The Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, formerly U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, is a

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and

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located at

Saifai Saifai is a large village and university town in the Etawah district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also a sub-division (Tehsil) and Block (''Kshetra Panchayat'') of the Etawah district. It is the birthplace of Mulayam Singh Yadav, th ...

in the Etawah District of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

, India. It came into being after the upgrade of UP Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (established in 2005) by

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under Act 15 of 2016.

History

In 2005, U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, a state government run medical college affiliated with Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur was established in Saifai village, District Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. It was established by UPRIMS&R, Saifai, Act 2005 notified on 15 December 2005. M.B.B.S. course started in 2006, M.D. course started in 2011, M.S. course started in 2013, M.D.S. course started in 2014 and M.Ch. courses started in 2020. Paramedical and Nursing Colleges of Institute started in 2012 and Pharmacy College started in 2015. In February 2015, Government of Uttar Pradesh started the process of establishing a university of medical sciences in Saifai, Etawah by upgrading existing U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. On 4 February 2015, the state assembly passed a bill named "Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah Bill-2015". On 2 May 2016 the Bill was approved and it became a university on 5 June 2016.

Vice-chancellors

* Prabhat Kumar Singh (19 January 2022 – present) * Ramakant Yadav (10 May 2021 - 18 January 2022) * Raj Kumar (1 June 2018 - 9 May 2021) * T. Prabhakar (12 July 2016 - 31 May 2018)

Facilities

The university is running full-fledged Medical College, Dental College (postgraduate), Paramedical College, Nursing College, Pharmacy College, Multi Specialty 850 bedded

and 150 bedded

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. 500 bedded super specialty hospital and 300 bedded Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics hospital is being established in the university by Government of Uttar Pradesh at cost of 750 ₹ crores which will be spread across 50 acres of land.

Constituent colleges

Entrance of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences - Medical College Saifai

* Medical College, founded in 2005 as U.P. Gramin Ayurvigyan Avam Anusandhan Sansthan (''U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research'' in English). It was affiliated with

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Campus Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state ...

till 2016 with all other constituent colleges except one. * College of Dentistry(postgraduate), started in the year of 2014 with 2 Postgraduate seats. * Paramedical Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, proposed in the year of 2006 and started in the year of 2012. * College of Nursing, started in the year of 2012. *

Pharmacy College Saifai Faculty of Pharmacy, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, formerly Pharmacy College Saifai, is a government pharmacy college in Saifai, Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, established in 2015. It is first grant-in-aid college run by Utt ...

, started in the year of 2015. Unlike other colleges, instead of

, it was affiliated with Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) for the academic session of 2015–16. It is first grant-in-aid college run by

Uttar Pradesh Government The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...

offering B.Pharm degree.

References

External links

* {{Kanpur division topics Medical and health sciences universities in India Universities in Uttar Pradesh Medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh Pharmacy colleges in Uttar Pradesh Nursing schools in India Universities and colleges in Saifai 2005 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Educational institutions established in 2005 Public medical universities