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{{Short description|Constituent college of University of Delhi}}
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{{Infobox College
|name         = University College of Medical Sciences
| name                   = University College of Medical Sciences
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|established  = 1971
| type                  = [[Government]]
|principal    = Dr.A.K.Jain <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mciindia.org/View_College_Details.aspx?ID=177 |title= University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital |website= www.mciindia.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006180624/https://mciindia.org/View_College_Details.aspx?ID=177 |archive-date=6 October 2015 |access-date=17 July 2017 }}</ref>
| established            = {{start date and age|1971}}
|campus       = [[Urban area|Urban]]  
| principal              = Dr. Dheeraj Shah
|nickname     = UCMS
| campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]
|location     = Dilshad Garden, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| nickname               = UCMS
|affiliation = [[University of Delhi]]
| location               = Dilshad Garden, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
|website     = {{official website|http://www.ucms.ac.in}}
| affiliation           = [[National Medical Commission]]
| academic_affiliation            = [[University of Delhi]]
| website               = {{official website|https://ucms.ac.in/}}
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'''University College of Medical Sciences''' ('''UCMS''') is a medical college in [[Delhi]], [[India]], affiliated with the [[University of Delhi]]. It is associated with [[Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital]], which serves as the teaching hospital.
'''University College of Medical Sciences''' ('''UCMS''') is a public [[medical school|medical college]] in [[Delhi]], [[India]], affiliated with the [[University of Delhi]]. It is associated with [[Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital]], which serves as the teaching hospital.


==History==
==History==
The University College of Medical Sciences was founded in 1971 by efforts of the [[Health Minister]] of Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medpgmasters.com/medical-pg-colleges-list/new-delhi-medical-pg-colleges/ucms-gtbh-new-delhi/|title=University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, New Delhi - Medpgmasters|website=www.medpgmasters.com}}</ref> The Health Ministry proposed to provide medical education to every student who qualified. Even with the presence of two medical colleges in Delhi, [[Maulana Azad Medical College|MAMC]] and [[Lady Hardinge Medical College|LHMC]], many students were denied the opportunity to study medicine. In 1971, classes for the new college started in the makeshift Department of Chemistry on the North Campus of [[University of Delhi]]. The students had their clinical postings for practicals at the Safdarjung Hospital for 125 students. Additional 50 students were sent to [[Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College]], at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Shortly afterwards, UCMS moved to [[Safdarjung Hospital]] in [[South Delhi]]. In 1986, UCMS moved to its present location at [[Dilshad Garden]] and became associated with [[Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital]].<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=http://www.globaleducates.com/colleges/about/university-college-of-medical-sciences-gtb-hospital-delhi|title=University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital Delhi|website=www.globaleducates.com}}</ref>
The University College of Medical Sciences was founded in 1971 by efforts of the [[Health Minister]] of Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medpgmasters.com/medical-pg-colleges-list/new-delhi-medical-pg-colleges/ucms-gtbh-new-delhi/|title=University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, New Delhi - Medpgmasters|website=www.medpgmasters.com|access-date=7 October 2015|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805164208/https://www.medpgmasters.com/medical-pg-colleges-list/new-delhi-medical-pg-colleges/ucms-gtbh-new-delhi/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Health Ministry proposed to provide medical education to every student who qualified. Even with the presence of two medical colleges in Delhi, [[Maulana Azad Medical College|MAMC]] and [[Lady Hardinge Medical College|LHMC]], many students were denied the opportunity to study medicine. In 1971, classes for the new college started in the makeshift Department of Chemistry on the North Campus of [[University of Delhi]]. The students had their clinical postings for practicals at the Safdarjung Hospital for 125 students. Additional 50 students were sent to [[Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College]], at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Shortly afterwards, UCMS moved to [[Safdarjung Hospital]] in [[South Delhi]]. In 1986, UCMS moved to its present location at [[Dilshad Garden]] and became associated with [[Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital]].<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=http://www.globaleducates.com/colleges/about/university-college-of-medical-sciences-gtb-hospital-delhi|title=University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital Delhi|website=www.globaleducates.com}}</ref>


