up the college, the Supreme Court of India had given the signal to go ahead in mid-1989. Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi, an ENT specialist and a serial medtech innovator completed his undergraduate studies from this institute.
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College Campus
The Medical College and hospital is located in the outskirts of Tumkur city – 6 km from the city amidst green field in a vast campus of 220 acres of the side of Bangalore – Honnavar National highway and it is just 76 km from Bangalore city well connected by road and railway. The climate is similar to Bangalore. There are 21 buildings with built-in area of about 73,875 sq. mt at the cost of about Rs. 20 crores, which include furnished quarters for staffs. Separate buildings for Pre and Para-clinical departments, spacious library and information center and SSMC Hospital.
The Hospital
SSMC Hospital has separate building for OPD and causality with independent departments of Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Paediatrics, ENT, Dermatology, and Radiology. It is a 1350 bedded hospital, fully equipped with 12 major operation theaters in addition to minor operation theaters. SSMC is catering the needs of rural population. There are skilled doctors with specially trained nurses to give a healing touch to the patients. The Hospital building also has a post office and a bank to serve the needs of staff, students and the public. There is a canteen, hospital mess, fruit stall and a phone booth to cater the needs of the public.
Ongoing Research Programs
The college is set under the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Banglore. The college has also produced gold medalists in past. Yahya Siddiqui, MD who teaches in Psychiatry and Forensics has researched on positive effects of Aripiprazole and Ziprasidone in the treatment of depression in bipolar I and bipolar II disorder.
Biochemistry
Micro Biology
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
Obstetrics & Gynecology
ENT
Medicine
Radio Diagnosis
Ophthalmology
Surgery
Admissions
Admissions to U.G and P.G courses shall be made on an All India basis to the identical courses in all deemed-to-be universities through a Common Entrance Test conducted by UGC or by an Institution / Agency identified and approved by the UGC. This shall also apply to those institutions which have already been given the deemed-to-be university status. Total number of under-graduate seats (M.B.B.S) at Sri Siddhartha Medical College: 130 Total number of under-graduate seats (B.D.S) at Sri Siddhartha Dental college : 40 The admissions in the college for 2006 were done based on the Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) held by Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K).
Annual events
Medical Exhibition cum Health Awareness program started by Panther batch (2007–08) which is to teach about medical related education to public in all kinds of field, Synapsis batch (SAHE 2010-11) holds highest visitors record of 60000 held on year of 2013
a cultural programme started by Panther batch continued until Synapsis batch. this event usually held on evening during MedEX event
Other events
Helmethon is helmet awareness campaign initiated and led by Dr. Pallavi Sarji Uthkarsh, Dr. M. S. Rajanna & Dr. Ashok Jayaram, This campaign was designed with the inputs from youth, so that more youth would be part of this. Results of Campaign was successful in bringing the stakeholders together with good community participation and Helmet law was enforced in Tumkur district in less than a fortnight following the campaign. Now helmet usage rate among riders has increased to 80%.
Notable Alumni
Jagdish Chaturvedi