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| Type | Government |
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| Established | 1947; 77 years ago (1947) |
| Principal | Dr. Deepak Maheshwari |
| Location | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 26°54′20.83″N 75°49′8.92″E / 26.9057861°N 75.8191444°E / 26.9057861; 75.8191444 |
| Affiliations | Rajasthan University of Health Sciences |
| Website | medicaleducation |
Sawai Man Singh Medical College, also known as SMS Medical College, is a government medical college in Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India. It was established in 1947 and was the 15th centre for medical education in India.
History
SMS Medical College marks its start with the establishment of a maternity hospital, a dispensary and a medical school in Jaipur in 1855, officially inaugurated in 1861. However, this medical school was closed in 1864. It was only in 1945 that Mirza Ismail, the Diwan (Prime Minister) of the Jaipur State, started working on the project of establishing a medical college in the state, which was to be the 15th centre for medical education in India. The foundation stone was laid down by Lord Wavell, the Governor-General and Viceroy of India, on 13 March 1946 and Sawai Man Singh Medical College was officially opened in 1947.
The first principal of the college was G.N. Sen who was replaced shortly afterwards by S.C. Mehta. In 1951, S.K. Menon took over as principal. In 1952 the college was recognized by the Medical Council of India and postgraduate courses started in 1952.
Attached hospitals
A list of hospitals attached to the SMS Medical College. This list does not include the satellite hospitals in Jaipur.
- Sawai Man Singh Hospital.
- Super Speciality Hospital.
- Mahila Chikitsalaya.
- Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shastri Nagar. (For Tuberculosis, Lung cancer, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease etc.)
- Psychiatric Center.
- Gangori Hospital.
- JK Lon Hospital (SPMCHI - Sir Padampad Mother and Child Health Center).
- Zanana Hospital - specialised in gynaecology.
- Isolation Hospital (for highly Infectious Diseases).
- HB Kanwatia Hospital.
- State Cancer Institute.
- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Government Hospital.
- S. R. Goyal Government Hospital.
Apart from these various Satellite Hospitals are also functional under the S.M.S Medical College, they are Satellite Hospital, Bani Park., Satellite Hospital, Sethi Colony., Satellite Hospital, MD Road., Satellite Hospital, Kishan Pole., Satellite Hospital, Karbala.
Notable alumni
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- Mahendra Bhandari, Padma Shri
- Farooq Abdullah, Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
- Ashok Panagariya
- Maya Tandon, Padma Shri
- Samin Sharma
- Shiv Kumar Sarin
- Chandrabhan Singh
- S. P. Sudrania
- Jyoti Mirdha
- Veer Singh Mehta
- Anita Bhandari, neurotologist and otorhinolaryngologist
Rankings
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| General – India | |
| NIRF (Overall) (2023) | 151-200 |
| Medical – India | |
| NIRF (2023) | 46 |
In 2020, SMS medical college was ranked 46th among medical college in India by NIRF. It also ranked the 151-200 band overall.
References
- "About The Principal". www.education.rajasthan.gov.in. SMS Medical College & Attached Hospitals. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "History". www.education.rajasthan.gov.in. SMS Medical College & Attached Hospitals. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- Official website of the SMS Medical College
- "Recovered Covid patients can suffer lasting lung ailments | Jaipur News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- Jain, Shruti (20 October 2020). "Lockdown Effect: Rajasthan Had 35-40% Fewer TB Tests v. Same Period in 2019". The Wire Science. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- "Attached Hospitals".
- "Bhandari Mahendra".
- ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
- ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Medical)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
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