On 5 April 2006, the Human Resources Development Minister of India, [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]], announced that the government intended to introduce reservations for [[OBCs|Other Backward Class]] at 27% in central institutions, including [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IITs]], [[Indian Institutes of Management|IIMs]], [[National Institutes of Technology|NITs]], [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences|AIIMS]], [[Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha]], UCMS, [[Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research]]. Students at UCMS, and the other three Delhi medical schools, who were concerned about the reservation system and considered it a political gimmick, started a protest forum called [[Youth For Equality]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youthforequality.com/about-us/history.aspx|title=Youth For Equality|website=www.youthforequality.com}}</ref>
On 5 April 2006, the Human Resources Development Minister of India, [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]], announced that the government intended to introduce reservations for [[Other Backward Class|Other Backward Classes]] at 27% in central institutions, including [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IITs]], [[Indian Institutes of Management|IIMs]], [[National Institutes of Technology|NITs]], [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences|AIIMS]], [[Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha]], UCMS, [[Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research]]. Students at UCMS, and the other three Delhi medical schools, who were concerned about the reservation system and considered it a political gimmick, started a protest forum called [[Youth For Equality]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youthforequality.com/about-us/history.aspx|title=Youth For Equality|website=www.youthforequality.com|access-date=7 October 2015|archive-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830092016/http://www.youthforequality.com/about-us/history.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Form ==
== Form ==
The college offers medical & paramedical courses, and caters to the health care needs for the [[East Delhi]] community and surrounding border areas.<ref name=b>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngbuzz.com/colleges/university-college-of-medical-science/medical/dnb-in-general-surgery|title=University College of Medical Science DNB in General Surgery - YoungBuzz|website=www.youngbuzz.com}}</ref> The institute is a network centre for the [[National Brain Research Centre]] and serves as the nodal centre for AIDS and Safdarjung Hospitals. It is one of the three public trauma centres in Delhi, in addition to Susruta Trauma Centre and Jai Prakash Narayana Trauma Centre at AIIMS, and is fully equipped with a burns ward.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
The college offers medical & paramedical courses, and caters to the health care needs for the [[East Delhi]] community and surrounding border areas.<ref name=b>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngbuzz.com/colleges/university-college-of-medical-science/medical/dnb-in-general-surgery|title=University College of Medical Science DNB in General Surgery - YoungBuzz|website=www.youngbuzz.com}}</ref> The institute is a network centre for the [[National Brain Research Centre]] and serves as the nodal centre for AIDS and Safdarjung Hospitals. It is one of the three public trauma centres in Delhi, in addition to Susruta Trauma Centre and Jai Prakash Narayana Trauma Centre at AIIMS, and is fully equipped with a burns ward.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}


UCMS was the first Indian medical college to start a Medical Humanities Group,<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Richa Gupta|author2=Satendra Singh|author3=Mrinalini Kotru|title=Reaching people through medical humanities: An initiative|journal=Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions|year=2011|volume=8|pages=5|pmid=21716596|doi=10.3352/jeehp.2011.8.5|pmc=3110875}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Richa Gupta|author2=Satendra Singh|title=Confluence: understanding medical humanities through street theatre|journal=Medical Humanities|url=http://mh.bmj.com/content/37/2/127|year=2011|volume=37|issue=2|pages=127–128|pmid=21778289|doi=10.1136/jmh.2010.006973}}</ref> and it organised the first 'Theatre of the Oppressed' workshop for medical students in India in 2011.<ref>{{cite journal|author =Satendra Singh|title=Broadening horizons: looking beyond disability|journal=Medical Education|pmid=22515781 |year=2012|volume=46|issue=5|pages=522|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04246.x}}</ref>
UCMS was the first Indian medical college to start a Medical Humanities Group,<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Richa Gupta|author2=Satendra Singh|author3=Mrinalini Kotru|title=Reaching people through medical humanities: An initiative|journal=Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions|year=2011|volume=8|pages=5|pmid=21716596|doi=10.3352/jeehp.2011.8.5|pmc=3110875}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Richa Gupta|author2=Satendra Singh|title=Confluence: understanding medical humanities through street theatre|journal=Medical Humanities|url=http://mh.bmj.com/content/37/2/127|year=2011|volume=37|issue=2|pages=127–128|pmid=21778289|doi=10.1136/jmh.2010.006973|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and it organised the first 'Theatre of the Oppressed' workshop for medical students in India in 2011.<ref>{{cite journal|author =Satendra Singh|title=Broadening horizons: looking beyond disability|journal=Medical Education|pmid=22515781 |year=2012|volume=46|issue=5|pages=522|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04246.x}}</ref>


==Rankings==
==Rankings==
{{Infobox India university ranking
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college
| type = University and college
| IT_M_2020 = 10
|NIRF_M_2024=32|IT_M_2024=10}}
| NIRF_M_2020 = 19
 
