Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer

Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer is a government

Government of Rajasthan

The Government of Rajasthan also known as the State Government of Rajasthan, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its 33 districts...

medical college

Medical college

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located in Ajmer

Ajmer

Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...

, Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, India

India

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. It was established in 1965. It provide medical education with MBBS

MBBS

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and MS

Master of Surgery

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/MD

Doctor of Medicine

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degrees along with diploma in some medical subjects. It is one of the seven government medical colleges located in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

. Along with other government medical colleges in Rajasthan, the college is affiliated with Rajasthan University of Health Sciences

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences is a State university located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was established on 25 February 2005 under The Rajasthan University of Health Sciences Act, 2005 and started functioning on January 2006....

and Medical Council of India

Medical Council of India

The Medical Council of India was the statutory body for maintenance of uniform and high standards of medical education in India. The Council grants recognition of medical qualifications, gives accreditation to medical colleges, grants registration to medical practitioners, and monitors medical...

.
Following hospitals are attached to the college

Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital
Kamla Nehru Memorial TB Hospital
Zanana Hospital

History

The college was established in year 1965 as the fourth medical college in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

. It was founded by Mohanlal Sukhadia, the former Chief Minister (India)

Chief Minister (India)

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of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

, Barkatullah Khan

Barkatullah Khan

Barkatullah Khan was a politician from Indian state of Rajasthan and a leader of Indian National Congress party. He was elected to state assembly from Jodhpur.He was chief minister of Rajasthan from 9 July 1971 to 11 October 1973....

the Health Minister

Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)

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at that time and the Finance Minister

Finance Minister of India

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B. K. Kaul along with Dr. S.P. Wanchoo. The college was started in the building of TB

Tuberculosis

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& Chest diseases

Respiratory disease

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hospital with an admission facility of 50 students per year (which has now been increased to one hundred per year). Dr. S.P. Wanchoo, Superintendent of Victoria Hospital, was appointed as first Principal & Controller of this institute. It was named after the first Prime Minister of India

Prime Minister of India

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, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...

.

Dr. B.B. Maitraiye and Dr. M.K. Patni were appointed as first head of the department of Physiology

Human physiology

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& Anatomy

Human anatomy

Human anatomy is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the human body. Anatomy is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy. Gross anatomy is the study of anatomical structures that can be seen by the naked eye...

respectively. Basic facilities for teaching research were made available and simultaneously , the other department , viz. Pharmacology

Pharmacology

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Pathology

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, Forensic Medicine and P.S.M.

Preventive medicine

Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...

were developed. The construction of a new building for the college was during the year 1967-67 in the vicinity of Victoria Hospital (now Jawaherlal Nehru Hospital). All the departments were shifted in the year 1967-68 to the present building.

After retirement of Dr. S.P. Wanchoo from the Government services, Dr. M.N. Kathju, Professor & Head General Surgery

General surgery

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, Dr. R.P. Chaturvedi, Professor & Head Anatomy

Human anatomy

department; Dr. S.N. Misra, Professor & Head department of medicine; & Dr. V.B. Maitraiye, Professor & Head department of Physiology

Human physiology

were appointed as principal of the college respectively.

In the year 1982, Dr. J.P. Sethi Professor & Head of department of General Medicine was appointed as Principal and Controller of this institute and in his duration commencement of a golden era of development of this college and hospital began. Various imported and automatic medical instruments were made available to improve the diagnostic and treatment

Therapy

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facilities in the hospital, recent medical text books & reference books were purchased and many national and international journals were subscribed for the central library which added a lot to teaching and research works. Mr. Ramrichpal Shriya of Ajmer

Ajmer

provided a good financial support to establish an I.C.U.(Intensive Care Unit

Intensive Care Unit

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). A separate department of Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

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was also constructed and named after former Prime minister

Prime Minister of India

, Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

. Thereafter, Dr. S.K. Sharma Professor & Head department of Pharmacology

Pharmacology

and Dr. G. R. Agarwal Professor & Head department of Radiology

Radiology

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appointed as principal respectively.

On 3 Feb 1993, Dr. S.D. Purhoit Professor & Head TB

Tuberculosis

& Chest medicine

Respiratory disease

appointed Principal and Controller. During this time General Surgery

General surgery

, Pathology

Pathology

, Pediatrics

Pediatrics

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& Radiology

Radiology

departments were recognized by MCI

Medical Council of India

for post graduation (MS

Master of Surgery

/MD

Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...

degree) courses. With his efforts, an increase in the financial sanction for the Cobalt therapy

Cobalt therapy

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Unit was made possible . Besides this, to establish this unit , a committee was made under the chairmanship of Aditi Mehta, additional District Collector

District collector

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of Ajmer

Ajmer

, who motivated Sh. Shivshankar Charitable Trust to construct a building by spending Rs. Sixteen lakh

Lakh

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& twenty two thousand for the aforesaid unit. A contribution of Rs. Ten lakh

Lakh

by the Sobhag Charitable Trust for procurement of equipment in the I.C.U.

Intensive Care Unit

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, and the construction of a Ran. Basera in the hospital campus for poor attendants of the patients with public contribution motivated by Sh. Rasa Singh Raswat, member of Parliament

Parliament of India

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from Ajmer

Ajmer

, were other important events of that time.

