Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata

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NIRF (2022)	43

Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
Motto	Latin: Cum Humanitate Scientia
Motto in English	Humanity and Science
Type	Public Medical College & Hospital
Established	28 January 1835;189 years ago
Founder	Lord William Bentinck
Academic affiliations	WBUHS ; NMC ;
Budget	₹65.432 crore (US$7.8 million); (FY2022–23 est.)
Principal	Dr. Indranil Biswas
Dean	Dr. Arup Chakraborty
Academic staff	303 (2024)
Students	1,881 (2024)
Undergraduates	1,239 (2024)
Postgraduates	623 (2024)
Doctoral students	19 (2024)
Address	88 College Street, Kolkata 700001; 22°34′25″N88°21′43″E / 22.5736°N 88.3619°E
Campus	Large city ; 26 acres (11 ha)
Website	www.medicalcollegekolkata.in

Last updated October 27, 2024

Medical College, Kolkata, also known as Calcutta Medical College, is a Government medical college and hospital located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is one of the oldest existing hospitals in India. The institute was established on 28 January 1835 by Lord William Bentinck during British Raj as Medical College, Bengal. It is the second oldest medical college to teach Western medicine in Asia after Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry and the second institute to teach in English language. The college offers MBBS degree after five and a half years of medical training.

Politics

Student politics is rooted in tradition, with many students participating in the Indian freedom struggle.^[2] Anti-British movements were implemented with the programmes of Bengal Provincial Students' Federation (BPSF),^[2] the Bengal branch of All India Students' Federation. Student politics was initially focused on the independence of India.^[2] In 1947, Sree Dhiraranjan Sen, a student of the college, died during a Vietnam Day police firing.^[3] The Vietnam Students’ Association passed a resolution in its Hanoi session in memory of Sen in March 1947.^[4]

Student politics were highly influenced by the partition of Bengal and communal riots during and after the partition of India.^[5] Between 1946 and 1952, the college's doctors stood for communal harmony and worked hard in the refugee colonies. During 1952, ex-students of the college, among them Bidhan Chandra Roy who became the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, established the Students' Health Home for the welfare of students.^[5]^[6]

From the 1950s to the 1970s, the college became a centre of leftist and far-left politics.^[7] Student politics was highly influenced by the Naxalbari uprising in the early 1970s.^[8]

Rankings

Medical College, Kolkata was ranked 45th among Medical Institutions by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.^[9] It held the rank of 43 in 2022.

Achievements

In February 2023, Dr. Sudip Das, a professor of ENT Department from the institution, gets a patent for developing a simple and innovative device.^[10]

Notable alumni

Bidhan Chandra Roy, noted physician and the 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal
Lamu Amatya, First Nepalese nurse^[11]
Pasupati Bose, Indian physician and professor of anatomy
Upendranath Brahmachari, discoverer of the treatment of Kala-azar
Aroup Chatterjee, British Indian atheist physician, author of Mother Teresa: The Untold Story
Nirmal Kumar Dutta, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winner (1965) and the Director of Haffkine Institute
Lionel Emmett, member of the Indian field hockey team in the 1936 Summer Olympics
Subhendu Chatterjee, film actor and physician
Muhammad Ibrahim, former Principal of Sir Salimullah Medical College ^[12]
Sri Yukteshwar Giri, Indian Yogi
Dipyaman Ganguly, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winner (2022) ^[13]
Kadambini Ganguly, the first certified South Asian female physician qualified for Western medical practice
Madhusudan Gupta, the first Indian trained in Western medicine to dissect a human corpse.
David Hare, founder of Hare School
K. B. Hedgewar, also known as Doctorji, was the founding Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Vikram Marwah, Padma Shri awardee, conferred Dr. B. C. Roy Award by the President of India
Nurul Islam, National Professor of Bangladesh^[14]
Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, filmmaker
M. D. Ray, surgical oncologist and author
Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
N. C. Paul, first physician to examine yoga
Sisir Kumar Bose, noted paediatrician,nephew of Subhas Chandra Bose and son of Sarat Chandra Bose
Ram Baran Yadav, first president of Nepal