}}
UCMS was ranked 10th among medical colleges in India in 2024 by ''[[India Today]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India Today 2024 ranking |url=https://bestcolleges.indiatoday.in/rankings/medical}}</ref> The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked it 32nd among medical colleges in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NIRF 2024 Medical ranking |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2024/MedicalRanking.html}}</ref>
UCMS was ranked 10th among medical colleges in India in 2020 by ''[[India Today]]''.<ref name=Rankings_IT_M_2020/> The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked it 19 among medical colleges in 2020.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_M_2020 />


== Campus ==
== Campus ==
[[File:Ucmsbuil.jpg|thumb|left|College's Campus]]
[[File:Ucmsbuil.jpg|thumb|left|College's Campus]]
UCMS has a huge campus, which includes the [[Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital]] (GTB). GTB hospital acts as training hospital and has 1000 beds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_gtbh/GTBH/Home/About+Us|title=Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital|website=delhi.gov.in}}</ref> It provides facilities like a central workshop, animal house, hospital laboratory services unit, hostel, medical illustration and photography, medical education unit, skill lab and canteen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campusoption.com/college/university-college-of-medical-sciences|title=University College of Medical Sciences Delhi Admission Fee Structure Placements|website=Campus Option}}</ref> The college also has technological facilities which include audio-video, telemedicine, electronic assessment.<ref name=d>{{cite web|url=http://college.globalshiksha.com/University-College-of-Medical-Sciences/119495877012778|title=University College of Medical Sciences - UCMS|website=college.globalshiksha.com}}</ref>
UCMS has a huge campus, which includes the [[Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital]] (GTB). GTB hospital acts as training hospital and has 1000 beds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_gtbh/GTBH/Home/About+Us|title=Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital|website=delhi.gov.in}}</ref> It provides facilities like a central workshop, animal house, hospital laboratory services unit, hostel, medical illustration and photography, medical education unit, skill lab and canteen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campusoption.com/college/university-college-of-medical-sciences|title=University College of Medical Sciences Delhi Admission Fee Structure Placements|website=Campus Option}}</ref> The college also has technological facilities which include audio-video, telemedicine, electronic assessment.<ref name=d>{{cite web|url=http://college.globalshiksha.com/University-College-of-Medical-Sciences/119495877012778|title=University College of Medical Sciences - UCMS|website=college.globalshiksha.com|access-date=11 October 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083500/http://college.globalshiksha.com/University-College-of-Medical-Sciences/119495877012778|url-status=dead}}</ref>


=== Library ===  
=== Library ===
The UCMS houses a central library and 17 departmental libraries with a large volume of teaching and learning resources, which support teaching, research and extension programs of the college. There are over 16,000 books and [[World Health Organization|WHO]] publications, 18,000 volumes of journals, and 400 theses.<ref name=d/>
The UCMS houses a central library and 17 departmental libraries with a large volume of teaching and learning resources, which support teaching, research and extension programs of the college. There are over 16,000 books and [[World Health Organization|WHO]] publications, 18,000 volumes of journals, and 400 theses.<ref name=d/>


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== Departments ==
== Departments ==
There are twenty-one departments at the college: Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Community Medicine, Dentistry, Dermatology, Forensic Medicine, Medicine, Microbiology and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Paediatrics, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestindiaedu.com/colleges/university-college-of-medical-science-and-gtb-college.html|title=University College of Medical Science and GTB College|website=www.bestindiaedu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ucms.ac.in/departments.htm|title=University College of Medical Sciences - Departments|website=ucms.ac.in}}</ref>
There are twenty-one departments at the college: Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Community Medicine, Dentistry, Dermatology, Forensic Medicine, Medicine, Microbiology and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Paediatrics, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestindiaedu.com/colleges/university-college-of-medical-science-and-gtb-college.html|title=University College of Medical Science and GTB College|website=www.bestindiaedu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ucms.ac.in/departments.htm|title=University College of Medical Sciences - Departments|website=ucms.ac.in|access-date=11 October 2015|archive-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102023025/http://www.ucms.ac.in/departments.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
{{alumni|people|date=September 2019}}
{{alumni|people|date=September 2019}}


