King George's Medical University

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King George's Medical University
File:King George's Medical University Logo.png
Former names
King George's Medical College (1905–2002)
Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (2002–2003; 2007–2012)
U.P. King George's University of Dental Sciences (2003–2007)
MottoSincerity-Service-Sacrifice
TypeState university
Established1905 (119 years ago) (1905)
ChancellorAnandiben Patel
Vice-ChancellorBipin Puri
DeanUma Singh
(Dean of Medical Sciences)
Anil Chandra
(Dean of Dental Sciences)
Apjit Kaur
(Dean of Nursing)[1][2]
Academic staff
434[3]
Students2,537[3]
Undergraduates1,583[3]
Postgraduates895[3]
50[3]
Address
Shahmina Road, Chowk
,
Lucknow
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India

26°52′09″N 80°54′58″E / 26.8692591°N 80.9162402°E / 26.8692591; 80.9162402Coordinates: 26°52′09″N 80°54′58″E / 26.8692591°N 80.9162402°E / 26.8692591; 80.9162402
CampusLucknow
Colors  
AffiliationsUGC, NMC, DCI
Websitekgmu.org

King George's Medical University is a medical school, hospital, and medical university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The medical school was raised to a medical university by an act passed by the government of Uttar Pradesh on 16 September 2002.

The University has about 1250 undergraduate students (including 280 dental students) and 450 postgraduate students.[4]

About 250 students a year are admitted to the four-and-a-half-year course of study for the degree of M.B.B.S..[5]

History[edit]

King George V, then the Prince of Wales, laid the foundation stone of King George's Medical College in 1906. The College opened its gates in 1911, though the official opening ceremony was delayed to January 1912. The College was directly under the Government of the United Provinces, and degrees were awarded through Allahabad University. In 1921, the College was transferred to Lucknow University.[6]

In 2002 the Government of Uttar Pradesh, led by Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), granted university status the college and renamed it Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU), under the Uttar Pradesh Chhatrapati Shahuji Medical University Act, 2002.[7] In August 2003 Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP) replaced Mayawati and became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Two months later, in October 2003, the name of the University was changed to King George's Medical University (KGMU)[6] by the Uttar Pradesh Chhartrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (Second Amendment) Act, 2003.[8]

Name-changing continued. In 2007, after the BSP won the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and Mayawati returned to office, the name of the institution reverted to CSMMU. When control returned to the SP in the 2012 election, Akhilesh Yadav's government returned the name of the University the current "King George Medical University".[9]

Similar changes occurred for the dental faculty. The faculty was established in 1949 as a section of the ENT department;[10] raised to a separate department in 1950, it moved to a new building in 1952.[6] When the university was established in 2002, the dental department became the Dental College, a constituent college of the university.[10] Two years later, under the Uttar Pradesh King George's University of Dental Science Act, 2004, the Dental College was raised to the status of a state university[11] named the "U.P. King George’s University of Dental Science".[12] In 2007, the government reverted this decision and the U.P. King George's University of Dental Science again became simply a Faculty of Dental Sciences, as it was at the establishment of the University.[10]

Faculties and institutes[edit]

  • Faculty of Medical Sciences
  • Faculty of Dental Sciences
  • Institute of Paramedical Sciences
  • Institute of Nursing

Undergraduate courses[edit]

The college offers the four and a half year M.B.B.S. course with a one-year compulsory rotating internship. There are 250 seats for MBBS and 51 seats for BDS, which are filled through NEET UG exam.[citation needed]

Postgraduate and doctoral courses[edit]

There are more than 28 PG courses and 13 Doctoral courses in KGMU.[citation needed] Thus almost all the branches of medicine and dental have a training program at KGMU.[citation needed] Diploma and PG diploma courses are also available in the institute.

Principals and Vice Chancellors[13][edit]

Bipin Puri, Current Vice Chancellor
  • W Selby (1911)
  • C A Sprawson (1921–1923 and 1926–1929)
  • SS Khan, (1923–1925)
  • H Stott (1925–1926, 1929–1931, 1932–1937)
  • BGS Acharya (1931–1932)
  • MAH Siddiqui (1937–1938)
  • W Burridge (1938–1946)
  • CP Misra (1946)
  • BB Bhatia (1946–1949)
  • SN Mathur (1949–1952)
  • VS Manglik (1953–1959)
  • ML Gujral (1960–1962)
  • RV Singh (1962–1977)
  • BN Lall (1977–1978)
  • KP Bhargava (1978–1984)
  • BB Sethi (1985–1986)
  • BK Khanna (1986–1992)
  • PK Misra (1992–1998)
  • Ramesh Chandra (1998–2000)
  • KN Sinha (2000)
  • AM Kar (2000)
  • KM Singh (2001–2003) [Principal & VC]
  • Mahendra Bhandari (2003–2006)
  • Hari Gautam (2006–2007)
  • SK Agarwal (2007–2008)
  • Saroj Chooramani Gopal (March 2008 – March 2011)
  • DK Gupta (April 2011 – April 2014)
  • Ravi Kant (April 2014 – April 2017)
  • Madan Lal Brahma Bhatt (April 2017 – July 2020)
  • R.K. Dhiman (July 2020 – August 2020)
  • Bipin Puri (August 2020 – present)

Ranking[edit]

University and college rankings
General – international
Times (World) (2021)[14]601–800
Medical – India
Outlook India (2019)[15]6
The Week (2019)[16]7

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has ranked the university 39 among universities in India in 2021,[17] 9 among medical colleges[18] and 60 overall.[19] It was ranked sixth among medical colleges in India in 2019 by Outlook India[15] and 7th by The Week.[16]

Notable people[edit]

Notable alumni[edit]

Main page: Category:King George's Medical University alumni

Notable faculty[edit]

Affiliated colleges[edit]

As of 2019, the university has affiliated medical colleges, seven nursing colleges and one paramedical college.[20] These include:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Dean". kgmu.org.
  2. ↑ "Dean Nursing".
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "NIRF 2021" (PDF). King George's Medical University.
  4. ↑ "Student activities". King George's Medical University. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Courses admission". King George's Medical University. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "History". King George's Medical University. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Chhatapati Shahuji Medical University Act, 2002" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Gazette. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Chhartrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (second Amendment) Act, 2003" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Gazette. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 16 December 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University renamed as King George Medical University". India Medical Times. AalaTimes Media. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Faculty of Dental Sciences Education Overview". King George's Medical University. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "List of State Universities as on 29.06.2017" (PDF). University Grants Commission. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017. Mistakenly still listed as of 2017.
  12. ↑ "The Uttar Pradesh King George's University of Dental Science (Amendment) Act, 2006" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Gazette. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "List of Vice Chancellors and Principals at KGMU". KGMU. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "Top 1000 World University Rankings 2021". Times Higher Education. 2020.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Outlook Ranking: India's Top 25 Medical Colleges In 2019 Outlook India Magazine". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Pushkarna, Vijaya (8 June 2019). "Best colleges: THE WEEK-Hansa Research Survey 2019". The Week.
  17. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Rankings_NIRF_U_2021
  18. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Rankings_NIRF_M_2021
  19. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Rankings_NIRF_O_2021
  20. ↑ "Affiliated Colleges". kgmu.org. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  21. ↑ https://www.kgmu.org/affiliated_colleges.php

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