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Vardhman Mahavir Medical College

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Type
  
Government

Campus
  
Phone
  
011 2616 5060

Principal
  
Dr. N N Mathur

Established
  
2001

Website
  
vmmc-sjh.nic.in

Founded
  
2001

Academic staff
  
295

Location
  
Address
  
Near AIIMS Hospital, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi 110029

Similar
  
Maulana Azad Medical, University College of Medical S, Lady Hardinge Medical, All India Institute of Medical S, Guru Gobind Singh Ind

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

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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.

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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.

Rankings

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

Infrastructure

Although the college began on a very modest note on infrastructure carved out of the portions of the Safdarjang Hospital. The college has a separate library building with an excellent collection of medical books and journals, and Internet facility. The college has a faculty in the pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical disciplines.

College festival

Nirvana is the official annual literary, socio-cultural and sports festival of Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi. 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.

References

Vardhman Mahavir Medical College Wikipedia