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upright=1.1, AFMC main building The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) is a leading
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training institute in Pune, India, in the state of Maharashtra. The college is managed by the
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. Established in May 1948 as a post-graduate teaching institution after World War II on the recommendation of the BC Roy Committee, remnants of various Indian Army Medical Corps units were amalgamated to create the
Armed Forces Medical Services The Armed Force Medical Services (AFMS) is an inter services organisation under the Ministry of Defense, covering the Indian Armed Forces. It came into existence in 1948. The Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (in the rank of Lt Gen o ...
. The AFMC undergraduate wing was established on 4 August 1962, which is also celebrated annually as AFMC Day by its alumni. The institution primarily imparts training to medical undergraduates and postgraduates, dental postgraduates, nursing cadets and paramedical staff. Patient care forms an integral part of its training curriculum and the attached hospitals benefits from the expertise available at AFMC. The institution is responsible for providing the entire pool of specialists and super specialists to the Armed Forces. The college is also involved in conducting research in various medical subjects as well as those aspects which would affect the morale and performance of the Armed Forces both in war and peace.


History

The facility was originally Set up in 1944 by Lt. Colonel Darshan Singh Vohra to provide artificial limb, appliances and deliver rehabilitative care to the gallant soldiers of the Indian Army, who lost their limbs in combat. Post independence the AFMC was expanded further in 1948 in the immediate post-world war period. On the recommendations of the BC Roy Committee, remnants of the Indian Army Medical Corps units were amalgamated into one unit to create the Armed Forces Medical College. Over the past 50 years, it has grown in its functions. The "Graduate Wing" of AFMC was established on 4 August 1962. The aim of starting this wing was to increase the intake of medical graduates into the Armed Forces. The graduate wing was affiliated to the
University of Pune Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Poona, is a collegiate public state university located in the city of Pune, India. It was established in 1949, and is spread over a campus in the neighbourhood of Ganes ...
until 1999 but presently affiliated to the
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) is a higher education institution in Nashik, Maharashtra, India. History The university was established on 3 June 1998 by the state overnment of Maharashtrathrough an ordinance. The State Legis ...
. The college is recognised by the Medical Council of India for conducting a five-year and six-month teaching programme leading to MBBS degree. The first batch passed out in Oct 1966. It also conducts post graduate courses in many disciplines. One of the first plastic surgery departments in India was established at the college in the early 1950s.


Admission

A total of 150 students are admitted for undergraduate
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course, 115 boys and 30 girls and five foreign nationals. Admission is on the basis of the
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(formerly through the
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exam), followed by an interview and medical examination . Ten seats are reserved for ST/SC candidates. Students are not allowed to be married or to marry during the course, and are liable to serve in the medical services of the Armed Forces, on successful completion of MBBS, for seven years.


Residence halls

The college is fully residential with separate hostels for boys and girls. Residence in the hostels is mandatory for all the cadets for the entire duration of the course. The Boys Hostel is housed in a building which was built in 1965 and comprises 6 blocks of three floors each. There are a total of 277 rooms of approximately area (single-seaters) and 162 rooms of approximately area (double seaters). All the rooms are fully furnished. The girls' hostel was constructed in 1984 and can accommodate 130 cadets in 70 single-seater and 30 double seater rooms. The new Boys Hostel has four blocks with four floors each having 18 spacious rooms with balconies. The officers' floors for officers pursuing their post graduation courses have been incorporated into the boys hostel. Subsidised messing is provided to all medical cadets. The Central Cadets Mess was opened in 2009 for all cadets to dine together.


Infrastructure

There are facilities for sports, including tennis, squash, basketball, and a swimming pool. Canteen facilities for defence personnel are also extended to the medical cadets. It has two auditoria named Dhanvantri and Bharadwaj where high-profile medical conferences are held. AFMC also works as a hospital for civilians and is collaborated with the command hospital (SC).


Rankings

AFMC was ranked 34th best medical college globally by CEO World 202

37th best globally in 202

(second in India for both years),third among medical colleges in India in 2019 by '' India Today'' and second among medical colleges in India in 2019 by ''
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'' and fourth in India by '' The Week''.


Non-academics

AFMC provides broad-based non-academic exposure too. Students are encouraged to participate in sports and many have excelled in this arena. There are a large number of societies and clubs like the Student Scientific Society, Computer Club, Hobbies Club, Debating Club, Adventure Club, Dance Club and Musimatics. where students can pursue extra-curricular interests. They are encouraged to participate in competitions and conferences all over the country for development of all round personality and officer like qualities. They have also won many laurels in debates, quiz contests and youth festivals in Pune and outside. Over 6000 doctors have graduated from AFMC until now. Recently the entire hostel has been given WiFi connectivity.


Research

Various departments take up research projects either under departmental sponsorship or under the auspices of Armed Forces Medical Research Committee (AFMRC). Apart from service-oriented projects, research in clinical and laboratory subjects is also carried out. AFMC has the facility for animal house, hatcheries for disease producing insects, and a virology and bacteriology bank for these purposes. AFMC is a research and referral centre for confirmation of disease, identification of pathogens (viral and bacterial) and classification of blood disorders. AFMC acts as a referral centre, designated by WHO for certain diseases i.e.
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-regional laboratory and centre for rickettsial diseases.


Affiliations

Affiliated hospitals include
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(Southern Command), Military Hospital (Cardio Thoracic Centre), Artificial Limb Centre and Military Hospital (Khadki). The college is affiliated to
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) is a higher education institution in Nashik, Maharashtra, India. History The university was established on 3 June 1998 by the state overnment of Maharashtrathrough an ordinance. The State Legis ...
.


Notable alumni

* Punita Arora, first woman to reach the rank of Lieutenant General in the Indian Army * Kamala Balakrishnan, immunologist, expert on histocompatibility and transplantation * Padmavathy Bandopadhyay, first woman Air Marshal of the
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. * Madhuri Kanitkar, third woman to be promoted to Three-star rank. * Surendra Poonia, medal-winner in four consecutive world championships in power-lifting * Soumya Swaminathan, paediatrician, Chief Scientist, World Health Organisation (WHO), Deputy Director General of Programmes (DDP) of World Health Organization


See also

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Indian National Defence University Indian Defence University (IDU), formerly Indian National Defence University (INDU) is a defence service university set up for the affiliation of training academies of union government defence servants working under the Government of India. T ...
*
Military Academies in India The Indian Defence services have established numerous academies and staff colleges across India for the purpose of training professional soldiers in military sciences, warfare command and strategy, and associated technologies. Education and train ...
*
Sainik school The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society under Ministry of Defence (MoD). They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the regi ...


References


External links

* *https://www.afmc.nic.in/Departments/Hospitals/alc.html
College dramatics' YouTube channel
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