College Madras
Education remains as one of the fundamental requirements of life. When the question “What is your dream institution you would want to study in?” most of the answers would be Oxford and Harvard throughout the globe. Both of these institutions are providing world class education and creating very talented students. However these qualities of providing education are not restricted to these institutions alone. There are other fabulous institutions providing the same level of education around the globe. One of those is Madras Medical College, more widely recognised as MMC. It is one of the best institutions in the region of Asia. Today we are going to briefly see all about the magnificent institution in the region of south India – Madras Medical College.
History:
Madras Medical College or MMC is located in the culture rich city Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. It was established by the British government during 1835 primarily to create native Indian doctors and serve for the British army and the public. MMC is one of the oldest medical institutions in India about 190 years old. Initially MMC was started as a small medical school with 20 medical seats in 1835. As the years passed the departments in MMC started to expand, post graduate seats were introduced, it created thousands of jobs for the local population, served millions of people with high quality medicine at low cost and it created thousands of world class intelligent doctors throughout the globe. Now in the present date MMC is a large institution with various affiliations like Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital throughout Chennai with 250 medical seats for undergraduate and 479 seats for postgraduate.
Distinctive Speciality:
Many NEET aspirants of India prefer Madras Medical College to other better colleges like CMC Vellore due to its unique specialities. MMC is said to have one of the best clinical exposure in the region of south India as it has an affiliation with Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH). RGGGH has over 12,000 outpatients daily as of 2018. This allows the aspiring medicos to get hands-on experience on how to treat a patient. The influence of this huge opportunity is reflected in the academic performance of the students of MMC. Furthermore the faculties employed in Madras Medical College are the most experienced and conquering professors in their respective fields, grasping the attention of every NEET aspirant to add MMC in their preferred colleges. Additionally there are numerous opportunities for studying postgraduate and super-speciality courses in the same campus, opportunity to learn about rare disease practically, advanced research opportunities, guidance from studying postgraduate and super-speciality students and highly specialized and experienced departments make MMC the best institution to study in.
Campus and Infrastructure:
Madras Medical College is located in the bustling main street of the heart of Chennai. The college building is straight opposite to the central railway station of Chennai allowing easier access for students and patients to access the facilities. Even though MMC is located in the centre of a thronging city the green atmosphere, nature and placid campus environment provides a peaceful place for the future doctors to study in. The college campus is crammed with advanced laboratories and humongous libraries providing medicos great opportunities to make their dreams come true. Adding on the distinctive departments with experienced professors and great patient flow allow studying doctors to conduct research and amplify their knowledge. Numerous affiliations throughout the city of Chennai provide a great infrastructure which helps even further on academics and clinical knowledge.
Ranking and Awards:
Madras Medical College has been in the top 20 medical colleges in India for the past 10 years and currently ranked in the 10th position in India. Furthermore MMC is ranked as the top 5th medical college in south India. Adding on, MMC is ranked in the 60th position globally in the category of medical college. In addition to it Madras Medical College was awarded with the “Excellence Award” by the Department of Health Research (DHR), Indian government. This award was provided to address the outstanding performance in research in the health department by the medical students in MMC. All these awards and rankings provided by various governments and organizations all throughout the world reflect the academic excellence and reputation in providing marvelous medical education by Madras Medical College.
Impact of MMC on the society:
The Madras Medical College did not only contribute in providing medical education but also impacted the society in a wide varied ways. Starting from providing top-tier medical facilities at free of cost to introducing a scalable solution for the COVID-19 pandemic MMC has influenced society. Madras Medical College has been creating various distinctive programmes like Family Adoption Programme (FAP) to create awareness among the local community about the medical facilities available to cure their diseases and disorders. Furthermore MMC has created innumerable job opportunities for the local society, improving the economic growth and decreasing the unemployment rate in the city of Chennai. In addition, due to the unique admission process of NEET examination, medical students studying in MMC are not only in the boundary of Tamil Nadu but throughout the nation. This creates a huge impact not only in the culture rich region of Tamil Nadu but also throughout the nation of India.
Future of MMC:
The Madras Medical College Institution is already one of the great institutions of medical education in the globe. However the management of MMC and government of Tamil Nadu are constantly proposing ideas for future development of the institution to achieve even higher goals. Some of those is to provide infrastructure of the same quality as provided in a private institution, serve even more advanced treatments to the public at free of cost, introduce technology and Artificial intelligence in the realm of treating, researching, and teaching, expand the departments in MMC, increase the number of seats for both PG and UG, encourage students from other states to join in this institution by introducing live translated lecture using the power of AI, improve the ranking of MMC institution nationally and globally and much more. All these improvements and goals to be achieved help the institution to become better and also improve the overall well-being of the society.
Conclusion:
Madras Medical College has become an identity of Chennai. It makes each and every citizen in Chennai feel proud. It has inspired innumerable people and led them in a great position in society. The world needs institutions like these or even better in each and every department of education and not restricted to medicine and engineering. This humongous and monumental goal will make the standard of education and encourage new institutions to grow and compete with already existing institutions to reduce disparity among people on receiving good quality education.
By: S. Paarthivkumar
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