Aarupadai Veedu Medical College - [AVMC]
Overview Information
About College
Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Pondicherry commenced its journey in 2000 with the first batch of 100 MBBS students. The Hon’ble Chairman Dr.A.Shanmugasundaram, a renowned philanthropist, established the Thirumuruga Kirupananda Variyar Thavathiru Sundara Swamigal Medical Educational and Charitable Trust in 1981 to serve the society which established this institute.
Facts and Figures of Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry
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Establishment Year |
2000 |
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Type |
Private |
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Approval |
MCI, The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India & UGC, New Delhi, Malaysian Medical Council |
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Campus Strength |
800 |
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Number of departments |
11 |
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Affiliated to |
University of Pondicherry |
Why to Join Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry?
- Hospital facilities: The hospital’s bed strength is nearly 750 with are fully equipped ICCU & IMCU. Along with 11 air conditioned operation theatres, equipments like defibrillator, ventilation systems, CT scan, ultrasound, dialysis machine and nephrology units and auto analyzers are available.
· Faculty of Allied Health sciences: Faculty of Allied Health sciences started in the AV-Medical College and Hospital campus in the year 2003. It started with Dept. of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology and now has 4 departments catering to 7 courses at Diploma, Bachelors and M.Phil level.
· Counselling Programmes: The institute has formulated a programme entitled “In Safe Hands”, where each teacher mentors and counsels three students. This is aimed at providing the students with a guide who would advise and counsel them about their problems both academic and personal.
· Campus: The campus is spread over more than 40 acres of land. The campus offers a holistic and conducive ambience to the students.
· Student training facilities: The pre-clinical and para-clinical departments are well equipped with their own laboratories, demonstration rooms, library, etc. The library has around 10,000 books and 100 journals.
· Teaching and faculty: The teaching staffs are well-experienced in teaching and research. The college is endowed with the best system and pedagogy to carry out Under-Graduate and Post Graduate teaching, scientific discussions and research in the best manner.