Mysore Medical College & Research Institute

Mysore Medical College & Research Institute (previously called Mysore Medical College), also known as Government Medical College, Mysore is one of the oldest medical colleges in India. It is located in the heart of Mysore city adjacent to the railway station. Founded in 1924 by Sri Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, it is the first medical college to be established in the Karnataka region and the seventh in India. The college is affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Jayanagar, Bangalore.

Mysore Medical College & Research Institute
TypeGovernment Medical College and Hospital
Established1924
FounderKrishna Raja Wadiyar IV
DeanNanjaraj[1]
Undergraduates150 per annum
Postgraduates127 per annum
Location
Mysore
,
Karnataka
,
India

12°18′57.1″N 76°38′58.5″E
AffiliationsRajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Websitemmcrimysore.org.in
Mysore Medical College & Research Institute

History

Sri Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV founded Mysore Medical College. Since there were no medical institutions in the erstwhile state of Mysore, a scheme for giving medical education was started in 1881 under which carefully selected students were given scholarship and sent to places like Madras and Bombay to undergo training and to return and work as "Hospital Assistants".

After the Madras Presidency expressed its inability to admit Mysore State students, the Government of Mysore sanctioned another scheme in April 1917 including a "Mysore Medical School", which was started at Bangalore to train the then called "Sub Assistant Surgeons". Trainees had to undergo a course for 4 years to qualify as a Licensed Medical Practitioner (LMP). In 1924 the "Mysore Medical School" was upgraded and was now called the "Mysore Medical College". The college was affiliated to the University of Mysore and the trainees were now granted medical degrees. Mysore Medical College was the first medical college in the state of Mysore and only the seventh in India at this time. At the request and insistence of Sri Krishnadevaraja Wodiyar the College was shifted from Bangalore to Mysore in 1930.

The foundation stone was laid in 1930 by Sri Krishnadevaraja Wodiyar and the main building was constructed by Boraiah Basavaiah & Sons, a famous contractor of Mysore. It was further expanded in 1940.

The Krishnarajendra Hospital (K R Hospital) was constructed at a cost of Rs. 3,65,000/- and started as a 100 bedded hospital with X-ray apparatus. It is attached to the Mysore Medical College.

The Mysore Medical School continued functioning in Bangalore for a few years and was eventually shut down two years after Bangalore Medical College came into existence in 1954.

Cheluvamba hospital, earlier known as Vanivilas Hospital, was built in 1880 with 24 beds, and was upgraded to a 200-bed hospital in 1939. It was further expanded in 1954 and the new OPD Block of OBG was built in 1997. New facilities have been continuously added onto the existing infrastructure, but the most impressive of all is the new multistoried OPD building with its ultra-modern air-conditioned ICCU which along with the medical wards on upper floors was added onto the K R Hospital complex in 1998. Other relatively new structures include a blood bank and a burns ward. It is attached to the Mysore Medical College.

Admissions

Under Graduate

The total intake is 150 for MBBS course. The seat is filled through the National Eligibility cum Enterance Test conducted by the Government of India .

Post Graduate

It has intake of 127 seats for PG courses in which 50% is by All India Quota.[2]

Attached hospitals
  • K.R. Hospital
  • Cheluvamba Hospital
  • P.K.T.B and Chest Diseases Hospital
  • Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research
  • District Hospital
  • E. D. Hospital
  • P. H. C. Hoskote

List of Deans & Principals

Mysore Medical College has sailed through the SAGA of 75 years, during this journey, the various expansion programs and academic achievements which culminated in the development of this illustrious institution nurtured and guided by series of eminent teachers and 23 administrators - Deans and principals like

  • Dr. S. Subba Rao
  • Dr. H.B. Myalvagnam
  • Dr. B.K. Narayana Rao
  • Dr. J.F. Robinson
  • Dr. C. Krishnaswamy Rao
  • Dr. B.T. Krishnan
  • Dr. Y. Appaji
  • Dr. G.S. Raghunatha Rao
  • Dr. B.N. Lingaraju
  • Dr. J.J. Dharmaraj
  • Dr. T. Manickam
  • Dr. Lalitha Lingaiah
  • Dr. B.V. Puttaraj Urs
  • Dr. V. Ramachandra
  • Dr. Indira Amla
  • Dr. R.H.N. Shen
  • Dr. N.K. Channappa
  • Dr. D. Chamaraj
  • Dr. D. Shankar Raj
  • Dr. D.C. Parthasarathy
  • Dr. A.M. Krishne Urs
  • Dr. B. Lakshmi Bai
  • Dr. R. Seethalakshmi
  • Dr. Geetha K Avadhani

See also

References
  1. "Profile of Director and Dean" (PDF). Mysore Medical College & Research Institute. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  2. "Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore Citizen Charter" (pdf). Retrieved 14 July 2013.
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