Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum (JNMC) is a constituent
medical school of
KLE University. It is located at
Belgaum in
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
state. The college was earlier affiliated to the state unitary
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), centered in Bengaluru, India, is a public, affiliating university set up in 1996 by the government of Karnataka, India, for the regulation and promotion of higher education in health sciences ...
.
Description
The college is recognized by the
Medical Council of India
The Medical Council of India (MCI) was a statutory body for establishing uniform and high standards of medical education in India until its dissolution on 25 September 2020 when it was replaced by National Medical Commission. The Council grante ...
, Malaysian Medical Council , and listed in
W.H.O. World Directory of Medical Schools. The college has received funding from
Indian Council of Medical Research
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world.
The ICMR is funded by the Gove ...
,
World Health Organization
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and
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...
, USA.
Location
The college is located in a 100 acre campus in Belgaum. The college has a 1000-bed free charitable block as well as the 1250-beds KLE Society's Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre on campus. The college also runs a rural hospital: Dr. Kamal Hospital & Medical Research Centre, 150 km away at
Ankola
Ankola is a Town Municipal Council and a taluka in Uttara Kannada district of the Indian state of Karnataka. The name of the place is derived from a forest shrub Ankola grown on the coastal hill side and worshiped by the Halakki Vokkaligas a ...
.
Ranking
JNMC was ranked 39 among medical colleges in India in 2020 by ''
India Today
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''.
See also
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Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College is the constituent medical college of Aligarh Muslim University, located in Aligarh, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
In September, 2014 researchers found deadly bacteria on the college premises. This is t ...
, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Bhagalpur
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur is a government recognized medical college and hospital in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.
It has an approx area of 209 acres with total constructed area of 1,00,000 (in sq mtr.) approx. It ...
, Bihar, India
References
External links
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Medical colleges in Karnataka
Monuments and memorials to Jawaharlal Nehru
Universities and colleges in Belgaum
1963 establishments in Mysore State
Educational institutions established in 1963