. On March 9th 1995, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

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the Chief Minister

Chief Minister (India)

of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

put the foundation stone of a three hundred bedded Mother & Child Healthcare Hospital (now Rajkiya Mahila Chikitsalaya). For this, a 140 bigha

Bigha

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land had already been allotted and a budget of Rs. Five hundred & forty lakh

Lakh

was sanctioned by the Government of Rajasthan

Government of Rajasthan

. Along with this a twenty bedded De-addiction Center was also built for which a financial support of Rs. Eight lakh

Lakh

was provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Government of India

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, New Delhi

New Delhi

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. An Orthopedics

Orthopedics

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O.P.D. was built with the public contribution and financial support by the Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Orthopedic Association, motivated by Dr. Mahesh Udawat, Professor & Head department of Orthopedics

Orthopedics

at that time.

On Sept. 12th 1995 the Health Minister

Health minister

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, Rajendra Singh Rathore, did the formal inauguration of the Department Of Cardiology

Cardiology

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, newly constructed Blood Bank

Blood bank

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Unit, Mammography

Mammography

Mammography is the process of using low-energy-X-rays to examine the human breast and is used as a diagnostic and a screening tool....

Unit and Cobalt therapy

Cobalt therapy

Unit. Medical graduates of year 1966 batch donated a medelor instrument costing Rs. Two lakh

Lakh

and it contributed a lot to faculty members and resident doctors in pursuing their research works. With the continuous efforts of Dr. Purohit , an ‘Eye Bank’ was established and Lions club Ajmer

Ajmer

made its contribution in procuring the equipment for eye bank.

Dr. S.R. Mittal had been the Principal & controller of this college for around three years till June 2008. Dr. N.C.Sharma Professor & HOD Radiodiagnosis

Radiology

, joined as the Principal & Controller of this institute on July 1st 2008 for next few months till April 2009. During his time, under the scheme of private public partnership, with the permission of Government of Rajasthan, installation of a CT Scan and MRI Machines were planned. He handed over his charge to Additional Principal Dr. P.K. Saraswat. Dr. P.S. Nirwan was appointed principal on 2 july 2011.

Campus

Building of this Medical College has four storeys. Department of Anatomy

Human anatomy

, examination hall, auditorium, college canteen, seminar hall, girls common room, Department of Telemedicine

Telemedicine

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and the office of the principal & controller , all are situated on the ground floor. P.W.D.

Public Works Department

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workshop and the workshop are situated on the backyard of the building and in vicinity of them , there is generator room to overcome the problems of power failure.There is a bore-well for water supply to this college . First floor is occupied by the department of Pathology

Pathology

and Microbiology

Microbiology

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with their laboratories , and the college library which is situated above the office of the principal & controller.

Lecture theater-1 (LT-1) & Lecture theater-3 (Symphony/LT-3) are situated on the first floor. Department of Pharmacology

Pharmacology

and PSM

Preventive medicine

Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...

along with the Lecture theatre-2(LT-2) have occupied the second floor of the building , where as the department of Physiology

Human physiology

and Biochemistry

Biochemistry

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are situated on the third and top most floor of the building. In the department of Biochemistry

Biochemistry

, their laboratories like RIA

Radioimmunoassay

Radioimmunoassay is a very sensitive in vitro assay technique used to measure concentrations of antigens by use of antibodies...

Lab are also there on the same floor.

Surrounding the main building of the college , there is ample of space for a garden & parking area for faculty members, office staff and the students. Department of Cardiology

Cardiology

, Urology

Urology

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Tuberculosis

& Chest disease

Respiratory disease

and the Under graduate Boys hostel are also situated in the same campus in their own buildings separately , however the department of TB

Tuberculosis

& Chest disease

Respiratory disease

has a separate access from Jaipur Road, near to the Suchana Kendra.

A fully functional branch of State Bank of India

State Bank of India

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is also there in the college building itself.

Admissions

There are 100 seats approved for MBBS

MBBS

and 51 seats for postgraduate course. Admissions are based upon a competitive premedical entrance examination

Entrance examination

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which are NEET-UG

National Eligibility and Entrance Test

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for admission to MBBS and NEET-PG

National Eligibility and Entrance Test

for admissions to postgraduate courses. Entrance Examinations are conducted by the Medical Council of India

Medical Council of India

. The examination is conducted for admission into all the medical colleges in India

India

. A 15% of seats are reserved for candidates, selected through national quota and a few seats reserved for the students coming from underprivileged communities and defense personnel, rest of the seats are filled by state quota.

Undergraduate

The duration of MBBS

MBBS

course is four and one half years of training with an year of compulsory internship. After the successful completion of the training and internship the M.B.B.S. degree certificate is awarded by the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences

Rajasthan University of Health Sciences

MD

Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Dermatology
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, Venereology
Venereology
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& Leprosy
Leprosy
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General Medicine
Microbiology
Microbiology
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
Pathology
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
Physiology
Physiology
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Psychiatry
Psychiatry
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Radio diagnosis
Radiology
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
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& Respiratory Diseases
Respiratory disease
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Anatomy
Anatomy
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Obstetrics
Obstetrics
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& Gynecology
ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...

MS

Anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
E.N.T.
General Surgery
General surgery
General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs, e.g., intestines including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland . They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft...
Obstetrics
Obstetrics
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& Gynecology
Orthopedics
Orthopedics
Orthopedics is the study of the musculoskeletal system. The Greek word 'ortho' means straight or correct and 'pedics' comes from the Greek 'pais' meaning children. For many centuries, orthopedists have been involved in the treatment of crippled children...

History

Campus

Admissions

Undergraduate

MD

MS

See also