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| Established | 1959 |
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| Principal | Dr. Divvela Mohandas (M.S. General Surgery) |
| Undergraduates | 250 per year |
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| Website | https://www.kmcwgl.com |
The Kakatiya Medical College (KMC) is one of the premier medical schools of Telangana, located in Warangal district under the gamut of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences and the National Medical Commission (NMC). [1]
Kakatiya Medical College was founded in 1959 by the Warangal Regional Medical Education society with the active support of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, the Director of Medical Services of A.P. and the Warangal District Collector Mohsin Bin Shabbir (whose picture adorns the main entrance of the medical school with quote 'The Earth sometimes bears gems and here is one') to provide medical education for students of the Telangana region of the state.
The college was inaugurated on 23 July 1959 by the P. Karmarkar, Minister of Health, Government of India. It was originally in a building donated by the Pingale family at Waddepally and it moved into the makeshift building constructed at the permanent site in November 1961.
152.17 acres (0.6158 km2) of land were acquired for the medical college in Warangal, Making it as the Largest Medical college in Telangana & One of the largest in the Country and the permanent building of the college was constructed at an estimated cost of about Rs. 47 lakhs. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the permanent campus in 1966.
The temporary sheds which were constructed earlier at cost of Rs.10.70 Lakhs in 1961 had been remodeled to the boy's hostel. A permanent building for the girl's hostel was constructed and inaugurated by Sri J. Chokka Rao, Chairman A.P Regional Committee in 1970. A hostel for boys was inaugurated by Sri. H.C. Sarin I.C.S then advisor to the governor of Andhra Pradesh on 20 July 1973.
An impressive auditorium with an open-air stage was constructed at cost of Rs. 4 Lakhs behind the college with cinematographic equipment, accommodates 500 students.
The AP Housing Board constructed staff quarters with a guest house on the college campus. On either side of the college building, there are two buildings with a cloak room, canteen, Andhra Bank, Post Office and Engineering Department. In addition R.M.E.S has constructed O.P. Block, T.B. Block, Lecture Hall, Clinical lab, and Mortuary in the premises of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Warangal.
The A.P Government took over the college from R.M.E.S. in February 1977. In the same year the college affiliation was transferred to Kakatiya University from Osmania University. And since 1 March 1997 the college was affiliated with N.T.R University of Health Sciences, and after Telangana formation now Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences , Warangal.
The postgraduate courses were started in 1972 and the college is conducting postgraduate courses in all department. The status the college owes entirely to the great architect with broad future vision of late Prof. T. Lakshminarayana, the principal of the college (1960–1965).
All the postgraduate courses are recognized by M.C.I., Medical Council of India. [2]
Currently it is one of the premier medical institutes of Telangana, taking in 250 students on merit each year through the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) held throughout India. Every year nearly 20 Lakh aspirants sit for this exam. There are nearly 3,900 seats in MBBS (bachelor's in medicine and bachelor's in surgery) in Telangana of which 3,100 are in 23 private colleges and 4,090 are in 34 government medical colleges. The college so far awarded MBBS degrees to 5,600 candidates. [3] [4]
MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of surgery (250 students per year): The qualification for undergraduate courses is 10+2 or equivalent education with Botany, Zoology, Physics and Chemistry as optional subjects. Depending on the rank obtained in the common entrance test NEET, the University of Health Sciences fills the seats in all the medical, dental, ayurvedic and homeopathy colleges in the state of Telangana.
In 2008 the college had an intake of 70 postgraduate students a year. [3]
MD — A three-year course in Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine & Anatomy The qualification for all PG and PG diploma courses is an MBBS degree from any MCI (Medical Council of India) recognized medical college in India or an equivalent foreign degree which is recognized by the MCI. [5]
The seats in PG courses are filled through the NEET - (PG) examination held across India.
KMC alumni from both India and abroad are very active in improving the standards of education and the infrastructure. [6] [7]
In 2009, golden jubilee celebrations were held marking the 50th anniversary of the institution. [3] [8]
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