===Notable alumni===
=== Alumni===
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* [[Anil Aggrawal]], professor and Head of Forensic medicine and Toxicology at MAMC.
* [[Sanjay Asthana]], chief of the division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the [[University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health]], and holds the Duncan G. and Lottie H. Ballantine Endowed Chair in Geriatrics.<ref>{{Cite web|title={{!}} Department of Medicine|url=https://www.medicine.wisc.edu/people-search/people/staff/402/ASTHANA_SANJAY|access-date=2020-11-17|website=www.medicine.wisc.edu}}</ref>
* [[Sujoy K. Guha]], an Indian biomedical scientist, Inventor of [[RISUG]], the first reversible male contraceptive. Batch of 1979
* [[Rahul Gupta]], director for the [[Office of National Drug Control Policy]] of the [[United States]]. Nominated by President [[Joe Biden]].
* [[Raman Kapur]], acupuncturist and awarded the Padma Shri.
* [[Palash Sen]], an Indian singer and founder of India's Rock band [[Euphoria (Indian band)|Euphoria.]]
* [[Palash Sen]], an Indian singer and founder of India's Rock band [[Euphoria (Indian band)|Euphoria.]]
* [[Mahesh Sharma]], an Indian politician from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who is currently Minister of State for [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]] as well as [[Culture]]
* [[Mahesh Sharma]], an Indian politician from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who is currently Minister of State for [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]] as well as [[Culture]]
* [[Sujoy K. Guha]] , an Indian biomedical scientist, Inventor of [[RISUG]], the first reversible male contraceptive. Batch of 1979
* [[Ashish Suri]], an Indian neurosurgeon, medical academic, and a professor at the Department of Neurosurgery of the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] . He was one of the group of surgeons who performed the first 3D brain surgery and the first surgery to implant a [[spinal cord stimulator]] in India.  Awarded the [[Padma Shri]].
*[[Ashish Suri]] , an Indian neurosurgeon, medical academic, and a professor at the Department of Neurosurgery of the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] . He was one of the group of surgeons who performed the first 3D brain surgery and the first surgery to implant a [[spinal cord stimulator]] in India.  Awarded the [[Padma Shri]].
[[Satish Kr. Verma]], Former Director Professor and Head at UCMS is a prominent Forensic medicine expert in India. He stated the medicolegal autopsy services both at Safdarjung Hospital & UCMS and GTBH, where at both these institutions conducted first ever medicolegal postmortems. He was key personnel involved in solving the Mokey Man Mystery in the year 2001 that happened in Delhi NCR. Youngest recipient of Fellowship of IAFM and first from State of Delhi. presently working as Professor and HOD at Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad, Haryana.
*[[Anil Aggrawal|Anil Aggrawal]], professor and Head of Forensic medicine and Toxicology at MAMC.
*[[Sanjay Asthana]], chief of the division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the [[University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health]], and holds the Duncan G. and Lottie H. Ballantine Endowed Chair in Geriatrics.<ref>{{Cite web|title={{!}} Department of Medicine|url=https://www.medicine.wisc.edu/people-search/people/staff/402/ASTHANA_SANJAY|access-date=2020-11-17|website=www.medicine.wisc.edu}}</ref>
*[[Raman Kapur]], acupuncturist and awarded the Padma Shri.


===Notable faculty===
=== Faculty===
* [[Autar Singh Paintal]], a renowned cardiopulmonary scientist known for his discoveries of several sensory receptors. He was the first Principal of University College of Medical Sciences and second Director of [[Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute]] and sixth Director General of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] .  Awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]].
* [[Autar Singh Paintal]], a renowned cardiopulmonary scientist known for his discoveries of several sensory receptors. He was the first Principal of University College of Medical Sciences and second Director of [[Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute]] and sixth Director General of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] .  Awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]].
* [[Dr Satendra Singh]] is a champion of disability rights and a recipient of the President's National Award and [[Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards]] given to global leaders.<ref>{{cite news |title=विधान सभा चुनाव में सराहनीय योगदान के लिए राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार |url=http://mpaper.punjabkesari.com/2968952/PUNJAB-KESARI/Date-23-01-2021-Punjab-Kesari-DELHI-MAIN#page/7/2 |agency=Dainik Jagran}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Disability rights activist awarded in US |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/disability-rights-activist-awarded-in-us/articleshow/61954373.cms |agency=The Times of India |date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Satendra Singh (doctor)|Dr Satendra Singh]] is a champion of disability rights and a recipient of the President's National Award and [[Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards]] given to global leaders.<ref>{{cite news |title=विधान सभा चुनाव में सराहनीय योगदान के लिए राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार |url=http://mpaper.punjabkesari.com/2968952/PUNJAB-KESARI/Date-23-01-2021-Punjab-Kesari-DELHI-MAIN#page/7/2 |agency=Dainik Jagran}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Disability rights activist awarded in US |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/disability-rights-activist-awarded-in-us/articleshow/61954373.cms |agency=The Times of India |date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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University College of Medical Sciences
TypeGovernment
Established1971; 55 years ago (1971)
AffiliationNational Medical Commission
Academic affiliation
University of Delhi
PrincipalDr. Dheeraj Shah
Location
Dilshad Garden, New Delhi, India

28°36′28.0332″N 77°8′21.7320″E / 28.607787000°N 77.139370000°E / 28.607787000; 77.139370000
CampusUrban
NicknameUCMS
Websiteucms.ac.in

University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) is a public medical college in Delhi, India, affiliated with the University of Delhi. It is associated with Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, which serves as the teaching hospital.