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↑ Chattopadhyay, Gautam. ভারতের ছাত্র আন্দোলনের ইতিহাস[History of India's student movement] (in Bengali).
1 2 Jha, Purnendu; Banerjee, Naresh (2003). পিপলস্ রিলিফ কমিটি দ্যুতিময় ইতিবৃত্ত[People's Relief Committee:A Glowing Account] (in Bengali). People's Relief Committee. pp. 11, 42–61.
↑ Chattopadhaya, Pashupatinath (2001). স্টুডেন্টস্ হেলথ হোম(প্রথম দশক)[Students' Health Home (The First Decade)] (in Bengali). Arun Sen Memorial Committee.
↑ Chakraborty, Shyamal (2011). 60–70 Er Chatra Andolan (in Bengali). N.B.A Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9788176262408.
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↑ Yengkhom, Sumati (6 February 2023). "Medical College Hospital Kolkata professor gets patent for developing ENT device". The Times of India Feb 6, 2023, 07:29 IST. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
↑ "Government declares late Lamu Amatya Nepal's first nurse". thehimalayantimes.com. 1 May 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
↑ "একজন ডা. ইব্রাহিম". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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↑ Mintu Chowdhury (24 January 2013). "National Prof Nurul Islam dies". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

Bibliography

David Arnold, Colonizing the Body: State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth Century India, Delhi, 1993
Calcutta Medical College, The Centenary of the Medical College, Bengal, 1835–1934. Calcutta, 1935
Das, Anirban; Sen, Samita (2011). "A history of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, 1835–1936". In Dasgupta, Uma (ed.). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947. Pearson Education India. pp. 477–522. ISBN 978-81-317-2818-5.
Poonam Bala, Imperialism and Medicine in Bengal: A Socio-Historical Perspective, New Delhi, 1991
Sen, S.N., Scientific and Technical Education in India 1781–1900, Indian National Science Academy, 1991

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[nirf_stud-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NIRF 2024" (PDF). NIRF.

[Dasgupta-2] 1 2 3 Dāśagupta, Hīrena; Adhikārī, Harinārāẏaṇa (2008). Bhāratīẏa Upamāhādeśera chātra āndolana[Student Movement in Indian Sub-continent] (in Bengali). Kalakātā: Ryāḍikyāla. ISBN 978-8185459806.

[3] Bengal Legislative Council Debates (1947). 1947. pp. 79–88.

[4] Chattopadhyay, Gautam. ভারতের ছাত্র আন্দোলনের ইতিহাস[History of India's student movement] (in Bengali).

[PRC-5] 1 2 Jha, Purnendu; Banerjee, Naresh (2003). পিপলস্ রিলিফ কমিটি দ্যুতিময় ইতিবৃত্ত[People's Relief Committee:A Glowing Account] (in Bengali). People's Relief Committee. pp. 11, 42–61.

[6] Chattopadhaya, Pashupatinath (2001). স্টুডেন্টস্ হেলথ হোম(প্রথম দশক)[Students' Health Home (The First Decade)] (in Bengali). Arun Sen Memorial Committee.

[7] Chakraborty, Shyamal (2011). 60–70 Er Chatra Andolan (in Bengali). N.B.A Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9788176262408.

[8] Mitra, Saibal. Saater Chhatra Andolon[An essay on Student Movement of Sixties] (in Bengali). ISBN 81-7990-069-X.

[Rankings_NIRF_M_2022-9] 1 2 "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Medical)". National Institutional Ranking Framework . Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.

[10] Yengkhom, Sumati (6 February 2023). "Medical College Hospital Kolkata professor gets patent for developing ENT device". The Times of India Feb 6, 2023, 07:29 IST. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[11] "Government declares late Lamu Amatya Nepal's first nurse". thehimalayantimes.com. 1 May 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

[12] "একজন ডা. ইব্রাহিম". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[Profile_on_SERB-13] "Profile on SERB" (PDF). Scientific and Engineering Research Board. 27 December 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[death-14] Mintu Chowdhury (24 January 2013). "National Prof Nurul Islam dies". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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