Agartala Government Medical College

Agartala Government Medical College

আগরতলা সরকারি আয়ুর্বিজ্ঞান মহাবিদ্যালয়
Type	Public Motto = Service Humanity Dedication
Established	1 August 2005;19 years ago (1 August 2005)
Director	Dr. Anup Kumar Saha
Academic staff	216
Students	UG - 150 per academic year
Undergraduates	150 per academic year
Postgraduates	79
Location	Agartala , Tripura , India
Campus	Urban
Website	https://agmc.ac.in/

Main academic building

Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) is a government medical college located on the lap of Agartala, the capital city of Tripura. ^[1] It is at Kunjaban near the Malancha Niwas, home of the Manikya Dynasty in Agartala. The college is attached with the Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital (G.B. Pant hospital), which is the hospital of the college. It is completely run by the Government of Tripura.

History

The college was established in 2005 and the foundation stone was laid by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh. The college is recognised by the National Medical Commission (NMC) and is affiliated to Tripura University. ^{[2] [3]}

Campus

Karl Landsteiner Auditorium

The Medical College campus is spread over 42 acres of land. It includes :

• Administrative Building with 5 Lecture Halls
• A 300 capacity UG Boys’ Hostel.
• 200 capacity UG Girls’ Hostel.
• 40 capacity Girls’ Intern.
• 60 capacity Boys Intern.
• 350 capacity Nurses Hostel.
• 200 capacity Resident Doctor Hostel.
• PG Hostel
• 132 units of staff quarters for Associate Professor / Assistant Professor / Tutor / Sr. Residents. 96 Units of Staff quarters for Jr. Resident / Technical Assistant etc. and 12 units of Staff quarter for Professor.
• A 660 sitting capacity Auditorium named after Karl Landsteiner who is the founder of ABO blood grouping.
• A Gymnasium equipped with modern Instruments.
• The AGMC annual festival "Phoenix" a 7-day mega event is one of the biggest college fests of the state.
• Play Ground and a Branch of a Bank with ATM facility. ^[4]

Departments

1. Anatomy
2. Physiology
3. Biochemistry
4. Pathology
5. Pharmacology
6. Microbiology
7. Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
8. Community Medicine
9. Ophthalmology
10. Otorhinolaryngology
11. Medicine
12. Surgery
13. Obstetrics & Gynaecology
14. Pediatrics
15. Psychiatry
16. Anaesthesiology
17. Radiodiagnosis
18. Orthopedics
19. Tuberculosis & Respiratory Medicine (Chest Medicine)
20. Dentistry
21. Dermatology, STD & Leprosy
22. Casualty
23. Trauma
24. Neurosurgery(SS)
25. Urology(SS)
26. Plastic Surgery(SS)
27. Nephrology(SS)
28. Cardiology(SS)
29. Neurology(SS)
30. CTVS(SS)
31. Radiation Oncology (ABV-RCC)

Academics

Seat distribution

The annual intake of students for the course of MBBS is 125, divided as follows: ^[5]

• 96 students from the state of Tripura who qualify through the State Quota of National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET).This 96 seats in further divided as follow:

1. UR-40 (including 1 WESM)
2. SC-16
3. ST-30 (including 1 WESM)
4. EWS-10

5% seat reservation for PWD students (As per guideline and eligibility)

• 19 students from the Central Pool who qualify through the 15% All India Quota (AIQ) of National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET). This seat is further divided as below:

1. UR-11(including 1 PH)
2. SC-3( including 1 PH)
3. ST-1

• 10 students from the rest of North East. As a gesture of good will the Government of Tripura has offered ten seats from its quota to four North-Eastern States viz. Mizoram (two seats), Nagaland (three seats), Meghalaya (three seats) and Arunachal Pradesh (two seats) as there is no medical college in those states.

Admission

A candidate who has completed the age of 17 years on or before 31 December of the corresponding year is eligible for admission. Date of birth as recorded in the Madhyamik / 10th Standard / School Leaving Certificate issued by the concerned Board of Education will be taken as authentic.

Candidates must have passed the Higher Secondary Examination or the Indian School Certificate Examination which is equivalent to 10+2 Higher Secondary Examination after a period of 12 years of study with at least 45% marks, the last two years of study consisting of Physics, Chemistry and Biology or any other elective subjects with English at a level not less than core course of English as prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training after the introduction of the 10+2+3 years educational structure as recommended by the National Committee on education. All or any such examination must be recognized by the Tripura University for the purpose of admission.

All candidates (Tripura State quota = 75 seats+all India quota = 5 + North East quota = 10) should appear in the NEET, conducted by CBSE for admission to this Medical College.

Admission in state quota will be as per the state merit list of NEET Prepared by Medical Counseling Committee constituted by the Govt. of Tripura.

Admission in all India quota (15) will be through all India common merit list of NEET.

Admission in North East quota will be through NEET Merit list of respective state and will be conducted by Medical Counselling committee of that state.

All admissions are subject to verification of the original certificates / documents produced by the candidates. Regarding the eligibility of any applicant, the decision of the Medical Counselling Committee, Govt. of Tripura and the Director of Medical Education as per the MCI guideline shall be final.

All admissions are subject to Medical Fitness of the candidate.

AGMC Main Academic Building at Night

• Academic Calendar

Commencement of classes	1 September
Duration of Semesters	Six Months
Course Duration	Four & Half Year
Internship	1 year

• Grouping of subjects for examination

MBBS	Name Of Subject	Duration
1st MBBS	Anatomy, Physiology & Bio Chemistry	2 Semesterss
2nd MBBS	Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology & Forensic Medicine	3 Semesters
3rd MBBS (Part I)	Ophthalmology, ENT & Community Medicine	2 Semesters
3rd MBBS (Part II)	General Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics	2 Semesters

^[6]

PG seats in AGMC:

Total - 79 in numbers from 2020 post graduate admission.

References

1. "আগরতলা সরকারি মেডিকেল কলেজ | পশ্চিম জেলা, ত্রিপুরা সরকার | ভারত" (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. "List of Colleges, National Medical Commission".
3. "NMC Approves Increased MBBS Intake for Agartala Government Medical College: CM Dr Manik Saha".
4. "Agartala Government Medical College". agmc.nic.in. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
5. "Agartala Government Medical College". agmc.nic.in. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
6. "Agartala Government Medical College". agmc.nic.in. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.

External links

• Official website of Agartala Government Medical College Archived 7 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine