Baroda Medical College

Medical college in Gujarat, India

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Baroda Medical College

Type| Government[1]
Established| 1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Affiliation| Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Endowment| INR 13.4 million as yearly grant from Government[2]
Dean| Dr. Ashish Gokhale

Academic staff

| 318
Students| 900
600 under-graduates
300 post-graduates or residents
250 students entering in 1st year MBBS each year
Location|

Vadodara (Baroda)

Gujarat

India

Campus| Urban
Website| www.medicalcollegebaroda.edu.in

Baroda Medical College is a medical educational institution for undergraduate and postgraduate medical studies that comes under the Faculty of Medicine of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. It is located in the Raopura area of Baroda (Vadodara), India. It is primarily affiliated with Sir Sayajirao General Hospital. The college was established in 1949.

## History

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Envisaged by the late His Highness Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III as a seat of learning, Medical College Baroda and Shri Sayajirao General (SSG) Hospital was founded in the city of Vadodara by the late Maharaja of Baroda, Major General Sir Pratapsingh Gaekwad January 1946. Due to the efforts of Dr. Jivraj Mehta, the then Advisor to Government of India and Bombay State on Baroda matters, the ground floor was completed in 1949. Dr. M. D. D. Guilder, the Health Minister of Bombay State, inaugurated it on 16 June 1949. The first class was 40 students.

For initial development, the institute was entrusted to the late D. A. N. Deodars – the first Dean and Medical Superintendent of S. S. G. Hospital. The first final MBBS examination was held in April 1954. The Medical Council of India and General Medical Council of Britain recognized the degree awarded. The ruler of Baroda late Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III initiated medical aid to the public of Baroda by starting a few bedded hospital – Dufferin hospital at Varasia in 1865. That hospital was later expanded to the present S. S. G. Hospital with a capacity of 1500 admissions.

The medical college houses the Departments of Medicine, Social and Preventive Medicine, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology, Anatomy, Pathology, Pharmacology, Forensic medicine, Blood bank, Cytogenetic Laboratory and Ayurvedic Research Unit. Encircling the main college buildings there are separate buildings that house the postmortem room, the physiotherapy college, Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, Orthopedic, Skin & V. D., Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiology, Radiotherapy and Urology.

## Admissions

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The college follows a quota system in the admission. Annual intake is 250 students who usually start in September. Out of the total, 15% seats are reserved for the All India Quota admissions and 85% are reserved for State Quota admissions among which 49% seats are for combined reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Socially and Educationally Backward Castes while 2% seats are reserved for students with disabilities. The rest are Open seats. The admission is done on a merit wise allotment after students clear the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination. Allotment of seats is done by the ACPUGMEC for Gujarat state quota seats and by MCC for All India quota seats.

Medical College:-

* First MBBS 1-year duration

Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM)

* Second MBBS 1 year duration

Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, PSM.

* Third MBBS 2 years duration

Part I : Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Forensic Medicine, PSM.

Part II : Medicine & allied subjects, Surgery & allied subjects, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pediatrics.

From the second MBBS, the students rotate through clinical branches for 142 weeks. A year after the beginning of the third MBBS, the part – 1 examinations in ENT, Ophthalmology, and PSM subjects are taken.

Passing in the first MBBS is essential to continue second MBBS. Passing in the second MBBS is essential for appearing in the Part 1 – third MBBS and passing in the part- I of the third MBBS is essential for appearing in part- II of the third MBBS. This part includes Medicine, Surgery Orthopedics, Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology. This is followed by one year of rotating internship.

## Alumni

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* Jatin P. Shah,[3] Elliot W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
* Nikhil C. Munshi, 1981 graduate, professor at Harvard Medical School and working on multiple myeloma cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, recipient of year 2010 Dr. BC Roy award.[4]
* Lalita Ramakrishnan, 1983 graduate, professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Cambridge.
* Jasubhai Keshubhai Desai, (a/k/a Jasu Desai)[5] Michigan doctor finally convicted in 2013 of first degree murder in the 1983 contract killing of his business partner Anna Marie Turetzky. Desai is now serving a life sentence in Macomb Correctional Facility in Lenox Township, Michigan[6] following a protracted legal battle that saw his conviction overturned and reinstated several times and which, at thirty years, is the longest running murder case in Wayne County, Michigan history.[7][8][9] The saga and its impact on the families involved has also been followed in detail by the Detroit Free Press.[10]

## References

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1. ^ "List of Universities in Gujarat". University Grants Commission of India. Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007.
2. ^ "About MCB". Retrieved 21 April 2005.
3. ^ "Jatin P. Shah | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center".
4. ^ "Press Releases Detail – The President of India". presidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
5. ^ "Dr. Jasubhai Desai, MD | Occupational Medicine". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
6. ^ "Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) - Offender Profile".
7. ^ "Appeals court decision to send former Downriver doctor back to prison - thenewsherald.com". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
8. ^ "Michigan Doctor Once Again Convicted of Killing His Nurse". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
9. ^ Court document Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ A murder in Woodhaven freep.com [dead link]

## External links

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* Official website

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Vadodara topics

History|

* Maratha Empire
* Gaekwad dynasty
* British East India Company
* British Raj
* Baroda Residency
* Bombay Presidency
* Political integration of India
* Bombay State
* BBCI Railway
* 2001 Gujarat earthquake
* 2002 Gujarat riots (Best Bakery case)
* 2005 train crash

Government|

* Vadodara Municipal Corporation
* Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA)
* Vadodara District

Buildings and
landmarks|

* Laxmi Vilas Palace
* Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum
* Pratap Vilas Palace
* Sayaji Baug
* Makarpura Palace
* Nazarbaug Palace
* Nyay Mandir
* Kala Bhavan
* Khanderao Market
* Kirti Mandir
* Kirti Stambh
* Baroda Museum
* EME Temple
* Hazira Maqbara
* Chimnabai Clock Tower
* Sardar Patel Planetarium
* Central Library

Roads|

* Chamaraja Road

Economy|

* Bank of Baroda
* ICICI Bank
* Indian Oil, Gujarat Refinery
* Reliance Industries, IPCL
* Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (GSFC)
* Larsen & Toubro
* General Motors India
* Sun Pharma
* Apollo Tyres
* Vadodara Stock Exchange
* Siemens

Transport|

* Vadodara Airport
* Bajva railway station
* Nandesari railway station
* Ranoli railway station
* Vadodara railway station
* National Highway 8
* Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway
* Mumbai Vadodara Expressway

Culture|

* Navratri
* Garba
* Maa Aarki
* Uttarayana
* IPCL Sports Complex Ground
* Moti Bagh Stadium
* Kotambi Stadium

Education|

* Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
* Faculty of Fine Arts
* Baroda Medical College
* Baroda School of Legal Studies
* Railway Staff College
* Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara
* Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya

Other topics|

* Champaner
* Pavagadh
* Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
* Ajwa
* Dabhoi
* Kayavarohan

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* ISNI

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