King George's Medical University

King George's Medical University, formerly Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, is a medical school, hospital and medical university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The medical school was upgraded into a medical university by an act passed by government of Uttar Pradesh on 16 September 2002.

King George's Medical University
Former names
King George's Medical College (1905-2002)
Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (2002-2003; 2007-2012)
U.P. King George's University of Dental Sciences (2003-2007)
MottoSincerity-Service-Sacrifice
TypeState university
Established1905 (1905)
ChancellorAnandiben Patel
Vice-ChancellorBipin Puri
DeanUma Singh
(Dean of Medical Sciences)
Anil Chandra
(Dean of Dental Sciences)
Apjit Kaur
(Dean of Nursing)[1][2]
Address
Shahmina Road, Chowk
, , ,
India

26.867716°N 80.916626°E / 26.867716; 80.916626
CampusLucknow,
Balrampur district (upcoming/proposed)
AffiliationsUGC, NMC, DCI
Websitekgmu.org

The University has capacity for 1250 undergraduates students (including 280 dental students) and 450 postgraduate students.[3]

The MBBS course takes four and a half years to complete and has an intake of 250 students each year.[4]

History

The foundation stone for King George's Medical College was laid in 1906 by King George V, then the Prince of Wales. The college opened its gates in 1911, though the official opening ceremony was delayed to January 1912. The college was directly under the Government of the United Provinces and degrees were awarded through Allahabad University. In 1921 the college was transferred to Lucknow University.[5]

In 2002 the Government of Uttar Pradesh, led by Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), granted university status the college and renamed it to Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) through the Uttar Pradesh Chhatrapati Shahuji Medical University Act, 2002.[6] In August 2003 Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP) replaced Mayawati and became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Soon after, in October 2003, the university was renamed back to King George's Medical University (KGMU)[5] by the Uttar Pradesh Chhartrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (Second Amendment) Act, 2003.[7] The name changing was to repeat. In 2007, after the BSP won the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and Mayawati rose back to power, the institute was renamed to CSMMU. When power turned back to the SP in the 2012 election, the institute was reverted once more to its current name by the Akhilesh Yadav government.[8]

Similar changes occurred with the dental faculty. The faculty was established in 1949 as a section of the ENT department,[9] and then converted into a separate department in 1950 and moved to a new building in 1952.[5] In 2002 when the university was established, it became the Dental College, a constituent college of the university.[9] In 2004 it was upgraded to a state university[10] called "U.P. King George’s University of Dental Science" through the Uttar Pradesh King George's University of Dental Science Act, 2004.[11] In 2007, the government reverted this decision and the U.P. King George's University of Dental Science again became the Faculty of Dental Sciences as it was at the establishment of the University.[9]

Faculties and institutes

  • Faculty of Medical Sciences
  • Faculty of Dental Sciences
  • Institute of Paramedical Sciences
  • Institute of Nursing

Undergraduate courses

The college offers the four and a half year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship. There are 250 seats for MBBS and 51 seats for BDS, which are filled through NEET UG exam.

Postgraduate and doctoral courses

There are more than 28 PG courses and 13 Doctoral courses in KGMU. Thus almost all the branches of medicine and dental have a training program at KGMU. Diploma and PG diploma courses are also available in the institute.

Principals and Vice Chancellors[12]

  • W Selby (1911)
  • C A Sprawson (1921–1923 and 1926–1929)
  • SS Khan, (1923–1925)
  • H Stott (1925–1926, 1929–1931, 1932–1937)
  • BGS Acharya (1931–1932)
  • MAH Siddiqui (1937–1938)
  • W Burridge (1938–1946)
  • CP Misra (1946)
  • BB Bhatia (1946–1949)
  • SN Mathur (1949–1952)
  • VS Manglik (1953–1959)
  • ML Gujral (1960–1962)
  • RV Singh (1962–1977)
  • BN Lall (1977–1978)
  • KP Bhargava (1978–1984)
  • BB Sethi (1985–1986)
  • BK Khanna (1986–1992)
  • PK Misra (1992–1998)
  • Ramesh Chandra (1998–2000)
  • KN Sinha (2000)
  • AM Kar (2000)
  • KM Singh (2001–2003) [Principal & VC]
  • Mahendra Bhandari (2003–2006)
  • Hari Gautam (2006–2007)
  • SK Agarwal (2007–2008)
  • Saroj Chooramani Gopal (March 2008-March 2011)
  • DK Gupta (April 2011–April 2014)
  • Ravi Kant (April 2014–April 2017)
  • Madan Lal Brahma Bhatt (April 2017 – July 2020)
  • R.K. Dhiman (July 2020 - August 2020)
  • Bipin Puri (August 2020 – present)

Ranking

University and college rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[13]50
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[14]32
Medical – India
NIRF (2020)[15]10
Outlook India (2019)[16]6
The Week (2019)[17]7

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has ranked the university 32 among universities in India in 2020,[14] 10 among medical colleges[15] and 50 overall.[13] It was ranked sixth among medical colleges in India in 2019 by Outlook India[16] and 7th by The Week.[17]

Notable people

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

Affiliated colleges

As of 2019, the university has 14 affiliated medical colleges, seven nursing college and one paramedical college.[18] These include:

See also

References

  1. "Dean". kgmu.org.
  2. "Dean Nursing".
  3. "Student activities". King George's Medical University. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  4. "Courses admission". King George's Medical University. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. "History". King George's Medical University. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. "Uttar Pradesh Chhatapati Shahuji Medical University Act, 2002" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Gazette. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. "Uttar Pradesh Chhartrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (second Amendment) Act, 2003" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Gazette. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 16 December 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. "Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University renamed as King George Medical University". India Medical Times. AalaTimes Media. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. "Faculty of Dental Sciences Education Overview". King George's Medical University. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. "List of State Universities as on 29.06.2017" (PDF). University Grants Commission. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017. Mistakenly still listed as of 2017.
  11. "The Uttar Pradesh King George's University of Dental Science (Amendment) Act, 2006" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Gazette. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  12. "List of Vice Chancellors and Principals at KGMU". KGMU. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  13. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  14. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  15. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Medical)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  16. "Outlook Ranking: India's Top 25 Medical Colleges In 2019 Outlook India Magazine". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  17. Pushkarna, Vijaya (8 June 2019). "Best colleges: THE WEEK-Hansa Research Survey 2019". The Week.
  18. "Affiliated Colleges". kgmu.org. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  19. https://www.kgmu.org/affiliated_colleges.php
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