History[edit | edit source]

The University College of Medical Sciences was founded in 1971 by efforts of the Health Minister of Delhi.[1] The Health Ministry proposed to provide medical education to every student who qualified. Even with the presence of two medical colleges in Delhi, MAMC and LHMC, many students were denied the opportunity to study medicine. In 1971, classes for the new college started in the makeshift Department of Chemistry on the North Campus of University of Delhi. The students had their clinical postings for practicals at the Safdarjung Hospital for 125 students. Additional 50 students were sent to Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Shortly afterwards, UCMS moved to Safdarjung Hospital in South Delhi. In 1986, UCMS moved to its present location at Dilshad Garden and became associated with Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital.[2]

On 5 April 2006, the Human Resources Development Minister of India, Arjun Singh, announced that the government intended to introduce reservations for Other Backward Classes at 27% in central institutions, including IITs, IIMs, NITs, AIIMS, Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, UCMS, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research. Students at UCMS, and the other three Delhi medical schools, who were concerned about the reservation system and considered it a political gimmick, started a protest forum called Youth For Equality.[3]

Form[edit | edit source]

The college offers medical & paramedical courses, and caters to the health care needs for the East Delhi community and surrounding border areas.[4] The institute is a network centre for the National Brain Research Centre and serves as the nodal centre for AIDS and Safdarjung Hospitals. It is one of the three public trauma centres in Delhi, in addition to Susruta Trauma Centre and Jai Prakash Narayana Trauma Centre at AIIMS, and is fully equipped with a burns ward.[citation needed]

UCMS was the first Indian medical college to start a Medical Humanities Group,[5][6] and it organised the first 'Theatre of the Oppressed' workshop for medical students in India in 2011.[7]

Rankings[edit | edit source]

University and college rankings

UCMS was ranked 10th among medical colleges in India in 2024 by India Today.[8] The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 32nd among medical colleges in 2024.[9]

Campus[edit | edit source]

College's Campus

UCMS has a huge campus, which includes the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (GTB). GTB hospital acts as training hospital and has 1000 beds.[10] It provides facilities like a central workshop, animal house, hospital laboratory services unit, hostel, medical illustration and photography, medical education unit, skill lab and canteen.[11] The college also has technological facilities which include audio-video, telemedicine, electronic assessment.[12]

Library[edit | edit source]

The UCMS houses a central library and 17 departmental libraries with a large volume of teaching and learning resources, which support teaching, research and extension programs of the college. There are over 16,000 books and WHO publications, 18,000 volumes of journals, and 400 theses.[12]

Hostel[edit | edit source]

There are two hostels, one each for boys and girls. There are also some other residential buildings on the campus for staff and other members.[13]

Departments[edit | edit source]

There are twenty-one departments at the college: Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Community Medicine, Dentistry, Dermatology, Forensic Medicine, Medicine, Microbiology and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Paediatrics, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Surgery.[14][15]

Notable people[edit | edit source]

Alumni[edit | edit source]

Satish Kr. Verma, Former Director Professor and Head at UCMS is a prominent Forensic medicine expert in India. He stated the medicolegal autopsy services both at Safdarjung Hospital & UCMS and GTBH, where at both these institutions conducted first ever medicolegal postmortems. He was key personnel involved in solving the Mokey Man Mystery in the year 2001 that happened in Delhi NCR. Youngest recipient of Fellowship of IAFM and first from State of Delhi. presently working as Professor and HOD at Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad, Haryana.

Faculty[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, New Delhi - Medpgmasters". www.medpgmasters.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital Delhi". www.globaleducates.com.
  3. ↑ "Youth For Equality". www.youthforequality.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "University College of Medical Science DNB in General Surgery - YoungBuzz". www.youngbuzz.com.
  5. ↑ Richa Gupta; Satendra Singh; Mrinalini Kotru (2011). "Reaching people through medical humanities: An initiative". Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions. 8: 5. doi:10.3352/jeehp.2011.8.5. PMC 3110875. PMID 21716596.
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